Spoonman’s Little Tacoma

Fucken goals!!!

 

Saw that obstacle last year, gnarly as fuck, video doesn't do it justice either.

 

7 pounds

 

No

 

Nice setup.

 

sexy bitch

 

On my way home from mcr. Fuckin rowdy time. My poor truck lol

 

need more vids!

 

I don’t have much. But here’s the full rock chucker vid.

https://youtu.be/Kk7ciAUJPCE

And soup bowl
https://youtu.be/MkTY8_CzA_s

 

fuck yea! hell of a build man

 

Jesus dude, she’s a monster! Congrats, that has to feel so good!

 

where did the door damage come from?

 

Here’s a few mcr18 pics. I tried doing the hardest(and dumbest) lines I could find and paid for it a little.









There was some carnage.



Leaf spring bent to hell(replaced that today), broke my 24 hour old driveshaft in half, punctured my tank in a few places, tail light(that hurts the most), and lots of body damage. Fixed the shaft and tank on the trail and kept wheeling. Louie was near so with lots of help we had my shaft back together in short time. 5 minute epoxy worked great on the tank.


But I did do some cool shit.

 

More details on shaft repair please. Did you weld a collar and a wrench on it?

Out with Big Mike?

 

I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to roll with the marlin crawler guys. Mike, JR, Trevor, Aaron. Great group of dudes.

 

Nicely done!!!

 

Damn son! Puts my dents to shame.

You need that sweater "every dent tells a story"

 

Ok so now that I got a good test on the truck I figured out some shit to change.

I need more uptravel.

I need a different spot for my fuel tank lol. Probably get a cell.

Different/new sliders

Front coilovers need some adjusting

My upper link is actually contacting the side of the block when the passenger side is fully drooped and the drivers side is stuffed. There’s a few marks in the plate and one mounting bolt my transmission skid mount. I just che led it out and it’s very close when stuffed and obviously moves enough to touch. So i need to move my upper link mount over about an inch toward the frame.

Here’s a pic-



Anyone have any idea on how to fix this upper link? All I can think of to do it cut of off and angle it over to get more clearance.

If I move the link mount over, bend the upper link a little and bend my panhard, I can get 3-4” more uptravel at this ride height. Which would be awesome and I think worth the work. I was having a helluva time keeping up with the buggies.


I need to cut off my frame under the rear door and redo the rear section of my frame again. I found a crack in the frame where the factory boxing ends.


So I’m thinking fix the rear frame with some 2x4 tube, link the back, fuel cell or ford tank, all new storage solution. Update the front suspension to gain a bunch of uptravel. The rear should be able to keep up with the front, and it should ride pretty nice.

 

Slow down lol. It’s not a buggy

As for the upper link, looks like it’s self clearanced on the transmission pan. Maybe see how much it contacts the block. If not a lot see if you can take some material off the block and upper link to account for it. I wouldn’t go crazy. Just a little with the grinder.