The ATPT conversion

[The ATPT]

My brother and family joined us for the trip and this is why I decided to build the van 12 people and gear, food and all the crap everyone needs in one vehicle

 

[Eddiebrs]

That thing is a beast! Great build

 

[The ATPT]

New rear le af springs arrived this weekend, hopefully I can get them installed to bring the back end up a bit.

 

[The ATPT]

I finally had the time to install the new rear springs started out with 23" to pinch weld.

 

[The ATPT]

It took a little time and elbow grease but I got the old ones out and the new ones in.

 

[The ATPT]

Now I have 25" to the pinch weld, and more importantly the fender flares don't hit the tires every time I hit a bump

 

[The ATPT]

And I think I have figured out the transmission as well, had the torque converter changed to a higher stall and everything seems to be better. Maybe it likes the ford blue color

 

[The ATPT]

Side view with new springs

 

[PNW EXPLR]

This is one sweet ride!

 

[Rick Schlepphorst]

I wish I had an excuse to build a monster like this!

 

[The ATPT]

I wish I had an excuse to build a monster like this!

We live in America, you can do it if you want

 

[Rick Schlepphorst]

We live in America, you can do it if you want

True, but I don't need that kind of firepower. I will stick with my Tacoma for now. That thing does have a lot of room for activities though!

 

[The ATPT]

We did poker flat his past weekend

 

[The ATPT]

Scraped the rim up pretty good, but she is not a mall crawler, so a badge of honor. I also broke the rear air port so the air compressor could not keep pressure, had to cut the hose off the air port and kink it off.

 

[The ATPT]

Red rock canyon the day after thanksgiving

 

[The ATPT]

For the day after Christmas we went to The Valley Of Fire, a nice State Park, no off road adventures but still fun dat with the family