Eleanor the taco (95.5) build thread

current owner of a 95.5 taco, been piecing it back together and driving it when i can, here's some photos of the process!
pictures of it the first day i got it home, didn't run at the time, interior was disgusting and also the only time in all 4 months of ownership it was washed properly. (kept in shop except on drives)started taking the interior apart, took the seats out, old stereo and speakers (everything was blown) cleaned up the carpet and pushed out a large creased dent in the extra cab part of the cab, and in the door panel finishing the interior and putting things in is top of the list besides suspension, sound system and center console.
first time staying outside, reason it stayed in is that there is a bullet hole in the passenger door and the floor of the bed is doing the wave (to much weight) so we drilled a hole in the bottom of the door so the water would drain out, hole still not fixed to this day lol.
wanted different colored dash lights (light blue) so go bulbs and decided i would put them in (tore the dash apart blindly), got a new shift knob and had a CEL, decide it wasn't that big a deal so i ignored it. painted the ac control light bulb ( do not recommend) and am happy with it.went to a swap meet at the puyallup WA fair grounds near my house, picked up a tailgating from a '04 tacoma. got it on the truck, thought it looked goofy so me and my dad decided to
take it apart, rough it up and primer it white. so i pulled all the stickers (kept yota) and washed off the markings, took it apart, got some sandpaper and sander, and got it rough. and primered the face white, didn't worry about the back because it was getting linex'ed finally decided i would take care of the CEL, turns out it was the upstream O2 sensor,
got it repacked, CEL went away, mpg went back to normal, and exhaust smell went away, then took the truck over to a friends house whose dads a master mechanic and toyota enthusiast to go through the whole thing, waiting to get it back so i can finish the tailgate and put it back on the truck. when it gets back i'm gonna fix the shifter bushings and straighten the stick itself, then order up the sound system! (more to come in the next year)