Mounting the Body to the Jig 

A quick note - I noticed people saying the right side is higher than the left and that the body and chassis is crooked. It's actually the left side that looks crooked since vehicle orientation is always referenced when sitting in the driver's seat facing forward. What looks crooked is an unfortunate downside to lens distortion from being zoomed out and the camera not sitting perfectly level on the tripod. Oops.

My first truck was a 91 mighty max and it to will always be my mini truck of choice. It’s freaking awesome to see you build this truck at the level I always wanted to build mine.

You look like you’re having fun! Can’t wait for the engine reveal.

Keep doing what you are doing man. The world will come back around.

I’m following this build carefully can’t wait to see how it comes out

Boy, is this going to be fun. Thanks for taking the time to share this amazing project with us.

When cutting the body and removing metal - don't forget to leave the metal (or work around it) where the body / VIN number are stamped. Having new numbers stamped on (depending on which country you are in) can cause huge headaches...

It’s nice to see you finally working on your own project

For some reason this takes me back to an article from the 90's. The guy built an electric truck with a forklift motor and slid the battery box under the bed. Cool project in the day. Looking forward to seeing where this goes.

Justin I just wanted to let you know how much ive been enjoying the new content. Keep up the awesome work sir👍

This build series is gonna be killer, rock and roll man

I use a self levelling laser to level my jigs. A whole lot quicker and more accurate then using spirit levels(for me anyway). Great build really looking forward to future episodes.

Great to see your build video. So much more interesting then the huge amount of (understandable) 'I'm a maker, ask me questions!' live streams. One thing I learnt about bracing a body before working on it is to make sure the original vehicle is a true and square starting point before bracing it. No good bracing a body, cutting out a load of rusty panels and structure, only to find it wasn't a true and square body in the first place. Yeah, learnt that the hard way.

I am absolutely loving this. This is going to be an excellent build and I can't wait to see where it goes. Thank you for sharing this journey with us.

Kinda pissed I didn’t get the notifications of these build series. Starting a mini truck build of my Ford Ranger. Looked up mini truck frame build. Your jig vid popped up. Been a subscriber for awhile now. Anyways glad you did a build series on building a mighty max. Keep the progress coming.

Seriously can’t wait to see the next episode. I am loving it !! Thank you

I’m very excited for this build.

looking good cant wait to see the next instalment thank you for sharing your build

I've always wanted to see how this was done. Thanks for making these videos

This build couldn't have come at a better time. Im starting to plan out my 27 Model T Hemi build.

Wow the shop looks clean

I’m liking this build series stuff. Over the usual weld talk.

Loving all of the content!

Very Cool !! can not wait to see this

Thank you. Teaching us the process is awesome.

Preparation, set-up, fixturing, progress! 👍💪

Nice job man, I did a project about 5 years ago with the same model Triton and then raced it at the Finke desert race down here in Australia.

Loving this series

I'm glued to this build!!

Awesome jig. Can't wait to see more work done on it and what you have in stored for motor dm set up

I'm really enjoying your vids !!! Keep up the good fight

You had me dancing to the fiddle music! Hahaha

Love your work! I hope that I can one day have the skills and attention to detail you have!

Great content as always, can't wait to see the rest of the build 👍

Good entertainment and info for those of us stuck at home. We just got a "soft" travel ban here for 2 weeks. Got a desk to strip and varnish for working at home, and should get my Harley up on the jack and fix a leak. Need to get my Weldmetals pieces out and kill of my argon too.

Your lucky you can build something like that. Here in California that truck would have to have all the emissions parts on it.

Fantastic detail. Looking forward to the rest of the build. Finally, something good from this damn virus.

nice music taste! , you used to have a song in your intro with some good old pinch harmonics, loved that lml

Looks to be very interesting build... certainly from my point of view. As l too intend to do a build. I think your idea of cab reference points is spot on. However, l would have gone a slightly different route.. I would have used dowels on plates. Holes to receive the dowels would have been into the 4 corners of the cab.. Place the tabs on your jig alien the cab....and weld the plates with the vertical dowels... in place. Take off and on the cab when needed.. You must be working to plus or minus 1mm on tolerance.. You do some good videos... Keep it up...👍👍👍 Simon a Brit in Spain 👍

Very cool video

.... the notification woke me up .... its 3:30 am in germany

You sneaky devil you ( I'll tell you in the next video ), the suspense is killing me ! Oh well, that's what keep-em coming back, I guess. Another great video Justin !!!

