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chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 2nd, 2012, 7:20 am
by Uncle Cracker
started cutting friday afternoon,,, tacked back together sunday afternoon

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 2nd, 2012, 7:32 am
by ToyCrawler
i like it. do you have a shop up here in Tehachapi?

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 2nd, 2012, 8:14 am
by munepit
Looks good!!! How wide is that spare? Looks super wide in the pics.

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 2nd, 2012, 9:49 am
by Dirty LJ
That is cool!!!

Looks Great!! :Thumb:

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 2nd, 2012, 10:05 am
by Chicken Hawk
Looks good. :Thumb:

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 2nd, 2012, 10:30 am
by Uncle Cracker
@ "toycrawler" West coast fiero is on south street, behind "Dave's Auto". complete machine shop (mills, lathes, brakes, shears, punches,, all types of
welding & fabrication. my brother works there, and they let us use the shop on the weekends.. GREAT guys that own the, and there's nothing they can't do, but they're specialty is squeezing modern V-8's into pontiac fieros on a world wide basis. one owners car has an 800 hp aurora (northstar) in it,,, that's a bad ass lil scooter!!! you should come by some weekend. if we're not on a run, we're usually there :drunkbuds:

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 2nd, 2012, 10:32 am
by Uncle Cracker
@ jeff>>>> it's just the pic. ,, same width as the others

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 2nd, 2012, 11:06 am
by casaintsfan
Did I see you on the 99 the other day?

sent to you from a paper cup & some long ass string

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 2nd, 2012, 11:13 am
by ToyCrawler
[quote="rgacord"]@ "toycrawler" West coast fiero is on south street, behind "Dave's Auto". complete machine shop (mills, lathes, brakes, shears, punches,, all types of
welding & fabrication. my brother works there, and they let us use the shop on the weekends.. GREAT guys that own the, and there's nothing they can't do, but they're specialty is squeezing modern V-8's into pontiac fieros on a world wide basis. one owners car has an 800 hp aurora (northstar) in it,,, that's a bad ass lil scooter!!! you should come by some weekend. if we're not on a run, we're usually there :drunkbuds:[/quote]


Sweet, Id definitly like to come by

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 2nd, 2012, 11:24 am
by Uncle Cracker
@ larry,,,,,, yea that was me,,,,,, i had just finished cutting off the back
then ran down to jim's supply for some steel for the bed rails,,, thought that was you

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 2nd, 2012, 11:36 am
by Uncle Cracker
@ toycrawler,,,,,,,, if you swing by the shop this weekend, we'll be working on
my 4runner,, tons &tons of work to do yet :freakout:

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 2nd, 2012, 12:13 pm
by abendx
Wow... Great lines.

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 2nd, 2012, 12:33 pm
by Uncle Cracker
thanks,, i really like how its starting to shape up. when i first started,
i thought> :oops: oh shit,,,what have i done. now i think, hell, i might have increased the value. regardless,, i like it, and that's what counts :thefinger:
if i can make the meet and greet, i'll probably bring down

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 2nd, 2012, 12:38 pm
by Uncle Cracker
from these pics, you can't see the bed rails, they help add shape to the rear
of the body lines

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 2nd, 2012, 5:04 pm
by munepit
[quote="rgacord"]thanks,, i really like how its starting to shape up. when i first started,
i thought> :oops: oh shit,,,what have i done. now i think, hell, i might have increased the value. regardless,, i like it, and that's what counts :thefinger:
if i can make the meet and greet, i'll probably bring down[/quote]


The M&G comming up is going to suck. Just come to the one in May. :lol3:

chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 2nd, 2012, 6:32 pm
by Zak.Taylor
I was going to sell mine, now I want to chop it!!!

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 3rd, 2012, 9:44 am
by REDxj5150
That's some handy work! Will your window still roll down when all said and done?

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 3rd, 2012, 3:19 pm
by AJ99
i like it! im going to be doing something like this to my xj this summer. just a bit different being i have a unibody. but looks awesome man.

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 4th, 2012, 8:48 am
by Uncle Cracker
@ redxj,,,,,,, originally i wanted the window to be useable, but it's now
right over the wheel wells, and would only roll down about 6 inches.
that's a ton of work, for just 6 inches,,,, so no.
the window, however is removable :Thumb:

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 4th, 2012, 9:22 am
by REDxj5150
[quote="rgacord"]@ redxj,,,,,,, originally i wanted the window to be useable, but it's now
right over the wheel wells, and would only roll down about 6 inches.
that's a ton of work, for just 6 inches,,,, so no.
the window, however is removable :Thumb:[/quote]

Well that works. Keep us updated on this. I like when things get chopped up. It really builds on my think tank of things that I might like to try eventually.

:Thumb:

chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 4th, 2012, 9:59 am
by jcook
That's cool!

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 4th, 2012, 11:31 am
by Uncle Cracker
hoping to make it down to bakes/ crazy sammies house tonight
to finish the sheet metal welding ( josh can weld paper together)
i tend to burn more holes, rather than fill them, when it comes to
the thin shtuff. then, grinding, body filler, sanding, primer & paint.
thursday i hope to pick up the aluminum diamond plate for the bed-
sides and back wall. someday i'll get around to the interior :moon:

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 5th, 2012, 6:40 am
by Desert Dog
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Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 5th, 2012, 3:39 pm
by Uncle Cracker
:shock: thanks DD,,,,,,,,,,that's just what this post needed

Re: chopped up the 4runner

PostPosted: April 6th, 2012, 6:25 am
by Uncle Cracker
plastic filler going on