Yesterday I went on making locks (or latches...) in the tailgate.
Here's what I did:
These are the locks, piece of steel square iron and the the tailgate
Nice story so far
I want the locks lay flat in the tailgate, so I ground a piece out of it, the square iron fits in the hole.
Next I ground the iron so that the lock fit flat in it
Then I welded the square iron in the tailgate, so that it is flat with the surface
Under the square iron, I welded a flat bar of a 1/4" thick, made threads in there to screw the lock in, sorry no pic...
After welding all in it looks like this:
I'm happy with how it did came out, nice and simple.
Just have to drill the holes in the bedsides, but that shouldn't be any problem
Was going to do this today, but body wanted different, so....until next time!!