re rebuild of our 83 toyota truck. buggy in progress

well time has come. me and my son our starting over on our rig, we have changed our mind again
we are building a full tube buggy now, just got started today on some work, got the double tube
frame started. we have to make a few bends and tac weld it up. welded the diff cover on the fj80.
by next weekend we should have a good start on frame and have the front end built enough to put wheels on.
just a start.

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I'll be watching this one anxiously! Can't wait to see what ya come up with! Love me a Yota!

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Got a hammer I can borrow?

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B.DRAKE said:

I'll be watching this one anxiously! Can't wait to see what ya come up with! Love me a Yota!

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Cannt wait to c it done

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What did you decide to do with the the old truck?

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yea got a big hammer, we laid the old truck to rest, after i cut it up there was
not much left of it.

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Any progress

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currently building the fj80 front end, mounting the de ram and building the tie rods.
hopefully work on the frame tomorrow

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not much work done but getting started on the front end

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You know any company's that sells replacement driverside floor pans for the first gen toy's?

Ready to see this thing.

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you can come over and look at the truck we are scraping and see if you can use any
of it, i dont know of any company selling floor pans.
thanks man

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Thanks man just a little to far. Probably just have to put some sheet metal in it.

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Be glad when you get this thing built and back on the trail Jamie. I'll have to stop by and check out the progress one day.

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I know 100% this thing is goin to be sick as hell. That axle housing is badass

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What kind of knuckles r you using

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85buggy said:

What kind of knuckles r you using

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I think he has the Hellfire knuckles and high steer arms

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where did they come from ?

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85buggy said:

where did they come from ?

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http://hellfirefabworks.com/

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you got that right hellfire fab, makes the 2nd set i have bought from billy, my old red truggy, jds truck has them too.
got a question for you guys, i am trying to keep this buggy low as possible, look at the pics of the de ram with the tie rods below the
high steer plates. i am doing this so we dont have to locate the ram in front of the oil pan. is there a problem doing this or is this fine.
if i move them up top the ram gets higher by 2 inches or so.

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mine is set up low