Scramble's "Metallica Truck" Build Thread

[4-Ripcord]

I was always hoping to see some history on your truck, I had no idea it was that awesome though! What a trip.

Good read! And those wheels turned out really nice.

 

[Scramble]

You had me at the chick with the bubble butt....

I actually learned to drive stick in Erin's 2nd Gen. She gave me a few lessons before I picked up my truck. I tried to slip her the tongue one night but got rejected. She just started seeing someone. How the hell could she turn down someone with a brand new 4Runner?! :biggrin1:

 

[Scramble]

I was always hoping to see some history on your truck, I had no idea it was that awesome though! What a trip.

Good read! And those wheels turned out really nice.

Thanks man, I remember staying up all night reading your 1st build thread & getting to the end where you sold it. It made me very sad.:sad:
But I'm glad you're back & look forward to your new build.

 

[4-Ripcord]

Made me sad too. When are the new goodies gonna be installed?

 

[BigFishAllDay]

I actually learned to drive stick in Erin's 2nd Gen. She gave me a few lessons before I picked up my truck. I tried to slip her the tongue one night but got rejected. She just started seeing someone.How could she turn down someone with a brand new 4Runner? :biggrin1:

This made me laugh! It reminds me of the morning after a house party, sitting on the couch with some buddies and talking about the night before over breakfast beers. I was going to post a comment about learning to "drive stick", but then you satisfied my curiosity about the Erin situation.

The rig is looking great. I really like the stance and the wheel/tire combo, and the backstory is awesome. I'm glad you kept the "Metallica Truck" all these years. I'm with you though, it would have been a little more awesome if the dash had some autographs.

 

[sportscarfan]

Only my thread will turn into a Metal chat thread! LOL I like the 4th album but it's not great like the 1st three. The recording isn't that good with Jason's bass turned all the way down. The $5.98EP kicks ass with Jason on the bass. Yea, the Black Album was a big let down & Load & Re-Load were even worse.

I totally concur. Metallica was absolutely at their zenith all through the 80's. I saw the handwriting on the wall when they hit MTV.

 

[fourfive]

The Metallica Truck Story
:welcome:
...the guy took my information down & told me it was ..[I won].. a Toyota 4Runner...

Very cool story & impressive you hung on to the 4runner all these years with your cadillac background. With my bias towards 4runners, I don't know that i would be able to do the same if the tables were turned & I won a cadillac...I could see myself selling the cadillac to start a 3rd gen collection.

 

[Bandit Runner]

Cool story on how you got the 4Runner!

I'm another old(ish) guy on the forum. I am a 1980's metal head-banger also.

:guitar2: :rockon:

 

[Hacker]

Then I blurted out, “69 Dude!” Exactly like Wayne’s World!

Isn't that actually from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure?

 

[Scramble]

Made me sad too. When are the new goodies gonna be installed?

The bumper is done, I'll do the S/C in the end of Sept beginning of Oct. I have ton of concerts coming in the next few weeks & I need the rig for tailgating. It's no fun in my Accord. LOL

 

[Scramble]

This made me laugh! It reminds me of the morning after a house party, sitting on the couch with some buddies and talking about the night before over breakfast beers. I was going to post a comment about learning to "drive stick", but then you satisfied my curiosity about the Erin situation.

The rig is looking great. I really like the stance and the wheel/tire combo, and the backstory is awesome. I'm glad you kept the "Metallica Truck" all these years. I'm with you though, it would have been a little more awesome if the dash had some autographs.

Thanks, I wasn't going to tell the back story because I've told it so many times to new people I meet in life it's almost "old news" or "played out" but I'm glad I did. It was really fun typing it out in MS Word & reliving the excitement and it should documented on this site.

Reading your thread about how you found the "One" was an inspiration for me.

I found a pic of Erin that I'll post soon.:boink:

 

[Scramble]

Isn't that actually from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure?