I know a lot of so cal off road guys would love to see you do a full fledged pre runner or deser race truck. Four linked back halfed ford ranger? PLEASEEE BRO there is not much on RU-vid. I’ll bet it would be your most popular series. Long travel I beam, full cage. Back halfed truck

Doin an awesome job mate👍..... watch'n from 🇦🇺🇦🇺 down under, OZ 🇦🇺🇦🇺

Thanks for the update video this is killing me to wait lol

SLAYER!

awesome, use to love my dark blue d50 dodge/import, till i got the chally it was my favorite

Dam Nice Cuality Sound And Video 👍🏻 I love your Project I hope U finish it Before virus Desapers

I really hope you can get some more publicity because this build can be next "Blinky" as a success on youtube! Very good guide thru and explain with very high skill level. But I hope you can finish it much faster :)

oooh i cant wait

I dig the stock look of those wheels

NEED THE NEXT EPISODE IM BINGING THIS BUILD LOL (jk i can wait tho no big deal good work)

SLAYER!!!

SLAYYYYERRR

Sick!

Truly Inspiring. Your energy and drive is awesome. One of my great curiosities in life is what makes people tick. I would be very interested in your motivation/ drive and general life philosophy. I know, weird right? Maybe it would be helpful to some of use that tend to get 'hung up'. Anyway just a thought.

At 5:00 your welder looks like a character from cars movie.

Very helpful thank you :)

Great series TFS! I understand verifying your measurements, however should one also check the external cab/body measurements? Thank you.

Please tell me you recorded the bit in the intro before you went through all the alignment stuff at the tail of the last one haha

Maybe that 'strange white powder' is what the guy tried to break into your shop for.

SLAYERRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

A great information video. The reason I watched it for I watched a lot of race car races and they were talking. They had to send a car back to the shop to put on the jig. Was trying to work out. What a jig is? But now I see there is a flat. Jig a rotary jig and a pull jig. So what type of jig would a race car team use? Cheers

SLAYER 🤘🤘🤘🤘

Maybe I missed it, but I didn't hear you talk about leveling the cab to the jig. Seems the driver side sits taller than the passenger side.

Buhwhahaha! At 5:30 your Fronius mig machine on the bottom of your cart looks just like Tow Mater. LMAO ! Awesome vids! Got me jonesin to tear something to pieces and build something way cooler out of the pile of parts.

Time-lapse music was coolest yet.

Was half-way expecting an "instructions unclear - got truck stuck in frame jig" bit at the beginning, but great video either way :) Can't wait to see what power train this truck ends up having. I suspect a diesel of some sort... unless it's a turbine... You did say you wanted something unusual.

You got another mighty max? Nice! I know I've wanted to do a head swap (More in depth of a build would actually need to be done) on the one I had, but the coolant neck and the intake manifold for the twincam heads would hit the firewall or face it. I doubt you couldn't fabricate that problem away though if you were to go twincam and turbo

Dang wanna send one of them welders my way. Just sitting up there all lonely. 🤣😂

Can you tell us more about the software that you used?

Great stuff, kinda back to season 1

Can’t wait to see what engine your putting in this, my guess from previous work you’ve done is a turbo Mitsubishi engine? What ever you put in it it’ll be cool 😎

What is the name of the program that you used when you were taking the measurements of the center of the wheel to the fender you said you use it a lot?

I'm attacking a similar project and I am following your series with great excitement. However, I am puzzled how you calculated the height from the top surface of your chassis jig to the centre of the wheel hubs. You mentioned you calculated this from your intended wheel diameter but do you not need to take into account the expected ground clearance? To me it looks like the hubs are set far too high in the fenders? Thanks.

Dude, you make these so fast.

Lmfao at the instructions

Justin, Following. Have all welding classes been put on hold?

Let it be a 60deg v6 engine of your choice👍👍👍

12:48 Oh yeah, that looks straight! :D

you said the motor out of it is gonna be a core, so im guessing maybe an NA built 4g64? all ive got is wild guesses at this point

Time lapse music made me want to square dance with someone's grandma.

For leveling it's better to use a dumpy level and measurement stand. Perhaps hire one for next time? Gives an absolute level. Nice video BTW

Why not save the left to right floor/seat mount to hold the bottom of the cab? Also, why not create a measure point on the cab instead of the fender? I would think the b pillar would be the best reference.

hell yes..

Is it gonna be a 1UZ or LS?

What is software you used ?

💪🏽

Always brace, mate. Takes the guess work out of the equation. Everything stays factory. Especially if you plan on chopping the top. See roadster shop and rad rides.

Ford Barra for the engine ?

Measure a thousand times, weld.... No wait, measure again a thousand times, stand back..... Contemplate welding over a cup of coffee then decide to measure again. Then you can weld! 😁

I'm here for when all the tweakers go dumpster diving at your shop for that "white powder"

3:20 GOOD CHOICE TO GET GOING!!!

woowwwwwww i want to see the engine common man how much i need to wait jajajaja

Can you show how to repair the lower pinch welds on a Car ? Mine are bend and everytime when I want to jack up my car I almost have to cry because it begins to rust a little bit 🙈

Red Welder reminds me of Mater

4g64 turbo?

what is this for? the pick up truck was donne.

Don't worry bud, i am playing it in the background...

a geo metro is all sheet metal no structure xD