Welcome to yet another primered appearance of the Construction Zone. We hope that by seeing more unfinished rides in the raw you'll come up with some new ideas of your own to complete the ride that's collecting cobwebs in your garage. If you have a ride that's not quite done but makes you want to shave, suicide, or chop something every month, then snap some of your own. Send them to us here at Mini Truckin' c/o Construction Zone, 2400 E. Katella Ave., 7th Floor, Anaheim, CA 92806.
Wheels/Tires: 18-inch Niche Spitfires with Nitto 215/35/18 up front, and 20-inch Niche Spitfires in Nitto 225/30/20s out back
Suspension/Chassis: Two-inch Chassis Tech drop spindles; 2,500lb Firestones in front, and 2,600s in the rear; hand-built three-link; hand-built notch and tubular bridge; 7-gallon tank; 1/2-inch valves, lines, and fittings
Body Modifications: Three-inch body drop, 2004 Tacoma hood, grille, headlights, bumper, and 3/4 fender worked into 1/4 of '88 fender to match body lines, hood stretched 7 inches to window trim, radiused hood corners, suicided the hood using '95 Civic trunk hinges, suicide doors using stock hinges; shaved door handles, cab vents, hood pissers, mirrors, rock guards, gas door, antenna, taillights, tailgate handle, body lines in tailgate; tailgate welded shut with Grant Kustoms roll pan molded, '39 Ford LED taillights, bed sheetmetaled shut with access hole in back, and star-shaped gas door cut on top, sheetmetal bedsides, floor and trailer fenders, sliding ragtop, billet grille, and clear corner lights
Interior: Civic buckets wrapped in orange and gray tweed, carpet is gray tweed, smoothed and painted dash white, shaved vents, custom center console with two Rockford Fosgate 8-inch subs, Directed Audio CD/DVD player and 7-inch screen, hand shaped sheetmetal door panels, billet window cranks
Engine: Accel plug wires, polished FBI intake, billet wire loom and oil cap, Optima battery, and Flowmaster exhaust
Special Thanks: Mom and Pops, his son Tyler, his girlfriend Kristy; most importantly, Nathaniel Tharrington for making all his ideas for the truck come to life; Ben Batts for the flame job; and the whole Twisted Fantasies family
Future Plans: Old-school dash, paint, chrome, and paint on the engine
Project Completion Date: Maybe Blood Drag '07 for now
Wheels/Tires: 17-inch Eskies wrapped with Toyo rubber
Suspension/Chassis: Two-inch drop spindles, four-link, eight 1/2-inch Blitzluft valves, Slam 'bags, 16-gallon fuel cell
Body Modifications: Shaved handles, locks, emblems, hood pissers, and vents; Cali combo; smoothed bed floor; motorized plate in front of bed; gas filler relocated to floor of bed
Interior: Shaved dash with molded 7-inch monitor and Kenwood CD player; 6-1/2-inch Memphis speakers in the kicks
Special Thanks: Mom, his girlfriend, his friends, and anyone who's helped or given advice along the way
Future Plans: Shave taillights and French-in '59 Caddy tails, finish interior, and paint
Project Completion Date: Right around the time that Honda makes a decent "truck"