Wooden Tacoma

I’m in high school still and this is my last year so I wanted some cool classes since it’s my last year, I chose to take wood shop and auto, this is my second year taking wood-shop and my first taking auto but I was in wood-shop and my teacher (who also has a taco) was like what do you want to make and at first I was like I don’t know and then it hit me…. Why not make my taco?! (How I want it to look anyways lol) So I set out to find all the parts and this is how it went after 3 months of putting in work for 55 minutes, 3 days a week…

Started by cutting out the doors and the bed, found a plank for the support.



Almost finished with the body…

Found a block for the wheels.

Turned the block on the lathe and measured 2 inches for each wheel.

I cut out the wheels on the lathe.


This is the ALMOST finished product.. need to paint it and sand it down some more also added a skid plate to the front.
EDIT: didn’t add this in but I just used a dowel and a couple pieces of wood for the suspension, the truck rolls and the suspension holds up good, also put some unnecessary big mirrors on lol

 

Right on. Led lighting, next? Burn the tires? I want one! Love it

 

That’s awesome man!

 

Build the real thing

 

Here I thought you were making a wooden Flatbed.

When I was very young I signed paper work to never touch wood but to put it on the fire.I was forbidden to even enter the wood shop all my years in school.