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For sure. I am always very conservative when I quote something. The 1st one always takes the longest.... Making money on custom work is difficult. A lot of people just don't see the real value in it.

I hear ya for sure, Metric is a pain in the rear for the most part... I swear I rebuilt most of my old flat fender with 3/8-16 hardware. You could take like 90% of that thing apart with a 9/16 end wrench. If I was designing a vehicle from scratch that would be an interesting thing to keep in...

Good stuff. The devil is in the details....like the little frenched section around the upper radiator hose. My one criticism. With the Toyota base, and probably all of the GM engine, being metric. Any thought on trying to keep metric hardware on the little stuff like the bumpstop spacers? I...

How does stuff like this take SO long.... I was finally able to come up with a shifting system for the transfer case! Finally! The high-low selection is done by a lever system. I was able to grab a 3 bolt mounting pattern off the side of the 6L80E transmission in about the right locaiton...

Offers have been made, it is still here.

Looks like you are well on your way with that one!

I'll have to sell some off along the way.

Thank you very much. ....is it bad I am already planning out the next build ( or ten ) after this one?

Just little stuff that seems to big time.... I built a mount for the Gennie shifter mechanism on the top of the transmission. This position seemed to work out well for the possible seating positions. I did a little mock up with the seats to get a better feeling for the cab space. Overall I am...

No paddle shifters....probably. I am thinking about making a custom knob for the Gennie that has a two way momentary toggle switch flushed in the top for the tap shift function. Since the Gennie can have a hollow shift lever, I can run the wires down that lever and out under the boot. I am...

Stock? What's that? I will be building the seat mounts, with the tub narrowed I don't suspect the stock parts would be much use if I did have them. I ended up with about 4" between the seats so far. Seat height. I'm not sure what to do with that just yet. I am going to try and cut a few inches...

Yup, I was thinking the same thing, perhaps with a few access panels for the common access points so that I don't have to pull the tunnel that often. I'm trying to figure out the seat position. That is always fun when starting from scratch with no reference. I need to figure out where to...

They are called a 'Cleco' fastener. It is a tool that comes out of the aircraft industry for holding sheetmetal parts together for riveting. I use them for holding parts together prior to spot welding and stuff like that. They are spring loaded and use a small hole through each part. You can...

Get out the tape measure! I wouldn't limit yourself to a trail only rig. Why not make it road worthy? I'm building a hybrid on an 80 series chassis, but I am using a FJ45-esk body that I am building a significant portion of. If you are looking at using the complete 80 series chassis with...

This is a big hole...

One small step for.... ....tunnel construction. I completed the new flange all the way around the edge of the floor opening. The addition of the flange, and the little gussets at the junctions, really firmed up the floor panel. It isn't rock solid, but it is pretty good. I am tempted to stick...

Yes. I had to shrink those flanges ( A LOT ) to form the rear corners. I also hand worked the 'belly' of the panel a bit over a big section of pipe with a towel. There are other detents in the 'valve body' but everything is electronic. The gear selector, other than park, is just sliding...

You know me.....geek at heart.....

What curved flange thing are you referring to? If it is getting wavy that generally means you need some shrinking. Yes, the pickup shifter is just PRNDM with a +/- on the stalk. Some of the other applications of the 6L80E have it all in the shifter. I basically didn't want a cable operated...

I am going to use a Gennie original style shifter. It is similar to a Lokar style shifter but uses a shifter gate instead of a push button on the knob. They don't REALLY have one for a 6L80E yet, so I am going to be fabricating it to fit my application. I decided against having a cable shift...