The Toy
What does it take to be considered a hardcore mini-trucker? How long you have been in the sport, how many trucks you have built, or how much beer you can drink at a run? James “Fatjap” Penwell of Las Vegas, NV is a true hardcore mini-trucker. How many people do you know has had nine different sets of rims and tires on one mini? How about three different interiors, two different beds and four different front-ends. His 1994 Toyota has seen it all.
James bought the toy back in 1995. Two weeks later he was attending his first run and was hooked. From there he became a member of Freaks of Nature, Las Vegas Chapter. This feature would be long and boring if we listed all the sets of hoops and bands James has had mounted on his truck. We will just let you know that he is now rolling on 18” chrome Zenetti Mistiks wrapped in 215-35-18 Toyo Proxes. Fatjap wanted his truck as smooth as possible, so he shaved everything in site. He started by throwing out the mirrors and replacing them with some much smaller and cooler billet units. Next he removed the front-end and exchanged that for a 4x4 font-end. Finally he got out the welder and sealed up the door handles, gas filler door, antenna hole, third brake light, tar guard, and tailgate. The only thing left on the rear, was the tail lights. He could not just leave those stock, so he replaced the with some clears. After all the hours of body work The Toy was sprayed with pink tinted primer. Moving on to the suspension, The Toy’s front-end is laid out with 2500lb Firestone bags. James told me the rear has air shocks for now, but will soon be sporting a new sub frame and 4-link. His set-up runs on Aro 1/4” solenoids with six switches controlling all the moves. When I look into the cab of this truck, my first thought is, who killed the pink Leopard. You look closer and see it is not real. James covered his interior with black velour, pink and black leopard print velour, and gray tweed. His sounds come from two Rockford Fosgate 8” Power Punch XLC’s , 6 1/2” Audiobahn’s in door, 4 1/2” Polk’s in the dash. All powered by an Audiobahn amp and Pioneer Head unit. recensioni sugli alberghi SelfossJames would like to thank Ron Nelson and Zach Arth from The Lower Level in Las Vegas. He would also like to thank his club, Freaks of Nature Worldwide, his mom, and anyone else he may have forgot to mention.
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