[chickenfriedsteak]

Currently looking to buy a 05-06 crew cab to replace my 97 taco, and I happened to find this photo of a first gen tundra with what appears to be an 8 foot flatbed on it. There's probably already a thread on this somewhere, but does anyone have any experience or insight on this type of conversion? Also wondered how that would affect towing.

If first gens came in manuals and with longer beds they'd really be my dream truck

 

[H2O_MAN]

There are long bed regular cab 1st gen Tundra trucks with 5 speed manual V6 out there, you may even find a T100 with the same that is 4x4

 

[chickenfriedsteak]

There are long bed regular cab 1st gen Tundra trucks with 5 speed manual V6 out there, you may even find a T100 with the same that is 4x4

I'm aware of that, but unfortunately they are all rwd

 

[cheapskate]

There are a few threads on here of guys that have done it. Your best bet is to ask your question in one of the existing threads. If any of these guys are still around they might see any questions you post and respond.
Type in something like flat bed in the search box on this site and here's a few examples.

Ute Aluminum Flatbed

I had an accident and banged up the bed on my '05 beyond repair. I couldn't fine a used replacement I was happy with and new ones are super expensive. I don't use the truck as a daily driver and with only 68K miles was too nice to get rid of. I decided to give an aluminum flatbed from Ute Ltd a...

www.tundrasolutions.com

02' AC Aluminum Flat Bed Build

Picked this 2002 AC up in Colorado with rear end damage. One owner vehicle with 154,000 miles on it. Wanted something with rear end damage so I could put a flat bed on it. The following will be documentation of the process. The following pictures show the original damage (the rear part of the...

www.tundrasolutions.com

Let's see those flatbed trucks

I'm looking for inspiration to turn my reg cab Tundra into a flatbed. I know there are oodles of taco flatbeds so lets see some ideas.

www.tundrasolutions.com

 

[5 Speed]

Back in the day I found some take offs of brand new long beds for just 400 bucks and wanted to fab it onto my 2000 Access Cab 4x4 5 speed manual. Because of the location of the rear wheel well you couldn't just drop the bed on the frame and looking into it I believe It would be basically just cutting off the rear close to the rear lights and and attaching the extension. I think the stretching of the frame and rear bumper wouldn't be a huge issue. Still in the back of my mind and then I could add the long bed version of my camper. Wouldn't add a huge amount of weight but would change the rear hang over the axle so 4x4 might change some.

 

[ShelbyDad]

Currently looking to buy a 05-06 crew cab to replace my 97 taco, and I happened to find this photo of a first gen tundra with what appears to be an 8 foot flatbed on it. There's probably already a thread on this somewhere, but does anyone have any experience or insight on this type of conversion? Also wondered how that would affect towing.

If first gens came in manuals and with longer beds they'd really be my dream truck

looks like he added a hydraukic tailgate on the back. not a bad job.

 

[ShelbyDad]

looks like he added a hydraukic tailgate on the back. not a bad job.

wow, fat fingered hydraulic.

 

[jake696]

Upper Miss. Wildlife Refuge - WI

• jake696
• Feb 1, 2009

I do love my long-bed 4wd SR5. Be nice to have a manual trans tho.