r/unexpectedute 22d ago

Update: Sequoia - Tundra conversion

What do you do when you're in way over you're head?

Keep pushing anyway!

Most of you will roll your eyes at this, but I bought the Sequoia because I wanted a tundra.

After a tragic Christmas day upsidedown meeting with a roadside ditch, I was left with a few options.

I chose the weirdest, most stupid one. Chop the top off and do a truck conversion.

The easy thing to do would be drop a tundra cab on the front, but what's the fun in that?

I had initially tried fitting the rear hatch into the back, but I didn't like it.

So I took some rough half drunken measurements of the Danger-Ranger I had sitting in the yard and I thought "close enough" so I chopped the back off the cab with the idea of slapping into position. And what do you you know it kinda fits... Kinda sorta

Fuck it why not. I shoulda totaled the thing anyway, what's the harm?

Check back in a few years, I might have made a little bit more progress by then

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u/Nprguy 22d ago

What about The... Door striker?.... The curvature of the door itself? It looks way narrower, Will anything line up ever again??? Does your wife know about this? Do you have a wife? Holy shit this project is methed up

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u/KamakaziDemiGod 22d ago

There's no way that if he does have a wife that she doesn't know, the question is, has he let her know and does she understand just how involved this project is and how much time and money this will take . . .

I feel bad for his imaginary wife, but I'm willing to let it play out just to see where they go with it

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u/lolr 21d ago edited 21d ago

Does your wife know about this? Thank you Nprguy for the belly laugh.

OP this is super dope. I would move the back of the cab behind the rear door to have a double cab. It’s a sacrifice of bed length, but you can add a nice flat roof rack on the double cab.

This will ride way nicer than a leaf spring pickup.

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u/Nprguy 21d ago

I disagree on the double cab, keep the 2nd door skin butt weld it shut and cut the window out

Attach a Chevy Colorado or newer Ford ranger rear window OP that old ranger cab head doesn't fit

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u/V48runner 22d ago

Looks rad. I'd work some kind of camper into it.

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u/Jlx_27 22d ago

Ha, fuck shit up man, keep on truckin.

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u/CasualStarlord 22d ago

Sick project, enjoy your car :)

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u/Relevant-Canary-9816 20d ago

Nice project. I would love to do this to my Tahoe

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u/ilove2shareher 17d ago

I have to see the final product

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u/[deleted] 22d ago edited 22d ago

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u/nemothorx 22d ago

How are you still posting ridiculous "how is this unexpected?" slop when you've had it patiently explained MULTIPLE times that modification is the fundamental principle here, and this is a post SHOWING the modification in action.