Rightovercrest
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I finally got around to uploading all of the pictures of my little M416 build that has taken place of the last few months and figured I would share them since I got a lot of inspiration from right here. After selling my Tacoma last fall I quickly realized that I needed an all purpose trailer to tow behind my 4runner to use for camping, utility, and towing my motorcycles. I searched all over Ohio for a few months and stumbled upon a 1966 M416 an old Vet had that he never finished restoring about 1 1/2 hours south of me. He had already replaced the floor and had the tub sand blasted and primed so that was a big selling feature. So for $600 it was all mine and time to occupy myself for the winter months.
This is how she looked when I drug her home minus the fender I removed. Unfortunately, I did not take a whole lot of before pictures because I jumped right into the build.
Within the hour I had the tub off of the chassis.
Picture of the new floor the previous owner had custom made and installed.
Frame cleaned and painted.
Cragar Soft 8's with OEM 4Runner tires. I kept the original M416 axle for now since it will be towed by many vehicles so a matching spare is a moot point.
While some of you would roast me over a flame for cutting in a tailgate, the reason this trailer was perfect for my project is that it had a lot of damage in this area so it was a good sacrifice. I used some scrap steel from a workbench I found in the trash to fabricate the gate.
Finally a little bedliner and time to put her to work.
I didn't do the best job of documenting all of the other little stuff I did but it was a fun project and it should last another 50+ years.
This is how she looked when I drug her home minus the fender I removed. Unfortunately, I did not take a whole lot of before pictures because I jumped right into the build.
Within the hour I had the tub off of the chassis.
Picture of the new floor the previous owner had custom made and installed.
Frame cleaned and painted.
Cragar Soft 8's with OEM 4Runner tires. I kept the original M416 axle for now since it will be towed by many vehicles so a matching spare is a moot point.
While some of you would roast me over a flame for cutting in a tailgate, the reason this trailer was perfect for my project is that it had a lot of damage in this area so it was a good sacrifice. I used some scrap steel from a workbench I found in the trash to fabricate the gate.
Finally a little bedliner and time to put her to work.
I didn't do the best job of documenting all of the other little stuff I did but it was a fun project and it should last another 50+ years.