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Thanks!
With the steel, lighting, welding supplies and miscellaneous items, 2500.00 or less is the goal. So far I have 1550.00 in steel alone and still need more to finish the cab guard and the tail end. I bought locally. |
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Much appreciated! I need to find the steel locally then...
It makes me happy when someone is a few (thousand) steps ahead and I can learn. This is such a great board! I have seen boards where people show things, but are stingy on how they actually achieve it. |
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Still working on the bed! The main part of the bed and most of the welding is finished. The remainder of the welding can be completed when the bed is off the truck for painting.
Currently working on the rear step and light panel. Have the main step installed and rear panel cut out to hold the rear lighting. I'm trying to keep this all as simple as possible, but there is still a bit more work to do in the step area. The lighting locations are all good. Now working on routing all the wiring to get the lights hooked up and tested. Playing around with license plate locations too. |
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Looks good..are you going to put a hitch receiver on the rear?
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This is some great Fab work your doing and it's coming along nicely. :)
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A little more progress at the rear of the bed. Settled on a license plate location and then installed the license plate light.
Also kept going on the step area. Added a second section behind the main step to support a hitch receiver. I then want tie all of this to the frame utilizing the factory bumper bracket bolt holes. |
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Thanks fellas for the positive comments. Much appreciated!
Still plugging along on the bed. This week was work on the rear lighting terminal block. Got it mounted to the rear crossmember with a homemade L bracket. Receiver for the hitch is in. And also got some plates made to tie into frame. This next week I'm going look at fuel fill and mud flaps. |
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I love what you're doing with the bed! It's awesome...great job.
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Thanks! It has been a lot of work, but fun. And I've been using this project to learn how to use my mig welder.
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I decided to tackle the fuel filler location today. Settled on a final location and mocked it up. I think it will work. Still need to get a reducer for the vent line.
And also terminated the rear wiring harness. |
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The bed is turning out great!
Might just be me, but I'd be worried about some fuel spilling out with the neck being parallel to the ground like that. Maybe you could pull the bottom of the mount out some to give it more of a downward angle right at the opening so it's less likely to have any fuel splash out? |
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I agree with Christian. The fuel filler should be at more of an angle. You are going to get fuel spilling on the ground while trying to fill the tank. You might have to recess it into the outside bed rail.
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Almost ready. I need to finish up some welding on the inside of the main rails and then this bed can be painted.
I finished up the frame to bed connections using 1/4 inch plate. Also made connectors between the two horizontal sections of the rear step. With these things done, I pulled the whole thing of the truck and set it on stands. I hope to have it primed and painted this weekend. |
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Bed is cleaned, primed and painted semi-gloss black and ready to go back on the truck!
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Looks great :metal:
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Thanks cw!
The bed is coming along nicely. Ready to shop for boards. I am going to do a front panel/headache rack, but I'm waiting for steel prices to come down. My steel supplier says prices are expected to drop after April 1st. We'll see. I manhandled the bed back onto the truck and got it bolted down. Finished up the rear lighting junction box. Got the rear panel painted up and lights installed. I was just going to wire up the rear lights when I noticed a coolant leak up front. I was hoping for just a loose hose connection, but nope, the brand new radiator has a leak somewhere above the drain petcock. This radiator has maybe 90 minutes engine run time. Annoying. |
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Bed looks good on there and definitely built heavy lol.
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We put a Cold-Case radiator in a Jeep at our shop at customer request. The first one leaked immediately, they sent us another one and it lasted a few weeks. Never again. Needless to say, the Jeep now has a regular old NAPA replacement radiator in it and it hasn't had a problem since.
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Thanks for the input. That is unfortunate. At least this one is being warrantied so they'll get one more chance. |
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New radiator is enroute. So in the meantime I figured this is a good time to fit up the Doug Fir I picked up for the bed floor. The boards are a little tall and will need to go through a planer to knock off about an 1/8th of an inch. Then brush on the sealer.
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Looking good!
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Just read the whole thread, great work. Really appreciate your detail discussion on your work, along with photographic documentation. Super big help, great ideas.
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Thanks straight6 and aotte1! I appreciate the comments.
For the first time in about 2 1/2 years I actually got the truck out for a little spin around the neighborhood. Ran it through the gears and the overdrive. The drive train seems to be working fine. But I think there is still little air in the clutch hydraulic line. I also got the rear brakes adjusted and dialed in. The parking brake is also excellent now. But I'm still not completely happy with front brakes. They don't seem to be picking up their share of the load. Add it to the list. Put the hood back on finally. Good time to change out the front parking lights and wiring harness. Out with the old and in with the new. Also got all the rear lights working including those big reverse flood lights. Should be no problem backing up in the dark now! This week should also see the ac system charged up, front wheel alignment and vehicle title and registration. |
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looks great, good progress, bed is awesome
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Thank you Stanger!
Quick update. Got the bed boards shaved down for a good flush fit. The little planer I bought worked great. Also test fit some mud flaps I cobbled together. |
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Got the new pedal pads and gas pedal installed. The new pads seem to be a lot easier to install on the pedals and they stay put. The rubber is not as hard as the ones I've bought in the past.
Got the passenger seat in and started fitting up the seat belts. |
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looking good sir!
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Continuing to watch, thanks for sharing your build, with really nice ideas.
Like the shoulder belts. Fremont built truck, with shoulder belt nuts factory installed? Have Fremont built C20 Custom Camper with shoulder belt nuts installed too. If you have driven, how does it drive with new steering gear box and location. Any bump steer? Les |
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Thanks fellas.
This truck had factory lap belts and came with only the holes for the shoulder restraints. The holes had plugs in them. The shoulder restraint in the pic is just hanging by the bolt. The backing plate with nut should be arrive soon and then I can finish the seat belt install. There is also a nice center storage console going in too. I've only driven around my little neighborhood for testing purposes and have not had it out on the road yet. The steering draglink angle is very close to flat and everything is new and tight. I expect it will handle well. |
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I ran into some confusion when I decided to replace the old gas pedal. The parts houses I checked listed two different pedals. One for 60-63 and one for 64-66. So I ordered the 64-66 type.
It came and I quickly discovered it was not the right one for my truck. My truck has what is listed as the 60-63 type. Why is this? Once again this site provides the answer with use of the search function. Apparently the earlier gas pedal was used in the later years if the truck was equipped with four wheel drive and the floor shift transmission. The photos show the 64-66 pedal on the right, the old original on left and the new replacement in the middle. I did need to take the plastic wear pad out of the old original and then glue to the replacement. Both of the new pedals seem well made. I guess my only complaint would be that the parts houses don't list and/or don't know these little gray areas. I think they should. It is their business after all. |
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I haven't checked in lately. The bed and truck look great!
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Keep up the good work. Love this build
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Thank you gents. Still waiting on some parts to show up. Hopefully more progress this week.
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Going to sound like an echo in here but the truck is looking great man! Good to see it coming together for you.
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Thanks much Taco.
While waiting for things to come in I've been playing around with a few things. I set the center console in between the seat to see how it fits. It looks good and fits well. I also splurged on a new steering wheel. It's a 69-72 15 inch version and frees up a bit of space around the drivers seat area. I halted finishing the flatbed because of the cost of steel as of late. It has gotten ridicules. But one of my good friends donated an old lumber rack to the cause. This is big! |
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Nice work and really nice ol 4x4.
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