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Jason: Might be a bit cliche to say, but “That’ll buff out.”
Sorry if it’s too soon. Glad nobody got hurt, and you had enough friends around for a solid recovery. With how high up the dents are, pretty amazing that neither side windows were broken.
Slick: sweet bike, will keep an eye on your build thread. I love buying mostly complete, nearly running machines. Hopefully I can keep this clavicle intact so I can ride my RMZ (or whatever may be in my shop) around Ardbeg next year.
Thanks for the kudos on the BigRunner, but my term has already come to an end. I sold it to Nick_386 about a month ago.
*Hi-jack alert*
In the 14-months I owned the BigRunner, I only managed to get it out once, and Mark almost put as many km on it as I did in Ardbeg. 4Runner was great, just not quite what I needed for my family. Essentially I’d be undoing 75% of Mike’s fab work to get it where I wanted it to be, and that wouldn’t be fair to the truck, which was built right for the task.
Grabbed myself a low km 1986 4Runner, 4″ bracket lift, chev 350, TH350, and almost no rust for less than half what I paid for the BigRunner. Way more tame for family trips to the beach taking the roads less travelled, yet still capable of handling my adventure needs on 33’s with air lockers.
Anyways, looking forward to the next updates on the Taco.
Ahhhhhhhh!! So much deconstruction!! Your cab and floors are really clean for being an epic adventure truck for at least the last decade I’ve known you.
Looks like a good chunk of their week will be sorting through “The Pile” which was previously your Tacoma.
Are you required to buy new OEM leaf springs for the swap, or did you bring them your originals from pre-63 swap?
Oh man, those are some awesome camping spots. Great write up, jealous of your trip. Glad the truck is coming along!!
Mags, glad to see you’re still making progress on that truck. Been watching this since you dragged it home on the old SONTT board.
Keep at it buddy!
Wow the top of that 4Runner tank looks much uglier on my desktop monitor than it ever did on my iPhone, or when my head was wedged between that tank and frame rail. That definitely explains why the tank leaked after I overfilled it before winter storage.
You decide where the F150 tank will be hung yet? Do you know the total capacity of that tank?
Evan, thanks for the wisdom, I’ll be sure to protect the tank I have in the ’86 from accumulating mud and gunk on top.
Ouch, that coilover really bit you eh. Springs and electricity always make me uncomfortable, too much potential energy in storage.
How’d those 4.7s work for you on your first trip out?
Side note to dual cases, another benefit being an even lower than 4.7 when in low-low.. think it’s like 5.20:1 or close to that. I’ve never driven dual stock cases, but I’m sure it’d be pretty legit as well haha. Purely a mathematic viewpoint, no experience to add.
For the trailer, are there any on-road behaviour that are undesirable other than the rattling when using a pintle hook? I’ve seen the crazy triple pivot hitches the Aussie’s use, but wondering if it’s overkill in the name of Professionalism.
Way back when my addiction was still forming… SONTT wheeling ardbeg July 2010
Good luck to the guys who made it out to Ardbeg for 2018. See you out there next trip…..(perhaps Fall 2018??)
Nick buddy, truck looks great in its natural habitat. Glad you’re getting more wheelin’ in then I could.
Nick, glad you made it on here.
There’s an awesome parking spot at the last general store (last spot for gas, and fire permits) before you hit crown land. Pretty sure I paid $10 to park for the weekend. Roughly a half-hour to 45 min drive on one road.
Guys, I have to cancel. I broke my collar bone trail riding my dirtbike on Monday. This was less than 36-hours after I unleashed my plan to ride around Ardbeg.
Long and short, wife is suuuuper upset and cancelling this trip is digging up. At least attempting to dig up.
More importantly though, my bike survived with hardly a scratch. Buddy was able to ride it out of the woods half an hour after I walked (limped) out. Other than the broken clavicle, I’m in a great shape. Hardly even dented my will to ride.
Evan buddy, had a great time chatting up 4Runners, and brainstorming build ideas.
I had the same though to snap a pic of the first gens, but it slipped my mind by the time I retrieved my cell phone. I compared to the ’86, and at the end of the bedrail, the big truck stood a full 8″ taller!!
