man that sure is a nice looking parts truck.I like that style(early 80s) .Allmost a shame to see it choped up.I saw a tv show a few weeks ago where they were making a Toyota rock crawler.They used the engine ,tranny and axels and trashed the rest of the truck.They called the finished product a Toyota but you couldnt tell.At least yours will look like a toyota.I have enjoyed following this thread.I really like the older toyotas keep up the good work and thanks for sharing the pics.

thank you .. unfortunatly , it takes good parts , to make a good truck . I too hate to "wreck" it , but bottom line , its going to go to a great project .

I'd think of it this way.... by sacrificing this one or 2 trcuks, think of all the ones that will be saved in the future by using the products that come out it...

Saw this - if your looking for another.... not sure how close to ya.... Vancouver B.C

Trekker (Mint lookin) on Ebay

thanks .. yes I have seen that one .
I just picked up the one pictured a couple of posts up .. and i'm ready to go . Now all I need is time <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/zombie.gif" alt="" />

Wow, that one in Vancouver is very nice. I think that will make somebody very happy.

so I still have my trekker .. but someone saw what I was doing , and asked if i would consider doing a 1 off long bed Trekker for them ..

so I started to cut and glass .



ok ...
here is the bottom of the tub ... extended .



EVERY piece of metal in the bed was rotten .. there was only a couple of pieces left .. This was the WORST failed part of the whole unit ... 22G Original .. I replaced with 14G


and top side


The bed sides have now also been extended ... inside is now complete ..

still have to "work" the out side

Just cut the topper/canopy .. and ready to find some new side glass , and bond the to pieces together .. then its time to do the final outside prep. ..

so got to work on the topper/canopy ..
cut and now "loosly" spliced .. I started looking at the bolting strips .. Man , they are just a balsa wood material .. I dont know what the hell , but totally trashed ..
so I stripped them out as well


fell out in pieces , no wonder the roof bounces like a drum



NEW ones I made from spruce .



ALSO

every piece of steel (22G) was TOTALLY rotten .. so I replaced with 14G and also ZINC'd them , so NO more rust





and now its ready ..










and finished the inside .

holy cow .... I'm thinking I only want to do this project once .
what alot of work .

anyway , heres the top .. still working on body lines , but pretty good now .



also cutting/filling the window openings ..
these are completly different windows .. not just a bolt in .





and the ROUGH .. ROUGH window fit

If they are just balsa, they they were only there for stiffening. It is either that or they were some other wood that rotted. Replacing with spruce will be much better.

- Bryan