Class 2 toyota "clone"
 

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I started off like my other truck with some 1/2" square tubing bent to shape.

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Now it says in the title that this is a clone but there will actually be some deviations to my original truck.

First is the drive train a Dinky tranny\T-case set-up. The skid is designed to fit in an SCX10 chassis so i drilled the rails to match.

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then split them

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The problem with the Dinky skid is that it is designed to go inside the rails. i used a stock SCX10 skid in my bronco and hated that i had to notch out the rails to remove the skid. so this time i added plates to the inside to allow the skid to be removed easily once the who chassis is complete.

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the fit was good so i burned them in.

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I'm out of practice with the TIG, it didn't turn out as good as i hoped. when i filed it down it wasn't perfectly smooth. i'll take care of that later.

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The skid bolted up well

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next i drilled some holes for the tranny, mounted it, and bolted up a spare set of axles using stock Dingo rear links and custom fronts.

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the tranny is nice and lever with the frame

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the problem with the tranny is that there is only one mounting hole on either side. Now the bosses that slid into the frame are angled but are not a tight fit at all and it cannot hold up to the leverage of the motor

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More on that later

Next i wanted to tackle the front linkage, wanted to be able to run either a 3 link or 4 link so since i had a Hands Brothers 3 link already on the axle i made the single upper.

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Then i threw some wheels and tires on and got it to an approximate ride height.

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then i tacked a tab in place for the panhard bar.

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fits pretty good

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Now to tackle the tranny. i made up some tabs to add another mounting location.

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then tacked them to the chassis

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being that there is no other mounting options i simply drilled and tapped some new ones.

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now it's plenty secure

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Oh and one last thing. i did a quick mock-up of the body

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And if you are wondering, Yes it will have a drop bed and yes it will be all aluminum like my class 2 truck! "thumbsup"

More later

Very nice! Looks like yet another quality build. How do you go about splitting your tubing for the frame? Bandsaw? Cutoff wheel? Butter knife?

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Sub'd! I always like watching your builds! Especially when they get all "mashed" up and look that much more like most of the yota's I see on the trails lol

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Nice work! I have to do some of same things to my frame. U set the bar! :)

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Sir You Make Some Fantastic Builds !

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Just a cutoff wheel. nothing special.

That's the idea! ;-)

I'm glad i could inspire!

Thanks!




It was time to get this thing standing on it's own. i starting by bending up some hoops out of stainless tube.

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Then for the rear i made some plates. since the tube is going to be stainless i'm going to try to make all the other parts stainless as well.

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then i tried something diferent and attempted to braze the plate in without tacking it first but it was an epic failure as you can see with the one on the left.

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If you are wondering why the tube was cut unevenly this is why. with the truck having a full drop bed but running a 4 link i needed a place to put the hoops that wouldn't take away from the bed floor. so i decided to lean them forward to try to keep the tires out of the shocks.

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And to keep the hoops under the fenders

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Next it was time for the front. I started by making some tabs for the shock

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Then the hoops were trimmed and the the tabs were mounted along with the lower mounts

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then they were tacked to the chassis.

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The last thing i did was add a rear cross bar.

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It's finally standing on it's own

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If course the mandatory flex shot "thumbsup"

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then with the bed in place

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More to come!

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lookin killer bud! The details are amazing8)

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Thanks!

Well i have been working on this but i just haven't had time to post progress. So here is an update.

Once i had the chassis situated, i decided to lock the front in place with a cross member.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...ps508e208e.jpg

Fit is nice and should be real clean once i braze it.

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The i moved onto the rear. i decided to give it a better departure angle and pie cut the chassis.

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Then TIG'd it shut

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and ground it smooth.

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then i needed to make the bed mounts. i bent up some sheet metal first

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Then tacked then in place

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for the front mount i used some sliced square tube and added the serial number to make it official

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And tacked it in

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now it was time for some fresh panels starting with the bed floor and inner fenders

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then i made some supports and fastened them to the frame

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and glued the bed floor down

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...ps04bd57ed.jpg

Now with a clean bed floor for reference i was able to start on the cab. I formed the roof, cab back and B pillars and glued them together

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then positioned it on the chassis

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then i was able to make the sliders

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and add them to the chassis

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Next came the rear hoop

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it was added as well.

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test fit the cab skin again and all looks good

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then i added the tubes in front to secure the sliders

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finally i bent up the rear bumper

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and tacked it to the chassis

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keeping it in the same plane as the cut to the frame rails.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...psfc01d898.jpg

That's it for now!

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Awesome work... still! I have to ask, any reason U put the 2 upside-down in the serial number?

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Best truck winner. Great stuff sir.

It's going to be sic when your done. Nice skills you have.

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Blown away! No words come to mind. Outstanding skills.

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well since he was unable to post more progress on my truck due to not being a vendor he updated me with pics of all the progress, its finally finished and i received it in the mail yesterday. Here are a few of the pics he sent me as updates and in the next post i will post pics of its progress since i got it yesterday....

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After 7 months of anticipation it arrived yesterday and im speechless! I even got a complete spare body set.... I decided to go a stockish color for this first body and i will do some black yota stripes.

I also think for the moment im gonna use these 1.55's untill i can find some 1.7 iroks, i have some new 1.9 tsl's i planned to run but at the ride height i want they may be a bit big and will mangle the fenders

For now its gettin axial axles i have the DDK setup in it with all Robinson internals, HH 35t torquemaster, 90mm icons, MMp or brxl (not sure yet), and i just ordered the winch and the grill

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I also started messin with interior, i had this dash out of a mustang (i know its not scale to the yota but its gonna work for now) I modified it some to fit and changed out the steering wheel and added a grab bar, now gotta make seat mounts for the buckets and i will be running thses two jokers in here lol

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Looks great! Glad to see it showed up ok. Enjoy!

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Wow!

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What ^he^ said

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Ill 3rd that!


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