This is so much better than watching you open mail!😁😁

@Mike.hobbies

Жыл бұрын

100%

@theglitch99

Жыл бұрын

👍🏼

@joshacollins84

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. I went away for a while because of that. I'm back now

@JoeB3477

Жыл бұрын

I enjoy watching him open mail!😂

@kbakeritsallaboutnobody.5761

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

You should add a air fitting to the new battery panel and tie it to the onboard air tanks. You can air up the truck without needing the on board air compressors or pre-fill them so the compressor doesn't need to work at start up.

@kevinklein959

Жыл бұрын

Or put a switch on the compressors and turn them on after you start the truck, that way you have the trucks charging system helping with the draw from the compressors.

@That_Ryan_Guy

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinklein959 He did that didn't he? My thinking is that with them filled you are ready to drive. Since the truck runs rough at idle and parked long stretches it could spare a few extra cranking amps. Needed? No, just another backup idea. =)

@kevinklein959

Жыл бұрын

@@That_Ryan_Guy Yeah I hadn't watched the video that far yet. He did a good job.

@That_Ryan_Guy

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinklein959 As always! But he needs to finish one project. 🤣

@nathansumerlin8391

Жыл бұрын

Was about to say the same thing,! An outside air would be and an easy way to take stress off the systems

One more idea I've had, since working in a semi shop with full airbrake/suspension systems, you could add a shop air fitting to the remote connections so you can manually fill the air tank from the outside, even with a little pancake compressor on an inverter you could get enough emergency air to lift the bags from the outside

@NightshiftCustom

Жыл бұрын

I added a Schrader valve so can be filled up by any air pump or at a gas station in case the air pump was to fail use it all the time to air up the truck now when at home with a lock on chuck. works great!

Wheels are MUCH better! My 90’s nostalgia is sufficiently stimulated!

I love that truck. I'm so pleased to see you doing something with it. I'm 49 and currently putting an S10 together. 90s mini truck style.

17's were huge in the early 90's..the new wheels look great 👍!!

R.I.P. MINITRUCKIN!! Hearing the names involved with this truck, seeing it layout and the paint. Waiting on my subscription was life until taking sawzaw to vehicles became a thing. So happy to remember those times. Thank you.

Great show as always . Easy foolproof solution for your air compressors. Install momentary switch and a latching relay for your pump power. Nothing happens when you power on the key, but hit the momentary switch and the relay powers itself to stay on and power your compressors. When you key off the relay will shut off. Foolproof 👍👍

Dude, it looks soooo much better, with the 17's!! Great job!!

Mike says mini truckers don't narrow their axels , Dirt Head Dave says hold my beer. I was a kid into VWs when mini trucks were a thing . Glad you guys are doing this content its soooo fun!

Sweet ride Finn. Reminds me of my friend's and their 13B powered Mazda 2200, and another guy's Izusu Pup back around 1990. I got a tip for you and your viewers. Almost everyone installs amps in their vehicles these days. Use a larger cable size than you really need. Install a ground block and a power distribution block. And providing you haven't shave the door locks and handles, you can hook you battery charger or jumper cables directly to those blocks on your amp rack. Of course a 2 gauge Anderson plug, behind the grill so you can access it without opening the hood, does wonders too. Keep on trucking Bro, you got this.

Noooooo…… those 20’s are sick!! They look rad on that truck!

Mike I want to personally stop and take the time to just say thank you brother. This brings back so so many oldschool memories it's actually making me pretty emotional to be honest but all good vibes from awesome memories but hey man here to many more! Thank you man

Dremel with a little death wheel, or even a little metal saw wheel attachment is a must have tool for cutting plastics, you can sculpt in anything you want, use a lighter to clean the edges. I have mine on a flexible extension, which has been amazing for reaching difficult spots. I even threw a carbide bit in it and was able to clearance an engine block casting, with the engine in the car.

@rossobernuefemann5063

Жыл бұрын

He had a mill in the background

No joke I've been seeing more mini trucks from the late 90s and 2000s rolln around this last month and I'm here for it. Even saw a Forbidden Fantasy truck club in AZ I haven't seen around since then.

I hope these style trucks bring a come back, those paint jobs were the coolest and nobody does that stuff anymore

Small trick on welding those boxes, tack the corners near the flange and run the welds down hill, the weld will flatten out and have minimal penetration on the inside, love the content

Box would have been perfect with a valve connected to the air tank for emergency fills, great content

@volvobrynk

6 ай бұрын

Yea such a good idea! And welding sockets, and matching cables. You twist in

Mike, I Absolutely love the mini truck and even more the Old School Tribal Paint!!!! That’s for doing something us older mini trucking guys can relate to and enjoy!!!! Keep up the Great content!! Love your attitude and out look on life!! Keep up the laughing and smiling, it is refreshing!!!!

