Will a single post with a series of shots work? I forget which pics went where in the thread and reorganized my photo bucket. I can slowly rebuild the thread to I'm sure.

Edit. I can't go back to edit my old posts so I will do a quick over view and post the pics back up.

Absolutely!

Sorry everyone I got carried away with the single post with a few pics idea. Please skip ahead if you have been keeping track of the thread. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shiner.gif" alt="" />

















First installment.

At this point I think I was trying to figure out what I had gotten into. Little did I know how that question would answer itself.

After the first weekend it looked like this.





Right around this time I broke the front diff. It proved very hard to find a new one locally and progress was lost on the truck. I took a break from it and rebuilt my sami as I had all the parts to do so.

It was like this. Stock axles, 31's and a swift gti motor.



It was repainted and got new tires. First trip it broke in a major way. T-case, both diffs and the drive shafts were wrecked. So on to the toyota parts.





Poor monty sitting in the back ground.

So I think at this point I was trying to track down diff and steering parts for the truck. As well as try to get it all closed in.









I had decided in my infinite wisdom to try and get the truck ready for moab. Slap the rear body work together and I bought JDM gen2 parts from nigel to fix the drive line.

Then something happened to my brain once again.

I think from here on the pics work again, but lets continue the cliff notes.



Starting the window frame again.







I didn't make the dead line for the trip. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

When I got back it was all about Jenssens jeep which has been seen in this thread before.



He had a comp coming up and we needed to rebuild most of the truck.

With that done and out of the way I was back to work at the end of July I think.

I did a little more work to the sami in the meantime as some bugs needed to be worked out.



Then on to the monty.

Put the back wall and sides together and was left with this before the trip to Moab. The thing on the back is a clam shell tent. Was my initial plan to use this on the monty.



Now to the shop where all the drinking happens.

Built floors.


Started filler to see how the pieces would look together.




At this point I had my gen2 parts with 4.88's to install. But I also have a toy E-locker with 4.88's so I was working on putting that in to. Never happened because I bought this.


Which came from this.


And had these.

Now with true motivation to get it done I thought about little else.

With a different idea for the rear I built this. I wanted to be able to carry two spares since I started phase 2.


So one on each side behind the cab was my solution.


More filler panels.




and work on the tray.



Then with the help of beer, Jenssen and I decided a set of bolt on sliders didn't go with the theme of the build so we opted for integrated ones.

Now we should be caught up except for the floor of the tray.


I have planned out phase 3.


This is what I am designing for the back of the truck now. So this view is missing the cab of the monty in front of it.

Awesome stuff, Eric! I bought that same tie down track to put in the back of my Cruiser. How do you like it?

EDIT: Also, if you want rid of that Toy locker and it will fit in my FJ60, please let me know. Thanks.