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[LAMBCRUSHER]

also temp tacked the box to the bed and the bed to the frame for final fitment and fab. Got some steel lines bent to route the vapor to the separator inside of tool box. gunna shoot the fill neck right out of the bed for now....also added some short sides that bought me an extra inch of width.

 

[LAMBCRUSHER]

sorry about that glove...he's got a real bad attitude from takin the heat all day

 

[scrapdaddy]

You've made some great progress, since I last checked in. Flatbed trucks come in handy and you'll have a one-of-a-kind. Is there enough room, to run the filler hose out to the side, under the bed.

Keep up the good work!

 

[PabloCruise]

well, it's not mobile yet. but I did get the interior painted and the roof and a pillars too. I found that the rustoleum canvas white if spankin close to cygnus. its close enough to live with it, and miles closer than that flat white I had on it.

That color looks great!

 

[LAMBCRUSHER]

found a home for the fill neck. we'll see how well it works...also got the vapor can housed inside the tool box and plumbed in. Still need to fab a bracket and cover for it. got the toolbox mounts burned in, just need to drill it thru for the carriage bolts. shifters are both in and the trans cover is back on. and did some more work on the bed. next biggest hurdle is going to be trying to get the early cable accelerator to work with the fj60 carb. oh, and seat belts.

 

[LAMBCRUSHER]

and these

 

[LAMBCRUSHER]

and...

 

[LAMBCRUSHER]

last one for the day

 

[LAMBCRUSHER]

oops.

 

[bobm]

LAMBCRUSHER, Nice clean install looks good.

Thanks Bob.

 

[scrapdaddy]

That looks good mounted there. Looks to be a good angle on it. I've had two flatbeds and if the filler angle isn't enough, you will have problems fueling up, keeps shutting off.

 

[LAMBCRUSHER]

That looks good mounted there. Looks to be a good angle on it. I've had two flatbeds and if the filler angle isn't enough, you will have problems fueling up, keeps shutting off.

this is what I am afraid of. we'll have to see how it works. The tank was not going to fit in front of the x member, and I do not have a new tank in the budg. This will have to work for now. Down the road, I'll have one fabbed or do it myself that can go right behind the bulkhead, then I can add under bed storage toward the rear. I am curious how it is all going to sit when its loaded. the shackles are still almost straight up. maybe when I get the rest of the bed skin and rack in place it'll settle down a bit. I can't wait to weigh it empty. BTW, thank you for that nudge toward the fuel filler location!

 

[nuclearlemon]

That looks good mounted there. Looks to be a good angle on it. I've had two flatbeds and if the filler angle isn't enough, you will have problems fueling up, keeps shutting off.

my f250 did that all the time....drove me bats&^$

 

[LAMBCRUSHER]

woohoo! fabbed rear body mounts for the frame. next is going to be the bed mount tabs and modified seat mounting brackets. then I have to tool a stay and catch for the throttle cable to carb. a rear harness, some tail lights, and put the engine harness back together,radiator and some hoses. hopefully the rear glass shows today. pics to follow.

 

[LAMBCRUSHER]

1/8 wall 2 by 4 burned to 1/8 by 3 by 6 3/4 cold broke angle. I was going to beef em up s'more, but don't think I need to, so I won't. they are a tap fit over the frame and I have to nudge the body up just a bit on both sides in ored to get the rubber slugs in, and then those compress-just a tad.

 

[LAMBCRUSHER]

I'm actually really proud of these. don't know why, but the whole idea of this part had given me fits in engineering. I knew I was over thinking them, but could not wrap my pea brain around a simple AND good looking product. I thought about cutting the rear mount off the frame, and using them, but I hated the idea of cutting anything off of this frame. The shackle reversal and relocated factory front spring eye hangers for the rear springs are about all I can live with for modifying the chassis. I am ok with these.

 

[scrapdaddy]

Man, I love that kind of stuff! You sit and drink a beer or two, stare at it long enough and it finally comes to you. Good job on the mounts. Simple, clean and heavyduty.

 

[bobm]

LAMBCRUSHER, LOOKS GREAT. The worse thing you can do is spend too much time thinking about it. Sometimes you need to Dive right in. Now quit screwing around and GET "ER" DONE.

Thanks Bob.

 

[LAMBCRUSHER]

THANK YOUS GUYS! a little quality backup goes a long way finished rear "cab" mounts(cause that's what it is now) first a shot of the rear of the drivers side, the a rear and last a front shot of the passenger...

 

[LAMBCRUSHER]

OKAY, the bed has been tacked to the factory body mounts via the beds uprights. The uprights rest on the body mounts. I notched some channel and placed them across the face of the mounts, perpendicular to the uprights, and then burned them to the uprights, ran a 1" hole saw up thru the factory mount hole(which is like like 1.+ a redc.....nevermind)cut and burned in some heavy heavy wall tube with 3/8+ bore-I was keepin it for a cannon, but this was a noble use-drove the pipe thru the holes in the frame tabs and the bed tabs, allowing it to protrude a smidge shorter than a 1" flat washer past the bottom face of the frame tabs, and finally cut the tacks to the bed free from the uprights. The idea is that the bed now has locating pins that will take all of the lateral and forward/rearward motion, so I don't have to worry about bolt sheer. I wanted some 1" hardware to match the frame tabs but got 3/4. I am going to take that stuff back and get some 10mm grade 8s whose only job will be to keep the bed from lifting off the tabs. I will use a 1" flat washer to take up the slack of the protrusion, and all the rest 10mm.