the begining of the end of my cherry horunna

dove'd85 · Jan 6, 2010

bein restoring/body swappin an 88 runner onto an 85 runner frame
22re rear heat gray interrior ect ect..
started out as a clean bone stock rig, i am still going to drive it daily so i plan to keep the body straight:stirpot:

so far:

sky hysteer/custom ifs box mount

3in tg springs in the front
5in allpros in the rear
just seized the motor over the weekend

uke:
getting a rebuilt one this week/weekend from trainwreck
smitty built winch in the front
OBA with york 210 3 gallon tank
home made track bar in the rear
33in boggers cause they are free at the moment
welded rear:redneck:
rock lights
inch worm longspline/DOM front dshaft
nothing to extreme

more pics to follow

couple pics from last weekend before lift

johnboy1 · Jan 6, 2010

:awesomework:

i would like to find a bone stock 4runner since my bobbed 1ton runner is gonna take forever to get going.

dove'd85 · Jan 6, 2010

alittle more recent

johnboy1 · Jan 6, 2010

:cheer:

crapyota · Jan 7, 2010

looks good james!!! i think it needs waxed!!

dove'd85 · Jan 7, 2010

johnboy said:
:awesomework:

i would like to find a bone stock 4runner since my bobbed 1ton runner is gonna take forever to get going.

i feel your pain, at one point i few months back i had built 60's f/r under my other toy sbc/th350/300 times got tough and i had to sell it all

uke: i still have the chassis tho(dove'd out tubed up) 91 xcab that someday i will finish

crapyota said:
looks good james!!! i think it needs waxed!!

thanks bill prob brings back some memories of the 4runner you once owned huh? haha boggers and all:redneck: yeah the dip that owned it before me sanded 60% of the gloss black paint to flat. so at this point i have a shiny hood and top. i have tried everything to bring the paint back and it's not going to happen, mako here i come :haha:

johneymav · Jan 7, 2010

got any pics of how you mounted the york 210 in there, or the bracket

dove'd85 · Jan 8, 2010

johneymav said:
got any pics of how you mounted the york 210 in there, or the bracket

i will snap a couple tomorrow:awesomework:

got the motor out tonight, removed intake/valve cover/oil pan and pickup/ dropped off at the machine shop to get hot tanked

hopefully i will be picking up my motor tomorrow night:beer:

crapyota · Jan 8, 2010

QUOTE=dove'd85;703189]i feel your pain, at one point i few months back i had built 60's f/r under my other toy sbc/th350/300 times got tough and i had to sell it all

uke: i still have the chassis tho(dove'd out tubed up) 91 xcab that someday i will finish

thanks bill prob brings back some memories of the 4runner you once owned huh? haha boggers and all:redneck: yeah the dip that owned it before me sanded 60% of the gloss black paint to flat. so at this point i have a shiny hood and top. i have tried everything to bring the paint back and it's not going to happen, mako here i come :haha:[/QUOTE]

:booo::booo:
crappy cell pics. never took one when i first bought it,should have

!
here she is after wheelin her a couple times.

here she was after buying infamous boggers!

her she sits first time i got to wheel reiter with you!

then some nights like this happened,and i dont remember much!

and now i have this left of my nice 4runner

hell i even had chrome rocker panels. i fawked a nice rig up :cheer::awesomework:haha:

dove'd85 · Jan 8, 2010

thanks for muckin up my build thread son:fawkdancesmiley: all kidding aside.. do you still have that smitty built front bumper rusting away some were in a field or something:redneck:

dove'd85 · Jan 11, 2010

engine is in

thanks alot patrick for getting it done for me an such a short notice:awesomework: good talking to you,

by the way those stereo brackets don't fit

i think they are for a third gen because they are the same as the ones in my truck already that i pulled out of third gen pu

since i am currently jobless

uke: my rig will be getting alot of attention this week:cheer:

crapyota · Jan 11, 2010

dove'd85 said:
thanks for muckin up my build thread son:fawkdancesmiley: all kidding aside.. do you still have that smitty built front bumper rusting away some were in a field or something:redneck:

i dont remember what i did with that thing.. i will look around in the barn. you can have it if i do. hell i got a shitty top you can throw on it when you wheel. if you want. has all the glass still.

dove'd85 · Jan 12, 2010

crapyota said:
i dont remember what i did with that thing.. i will look around in the barn. you can have it if i do. hell i got a shitty top you can throw on it when you wheel. if you want. has all the glass still.

i will be up that way on thursday if it stops raining, i will try and get ahold of you and see about that bumper?

so engine is in and running:cheer: all i can say is it purrrs:awesomework:

plan for this week

mount winch
F/R shocks(cornering is pretty shitty at the moment)
mount trac bar
finish hooking up rock lights
bump stops F/R
secure air line and some electrical wires
install turbo brake booster
move rear shackle hanger back a couple inches
put some more miles on my new engine

dove'd85 · Jan 16, 2010

started working on my front bumper got the winch mounted up i need a new stock front bumper with ends before i can start throughing tube at it:stirpot: if anyone has one?

couple shots of my other build that will be sitting until i can afford to link it ect ect... this is how it sat last year, it is currenly bobbed in the front and rear of the bed, and dov'd in the front

nate8887 · Jan 16, 2010

do your doors open?

PHILLBILLY1 · Jan 16, 2010

nate8887 said:
do your doors open?

If you look close, you can see where they are cut for clearance.:beer:

dove'd85 · Jan 16, 2010

nate8887 said:
do your doors open?

most of the door opens

window still works to.

i can honestly say i have never seen anyone do this before, which is strange considering the door is a pretty big area with no support, when rubbing/sliding off rocks and trees