Kansas City Tacoma Crew - 816/913

Well for me it's a tinkering project to keep me occupied and so I have some purpose in life to an extent. Technically it's @CygnusX191 's. I'm too tall for it. We're basically sharing it for right now

 

ah i gotcha

 

Gonna get it running and moving first and then we'll be moving on to the body and frame. I think a SAS will happen to it eventually. The block I picked up is gonna get torn down, cleaned and then rebuilt with a mixture of parts that are from the 22re that's currently in the truck and new parts

 

gotcha gotcha a buddy of mine did that to his late 80s toyota pickup awhile back and now he is doing a modern 4cly swap out of his 2010 tacoma that is trashed

 

We picked it up for $250 before it went to the scrapyard. As hard as these are getting to find I wanted to give it another chance at life. Gonna be quite a bit of work but we're not in rush to finish it. Eventually I want to look for an Xtra cab for a dedicated trail rig, still gonna wheel the tacoma, but I want something that I can absolutely thrash on

 

i gotcha how bad is the frame on it?

 

Crossmembers in the rear are done for gonna cut them off and weld new ones in. Gonna take the bed off and wire wheel the frame and do some repairs if needed then POR15 it. Cab is probably gonna come off as well so we can work on that part of the frame as well. Don't know if we'll be able to save the cab, gonna try though

 

Another idea is if the frame is completely unsalvagable my thought was take everything off and basically do a copy and paste of the frame. Build a new one that matches the old one but with better and slightly thicker steel

 

i gotcha sounds like a lot of work tbh best of luck

 

It'll be alot of work but again no rush on it. It'll pretty much keep me occupied for a good while

 

i gotcha man

 

Wish yall were closer. I'm pretty handy with a welder.
I'm sure that frame could use a nice working over with some extra plates....

 

To be fair, like six other guys looked at this truck and wanted to buy it, we were just first. And other than the rear cross members, the frame itself is not in bad shape at all. Also I think the cab is completely salvageable, it just needs better floor.

 

Worst case scenario on the frame. Haven't had a chance to crawl underneath it to really get a good look yet. Not saying the cab can't be saved, just gonna be a lot of work to save it. Might be able to find weld-it-yourself body parts online

 

I mean..... It really just needs more floor. And rockers

 

And the cab corners need to be welded shut

 

Meh

 

If anybody wants to get started brewing extract beer at home, I'm getting rid of my setup.

https://kansascity.craigslist.org/for/d/liberty-home-beer-brewing-setup-with/7488097047.html

I'm dumping a bunch of crap on CL today and tomorrow to clear out for an easier move. I'll be putting up some other stuff and I'm honest about condition in the ads, but I offer no guarantees after purchase, YMMV, yada yada...

This should be fun. I love scammers.