Brandon's Fantasy Factory 1980 Build

[Marsh99]

Here goes have been building since may, back story is i was wanting a wheeling vechile and I was getting married the car i had was a 2003 VW gti and I figured I would buy a truck before cause my girl didn't have a car so i buy My Tacoma and give her my VW. It awesome found a good one TRD with e-locker and v-6 and was happy. Untill I went to moab.... I ran a ton of trails but was to worried about beating it up because I have to drive it every day and I hate when DD look like rasin's. So i found this truck down 2 blocks from my house at a used car lot

They wanted 1200$, but cash talks bought it for $800 with the trash in the back.

 

[Marsh99]

So I drove it home
The goods:
20R motor runs strong has 165,000 on it
Clutch feels good
all windows good but windshield
body is in good shape
Newish 85% tread 32x11.50
4:38 gears
The bad:
clean the crap out of the back sucked
like 500 lbs of car parts and broken glass
e-brake doesn't work
Bench seat is gross
carpet is nasty
Mud is caked every where
Frame rust

All and all I was happy with buy

 

[Marsh99]

After the clean up:

Build plan was to build a fast cheap capable crawler

 

[Marsh99]

So plans for it it were to keep it road worthy but very capable started looking for parts and bought a lot
tube doors

cage

sliders

shock hoops

Front hanger

I got this all from a guy parting out is truck was a sweet deal

 

[Marsh99]

found some 2010 corolla buckets for cheap

 

[ricsrx]

The greatest part of doing a Toyota is the vast amount of used after market parts for cheep!!!
Subscribed!!

 

[zukking01]

Why do you need a front leaf hanger? It looks like you have a solid axle in the front and the 1980 would verify that. Is there benefit to mounting a SAS bar on a SA truck?

 

[Karnage Fab]

Why do you need a front leaf hanger? It looks like you have a solid axle in the front and the 1980 would verify that. Is there benefit to mounting a SAS bar on a SA truck?

the stock leaf spring hangers are weak and will eventually tear off the frame, u can get 1/2" of lift more and u can move the front axle farther forward to keep the tires outta the cab too.
and it helps with the pinyon angle when used with lift shackles

 

[Marsh99]

Why do you need a front leaf hanger? It looks like you have a solid axle in the front and the 1980 would verify that. Is there benefit to mounting a SAS bar on a SA truck?

I am also doing a RUF on it and need to move it a little farther forward, and I will get a little lift and it is way stronger

 

[Marsh99]

so I got my 63 chevy's junk yard 50$

rebuilt them

 

[Marsh99]

Also decided it would be easy to work on with no bed on it

 

[Marsh99]

made my 63 hanger kit
this is out of 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 1/4 inch thick 12 in long

had some 3/16 flat stock decided to box in the tops

drilled holes 1.75 x 1.75 from edges

rounded the edges

and welded

 

[Marsh99]

the rears I used 1/4 in 2x3 and cut out an 2in hole

took some 2 in od dom tube

 

[Marsh99]

made shackles from 3/8 x 2in flat bar 6in eye to eye

 

[Marsh99]

all together

 

[ricsrx]

very nice work

 

[Marsh99]

started to sand blast down the frame and paint it... i am going to also reinforce the rusty parts

mocked up 63's

should work

 

[Marsh99]

designed up some flip plates out of 1/4in steel to work with the chevy's so I don't have to grind the springs.. used google sketchup

local steel placed punched them for me and only charged price of metal

decide for extra support to add little end pieces

 

[Marsh99]

found some cheap gears and lockers today 5;29's Detroits front and rear

going to take them all apart clean them up

 

[Marsh99]

mounted up the 63's welded front hanger 11in forward eye to eye and moved the rear back 4 in eye to eye worked out perfect