Rosé - rear steer 88 toy 🇨🇦

[Treedyk]

Currently working on the rebuild of this rig, I’ll post more when I get around to it but figured start with a tease

 

[85Yota]

Please tell us the story behind the name

 

[badlinesgoodtimes]

ohhhh shit...legend has entered the chat! stoked to see ya on here... Rad meeting you out at KOH.. Thanks for the assist on the knuckle studs.
-Elliott

 

[Baconcreekmetal]

Interesting way to store an axle. It's definitely out of the way.

 

[Treedyk]

Please tell us the story behind the name

This was a fresh build last winter, it worked but had quirks. My buddy had some life changes and decided to sell it, I bought to see the project through and dial it in. I would love for it to be a fine wine and right now it’s more of a rosé

ohhhh shit...legend has entered the chat! stoked to see ya on here... Rad meeting you out at KOH.. Thanks for the assist on the knuckle studs.
-Elliott

Cheers man! I hate that forms are dying, I’m pretty terrible at documentation but this is my style, hopefully can give someone ideas or inspiration!

Interesting way to store an axle. It's definitely out of the way.

I work best under suspended loads

 

[Treedyk]

Since I’m here I’ll add a few more pics it last winter while it was being built, started out with a vw tdi/r150 but we swapped it to a 3rz/a340

 

[85Yota]

Interesting way to store an axle. It's definitely out of the way.

Hanging by the ceiling is always good storage plan. My friends Dad has an alumimum jeep tub/frame attached to beams in his shop. It's bolted upside down through the frame because he said straps scare him and I understand that

 

[Treedyk]

Procrastinating pretty hard right now so here’s a few more pics from when I took possession of the truck

 

[Treedyk]

Okay a few more, I started by adding some more support tubes to the rear and reworking the fuel system

 

[Treedyk]

Next up was starting the flat belly and front suspension rework


Made a custom skid plate and added 1” to the bottom of the frame rails to get a bit more room under the cab and stiffen the frame up

The trans tcase came up 6” to be parallel with the frame rails

Tg rock assault axle removed and sold. The pumpkin is massive making clearance a pain and the knuckles limit steering compared to factory

 

[Treedyk]

Get the floor finished up and some little misc things. That brings us to current, I’m putting it on the back burner and working on some other projects but I’ll get back to it sooner than later

Rear bump stops and brake lines mounted

Widening the front axle +1.5” a side


Battery box