I am not a truck person. I have no interest in owning one. But, like all “I’m not a truck person” people - I still have need for one (I run my own small business and very frequently need to transport large, but not terribly heavy, items). Up until now I had always had a friend or relative with a truck and a willingness to let me borrow it, but this is no longer the case.
To make my reluctant truck purchase as personally satisfying as is possible, I had thought I would purchase an early 90’s compact truck, stiffen up the chassis, drop & reinforce the suspension, maybe add some power, and fab up my own flat-bed conversion, so that I can move 4’ x 8’ sheets in my compact (building a custom droped minitruck carries at least some appeal for me). These modifications are all things that I can do. My problem is that I know nothing about compact trucks, in terms of what would make the best platform to start from? I was thinking about a Toyota Pickup 4 x 4, but am unsure of the challenges I would face in dropping a four wheeler, and they seem to be much more expensive than other options.
If anyone has an opinion I’d love to hear it.
To make my reluctant truck purchase as personally satisfying as is possible, I had thought I would purchase an early 90’s compact truck, stiffen up the chassis, drop & reinforce the suspension, maybe add some power, and fab up my own flat-bed conversion, so that I can move 4’ x 8’ sheets in my compact (building a custom droped minitruck carries at least some appeal for me). These modifications are all things that I can do. My problem is that I know nothing about compact trucks, in terms of what would make the best platform to start from? I was thinking about a Toyota Pickup 4 x 4, but am unsure of the challenges I would face in dropping a four wheeler, and they seem to be much more expensive than other options.
If anyone has an opinion I’d love to hear it.
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