My first mini truck was an 86 Mazda B2000, static lowered, with the always dear to my heart 15x10 KMC Hammers

I'm so pumped about this video, I'm building a 1992 mazda b2200. Would love a video going over the truck , showing how some things are done . Thanks From Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

@jdfmfb03

Жыл бұрын

Puddin’s Fab shop on YT has 2 yrs of mini truck vids

Man, I was looking forward to another Caddy build vid but then you go and hit me right in the soft spot with some mini-truck content. Well played

Can’t wait to see the tune up video getting those carbs sorted out.

Well sir. I'm glad I'm not the only person that detailed my truck in order for it to then end a drought. It never fails. But it looks good wet.

That ending is literally me everytime I detail my car. *thunderstorms and wind*😂

@SSThomas84

Жыл бұрын

LOL!!! Same

Top tip: You can usually charge a battery via the terminal on the back of the alternator. This is how I do it on my 68 Elco where the battery has been relocated to under the bed.

@Nick-sv3yf

Жыл бұрын

Charge it yes but not jump start it, the wiring isn't heavy enough.

@RobiinnNL

Жыл бұрын

@@Nick-sv3yf wiring on the startermotor is heavy enough

@NightshiftCustom

Жыл бұрын

@@Nick-sv3yf I have started my 6.0L LS off the alternator lug many times without a problem and that's with completely dead battery's

@16vSciroccoboi

Жыл бұрын

​@@NightshiftCustomyou're lucky you havent burned up a fuse link.

@NightshiftCustom

Жыл бұрын

@@16vSciroccoboi They don't seem to have them on stock LS wiring haven't seen them since the 90's tbh lol

I absolutely loooove this truck! I had an 84 in high school. I miss that truck…long live the 90’s!!!!!

You’re cracking me up Mr Finnegan! I don’t have to tools to do it but there’s a perfectly good Bridgeport right behind you!!!

Came here to say, those wheels are awesome and not small. The white ones were WAY too big for that truck.

Mike is going to be so surprised when he discovers there is a Bridgeport behind him and all the things he can use it for, like cutting slots in plastic trim.

@Gtv6Racer

Жыл бұрын

If he can remember which direction the handles go and not screw it up. 😂

My first job was installing car stereos in the 90s just like yours, for a UK auto parts store called Halfords. No training, 16 years old, they just let me loose on customers' cars. They didn't provide us with tools wither so we would take them off the store shelves, then try to put them back in the packaging and back on display when we were finished. Pro tip.

When I was in The Marines, our vehicles had ‘slave cables’. Jumper cable clams on 1 end, heavy duty plug on the other that plugs into the vehicle. I think the 17’s are WAY BETTER ! Good job !

Man i was thinking of selling my mini truck but i just fall in love with it every time i drive it .

What a beautiful paint job. Love it.

Thank you for bringing back the Most Amazing Memories of Post High school Memories I could have ever had.

I'll see you at dinner when I win that contest. Love the truck. God bless the 90's.

I love how enthusiastic Mike is about his Mini truck. I absolutely love it, and the wheels were definitely a better choice.

This Truck is my absolute favorite in your fleet! I love the paint and those new wheels are perfect for the truck and the theme. what's next for it, fuel injection?

Genuinely impressed with the self cutting zip tie!

Had the same issue with my bagged mazda pickup Added a second battery with a split charge,no more issues :)

Sunday morning coffee, Finnegan's & mini trucks. Thanks!

Wait a second, your getting a SEMA truck ready to go with a realistic deadline? Not down to the wire, we gonna lose the shop if we don't finish. SEMA isn't for a few months yet isn't it?

38:53 man. What a connection I didn’t realize we shared. I started as a wholesale automotive electronics tech. People now a days have no idea what it was like. Cars came with no ac, no cruise control not radios or speakers. And we did it on the dealers lot and we had to make due with what we had. Which bothered my ocd but I’ll tell you being forced to be creative like that really opens your eyes to how everything works. I swear it get a cavalier for a head unit and 4 plus antenna. My boss would hand me a head unit a piece of and plastic a handful of radio back straps but not all for the radio lol. He would use any size speaker we had in stock. So just because your door could fit a 5 1/4 wi stuffed in 4” two way speakers. In dealer lots I honestly cut roofs and installed sunroofs and reupholstered headliners. We installed afermartkket ac and cruise controls as well as full body kits it wa the 90z plus spoilers running boards remote starters window tint even full leather upholstery upgrade like katskins out of either my old car or a company mini truck we had tacomas. They were hooked up nice. But working like that either makes you a bad hack or it makes you the best installer snd troubleshooter! I went from cars to commercial cctv, security and fire alarm. It was so closely related to car stuff. Except for the running wires and mounting and cutting on walls. That elevate you to a legit master tech. I went from like 28k per year doing wholesale car audio dealt work to I stalling insane systems in biotech factories airports hospitals etc making at the time like 2007-2015 I made upwards of $125k per year all from car electronics. Unfortunately I was injured and forced to retired 😢. Im glad to watch all you do because it reminds me I can do anything. Except use my right arm as intended.

