Storage Drawers - Need Help, Advise & Thoughts...Long

[chimyz]

So after I took out my rear seats, I noticed there was a ton of space. This got me thinking...why not build storage drawers and mount them to the exsisting seat holes.

I started design a couple of days ago, and building today. My thought was to make it as light, but as strong as possible. I started by building a steel base to build from. I was going to add wood sides, front, back and top, with wood drawers.

After doing my trip to the local lumber yard, I am seriously discouraged. I'm thinking of maybe building the whole skeleton from steel and topping it with a wood plank.

I have done a bunch of searching on plenty of websites, and am now officially lost through about 25% of this build. Before I go any further, I was hoping some folks had input on how to go about building these drawers.

What I am sure of, I will either carpet or Line-X the exterior, and interior drawers. They will be no taller than 10" and about 41" wide by 38" deep. I will also build mounts so that it can easily be removed.

What I was going to use was steel skeleton base (built), pine structure, pine drawers, MDF top. I was going to use 100lb slides and mounting positions on top. The sides would be accessable with piano hinges.

Help. I need some tech advise and thoughts.

Cheers in advance!

[dtt255]

Originally Posted by chimyz

So after I took out my rear seats, I noticed there was a ton of space. This got me thinking...why not build storage drawers and mount them to the exsisting seat holes.

I started design a couple of days ago, and building today. My thought was to make it as light, but as strong as possible. I started by building a steel base to build from. I was going to add wood sides, front, back and top, with wood drawers.

After doing my trip to the local lumber yard, I am seriously discouraged. I'm thinking of maybe building the whole skeleton from steel and topping it with a wood plank.

I have done a bunch of searching on plenty of websites, and am now officially lost through about 25% of this build. Before I go any further, I was hoping some folks had input on how to go about building these drawers.

What I am sure of, I will either carpet or Line-X the exterior, and interior drawers. They will be no taller than 10" and about 41" wide by 38" deep. I will also build mounts so that it can easily be removed.

What I was going to use was steel skeleton base (built), pine structure, pine drawers, MDF top. I was going to use 100lb slides and mounting positions on top. The sides would be accessable with piano hinges.

Help. I need some tech advise and thoughts.

Cheers in advance!

GREAT idea...let me know how it goes......I would like something like that also....but I have to leave the third row in....

[Grolar]

Since you're also a 80 owner, there's been a bunch of threads about rear drawers i the 80 section, including mine. After putting together a quite heavy all plywood setup, I think that If I had the fab skills and money, I'd go for an aluminum frame.
Regarding the 200, I'd be very careful not to mess the rear of a $$$ truck (scratches on the panels, for example), but would love some pics of the fabbing process. Good luck.