Thread: Improved bed?

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Very nice work!!!!! I Like the rear pannel.

Originally Posted by Mike P

Very nice work!!!!! I Like the rear pannel.

Thanks Mike. Metal work, ie sheetmetal, is not my strong point. I had replaced a pass bed side on my 66 and was staring at the old one, fliped it over in my head and thought, Hmmmmmmm that might work.....

Well last week I finished the rear bumper. The pipe I had in mind was 5 inches too short, so I made a trip to the local Ace and bought an 8in nipple which gave me 5 1/2 in with no threads. beveled the ends and now have the 40 in piece I needed. I welded up the brackets with 3/4 x 3/16 top and bottom to simulate an I beam design. After I grabbed another piece of 2 in stock and drilled more holes and added it to the bottom for some character. I thought it looked cool.

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I capped the ends with some thick fender washers, and welded some tabs on to attach it.

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Finished it, primed, painted, and installed it a couple of days ago. Here is the rear shot. The body work is not finished, but I rattle caned it black, until such time as I can take the entire bed off and finish it. Is it just me or does the damed thing look like it's staring at me.

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I don't know............ This one might end up in the scrap pile. Reminds me of a quote " Just because you can, doesn't mean you should!".......