Usually when I build a custom, I will will make certain things easy access, no. 1 the battery, fuses, alternator, starter, & wheels (LOL). I will never be as good as you, I will never have the budget, unless I hit the lottery, which I don't play, so I would have to find a winning ticket. You are one of my favorites to watch, and all your projects are the best.

The old wheels looked REALLY GOOD but new wheels fit the vibe better. Right before you said they weren’t available I had the urge to try and buy those old wheels for no reason whatsoever

@stuartstogdill2406

Жыл бұрын

The old wheels were absolutely hideous and did not look good at all on the truck.

@br549200

Жыл бұрын

Those new wheels look like the wheels on my 14 Terrain with the chrome edition option.

The one *_TRUE_* way to make a genuine 90s retro truck in 2023 - start in the 1990s Every car guy, every maker, knows the feel

90's mini truck with 90's paint job needed those 17's. Era correct stuff for the win.

Love this truck...wish mini trucks would come back

@TxStang

Жыл бұрын

They never left , still really big in lots of areas with a huge following

Pop the hood find a good ground then hook to the positive cable on the battery side of the starter relay. That will feed power to the battery through a cable that should be large enough to handle it and you should be able to to air the truck up and possibly start it. I’m not super familiar with Toyotas so I’m not sure how accessible that wire is but we use that method on a lot of stuff that you can’t get to the battery very easily.

@ike8236

Жыл бұрын

Makes much more sense, what doesn't make any sense is the isolation switch on the negative 🤔

I would suggest evening out your bumper box installation by putting in an extra air chuck connector for your air bag compressor, on the opposite side of the bed from the battery terminals. It would give you the option of having remote air for pumping tires, OR to externally pump up your reserve tank when your battery dies, so that you can move the car around when you don't want to (or can't) start the engine.

The easiest way to cut switches into plastic is to trim down a razor blade to fit in a soldering iron. Or hold a blade with vice grips and heat with a touch and cut through.

Ohhhh looking forward to watching this one , things have become a little slow in the finnegan realm me thinks , but I suppose you have had a lot on so you are allowed , onwards and upwards to the levels you have made us accustomed too 😊

Mike, I know you say the 17s are small. When I lowered my 83 Toyota, I ran 14s with 185/60s. No airbags. Lowered and re-indexed the torsion bars and had 3 inch blocks in the back with the middle leaf removed. I feel you on the mini trucking on a budget. Cool ass Yota. Keep the videos coming!

Been dying to see this old girl be revived and enjoyed again

Two mods you need. 1. Outside fitting to lift the truck. Super easy mod, you're doing yourself a disservice if you don't. 2. When you park it, you should have 4 mini-stands that you can throw under the car so it doesn't rest on the stops, which in air systems is never good. For your welding skills, this is a weekend project.

Man I remember back in the 90s these things were everywhere and half the show at NOPI nats would be these trucks. Just about every car club had at least one or more of these things. Airbags didn't really take off till the early 2000s and everyone just slammed them on blocks, coilovers, or just cut the springs. It was not a fun time to be a police officer. From the Southlake Mall - AMC theatre strip all the way down to Atlanta Motor Speedway was nothing but mini trucks, mustangs, and hondas in various stages of dilapidation and bondo. Every intersection had burnout marks and someone was making 9 grand pulls with 150hp everywhere you went. The sounds of cheap high airflow intakes and even cheaper straight pipe exhausts filled the night air on the weekends.

It’s about time. I thought you forgot about this project I love the paint I was a total mini truck nut Had a 73 Datsun with a 4” chop top smoothed and shaved bed That tilted up or sideways with the flip of two pins. It was on its nuts low and removed reflectors off the road while driving and this is before airbags. It was purple , my friends named it statutory grape

Mate I swear I had a wetsuit back in the day with the same graphic as that Hilux 😅 Legendary 🍻

Looks like the Daytona got a lot of work done can't wait to see it.

Dang man, I thought it was 1992 again! Reminds me of cruisin' around in my bros Nissan 720 minitruck bumpin' the Lanzar subwoofers.

Rain yes, but look how nice it beads up!

