Red Rocket an expedition build

Getting all the Bham guys together sounds great to me, maybe we can meet up at a sports bar for a game. Thanks to everyone for the props, i did some HID headlights, and i love them. pics will come shortly.

 

I have not been updating much recently because i got a new machine, updates will now be brought to you by this.


MacBook Pro. and yes i guess the assorted liquors will be helping with the updates as well.

 

finally got around to not being so lazy and finished attaching the bumper to the front of the truck. Thats 7 bolts per side.

 

and i got the horn relocated not the ideal location but you cant see it here and its actually still loud, i am really glad to have a horn back, i might have been over using it today just because i have one again.

 

so i wanted to do a few updates first on my last tank of gas I got 19.5 mpg just wanted to say that and the miles broke down on the last tank like this:

30 miles towing it was only maybe a 1000 lbs trailer
150 miles around town with 1000 lbs of gear in it (on way to hunting club)
the rest of them on the interstate

remember this is with the 33 inch tires 2.5 inch lift and 600lbs of: body armor, sub, box front and rear winch, and toolbox full of tools.

key to this was driving really slow
and my truck gets 2 more mpg with premium gas. idk if its just mine or not.

 

Do you use your Roof Rack rails? It may just be my opinion but I think they make the tacomas ugly. However your truck looks nice minus the roof rack rails.

 

I like the way they look i have used them only twice since i got them i really like them i think the tacomas look bald without them. the only reason i got them was for looks, using them twice was just a bonus.

 

i wanted to do a few more updates from a while ago i did clean up at my fathers lake house


and his and mine pride and joy

its a 1954 chris craft with a Chrysler big block in its got 3 times the original hp so say its fast out of the hole is an understatement.

 

Totally sick bumper man, thats amazing. And I'm not even a huge chrome hater like so many on TW, but with that rad bumper your front is screaming for a colormatched or blacked grille surround! Love the roof rails also. Bravo!

 

My my my... *HAT IN HAND* I've burnt some steel over the years, but the work that went into this is hard to fathom!

Phew, such an undertaking and the finished product is a sight to behold. The fact that you created it makes it that much more satisfying, I'm certain!

Rep to you sir, for both the outstanding play by play & your mad fab skillz!

 

I saw you on I-65N a few weeks ago. I was in the parking lot of 65 S. Bumper looks good in person. Clean install.

 

thanks a lot, i go hunting down 65 and i live right off of it. so i am on 65 all the time. i got a few more updates im about to put up but thanks everyone for all the props.

 

here is the problem

and here is the culprit

 

here is the culprit out of the tire


here is the cleaning tool for the hole to say that these tire are tough is a massive understatement it was so hard to get this tool to go into the hole.

 

here is the plug ready to go in covered in rubber cement. getting this back in was really hard as well.


here we go fixed now just to add some air.

 

here is a picture of my hunting trip from this weekend i actually got stuck and had to use my rear winch (dropped the front wheels into a ditch when it was very dark) it was at night so no pictures of that sorry. also i cant seem to get the picture to rotate. im new to this mac. i can get it to be on both sides but not vertical.

 

I woulda guessed with the extra traction illustrated in post 156 you would pulled right outta that ditch. Dang man, that bumper looks even better vertical.

 

oooh just jizzed my pants...

Nice work man! I saw this when I looked up "expedition" under the TW search feature.

 

little update, i have lived in Tuscaloosa for the last 4 years and moved back to birmingham just last year, As many of you know it was very badly damaged in the Tornados across the south. My girlfriend has my camera but i have lots of pictures of the toyota delivering goods to needy people. ill post them up later

 

I have been feeling that my tailgate was weak recently, by that i mean weaker than normal. after taking the cover off this is what i found:





Notice that the tabs that connect the the inner and outer skin are not connected, i did not disconnect them, my truck bed has had a very hard life. im sure at some point they had had enough and decided to break free.