1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

Lots of freshly washed stock coming available in FL right now...

 

Nice! That is called a 'rumble seat'. When I was in single digits age, my pops was building/restoring that exact car I believe. 1937 Ford convertible Cabriolet- with rumble seat of course. He ended up trading the unfinished project for a finished '66 Ranchero with the 302.

Yeah talk about a missed opportunity, somebody should lose a job over that fumble. Or maybe it's because- US jet≠Japanese car company

 

I can draw it up in photoshop if you want. It's pretty easy to make the C using the O as a base and extending the horizontals. You could take to a vinyl decal shop and have them cut, I'm sure you could get a large matching pair for under $100. Could be worth double the truck's value .. Might double the resale?

 

WOW,

Sorry, I would never consider a Tundra a Ridgline

Y'all younger generation have a different thought process

Today was the 1st time I have seen a Ford Maverick pick-up I hated wrenching those as cars and now Ford re-invents it into a truck

 

i dont need stickers, just gave me a chuckle. It'd fit better drawn on in sharpie anyway.

 

Yes , both the exterior and interiors were given bath's

 

To be fair, we all know our tundras are far superior to honda ridgelines. One of us AC fellers cracked a joke about the similarities a while back, and it kinda stuck. Just been an ongoing joke. All in good fun. There are even a couple DC guys in here that embraced the notion, and claim it on their profile details. We've got thick skin in here bud. for the most part

 

When the GF, and I went west, especially once we started coming back east wards from NorCal on 36 East (Fuck that road) we stopped every time we saw a gas station whether we needed it or not. Last thing we needed was to get stuck in the desert with a beagle, and two Aries people. We'd have killed each other, and ate the dog!

Fuck that! Pull this route up, and look at the topography, and satellite imagery all along that road.



We ran a red light in susanville IIRC

 

Send it fucker!!!

 

Look up 16A iron mountain road... lol

 

west tx has real mountains.

 

titan will walk a tundra all day. Gotta start calling the AC's queen cabs. (Cause nissan calls em king cabs)

 

Absolutely zero rust, 05-06 AC 4x4. I would rather spend more and start with something cleaner. Grey interior. More concerned with the condition and maintenance than the miles. The closer to stock the better.

 

Toyota must've been listening, and said we can build a ridgeline.

https://www.drive.com.au/news/2025-toyota-stout-could-be-revived-for-new-ute/

 

Nice, but step side is way out. Should have mentioned that. I'll text you a couple I'm looking at later today

 

Huh. Just saw this LT Camburg kit on YouTube, and fitting 35s. Courtesy tag to @5N0W808 due to his recent 35s thread.

Not that I can afford it, but ...

Unbox:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6bfNNlTmz0

Install:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFmbgMeGpLY

Here's the build breakdown:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcDrTxtix5s

Here's the same truck with 35s with the Camburg MT kit, I assume he had that on before the LT kit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ANiKTL8ngs

 

@shifty` That doesn't look right unless the rear axle gets extended or some serious 2-3 inch wheel offsets are used for the rear.

 

He talks about his hubcentric spacer setup in the 4th video. I didn't bother to listen.

The front wheels stick out so freaking far up front compared to rear, I wouldn't want it. Looks janky to me. I'm also guessing if you slapped a 4ft level on the bed rail while it's on flat ground, it'd reveal a good inch or so of squat.

 

You should not have to mention that. Stepsides are bastard children. Like the babies found in dumpsters when the abortion clinics get shut down. Ok maybe that's a bit much

 

This dude lives by me. That shop, Baja HQ, is like a mile from my house. haha I actually live closer to that shop than he does. The owner, lives right up the street from me, also runs the Desert Assassins Raceteam, and is an iconic legend in desert and baja racing, freestyle motorcross, and everything in between. Really cool guy. The kids truck is super sick. Haven't seen it in awhile but he was planning on doin fiberglass fenders, not sure if it happened yet. I Know he still has it as he said he'll never get rid of it

 

The carolina squatters with their 24" rims and rubber band tires, with the front a whole foot higher than the rear, made squatting such a taboo and frowned upon. I personally like the look of the front a tad higher, but besides that, and before a bunch of idiots took it it the extremes I first mentioned, trophy trucks-used for off road desert racing, have long been set up that way to keep them from nose-diving thru whoop sections and while boosting off jumps. I've always had my front lifted higher, I don't even like calling it squatting, I only started hearing that term after the carolina style somehow became popular. BTW, I never see squatted trucks like those in CA, the closest thing is lowriders on hydros, while hittin switches. I see a ton of built prerunners that are slightly taller in the front, but that's how prerunners are. Theres a difference between 'squatted' trucks and 'prerunner' trucks.

 

Gotta love the IRS.

I call the main number to make an appointment at a local office. A pre-recorded voice tells me to call the local office.

I look up the local office to call and all of them state on the website to call the main number!

Who's on first?

Last time I called the main number to get a live operator, I've found I need to call between when they open and 5-10 minutes thereafter. Then it's a 2-4 hour wait.

Any later than that window and I get the pre-recorded line they're too busy and to call back another day!

 

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I'm impressed they answer at all You call here and it just tells you they don't answer the phone and to show up in person.

 

I remember those days. 2019 and before I believe.

You know, I'm thinking about doing that. Realistically, they'll probably just tell me I need an appointment and if I can't get through, it's not their problem.

 

If anyone remembers calling into the radio and being told if you're the 10th caller, you'll win a key to get one attempt to open only one of several corvettes and win it, that's how I feel when I call the IRS only my prize is getting my answers.