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bogus one said:
How much time did you spend fixing up that door? I know it was pretty hammered
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not as much as I thought it would;) prolly 2-3 days once it get smoothed out and painted. I have about an 8 hour day into it so far.....It is close to being right, in that there are no more cracks or holes on the outside and I don't think it's going to take more than a 1/16th or 2 of bondo to smooth the wrinkles...got an alignment issue with the fender/door interface. I know that is a result of poor body support during the chop and patch process:mad: but I am resigned to make the adjustment on the door side of that bridge. that't why we has angle grinders:hillbilly:
 
it did have a small canyon in it when I got it tho.....:p
 
it's amazing...it's as if I fabbed the rear crossmember and bulkhead supports specifically to mount the 60 series front recoilers...I need the hardware to post pics to prove it. some weld-in recessed nuts into my bulkhead uprights will do the trick...that and a custom receiver mount and the length won't be an issue-altho, in my case, it never was. I have the final punch list for the bodyjob, right down to the indoor outdoor carpet interior liner. just gunna hafta start punchin the list. then fix the bed. then comes the dreaded bi-annual kalifornia smog cert. then, the suspension
 
OK, weld nuts on order, so no seat belt action yet...I think I figured out the squeakey squeak tho, and that's worth a thousand seatbelts:hillbilly: I added an aluminium shim of 3/8" thickness betwixt the rear body and the rear body bushing, and torqued it back down. a longer test run and retorque will be the deciding factor, but the driveway test was nice and quiet. also the alignment between the rear bulkhead and the bed front hoop is much more...better. gunna hafta order door panel clips and sockets of some kind and another pair or outer lefthand early 60 front door outer window felts to do my inners, and I'm wanting to finish the interior before I go much further on the outside...
 
rattle canned for the rainy season. lots of body work still, that is, if I was really concerned with it. the fenders are going to get some iron on patchwork...
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You must be very happy with the flatbed, it just keeps getting better. Something like that, would make a great farm truck.

Man, you're going to get me in trouble, yet! Good Job.
 
I MUST HAVE something close to this!!! Dang he does good work...
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refiguring my direction on the bed right now for sure...Seeing that thread was the inspiration I needed.
 
he does it for the love, obviously, but I'm pretty sure it helps him to get by....you should check out his other works. one of the posts I read over there said "his work will make you want to try harder..." I think that about sums it all up.
 
got the tires balanced and WHOA! what a difference...


been doing alot of soul searching on the bed. that bed that Don manifested is AWESOME...the bed I made works, but I kinda built myself into a corner with it:rolleyes:. A buddy of mine has an old camper shell from an F150 that could be really cool to have for winter and the occasional camping trip that doesn't involve the kids(like that will EVER happen), but it would be best served on my rig over a wider bed with 16" sidewalls(I could roll thru the back window into bed). and then when I close my eyes and try to picture what an FJ55 single cab pick up would have looked like, I see something like this...
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I have thought about trying to find a 45 bed to do something like this with my rust bucket. I am just not happen with cutting the back off, and when I saw your thread here I LOVED it. Just way too cool. We take my wifes pickup camping more then my 40 because of the bed, but if my ugly 55 had a bed...

I've never been a huge fan of flatbeds, but thought something like ^^^ that would be badass with a 55 cab.

Whatever I do will have to wait until I have a shop to work in... BUT I am pretty excited about the idea of doing a 55 truck.
 
I like how the top of the bed is lower than the top of the doorline. it adds dimension. I also like how the bottom of the bed is higher than the bottom of the door just a bit and the addition of the step brings the whole thing together. It keeps things lower(COG and body lines). I'm thinking a piece of pipe running the length of the bed at the first roll from the bottom on the door with a diameter to match the radius of the roll in the door. from the top of the pipe, a piece of broken sheet metal channel formed like an upsidedown G running parallel to the runner pipe, and set just inside of the outer plane. then some sheet tacked to the outer 90*point of the pipe and brought down to the bottom rail(with wheel arch offset incorporated and support gussets to give the sheet the same bow as is in the lower section of the door. a step below the bottom of the box ahead of the wheel arch, and some tie down hooks on the top of the G rail. The idea would be to create a separate bed with the same body curve and the same width, and to have it all finish flush to the top of the door handle, just like the 7X series boxes. I would not integrate a headache rack into the bed frame, but build the bed to accommodate a bolt on utility rack. I know, I know....PICS.
 
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