Steve's 81 Toyota "angelo" build

[zukijames]

hahahaha clean your garage and maybe you will find it! its going to be such a sweet truck once you get the bed done steve! im jealous

 

[sixstringsteve]

you should be jealous, it's amazing

I've still got a ton to do. Bob bed, sliders, mount seats and seat belts, mud flaps. Then it'll at least be streetable. Then comes the exo...

 

[zukijames]

the exo will be a breeze! haha maybe not but still it will be sweet!

 

[sixstringsteve]

yeah. the exo is probably about 6 months out. I'm taking it easy now. I'm only spending one or two hours a night working on the truck, not 6-8 anymore.

 

[zukijames]

i dont even work on mine anymore im pretty burned out.. i just wanta wheel haha

 

[sixstringsteve]

I'm trying to make it down to Moab on the 15-17th, but I've gotta get a tow situation figured out by then. i'd love to have my taco sold by then and have my new tow rig, but I can't count on it for sure. But I REALLY want to see what she can do in Moab.

 

[pELYgroso]

I have a trailer you can probably use if you don't have one. You're talking the 15th-17th of October??

 

[sixstringsteve]

Thanks man. Yeah, the 15th-17th of october.

 

[Taco4life]

Me and a group of guys will be down in Moab during the 15th-17th. I have a question for you, in your original goals for this build you mentioned that the main purpose for building this was for it to be streetable. Why the sudden change to have to tow it?

 

[zukijames]

i think goose is coming down then also! its gona be a party in moab nick is also coming down but steve you probably already know that

 

[benjijo14]

Hey steve not sure if your still lookin for harnesses, I saw these on ksl.

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=12413435&cat=402&lpid=4&search=

 

[sixstringsteve]

I got 3 for $30. Thanks though ben. Mine are camlocks, and I much prefer them.

 

[redneckbronco]

Thats gonna be an awesome weekend sounds like like theirs gonna be a ton of ppl down there. Theres probly still gonna b room on one of our trailers to . I dont think Chris is goin so i dont think his yota will go and were taking like 3 trailers that weekend.

 

[redneckbronco]

That is unless Sean gets his SAS done on his Taco then hell take the Tracker and the Taco.

 

[sixstringsteve]

Keep me posted Dan, I'm really hoping there's a spot for me.

 

[sixstringsteve]

Me and a group of guys will be down in Moab during the 15th-17th. I have a question for you, in your original goals for this build you mentioned that the main purpose for building this was for it to be streetable. Why the sudden change to have to tow it?

The sudden change came when I saw how capable this rig is and how fun it was to really push it. It'd be a LONG ride to moab in a 22r. I could do it, but I'd rather tow it. I guess the change came from me realizing how much fun it was to drive such a capable rig, and I want to drive more and more now, and a trailer will allow that to happen. I still want it streetable though. I'm still going to register it yearly and keep it street legal.

 

[sixstringsteve]

Made a bit more progress on the bob.

These are to help me align the rear part when I tack it back on:

Drilled some holes and rosette welded them.

At this point I was thinking to myself that I had bobbed too much.

Then I realized it was PERFECT. It's funny how a little bob can totally change the look of a truck. I'm obviously not done with the bob, I just tacked it in place so it wouldn't fall off.

 

[Marsh99]

Is the rear springs settling at all ?

 

[jentzschman]

Looking great Steve.

 

[AlienXtx]

Damn man that looks GOOD!!! Makes me wish I had a bed to put on mine now, oh'well I will just have to build a kick butt tube bed.