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Nice!

 

If any of you happen to be able to repair that, please let me know! It's the rear shackle mounts and rear of the frame.

 

April 2016....bone stock minus the supercharger and bull bar, 24,500 miles on it



July 2019...bunch of shit on it now lol. 83k miles




Die hard "KEEP IT STOCK" enthusiasts, eat your heart out

 

Wait...

What???

Did you say 83K miles?

 

yup, got it 3 years ago with 24k on it...yea it wasn't cheap lol

It's my DD/weekend warrior toy, so it's gotten a lot of miles in the last 3 years

 

I do most of the designing and cutting. My buddy does all the welding on our projects. But he doesn't like to mess with frame stuff (he's gunna have to get over that with my Chevy 63s this winter tho).

But you may want to post up in the Nor Cal thread and ask.

 

And you need to get your ass up here and wheel some Sierras with us too, bro... come to think of it.

 

After a long hunt for a white regular cab 5 speed 4X4 Toyota pickup, I knew I wanted to do a few simple mods like a mild lift and some decent all-terrain tires maybe 1 size bigger than stock. I never thought it would snowball into regearing, diff locks and a growing armor collection. Now I'm shopping for a rear bumper and lusting for a Marlin Crawler tacobox.

Our first day in 2015


I've even had 2 white regular cabs at the same time. Such is my sickness for regular cabs.


Just finished regearing to 4:88s with lockers and stepping up to 255/85r16's.

 

Regular cab 1st gens will always be the best looking Tacoma in my book, love them

I just can't imagine having less space than I already do with my xtra cab haha.

 

I need to win the lottery, even a small one, so that I can pay someone big bucks to mod my truck for me. So many things I'd like to do, just to make it more off road capable. But alas, surviving on Gubment disability doesn't leave much at the end of the month for extras. So many nice 1st gen Tacos on this website, all you need is MONEY!!!

 

Sounds like your trying to setup and TW 1st gen wheeling trip *cough* eastern Sierras Laurel Lakes/Kavanaugh Ridge

 

They are really small but that's one of the reasons I love them. It doesn't look like it, but there's decent storage under and behind the seat even with it all the way back. My wife doesn't do camping, dirt roads or roughing it, so a regular cab is perfect for myself and 1 dog. If we're going somewhere together and taking all 3 of our dogs, we have a bigger vehicle.

 

Going to have to get off my lame old ass, and go winter camping this year. Even if I wake up all stiff and sore, I can always sit by a warm fire for an hour or two. Need to find me a magic Tin Man Oil Can. I really like these tent platforms I see on these Tacoma's here. Really brilliant idea, keep you up off the ground so the critters don't get you. especially if your camping in BEAR country. Imagine waking up, with a black bear in your groud tent, staring at you, like your a late night snack.

 

haha yeah, I like the roof top tents for a few reasons, being off the ground is a big one. Not just animals but your less likely to be bothered by crawling insects which is a big one for my wife. Also if you're camping where there's bad weather, being off the wet/muddy/snowy/cold ground is a big plus.

 

Once when I was young and stupid. I went camping in the Western Rockies one spring. Like a moroon, I left my .357 back at the ranch for some stupid reason. still had about 2 feet of snow on the ground, and I had to put one summer sleeping bag inside another one. Only had a cheap ass pup tent, just big enough to crawl inside. Wind was blowing like crazy that night, and it got down in the single digits. I remember laying there with a K-Bar in one hand, and a Eastwing 16" camping axe in the other. Never saw another person for 3 days, but it was so peaceful and quiet. Never went camping again without some kind of firearm.

 

Stock @ 40k about 3 years ago



Now & 72k



Sorry it’s so naked, in the middle of a lot of projects right now. Building a flatbed with the RTT and tube door’s paint was drying

 

I think you win so far for the biggest then/now difference lol

 

Haha that's awesome!! Made me go "there it is!"...I'd say you're in for the win but I'm sure there's more rigs to see.

 

Got mine back in 2015 as a work truck, then I got a little carried away...