The Beginning, August 28th, 2019.

We found the heart and soul of our racecar!


We have been looking for a vehicle to be the platform for this build since early June, and we found many potential vehicles but this one presented itself and it was too good to pass up. We also got a great deal on it which helps a lot.

It is a 2004 V8 4runner with 195k miles. We were told it had a little less but really not a big deal. The motor runs really smooth and drives decent. Definitely in need of some love in the suspension department but most everything underneath is getting ripped out and replaced with something else anyway.

This vehicle was auctioned off as a salvage title non-running vehicle. Come to find that it had been previously stolen, the head unit was ripped out and lots of wires under the dash had been cut. They spliced everything together and it fired right up. Other than some minor body damage, some paint fade, and a cracked dash its a pretty awesome truck.

We drove it almost 150 miles home with no hiccups other than the 4low light randomly coming on. We also found out that 4low does not engage. (pretty common if it is seldom used by the previous owner).

We think this will make a great platform for us to build off of and we are super excited to get the build going.


We also picked up some goodies from PRPSeats!


Next step is tear down and a roll cage!