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Thread: Getting a fourwheel falcon soon!!

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    Default Getting a fourwheel eagle soon!! (change from falcon)

    Hi All,
    Found a 04 falcon locally and going to buy it tomorrow if it can be mounted on a 06 Tacoma. BTW, anyone interesting in a 86 Vanagon.
    Now I need to go find a Tacoma. I'm so excited just want to share the news!!
    Change of plan after found out fourwheel has not install any falcon on a 05/06 tacoma yet. Now the target is eagle.
    Alex
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    Pictures!!! Hello!!!
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    excellent! You won't be disappointed. I love my FWC.
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    Quote Originally Posted by slooowr6
    Hi All,
    Found a 04 falcon locally and going to buy it tomorrow if it can be mounted on a 06 Tacoma. BTW, anyone interesting in a 86 Vanagon.
    Now I need to go find a Tacoma. I'm so excited just want to share the news!!

    Alex
    Is it a Westy?

    Where?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grim Reaper
    Is it a Westy?

    Where?
    Ya, it's a westy. I'm in CA it's a long way from you but the bright side is the van has no rust.
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    I am trying to convince my wife she needs a Westy. to replace her Honda Accord. She ain't going for it...to her it's a "Mini Van" and she doesn't like Mini Vans. She wants to drive our 454 Burb and get rid of the accord. The tow rig is sort of a given with the camper so it looks like the accord will be up for sale very soon. It will be nice to have one less to insure and maintain.

    Ohh well, wrong side of the continent anyway.

    Look forward to seeing some pictures of the Falcon!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grim Reaper
    I am trying to convince my wife she needs a Westy. to replace her Honda Accord. She ain't going for it...to her it's a "Mini Van" and she doesn't like Mini Vans. She wants to drive our 454 Burb and get rid of the accord. The tow rig is sort of a given with the camper so it looks like the accord will be up for sale very soon. It will be nice to have one less to insure and maintain.

    Ohh well, wrong side of the continent anyway.

    Look forward to seeing some pictures of the Falcon!
    I don't think westy can tow anyting given the brakes and hp on it. It has just enough hp to take itself up the hill at 45mph. The van has 90hps with a 4200lbs weight. It's a nice van if you're patient.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grim Reaper
    I am trying to convince my wife she needs a Westy.
    We love ours....we have a 2 liter motor. It is funny when we blow past people climbing mountians. You should see the look on their faces.


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    change of plan.
    Called fourwheel this morning, they told me they'll need to put 2 mounting points on the truck bed on the outside of sheet metal and 2 mounting points on the side of rear bumper and use turn buckles to tie down the camper from jack stand brackets. After the service tech told me this he told me that's how they plan to tie down the Falcon onto a 05/06 Tacoma with composit bed. They have not install any yet.
    After looking at pic on the normal camper tie down, I can see the turn bucklets needs to be at an angle to keep the camper from sliding front to back. The way fourwheel is going to mount the Falcon, it'll have the rear turn buckles at a near vertical direction and the front will like this "/". With a "|" tie down at the rear and a "/" tie down at the front there is very little force to hold the camper from sliding off the truck. I've no experience on tie down a camper but from basic physics it seems this way. Am I compelete worng about this assumption??
    Looks like I need to get a Eagle and a Tacoma double cab long bed. I hope the added length of the long bed Tacoma will not limit its offroad ability too much......
    In the attachment is the mounting of a six-pack onto Tacoma. The front tie down will be at this angle / instead the one in the pic for the Falcon.

    Oh boy why things always has to be complicated.........
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    I don't know how you would feel about drilling into the bed.

    Why can't you install cables running from the inside of the shell, through the bed, and tie directly into the frame?

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