Potter147
Member
- Joined
- Sep 6, 2022
- Messages
- 80
Alright. I'll admit it. Not only to everyone else, but to myself as well. I'm building my Chevy. Maybe not into a category such as a "prerunner" or prelander, overlander, rock crawler, mudder, etc... but I'm building it to suite my needs and asthetic desires.
The story begins a little bit back. I had an '07 Tacoma that I was dead set on building into a long travel go anywhere type truck. But after realizing it's pretty dumb to build and abuse your dd and putting myself at risk of breaking in the middle of the desert and being stranded with no tow truck or trailer, I decided to sell it.
![IMG_20210531_212424_014.jpg IMG_20210531_212424_014.jpg](https://forum.badlinesgoodtimes.com/data/attachments/22/22392-e31790686642b7bd86e58c551b584372.jpg)
The plan then was to buy a Tahoe as a new dd and camping rig that I could sleep in, tow with, and take on road trips. To also buy a trailer. And last but not least, buy a dedicated toy. My friend hit me up with an offer I couldn't refuse and I bought it that weekend. It was, hmm, I think either a '99 or '01 single cab Mazda b3000 I dubbed the "Go Kart". Light weight, short wheel base, and all the rotational fun that a toy needs.
![IMG_20220725_163127_290.jpg IMG_20220725_163127_290.jpg](https://forum.badlinesgoodtimes.com/data/attachments/22/22393-97fa937172805d3c6f72dd0e935b7331.jpg)
The plan was to cage it right off the bat and work my way out, but the Ford engine did Ford things and died about a month after I bought it. Sad days. Whatever.
I continued to dd my "race car"
while I figured out what I wanted to do.
![20211112_191729.jpg 20211112_191729.jpg](https://forum.badlinesgoodtimes.com/data/attachments/22/22394-210e7f0a4a018bf09e56e99cb3c244c8.jpg)
I never did figure out what I wanted to do. In fact, long story, I was actually planning on moving to Switzerland right when the engine died on the go kart. So long story short, I sold the race car and parked the go kart in the parking lot of my old apartment complex, bought a more sensible dd, dubbed "The Great White Jelly Bean" (kind of a Hot Tub Time Machine reference lol), didn't end up going to Switzerland, and just drove around on an endless road trip until I found somewhere I wanted to call home.
![20220622_120939.jpg 20220622_120939.jpg](https://forum.badlinesgoodtimes.com/data/attachments/22/22395-4e1b42b69a0237e4797468cecb616fe8.jpg)
I eventually drove until I found home in Montana. I got a job in construction and it became very apparent I needed a truck again. Not only that, but I missed driving jeep trails way out into bfe to go camping. And so I found THE BEAST!!!
![20240330_014122.jpg 20240330_014122.jpg](https://forum.badlinesgoodtimes.com/data/attachments/22/22397-52e0255a53acb2cd7d5c3e31ece232ce.jpg)
The story begins a little bit back. I had an '07 Tacoma that I was dead set on building into a long travel go anywhere type truck. But after realizing it's pretty dumb to build and abuse your dd and putting myself at risk of breaking in the middle of the desert and being stranded with no tow truck or trailer, I decided to sell it.
![IMG_20210531_212424_014.jpg IMG_20210531_212424_014.jpg](https://forum.badlinesgoodtimes.com/data/attachments/22/22392-e31790686642b7bd86e58c551b584372.jpg)
The plan then was to buy a Tahoe as a new dd and camping rig that I could sleep in, tow with, and take on road trips. To also buy a trailer. And last but not least, buy a dedicated toy. My friend hit me up with an offer I couldn't refuse and I bought it that weekend. It was, hmm, I think either a '99 or '01 single cab Mazda b3000 I dubbed the "Go Kart". Light weight, short wheel base, and all the rotational fun that a toy needs.
![IMG_20220725_163127_290.jpg IMG_20220725_163127_290.jpg](https://forum.badlinesgoodtimes.com/data/attachments/22/22393-97fa937172805d3c6f72dd0e935b7331.jpg)
The plan was to cage it right off the bat and work my way out, but the Ford engine did Ford things and died about a month after I bought it. Sad days. Whatever.
I continued to dd my "race car"
![Face with tears of joy :joy: 😂](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f602.png)
![20211112_191729.jpg 20211112_191729.jpg](https://forum.badlinesgoodtimes.com/data/attachments/22/22394-210e7f0a4a018bf09e56e99cb3c244c8.jpg)
I never did figure out what I wanted to do. In fact, long story, I was actually planning on moving to Switzerland right when the engine died on the go kart. So long story short, I sold the race car and parked the go kart in the parking lot of my old apartment complex, bought a more sensible dd, dubbed "The Great White Jelly Bean" (kind of a Hot Tub Time Machine reference lol), didn't end up going to Switzerland, and just drove around on an endless road trip until I found somewhere I wanted to call home.
![20220622_120939.jpg 20220622_120939.jpg](https://forum.badlinesgoodtimes.com/data/attachments/22/22395-4e1b42b69a0237e4797468cecb616fe8.jpg)
I eventually drove until I found home in Montana. I got a job in construction and it became very apparent I needed a truck again. Not only that, but I missed driving jeep trails way out into bfe to go camping. And so I found THE BEAST!!!
![20240330_014122.jpg 20240330_014122.jpg](https://forum.badlinesgoodtimes.com/data/attachments/22/22397-52e0255a53acb2cd7d5c3e31ece232ce.jpg)