New project! The "Red Herring"

[JJorgensen52]

Originally Posted by oldman3

Everything looks great...Jim

Thanks for the kind words, Jim!

Didn't get quite as far as I wanted to, but I made good progress.

All four mounts welded, drilled with mounts and "safety" bolts


This shows the passenger's rear mount. That's a piece of 2"x4"x0.188" box tubing, I tapered it and closed the ends with 1/8" plate - it's 2-1/2" wide at the top, where it contacts the cab, and 3" wide where it sits on the mount.


Bolted down, showing the bed-cab spacing, which is around 5/8" closer than stock.


Front and rear mounts shot from underneath (both passenger's side) - please pay no mind to the ugly vertical welds, I haven't run vertical on a stick machine in a LONG time ... they're strong though



The front mount bolts come right up in the little dimple in the floor where they always did. The rears come up here (the small flange head holds the spacer block tight against the floor, I will probably add some anti-squeak in there on final assembly)


I'm going to use that rear bolt as the tie in point for my seat mount / seatbelt, so it'll be well hidden when all is said and done.