Another toyota build....

[Panos]

 

[Panos]

using tape really helps get a feel for where you need to put tube to get the triangulation you need and the look you want.

 

[Panos]

ok question for my rear links. if I bring the lowers "in" on the frame side to triangulate them more. should my mounting distance from the uppers be the same as it is on the axle? my vertical separation is 7" on axle side and 7" on frame side. but does the lateral separation need to be the same ?

 

[Herzog]

That is looking very nice!

 

[Panos]

thank you Herzog,I remember watching your build and wishing so bad i knew how to or were to start on a buggy. but after a million toyota builds, i swear.. and hundreds of hours of research I am finally building my own from ground up

 

[I Lean]

ok question for my rear links. if I bring the lowers "in" on the frame side to triangulate them more. should my mounting distance from the uppers be the same as it is on the axle? my vertical separation is 7" on axle side and 7" on frame side. but does the lateral separation need to be the same ?

If I understand what you're asking.....you're saying if the uppers are 18" apart at the axle, then the lowers might need to be 18" apart at the frame?
If so, then nope, the lateral separation doesn't need to "match".

 

[YROC FAB.]

thats sick. what size tubing is the main stucture made out of?

 

[Goose]

your tube work is lookin cool!

 

[SAMI]

I dig the end caps on the tube that terminates just below the B pillars.

 

[zukijames]

thank you Herzog,I remember watching your build and wishing so bad i knew how to or were to start on a buggy. but after a million toyota builds, i swear.. and hundreds of hours of research I am finally building my own from ground up

i hope someday i have the skills to build one from the ground up like this im loving the looks of this rig

 

[Panos]

you will. we all start some where. I remember not to long ago I didnt even know how to change a broken birf. but I just tried it one day in my drive way, and like most things if you just give it a try its really not all that bad.

here are some pics of the crawl box.

 

[Panos]

I was going to "x" the rear window portion of the cage, but it wasn't giving me enough head room backwards. So I tried something a little different, If you can tell in the pic, the portion of the cage is tilted back just a tiny bit. but it was just enough

cage work is almost done, just a few more supports here and there and then fully weld it, paint it and put it all together.

 

[Panos]

 

[Panos]

 

[SAMI]

I love the lines Nick

 

[Panos]

Thanks, I really like how it is turning out. This is my first project were I am doing all the bends myself and I was a little nervous at first, but it is coming along alright

 

[Herzog]

You work fast. I really like the lines too. That back window area looks slick!

 

[Panos]

finally got to do a little work on this thing. Work picked up and my time got taken up pretty fast. But I got my seats in, and started working on the floor/dash/firewall. note to self..make next buggy a tiny bit wider. its been a struggle to get my seats to fit.

here it is next to a VW beetle. Its at full bump but still pretty low .

it rolls !!

 

[Panos]

I am going to use DiBond for the floor and fire wall. I have been working with this stuff for a little time now. I use it to built ambulances interior walls. This stuff is super strong! and really light. best part is it doesn't have that tiny sound of sheet metal.

 

[iamsparticus]

Wow panos this is really turning out amazing i like how you have kept some frame and the engine i think is makes it that much cooler