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04-19-2003, 10:51 PM
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Saving 1 truck at a time!
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Location: Kent, WA
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Stepside Box Ends
I am doing this work for my son. I shaved the stake pockets and welded some ends on the box to close them up. Wondering what everyone has done with latches to get rid of those nasty chains!
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'68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary) |
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04-19-2003, 11:41 PM
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yeller
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Twin Cities
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I've seen people use seatbelts to latch the gat closed...looks pretty good.
You could also pick up a street rod mag...lots of different kits out there for this kind of upgrade. good job so far! -Jeff |
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04-19-2003, 11:59 PM
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Looks good! Yea there are some very nice looking latches made specifically for what you want. Also look at something like Custom Classic Trucks, there should be some ads in there.
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04-20-2003, 01:33 AM
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Saving 1 truck at a time!
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Thanks guys. I will look those up. I have some old GM seat belts that could work very nicely. I wonder if the fleetside side hinge will work for keeping it from dropping to the bumper. I guess I could always use the cables too, like the late model trucks.
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'68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary) |
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04-20-2003, 04:32 AM
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Check out this link I am thinking about this for my 53 Chevy rear-end.
Dave http://www.pros-pick.com/hiddenlatchkits.html 
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04-20-2003, 04:03 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Edmond, Oklahoma
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I bought the pros-chooice hidden latch kit for my truck. Its very nice but I have not installed it yet so sorry no picks. I like how you welded the ends up! I need to tell the body shop to do that before they are finished.
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04-20-2003, 10:52 PM
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That was my son's design...I have something a little different planned for mine '67 stepside. Thanks for the comments.
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