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97 4WD frame swap / partial restoration thread

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by Dan496, Jul 2, 2024.

  1. Jul 2, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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    Dan496

    Dan496 [OP] Well-Known Member

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    My 97 tacoma frame is officially too far gone to continue rust repairs so take this journey with me as I do a frame swap on my nearly 30 year old truck. Heres a pic I have of the frame I just picked up. It was from an 02 double cab, im aware I have to move the body mounts but otherwise everything else hopefully shouldnt require any kind of crazy fab work. Ill be documenting my progress on this thread periodically.
    My goal is to have the frame and essentially the majority of this truck to have a solid built foundation of a truck for years to come. ive always felt like despite how great this truck has ran and treated me it just always needed that extra push to make it 100%.

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