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[mini_in_progress]

Great work mate,loving this thread, is this how it sits now or are we not caught up yet?

[Rasmus Holst]

Great work mate,loving this thread, is this how it sits now or are we not caught up yet?

 

Thank you!

Not quite caught up yet :) Spending more time in the garage than updating this thread :) 

[Rasmus Holst]

Time to do the rear.. 

I've chosen a different approach than many others have. Normally I've seen people get a completer floor for the cabin, welding the truck bed onto it and putting the cabin and front onto it afterwards. 

Being in Denmark ment that my panel-pusher couldn't supply me with an entire floor pan, which is why I kept the tunnel while replacing the floor sides only (see previous posts).

I got the entire rear end including the panel between the cabin and bed. My idea was to stiffen around the B-posts, cut away all of the truck bed an then replace everything starting with the bed pan itself.

 

 

 

 

 

The small gap shoving the floor bed and B-post isn't connected: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Starting off by removing the temporary supports from earlier and finishing the heelboard weldings. Seen in the picture above. 

 

 

New heavy duty brackets made from 2+ mm steel

 

 

 

 

Also refurbishing the panel supporting the front of the bed. Putting that one in first: 

 

 

 

Some of the parts being cut away: 

 

 

Trial fit of the new panels: 

 

 

 

Looks sooo simple. Took forever...

Edited by Rasmus Holst, 29 May 2018 - 08:56 PM.