Ot'll be a roller by 2mrw night if i have to go back down to the shop after dinner to do it. The pic floods are b/c i'm a lazy ass with a slow computer (mom took all the ram out before giving it to me) so it takes a long time to upload my pics even with a fast connection. Took me about 2 1/2 hours last night to do that.

 

Holly crap man, its coming all togethr very nice. I dont care if it takes 5 hours s long as you still post those pics up

 

i'm tweekin on seeing it done right now. pics are happening as progress shows its eager little face. today i got the air tank and the top half of the rear dif painted. i'm needing new steering linkage i found out today... or at least new tie rod ends. i started painting my compressors, but still have a little touch up work. 2mrw the frame gets flipped and painted, then everything goes back together. but i still have to paint the rotor assemblies too. and the struts. i have a new mod on the strut nounts (angled brackets at the front of the frame) i'll post pics of those too when i get a chance.

 

due to this F---ING MUTHER F---ING G-- D---ED F---ING S--T F---ING weather we seem to alwasy have here in lovely oregon, i've been pushed back a little on getting my chassis into roller. had to put the frame vack inside and everything else i painted (luckily rattle can has accelerants in it) got really wet. and now instead of summer weather we were supposed to be getting this week its gonna rain until the end of freekin' time. so anything i shot today in satin is still tacky as heck, and might still be that way in the morning.

 

Gotta love oregons rain. Its sunny one min then all of a sudden its sprinkeling on ya

 

i lived here for seven years, then 2 1/2 years ago moved to cali, then 7 months ago i moved back to help the fam out for a minute and the weather is the worst its been since i've been on the west coast. they said it was worse last year.... but the end of june and we've only seen 80 once all year. only about 6 sunny days since jan. 1st. what the h???

 

heres a few more pics i took yesterda. and since i'm sure by now that i have not yet, i'd like to take this time to thank my good freind roger ball for jelping me on this project, from loaning me the startup capital to get it, to paying for the tow truck, to letting me takeover his shop for the last several months while his 74 c3 sits out in the weather, and he's put a tremendous ammount of work in as well.he built from scratch my new front and rear shock mounts. he is resposible for all the welding that went into fixing previous problem or beautifying things that were just plain eyesores. he has also been purchasing the paint and supplies the last few weeks as well, and as soon as the paint is dry he will be doing my motor rebuild. without him this project would have never happened for me, and anyone else would have scrapped the damned thing as bad as it was.especially since i have very little to almost no experience working on cars, but thanks to him, i can no longer even say that as for all the work he has done he has also pushed me to do most everything else on my own being there if i have need any help with anything. so thank you roger.

 

Very nice bro. Its good to have good friends around.

 

yes it is. wish he was here today, but he's out helpin' my mom. i had a job interview today anyway, and some nuts and bolts to paint so, guess i dont need him that much today.

 

kinda started re-assembly today... skipped painting the nuts and bolts. think i'll replace those anyway soon.also threw in a pic of my current daily, my 94 explorer sport, which i thought u'd sell after the toyota was finished, but i kinda want to keep it. i guess it all depends on if i can get what i want for it or trade it for something different. like maybe another toyota project?

 

so i got the struts and mounts put back in and painted-looks dope
yesterday i started masking the air tank

 

i finished masking and painted the air tank today, but i peeled it too soon, so i've got a little touch up to do. no big thing though cuz i still have the ends to do too. i really dig how it came out though, with the satin black and gloss yellow. also got my other spindle and motor mounts painted.

 

these are a little out dated now.

 

78 corolla center caps.

 

yes it is finally in complete roller minus the brakes, and steering linkage,new motor, air tank/lines, and fuel lines. the link brackets on the top of the diff no longer come into contact with the bridge, so now i'm a few mm lower than before. and yes there is clearance on the driveshaft believe it or not. its only a few sheets of paper, but there is clearance when its completly laid out, not that i am building this to drag.

 

only one more pic til i get more done, but now i'm on to working on the cab, which is going to be very problematic for sure.

 

Now now. Just throw a 4 runner body on and your set!

 

its got a 95 4-runner front clip. besides i went with the p/u cuz my explorer sport is killing me on gas as it is. the 4runner wouldn't be any better. plus i really miss my 86 hi-lux

 

Very nice man. Now get back to work and get this finished