EastTexasMinis

Well the name already lets everyone know what i make haha, so that should tell you why i chose the name for it. I feel like i'll eventually have a decent ride where i'll be able to stand back and say "Wow i built that making what this state considers is a fare wage for my hard work" So here she is my 94 Toyota pickup.

Right after i bought it before i even fished it out.






And after i started stripping it down to make way for a new grill and front bumper along with some 4wd fenders and gettin the rear ready to be chopped.





And my boy Larry who helped me seperate the bed from the frame which was holding on for dear life by some rust. The frame does have a little surface rust from living 12 years of it's life in Utah before coming here.


And here are all the pics from this past weekend. MUCH MUCH MUCH thanks to everyone who came out and put a hand in there, i really couldn't have done this without you, we aren't done yet but soon enough, and i can't wait to have a ride to be proud of and be able to say that me and some of my closest friends did it.
All the materials in the bed of my truck.


Me cutting out the gastank crossmember


Starting to get a little slimmer.


Jeff cutting out my notches


Jeff and larry doin work!!


Me trimming a crossmember making room for the driveshaft.


Lil Ryan measuring for the new crossmember that holds the upper bars.


Larry grinding something


Justin welding on the link bar tabs


The 4-link in








And here are some of the new gas tank bracket/crossmember i built today. As long as there is room the airtank will also mount to this in between the gas tank and rar axle off the back of this bracket.







And the tank sitting in it.






And considering i havnt welding in like, two years, i was pretty proud of this awesome bead i laid down!!


Hopefully sometime this week the notches will go in along with the bridge bars and the top bag brackets, unless someone has some lower bag brackets for a 3 inch axle it's gonna be a week or so before i can get them.
I will post more pics of the progress as it is made.

lookin good.

Its been good stuff as soon as I know it I have to work late any day Ill know what day I can come out and help weld in the notch.

nice. looks good. cant waint to see this thing throw down some sparks

You and me both man, and i have a feelin it's gonna be a whole lot sooner than i've been expecting

As soon as we are done we gona find the biggest hill we can and push it down and let it out when it hits max speed.

Haha, well hopefully i'll have a motor in it soooooooooooooooon!

IF not I say big hill.

Deal.

Well we got the notches put in along with the cross bars for the bridge. Would have had the upper bag plates in and the bags mounted and working but we found a leak in the acetylene line in a fitting, we figured this out when a spark got to it and it CAUGHT ON FIRE!!! It was leaking real bad after that so I'm assuming it burned up the o-rings in it or something, just gonna have to replace the fitting. Anyways, after that we had to just call it a night.





And here I am, all cramped up in my driveshaft and 4-link cutting out the remainder of an old crossmemeber that was catching the driveshaft keeping it from laying

damnit! I missed workin on the YOTA?! I HATE WEDDINGS!!!

yea thats why i text u this AM but after u said u was in the port i said "ah naw man i cant tell him what i be doing man"

I wish I could of made it out today. But im finally able to walk a little more now.

My arm and face are burnt like a mofo from welding so damn much.......AND I STILL HAVE MORE TO DOOOOOOO AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!! lol

looking fly, Get-Er-Done!