Where to find replacement sill and??

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I was gonna send you to Cruiser Solutions, but I just checked and don't see their sill on their website anymore. Here's a homemade solution:

Fixin the 65
 
D'Animal said:
Mine had better not come in two pieces.

I tried to order just the curved metal peice and was told "No, it comes assembled as one piece."
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In my pic there is the body support (black). Than the sheet metal that welds to the bed and the support. Just looking at CCOT they come either the sill plate or the combo. 10-73 production.
Body Parts . Coatings
 
don't go to cruiser solutions for anything unless you got six or eight weeks to wait on them to get around to shipping it.
 
Thanks for the help. I have a friend who fabricates wine tanks. I think I will go into the rear sill business with him. It is such an easy thing to fabricate. I will let everyone know next week after we meet. He is an excellant welder/fabicator for wine tanks, this should be easy. Maybe, make it out of stainless steel.
 
radioridge said:
i bought one of e-bay a couple years ago. maybe not resto. quality but it fits good. didnt have nuts welded on but i could live with that for what it cost.
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Hey Andy - Was that long enough so that you could trim it to fit? I was going to go that route - price is right.
 
I just ordered a sill from the seller on ebay. I emailed her directly and she sold it for $40 including shipping. It does not have the holes drilled but that is easy to do. I will let everyone know how it turns out plus I will post pictures.
 
mcwinery said:
I just ordered a sill from the seller on ebay. I emailed her directly and she sold it for $40 including shipping. It does not have the holes drilled but that is easy to do. I will let everyone know how it turns out plus I will post pictures.
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Seller has 100% on the satisfactory scale on Ebay. They usually sell for about $26 plus shipping on there.
 
yea, I know what they were selling for. Thats why I offered $40 including shipping. A couple of extra bucks and I get it in a week.
 
I just went to a local sheet metal shop and had them bend it up out of 16 gauge steel. it was about 20 bucks so i couldn't complain. I could build them if i had a shear and a brake.

kyle
 
I just replace my sill today, I didnt have anything as for a sill, I use some 2x3 and cut in side to make body mounts and welded. I didnt need have the need to make the coners for the fender sinces I have comp cuts, But dont think it would be to hard to make

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Body mounts. Theres tabs because Im not use the same stock Rear cross member

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Interesting way to do it. I am going one step farther and adding a sill over the under sill that attaches to the frame. I need to have the support brackets redone for the fenders as well as replace the frame mounts. take a look at my rear and you will see all the cancer.

george
 
The rear sill will come in TWO pieces, what you see on the outside of the truck is more or less a cover piece which ties the rear bed into the rear sill. The sill is a long square box channel piece which is curved on both ends, the curved end is what the rear inner corners of the tub tie into(welded). Once the rear sill is attached to the frame and welded to the fenders the cover piece can be tied into the sill and rear bed; of course it is a bit more involved. CCOT and Real Steel make a good Rear Sill kit which will consist of the inner sill and the outer cover piece and should cost about $200-250+ shipping. In most cases both will have to be replaced as Toyota did not do a very good job at protecting this structural component from moisture trapping dirt. When replacing these components it is very important that the rear sill be coated in some sort of rust preventive, also use Weld Through primer in the necessary areas.

Corey:grinpimp:
 
Thank Corey. You conveyed what I was trying to say very well. I bought the cover piece for $40 and am goin to make the under sill myself out of Box steel. It will add weight but will also add lots of structure support.
 
mcwinery said:
Interesting way to do it. I am going one step farther and adding a sill over the under sill that attaches to the frame. I need to have the support brackets redone for the fenders as well as replace the frame mounts. take a look at my rear and you will see all the cancer.

george
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I See. Ya Mine was not like yours. Aleast you had something that looked it was a sill one day lol. I didnt have know of that. Good luck. would like to see how you do yours. Man I hate body work :mad:







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I dont know if my work will help you at all but some others were nice enough to paste some links back to theirs that were a lot of help with mine!! I couldnt have asked for a nicer fit with mine. the added 2 inch 1/4 inch strap tied the whole thing together and minimized space for new mud to hold water. The actual sill was CCOT because nothing against them but the ebay ones that i saw didnt have the factory bends or the indention for rear ambulance door latch catch. Oh and the 2 inch strap was snug to the sill so it will allow a solid place to drill and tap to remount the door latch. I had just better hit it on the head the first time around. :D

Good luck

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