middlecalf
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Wow, that’s impressive! Not an easy thing to do and get even that nice of fit 
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Builds Jacks 40 to fake 45 build
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Congrats! Not at all jealous of the new owner
I like how you imply that this project hasn’t already been rolling.
Of course the ship has already sailed for your box floor… but I’ve seen floors made out of salvaged pickup box floors to get the corrugated metal. Just throwing it out there for others following your thread.
Living in the Past
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Jack, I have a piece of U shaped metal that was made to go over rear sill and floor if you want it. I know exactly where that part is. Probably sitting in same spot for fifteen years.
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Unless you get a bed for free, it's not worth it. It would be a ton of work to strip a bed just for the floor. I looked at replacement bed floors too, but too expensive for my build. If you had a decent usable bed and only needed a few mods, that would be pretty convenient.
Maybe an early mini truck bed could be cool......
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Thanks for the offer, but I am good. My rear sill piece is not stock, so that piece might not work.
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Got the bed corners roughed out. The drivers side seem to have extra metal. I had to do some slices to relieve the curve. It's not perfect, but much better. Not sure if this was because the PO body work.....reskinned quarter panels or my mess up. Either way.......we move forward now.
I have the same rear tire carrier on the ‘76, but it needs bushings. I may have found a solution if yours are shot too. Let me know. Build looks great bud
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Made some reinforcement plates for the tire carrier mounts. Tacked the rear sill cover piece In place as well.
I ordered a rivet nut tool and associated goodies. I will use nut inserts to hold the tire carrier catch and the tailgate hinges in place.
I ordered a rivet nut tool and associated goodies. I will use nut inserts to hold the tire carrier catch and the tailgate hinges in place.
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You'll be waiting a long time cause I don't have a bead roller.
I snagged a Nissan hardbody truck bed at a scrap yard for $200. I used only the interior sheeting. It was too easy and cheap not to.... it would have been almost $100 in raw sheet metal to do the same thing. I hate to see you go to all that work and have a flat floor on the bed. Every little dent will show, it's weaker, doesn't look OEM, and stuff will slide around easier. Just my opinion..... but carry on.
You make good points, but I'm pretty sure Jack's produced enough quality to earn the benefit of the doubt without snark.
He mentioned earlier it wouldn't be worth it unless the bed was free. $200 is hard to pass up with the price of raw sheet metal these days. Perhaps he hasn't been to a salvage yard lately and priced out a complete bed. Obviously he knows what he's doing.... I was merely pointing out a different path that could be taken.
