rear section has now been removed again .. time to start working on that .

Originally , the back half sits on a "winnabego" frame , that mounts to the Toyota frame . Bushings were toast , and not worthy of the new set-up .. got me to thinkin'

The Original mounts , I dont think were sufichant , because of all of the "leaks" I hear about , so I thought a softer compound mount would work better with the flexing , and handle a better "sway" of the back 1/2 . So I ended up purchacing some NEW "special" mounts , and some steel to make a new frame .

got it all "tacked up " under the body , so now time to weld it all up .




boxing the ends .







another "goofy" part of the Trekkers is the rear lamps .. They have these silly metal " u " brackets that hold the lamps in place .. you have to drill a hole in your lamps , and mount them to the brackets ??? dumb .....

so took the pockets from the 79-83 beds I build , and glassed them into the Trekker



Very rough right now .. but at least they will be easy to install , and RE & RE .

and some pics from the owner ..

painted/finished in Line-X

so , almost got er' finished up today .. frame , anyway



got the rear supports tacked into place , and also some front supports . Once the back 1/2 is back on the truck , I will be able to perminantly mount them to the fenders .




pulled it out again , welder it all up and got er' into primer .. shoot on some black tomorrow , and all done that part .

so all done the frame .. tail lamp pockets are also finished





I made 2 sets of fuel tank drop brackets ... not sure which one is needed yet (I suspect the 1" ) because of the body lift .



Now on to work on the sides ... almost done .



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well , jeepers creepers ... somebody say something !!!!

OK, i'll chime in. Just went through the entire thread and all I can say is... Whew! I'm tired just looking at all of the work you've done. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" /> So... are you gonna Linex blue the entire project? I'm thinking when I repaint my '86 to use something similar for the rocker panels and sides from about 1/4 way to bottom to minimize rock gouges that occur whenever quarter sized rocks come flying out of the tread at highway speeds. Best of luck to you going forward!!

I've been following along too Cory.
Keep 'em coming, I love seeing the progress of a unique rig coming back to life.

speechless bud keep posting pics!

I read every update. Keep em coming.

Thanks guys ... sometimes with out replys of some sort , good or bad .. I think I'm "wastin' space"




YES .