Flatbed MkII, off-road mods and BS

Flying the Big Liffter for Johnny Mac?

 

Shit I wish that was a big lifter. We had that one on contract from out of Idaho for the summer. It was a 205a named Lucy .Towards the end it started having governor problems and it went back home.

 

Yeah mate, I was referring to your username....I know a Two Fourdeen (use Aussie accent) when I see one.

 

Some updates on the truck. I have done a few mods to it. Including bucket seat swaps and center console fridge. But most impressive was the deep water mod. But, after it gets out of the shop. I have some dakars and a u bolt flip kit to go under it. If yall want pics I took some.



Here is just made a bracket where the factory console bolts too, then just set a piece of plywood on top that I painted with bed liner. Then the fridge sits on that with industrial velcro at the from, and a bungee at the back to hold it down

 

Thread update. Selling the flatbed. Looking for a 127 inch wheelbase frame. Gonna swap single cab onto new frame abd get a body shop to modify the original bed to a full 8 feet. Then supercharge it.

 

Love this...resembles the 79 Series

 

This looks neat.... time to creep

 

Well putting the original bed back on today. These 2nd gen single cabs are getting hard to find, so I'm going back to a stock bed before they are all gone. Gonna get a bed rack and tool boxes for now. I will prolly look for a v6 MT access cab for the flatbed to go on.

 

Sub

 

Well the flatbed is off, it is for sale locally.



I found a few frames for sale, but I am having different thoughts about extending the bed. What if I install a tool box/fuel tank combo in between the can and bed, then I can have my whole bed with a bed extender for junk

 

Extending the transmission breather today
location of breather
remove assembly
remove breather

 

So the inner boot sits right above the breather, so it can't stick straight up. So I got this part. it's the brake booster vacuum fitting off of a first gen throttle body. So drill out the original breather to a 5/16 hole, press new breather into hole, and you should end up with this.
Breather sits below boot hight. Then connect your hose and run to your desired location. The press fit of the original part should squeeze the vacuum fitting and hold it in place, I will check it later to make sure and if not I will weld it in.

 

I like this idea. What about using fibreglass bed sides- might be easier to lengthen. I had also though of getting an aluminum utility truck bed and modify it to fit the tacoma- lots of secure storage and you still have a bed to use.

 

Yeah I have already called highway products, the will build me anything I can draw up, aluminum or steel. But weight takes a tole on these 4 cylinders fast. Right now just wanting to buy a v6 manual access cab and just swap the cab over. I dunno, we will see.