This 1995 Toyota Tacoma located in Howell, Michigan is for sale on eBay with reserve. The truck was built by Matt Bulszewicz and rides on a custom tube frame made from 1.5-inch DOM mild steel tubing and 2×3-inch box steel. The body is shaved and coated in Red Velvet Pearl (2016 Ram color) using PPG Deltron base and clears. Under the hood sits a 5.7 L LS1 V8 built using a new Summit Racing block, GM Performance hot cam (PN 12625033) and new crank, LS6 blue valve springs, and custom headers. The drivetrain uses a T56 six-speed manual transmission and Ford 8.8-inch rear end with a Spartan locker under a triangulated 4-link rear suspension. Inside the cabin you find Corbeau racing seats, 4-point harnesses, Speedhut and Autometer gauges, and aluminum floor.
Source: eBay
Just needs a bedfloor. Might as well make it a useful truck.
It would make a bitchin’ shop truck, for sure.
Not much Tundra left.
That’s good, since it’s a Tacoma and was never a Tundra.
How much?
The current bid on ebay is $10,000. If you are asking about the reserve, you will need to contact the builder.
Der, you know what he meant.
Cool, alot of work here but it needs a bed and never see the investment money and time spent again. Nice toy though.
It seems like a very well built truck but IMO using a Tacoma body was a waste. Im a chevy truck guy but those build are getting long in the tooth. Why not make it something interesting, like an old first gen ford falcon ranchero, first gen datsun oy toyota pickup or the like? Bed floor wont do much good when the tailgate is welded shut. 🙄
Well I’m a chevy guy myself. But i’ve understood my reasoning behind it and thats the engines. Plain and simple. Chevy has made some good looking iconic bodies over the years, but So has every manufacturer. The part where chevy fails is the frame desig, their half ton transmissions, their poorly designed suspension setups , and axles. For a vehicle like this, In a perfect world, you’d want to build off of a Toyota frame, since its already boxed and extremely strong. The tacoma is when Toyota went away from their classic hard body frame for economic reasons. But still better than any domestic frame at that time. Then take the axle(s) from a Ford. And finally drop in an LS based engine. This guy basically hit the nail on the head. The tubular suspension is way over the top and overkill. But its apparent thats what the builder was going for.