Toyota Flat Bed "Atomic Toy"

[maro69camaro]

this is one ofthe nicest 1.9ers i have ever seen. super nice and you got skills

[Crawler Noob]

this is one nice yota.

[jimbiss]

Sweet

[1BadJeepBruiser]

Originally Posted by Crawln Coles

Man Mike, I love the cage. Always wanted to do an interior cage & couldn't figure how to tie it to the frame. You answered that for me.... don't!

I tend to over think things a lil sometimes.

Great build I'm really enjoying it

Thanks Coles, It has been a fun build so far, I tried a lot of new stuff and improved some old stuff on this one. I cant wait to get it finished so I can wheel it

Originally Posted by Dready

Sweet cage and a nice design too, loving the little grab handles.

Made of metal?

Thank you sir, yeah its all metal, brazed together. Its made from solid so its a little bit heavy. But most of what I build is always with solid because I get my nice tight bends that way.

[1BadJeepBruiser]

Ok here is the latest on the Atomic Toy...

did some detailing


Also scored some badass OG MSD wheels, these are some of favorite 1.9 beadlocks. I had a set but they went with my Fabtech buggy to Mr.Carter and I missed them ever since. Sliter302 had a set and hooked me.



I figured this truck is worthy of these wheel nuts


Interior is done, minus hooking up the wiring for the dash lights



finished up my CB radio and mounted a switch in the consol...not sure its purpose yet but Ill find something for it



Last night I brazed in shock hoops...when I started bending them I had this idea for a different style then when I bent one it came out like you see it and I thought it looked good, so I ran with it





Tomorrow I hope to build the tire carrier, mount the Hi-Lift Jack, wire up lighting and some other small stuff. Then Ill order up my electronics from TCS and with a some luck itll be running by the end of the week....thats if I can figure out how to mount rear shocks Any ideas or suggestions? cant mount them how I normally do them on the Yotas because the leafs are to far in board.

-Mike

[XSRCdesign]

Badass Mike

As for the rear shocks...

Have them come up through the bed, and braze on a couple hoops back there "prerunner style"

[eddievedder]

SICK!!!

Dude after I leave your house tomorrow, and if by some reason this is not in your basement anymore, I am just saying right now that your dog probably ate it and I did NOT steal it...

We will figure out rear shocks tomorrow too!

C u then

[slither302]

looks good mike; glad the wheels got there okay they look

[pantablo]

amazing detail. what patience you have!

[1BadJeepBruiser]

400$ and a over a month later not a whole lot has changed :-( I had been so busy working on race clods and pullers for the worlds then I had to put an MFU in a high lift for a friend and finished an interior for another. I finally have that all done and managed to get 15 minutes to myself to work on the Atomic Toy and slide these under it.









waiting on the walker evan wheels, and at some point this week I am chopping the rear bed up.

[Unimoger]

wow mike I almost forgot about this truck. sick sick sick

chop up the bed?

[1BadJeepBruiser]

Originally Posted by Unimoger

wow mike I almost forgot about this truck. sick sick sick

chop up the bed?

Yeah, the bed is going under the knife...well the cut off wheel I suppose. Its getting notched for more tire clearance in the back, doing so I will have to re-do the bed cage. Its gonna be much more betterer when its done.

[Jones323]

i like the vintage hpi rims but the hummers set it off

[XSRCdesign]

Jebus Mike!

there wont be much of the truck you bought left



I like that

[1BadJeepBruiser]

Originally Posted by exesivefire

Jebus Mike!

there wont be much of the truck you bought left



I like that

Well, I wanted to make the truck "my own". It was a great foundation to work with and was way better then trying to start from scratch.

Headed out to the garage at 11:30...didnt return until 6:30

Here is the victim...one atomic toy...



The after math...


Then it was time to fix that rear flex issue...


Much better


New tube fenders, if thats what would you call them



After this point, I jumped on-line to Pirate 4x4 and found a thread showing a million badass Toyota flatbeds...this one stood out to me though

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showp...&postcount=111

So I got started again and made the front main hoop


Problem was, it wasnt tall enough so I had to re-do it



and added the X in as well

I then started thinking about the spare tire carrier and wanted to do something different. I remember seeing this site and thought these were pretty cool http://www.truckcandy.com/TC/TireGate/TireGate.htm

so I started with this...



then added this



a quick test fit...looking good


added in the supports


Back to the bed





Swings away nicely


filled in a couple of spots


And done...







I think it came out pretty good. Next up is rear shock mounts.

Thanks for looking
-Mike

[SACCO]

right when you think something cant get any better, you surprise us again

[mudrinner4ever]

That's awesome! You definitely put your own spin on it and it turn out awesome. Cant wait for more...

[HITMAN]

Nice Mike, turned out great, love that swing away tire carrier.

[Jester666]

that turned great. NIce work!

[luis]

that looks sick.