rickashay
Explorer
CURRENT PHOTO - October 2017
20170925-_08I4857 by Tamarack Media Co., on Flickr
20170923-_08I4542 by Tamarack Media Co., on Flickr
With #Doug now officially gone, I figured it was time to bring this over here.
Well, here I go again...
It's safe to say that I might have a problem. At least that's what my wife and friends sometimes tell me. I've gone through six vehicles in the last 12 months, they weren't all built Toyota 4x4's but I have a rap sheet of those as well...
I'll spare the history though, if you're interested in my other builds just check out the "Dirt Duster", "Tom Cruiser", or "Doug"."
Back to the point. I am recently married and my wife and I have been having discussions about having children. I also have 2 dogs and love everything outside. It doesn''t hurt that I always liked the 4th Gens and after owning a pretty clean example ("Phil the 4th Gen") earlier this year (which I sold LOL), I kinda started to like the platform. Phil was the best color, and a Sport Edition, but did not have the 2UZ so I knew it wouldn't last. In light of our recent discussions my wife and I realized the 4th Gen was the perfect platform for our upcoming needs and if we were going to look for one, it would have to be a clean (BC truck preferably) with low mileage, and have the V8. After being screwed out of a very clean 07' Limited V8 (seller sold it out from under me before taking delivery), I knew the hunt was on. A few weeks of hard daily classified scavenging, and I found "Rick". Rick has an interesting back story to say the least. Something that I will elaborate on a little later. However, here are the things you need to know:
- 05' Limited V8
- West coast BC vehicle it's whole life
- It has 43,000kms on it. No, that is not a typo.
Fast forward to last weekend and I was on a plane with my wife, headed for Vancouver. We made a quick weekend getaway out of it and landed Saturday morning at 8:30am in Van, BC.
IMG_8084.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
Coming into YVR
IMG_8087.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
The current owner picked us up at the airport and we quickly finalized the deal. My wife and I spent the rest of the day and part of Sunday meandering around and enjoying the awesomeness that is Vancouver.
IMG_8091.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
IMG_8094.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
We headed back to Calgary on Sunday where we gave the 4Runner a much needed stretch on the highway to work out any buildups in the engine. It's been driven but at 43,000kms it sure hasn't been driven a lot. My fuel economy has been improving with each tank which I think may be related to this.
Since being back in Calgary, I felt urged to remove the ugly running boards as my first official "mod".
IMG_8113.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
And a couple detail shots of the rig to start the documentation process off in the right direction. The plan for this build is to document everything. You may even see a lot of video style VLOG's as well. Something that I think would be a pretty cool concept for a truck build. I'm stoked to dive in.
IMG_8103.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
IMG_8104.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
Paint is like new:
IMG_8110.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
Original glass:
IMG_8109.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
So fresh, so clean!
IMG_8111.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
IMG_8112.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
IMG_8114.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
That's all for now. Stay tuned!
20170925-_08I4857 by Tamarack Media Co., on Flickr
20170923-_08I4542 by Tamarack Media Co., on Flickr
With #Doug now officially gone, I figured it was time to bring this over here.
Well, here I go again...
It's safe to say that I might have a problem. At least that's what my wife and friends sometimes tell me. I've gone through six vehicles in the last 12 months, they weren't all built Toyota 4x4's but I have a rap sheet of those as well...
I'll spare the history though, if you're interested in my other builds just check out the "Dirt Duster", "Tom Cruiser", or "Doug"."
Back to the point. I am recently married and my wife and I have been having discussions about having children. I also have 2 dogs and love everything outside. It doesn''t hurt that I always liked the 4th Gens and after owning a pretty clean example ("Phil the 4th Gen") earlier this year (which I sold LOL), I kinda started to like the platform. Phil was the best color, and a Sport Edition, but did not have the 2UZ so I knew it wouldn't last. In light of our recent discussions my wife and I realized the 4th Gen was the perfect platform for our upcoming needs and if we were going to look for one, it would have to be a clean (BC truck preferably) with low mileage, and have the V8. After being screwed out of a very clean 07' Limited V8 (seller sold it out from under me before taking delivery), I knew the hunt was on. A few weeks of hard daily classified scavenging, and I found "Rick". Rick has an interesting back story to say the least. Something that I will elaborate on a little later. However, here are the things you need to know:
- 05' Limited V8
- West coast BC vehicle it's whole life
- It has 43,000kms on it. No, that is not a typo.
Fast forward to last weekend and I was on a plane with my wife, headed for Vancouver. We made a quick weekend getaway out of it and landed Saturday morning at 8:30am in Van, BC.
IMG_8084.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
Coming into YVR
IMG_8087.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
The current owner picked us up at the airport and we quickly finalized the deal. My wife and I spent the rest of the day and part of Sunday meandering around and enjoying the awesomeness that is Vancouver.
IMG_8091.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
IMG_8094.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
We headed back to Calgary on Sunday where we gave the 4Runner a much needed stretch on the highway to work out any buildups in the engine. It's been driven but at 43,000kms it sure hasn't been driven a lot. My fuel economy has been improving with each tank which I think may be related to this.
Since being back in Calgary, I felt urged to remove the ugly running boards as my first official "mod".
IMG_8113.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
And a couple detail shots of the rig to start the documentation process off in the right direction. The plan for this build is to document everything. You may even see a lot of video style VLOG's as well. Something that I think would be a pretty cool concept for a truck build. I'm stoked to dive in.
IMG_8103.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
IMG_8104.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
Paint is like new:
IMG_8110.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
Original glass:
IMG_8109.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
So fresh, so clean!
IMG_8111.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
IMG_8112.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
IMG_8114.jpg by Addison Rickaby, on Flickr
That's all for now. Stay tuned!
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