It was at that moment, he knew, he f#@ked up 😂. Been there done that. I've left my keys in the fridge and tore the whole shop apart, looking for them.. I eventually found them after getting thirsty looking for them. Sweet baby Jesus. 😂 😂 😂

The rain clouds were laughing at you the whole time...🌧️🌨️😅

My aunt's 85 Ext cab 22R 5 spd 100% stock 110k sometimes started right up maby 2nd try. Here in the Inland empire California. P.S I like the paint job reminds me of my childhood in the early 90s.

please keep the mini truck show coming I love it I am a mini trucker from the store 80i have and 86 Mazda B2000 need to have the truck redone but please kept coming

those wheels look so good and time era correct vs the 20's.. I remember back then 17's and Centerline's, Boyd's and few others like Nichie bella's were a few of the popular brands that was the new BIG RIMS to have at that time then came the 18's for awhile

When the key is on do the air compressors run?? 😂😂 Nice unit!

I don't know why some are hating on the mail videos, i find it all interesting. and remember a square is a rectangle but a rectangle is never a square.

Those new rims are lush. Works so well with the paintwork.

Your Webers have a plugged idle jet. The 17's make the truck, love it!

That ending almost brought a tear to my eye

This is 100% my favorite vehicle of yours, bar none.

20:28 even the dog at the back had to run away when it popped 🤣😂

That's a legit Trapper Keeper paintjob!

The wheels are just right👌 i'm born 1985 and that look is right..... 😊

You could have ran a wire from the battery cable at the starter up to a bracket with those same remote posts and kept it all under the hood. Ground jumper to the engine block. Just a thought. Love the truck though. Keep minitruckin' alive!

Absolutely love the new wheels! The old wheels were the only part of that truck that I didn’t really care for. They’re nice wheels, just not on that truck. I never like “tuner” style wheels on mini trucks. I like something billet or a repurposed factory wheel on mini’s. Absolutely love the truck! It’s one of my favorites of yours.

In the future a second battery under the hood with a $100 charge regulator would be the cats ass. I had similar in my truck with a camper and it would isolated the starting battery and allow the alternator charge it and when full would switch to the second battery and charge it. Bad ass mini truck!

Thanks for the video!!! Brings back the memories of me and my roommate in 87. I had a full size and he had a mini. We tllt bedded the mini in the garage, 4cyl with two dellortos.

Mike thank you for the stickers! I got them today! Your truck is awesome! Can't wait for WING ATTACK I saw in background!

Those wheels rock with that paint job.

The whole time you were using that small drill as an end mill, I was looking over your right shoulder at the milling machine... Thinking to myself ''Self, he doesn't have an 1/8" end mill to use on that plastic. :) Also, back in the early 90's I don't know how many speaker holes I had to cut with nothing but tin snips back then. Mini trucks were easy. It was the rear decks of 60's Impalla's and 70's Cadillacs that were a NIGHTMARE. We didn't have power or air at Jimmy's Car Stereo in Auburn Al.

When I was in the Army, we called that, field expediant! Using what you got to get it done NOW! LoL 😂🤣🤪😎

Yesss! Finally. Loved it! Minitruckin . Wheels look great! Paint looks killer

Great video! Love the graphics on the truck very nice.

That think is so clean! Love that era Toyota pick up!

I had 16" wheels on my 77 built side Datsun.... those wheels are perfect

Nice job, looks great... love the bit of fabrication and rewiring.

The episode I’ve been waiting for perfect wheels for that truck !! Now when your done with semi come to a day to remember that Saturday

I would love to see you supercharger the mini truck!

That box looked excellent. I would've added an air fitting to prefill the tanks with shop air in an emergency situation.

Georgia weather shows up! Who would have guessed

The music is fantastic dubbed over fab work ….. well done !

Mini truckin is the reason I kept my 2000 Blazer. Even tho it's 4wd it's still a mini truck to me.

Those new "old school" wheels look great... Now you'll fix your stuff, make her happy and running well...

Me personally, I'd run an extra cable off the positive post on the starter. Ground. Then use a super clean Anderson power pole connector hidden under the hood. No cutting of your freshly painted truck.

Should have added an air line quick disconnect to that battery post box! Nice work though looks great!

Brings back alot of memories

Man does this make me miss mine! I had a 93’ on bags and 18’s in high school. Single cab, 5-speed, and a bulletproof 22RE!

Should make a box on the other end with air compressor connection to the air tank so you could fill the air system also if you would need to

@wdixon27

Жыл бұрын

would be easy enough to just add another fitting to that box, use a female like a normal air hose connection, could actually plug in and use truck air for tools (likely would never happen) but it also it seals without adding a valve, jack into it to air up truck with a double ended male