Newbie in Chicago Park, CA

[ryantowry_81]

well i have been lurking on here for a while so i figured i would check in. My name is Ryan and i currently live in Chicago Park. Current rig is a first gen on 37's but am looking for a 4runner for a family rig for my two daughters (1.5 and 3)

[HogCanyonHopper]

  I live over in Oregon House/Dobbins area and my son goes to school in Nevada City. We are not far from you.

[shark]

hey welcome to  . I love those 1st gens   

[Rocksurfer]

  II 

[ryantowry_81]

thanks guys. I guess this thread is useless without pictures so here we go.

Here are some pictures of the last truck i built, unfortunately i had to sell it before leaving Alaska:



i sure miss her....


dont have many good ones of the first gen but here i go:
side

side

front

in some serious need of TLC

and my old 2wd commuter that was my dads with my girls:



I am a process engineer by trade so i have been traveling alot for work from jobsite to jobsite but am hoping to really get to work on the first gen and find a 4runner to start building a family wheeler.

Hog man any time you want to go out and wheel some let me know. I am only down the street from Greenhorn. I really need to get the old girl up to fordyce though it has been too long.

[toe]

 

[ryantowry_81]

thanks for the welcomes. i picked up a new project this weekend:
99 4runner with 3rz and auto for 1700, just needs some work. havent decided if this will be my new wheeler or just a DD for the wifey, we will see.

also here is my build thread for the 84:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/toyota-truck-4runner/750561-84-toy-build-39-5-tsls-buick-v-6-a.html

and here is the build thread for the first gen so far:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/toyota-truck-4runner/1073139-operation-polish-some-one-elses-turd-83-toy.html

[1985CRAWLER]

  from norcal

your old 84 was simply badass. 

hope to see more of the 1st gen build

[ryantowry_81]

Thanks man. I wish I never had to sell her most days but I couldn't bring it with me so what can you do besides start again.

[dayodaman]

man your 2nd gen was a bad mamma jamma !!! i love the pic of you and ray coming head on both just sitting low n wide 

[ryantowry_81]

man your 2nd gen was a bad mamma jamma !!! i love the pic of you and ray coming head on both just sitting low n wide 

Yeah we got some good pictures that day. The funny thing about that shot is there is about another 20-30 feet of water under the ice so if we broke through we would have been SOL. We both went at the same time to prove a point to the full size guys that both our trucks together weigh the same as some of theirs.

[ryantowry_81]

The sad news is that I sold that truck to a kid that just went through a divorce and I think his significant other stripped it for parts.

[monyman]

  from Central CA.

[BigMike]

from Fresno Cool pictures man, thanks for sharing. Where in Alaska did you live?

Mike

[mudaddict]

Welcome

[ryantowry_81]

from Fresno Cool pictures man, thanks for sharing. Where in Alaska did you live?

Mike

Thanks, i have a million pictures from alaska i could share, so much scenery up there. I lived in anchorage for a year then moved out to palmer about 60 miles north and bought a house there, lived in alaska for about 4 years.

I designed piping in power plants in remote areas so i got to see a lot of cool country.

[camhays556]

  nice work on your previous trucks i love the second gen!

[ryantowry_81]

nice work on your previous trucks i love the second gen!

Thanks man. Don't think I am done with the first gen even though I will probably still sell it. I like building I think almost as much as wheeling. I am going to probably still do a tube bed and lower the whole truck a couple inches possibly with a front spring slider.

Hopefully I can get some of my honey do's out of the way so I can get back to working on it.

[dayodaman]

I definitely wanna know how that spring slider gizzy works out

[BigMike]

Post up some majestic scenic pictures with your truck, assuming you have something along the lines of...

[ryantowry_81]

here is a picture from when my 2nd gen when it was stock:

then added some 31 LTB's on the stampede trail


funny shot from fairbanks

typical pic of the toyota and a overheating jeep

poser shot

the view from our front yard

the Matinuska glacier

[ryantowry_81]

hunting in Eureka AK

with my little tacoma on 285's. the winch got a workout that week




my buddy rocky that went with me

the hunting perch

the victim

[BigMike]

[ryantowry_81]

and two more shots i just found:


that's all i got on my computer right now but i will get more from my picture archive at home.

[BigMike]

Bet there is some great mountain biking to be had out there

[ryantowry_81]

Bet there is some great mountain biking to be had out there

yeah there is a little, biggest problem is alot of the state is swamps and bogs so it requires alot of bridges to complete a trail and only about 15% of that state could be reached by mountain bike trail due to distance. those pics of me hunting were about 90 miles as the bird flies from the nearest road, that would be quite a pedal.

[BigMike]

were about 90 miles as the bird flies from the nearest road

Wow. Also good points on the wet land. That would not be much fun.

[lvtoyota]

  from las vegas!