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Our new oven came with a huge waste of space under it so I drew up a drawer with wheels on the corners and I got it cut and folded. 

Then I welded it together. 

Its designed so the wheel brackets slot into the sides and base but it doesn't need welding,  that way I can change the wheels if I ever need to. 

what next?

ive ordered most of the stuff to replace the AC system because it doesn't work as well as id like. coming from rock auto is a new compressor, condenser, TX valve, drier and a full o ring kit.

other things to do include a new stereo, full oil and filter change, order a bunch of clips and bits from Amayama, new steering wheel (current one is through to the foam at the top so wont get a warrant like that) probably new front seats?

and if i get really carried away i may paint it. 

i purposely bought a red one because  it would be the most sun fucked (read, cheap) and I'm keen to paint something that doesn't require 8 months of rust repairs and panel work before painting. 

time will tell if i ever get around to doing this or not......

So,  what am I going to do to it?

First thing I did was clean it because it was fucking gross.

Think used chewing gum in the door pockets, center console full of dried moldy coke, at least a full medium fries down the side of the seat and LOTS of dog fur. 

I took the whole interior out,  including the headliner,  and scrubbed it. 

The front seats are pretty bad and I'm trying to buy some others because they're so gross I don't think cleaning them will do much. 

One of the seat mount captive nuts was broken so I made up a plate with a nut and welded it in. 

I needed something to get building materials and generally haul shit around with. 

I had an 80 series when I built our last house and it was invaluable for getting shit done,  should have never sold it...

Anyway,  life story,  get to the point. 

My new truck is a KZN185

96 hilux surf, turbo diesel.

It's done 340ks which is up there but I've had a few toyotas with high Ks and it doesn't seem to affect them to much. 

This truck drives really nicely,  even with the big tyres it doesn't seem to have that shaking vibration thing that modern rangers etc have. 

I made a thing to store firewood for the winter. 

The shelfs are for kindling and small stuff.

Is 600 deep by 4.5 long by 2.4 high because that's the space I had. 

I need another sheet of ply for the roof but the rest of it is finished. 

I'm stoked with it actually.