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Amazing work on the door handles. Great attention to detail.

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lets see that new stuff !

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Wow, don't know why I don't surf the build section more. Everything looks phenomenal. Awesome job on the dash especially, it really looks amazing.

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More pick tomorrow i promise...bed fab coming along nicely....jim

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This truck is pretty cool. I like all the subtle fab you're doing to keep people going, what? :lol:

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Since u brought up the "what" .....how about a sneek peek at an exhaust idea....imagine this under modified license plate opening and flush with bottom of bumper......yeah it will work....And u are looking at them upside down in his pic..jim

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290974848927...84.m1423.l2649

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That should look sweeeet...Jim

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hang in there for pics tomorrow....u might want to get a ticket..........bus ticket that is!!!!......lol.....I could use the help!!!......I love this forum just for all the fun were havin ^^^^^..........jim

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Ok i can here it now ...someone named Oldman3 and someone named Porterbuilt goin "it's about time"....lol........so here's the start of bed fabin'





So we began with these 180* bends from thorbeck bros...believe it or not $22 each and NO flaws...Would love to see the machine that bent these!!....and then I made the plates........

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Then this is the early results.....

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Notice under each hoop is a plate welded to tubing which is goin to be bolted to the 1" by 2'' bed rails....rails are notched and bolted at the bedsides flush.....the 1 by 2 is tapped for bolts...for clean bolt up and allows bed to be shimmed for precise body alignment...I'm not finished with some detail adds for the hoops.(hopefully tomorrow).....the accuair bracket will be installed between the 2 front hoops above the shaft.....notice the rear hoops are welded "off center" to rear bedrail.....that's to mount the battery trays on the outside of each one....and to clear rear of tire....notice i "stepped " the plates to make clean weld on the rearend side of hoop...Brought bed to within 1" of cab....Will be way more progress tomorrow......jim

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One more showing rear crossills..will wait till tomorrow to show what I think is going to be a trick filler for that 8" gap....jim

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Lookin good Jim! Nice work as usual!

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What a great idea! Although I though Thorbeck was having serious issues supplying product ! I want a few items the have but always says out of stock

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And that's 3/16 wall tubing..ordered on tuesday...shipped it snail mail..still got it sat.....actually had jeff thorbeck call me back when i left voicemail..made feel better about online ordering...I had heard same stories......jim

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"it's about time":devil::lol: Very nice set up there Jim, can't wait to see more...Jim

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You are absolutely an amazing craftsman!!! I thought I was getting some stuff done when I put in my new Grill? LOL!!! F'in Sweet!!!!

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I will be raising my bed also. I want to raise it 6 inches. any hints.

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Ok guys ....today's progress....couple of shots of hoops and plates....drilled and tapped crossills......then time to install Mr Porterbuilt stuff.....

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But before that install needed to clean shop so I took a couple pics outside 1st
time with bed on....body line close but the shimming will be easy with plate setup......

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Thats a lot of work you've done with the hoops and plates, looks like a nice way to reduce the extra weight in sheetmetal when raising the bed up.

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And then we got Mr P's accuair bracket bolted it with plates welded to front hoops...He designed it to mount on front bed panel lower lip....I just moved 5" rearward and attached to hoops..Before u ask...It's way above the drive shaft....

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Then I spent 5 hrs with a little overkill (according to my better half....quote "who's goin to see that"......Answer.....I Will...)..............jim

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For those of u who need to raise bed floor ...if u used hoops like I did ...the front ones can mount on the frame like the second ones back...I have the extra X-member from Mr Porterbuilt....so i set the front ones on the upper tube....whiched worked out well for mounting accuair bracket....jim

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Nice job on the decorative plates, I wouldn't call it overkill. It shows how much pride you take in your work.

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Nice job. :metal:

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Nice work and attention to detail.

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Beautiful job, love the detail pieces...Jim

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Awesome fab work! You have made a bunch of progress. Keep the pictures coming, BTW, there's no such thing as overkill.

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Nice touch in those inner plates !

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Had company this evening ....but got my trail gear battery trays unwraped...more tomorrow...jim

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Nice batt Box! I need to get myself one.

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Lot of cool ideas going on here

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Looking AWESOME dig the bed mounts !

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Very nice work Jim

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Itchin to show u the rear tail pan ---Between old crosssill and new upper one...that 8" gap that everybody seems to flat panel ....well I will hold off little longer.....I know what ur goin to say....by then someone else probably will do it 1st!!...lol.....glad to see u come up for AIR.....got to be killin u with that schedule your on.....jim

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Looks great. Got to love the phase where you get to put stuff BACK together rather than tearing apart and cutting, welding, grinding, and so on..

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^^^^ Amen.....but if u dont fab it all up 1st....u mess up more than u fix.....ask M.L. (67 Cheby) how many changes he made before he got it together....that's the "cruel" part of doing your own build on your own time is that things change and yours is "old" before it ever hits the road...So I try thinking out of the box ...to a point anyway!!!

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Got one of the battery trays mounted...nice piece for $35...couldn't make it for that!! Made some 3/16 plate gussets..should be there forever....jim

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Looks killer! I really like the bed mounts and the "holy" close outs.