I fixed it, Duh! Thanks!:redface:

 

[Scramble]

I was motivated last night to look for some old photos. I bought my house 8 years ago & my old photos have been sitting in a box in the basement since I moved in. And they aren't in photo albums, they're still in photo lab envelopes.
(you kids can Google these terms if you don't understand what I'm saying )

So after about 3hrs of opening envelopes I found all of my truck pics from 1999-2004! Some pics I don't remember taking but that was the fun of looking through everything. Camping trips, Road trips to TN, GA, wheeling at Smith Point , LI, etc.

So here is the oldest pic I could find. May of 1999, going camping in the Catskills, NY Memorial Day Weekend. I thought my first mod was adding rain guards but according to my pics I didn't add them until the end of 2001. My first mod or accessory really was my Thule mountain bike rack.
These are my neighbors Keith on the left & Chris on the right & my old dog & best friend for 14 years Bleeargh (RIP 2006) in the middle.

 

[W3LCH]

:wave:When's the bumper coming in??? :noidea: No gonna lie im pretty peanut butter and jelly!:wof: That's the same bumper I want!

 

[Rock_Rat]

Great Thread - Love the Intro!

This is the first I read your build thread. Great story on the concert and how you won your 4runner. Awesome. Thanks for bringing back all of my NY memories after all of those years. I had visions of me and my family running up 17 to Lakeside Trailer Park to go camping. I heard they filled the lake in quite a while ago.

I'm a tad bit older than you so the bands I grew up with were Jethro Tull, The Who, Alice Cooper, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Joplin. Huge Metallica and Judas Priest fan back in the day. Caught the Ramones and the Patti Smith Group in concert before I left NY in the late 70's. I mellowed out and transitioned into CSNY, Rush, Pink Floyd, Dylan, Allman Bros. and such...

One of these days I'll start a build thread. Too dang busy...

 

[Scramble]

So here is the oldest pic of my 4Runner. A Saturday morning in early May of 1999 right before going mountain biking. We took my friend Vinny's 2nd Gen because I didn't have a bike rack yet. Weird thing is that I don't even remember that plate #.

 

[Scramble]

Me in front Vinny's 2nd Gen. It rained all day & it was a blast. That's my first mt. bike a GT Outpost Trail. It got stolen off the back of my truck a couple of years later. A perfect excuse to go buy a much better bike.

 

[Scramble]

This pic is for [MENTION=44220]BigFishAllDay[/MENTION] This is Erin, the girl that taught me how to drive stick in her 2nd Gen. This was at a co-workers wedding we went to with the new 4Runner in early June of 99. See how dapper I was & she still wouldn't give it up! :naughty:

 

[Scramble]

This is the first I read your build thread. Great story on the concert and how you won your 4runner. Awesome. Thanks for bringing back all of my NY memories after all of those years. I had visions of me and my family running up 17 to Lakeside Trailer Park to go camping. I heard they filled the lake in quite a while ago.

I'm a tad bit older than you so the bands I grew up with were Jethro Tull, The Who, Alice Cooper, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Joplin. Huge Metallica and Judas Priest fan back in the day. Caught the Ramones and the Patti Smith Group in concert before I left NY in the late 70's. I mellowed out and transitioned into CSNY, Rush, Pink Floyd, Dylan, Allman Bros. and such...

One of these days I'll start a build thread. Too dang busy...

Nice bands! I started out with Zepplin', Sabbath, Purple & then moved on to Ac/Dc, Maiden & Priest. I still listen to all of those bands plus the Thrash bands of the 80's. Overkill, Anthrax, Slayer etc. I saw the Ramone's for my friend Billy's 18th B-day in L'amour Brooklyn. The entire club was pogoing from the first note...1! 2! 3! 4! :evil:

:wave:When's the bumper coming in??? :noidea: No gonna lie im pretty peanut butter and jelly!:wof: That's the same bumper I want!

Yo homie, the bumper is on there!

 

[RPS99SHO]

What a cool story! And I love Metallica, up until Load. They lost their edge at that point. But oddly, I enjoy Death Magnetic. St. Anger can die in a fire.