hot_rod_hooligans
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Indianapolis
Ok so here is what I ended up doing
Take one long bed:
Drill out all the pinch welds and remove the bedsides. This will allow me to make my welds thoroughly in and outside of the bed when it's going back together, as well as take care of the little bit of rust thats in there.
12.5" section to come out of the front
18" section out of the rear
For the bedsides I'm only going to make one cut, about a 26.5" section out of the middle(thats an estimate, not going to cut the bedsides until after the bed had been cut down, and remeasure). I'll cut the section out, then tac weld the two back together, cut my new wheel well opening, then finish the weld.
This is all that will be visible of the factory bed sides once I get the flairs on
I think the whole corner is going to come together nicely
The end result will be about a 61" bed(5'1"), and about a 107" wheelbase.
Take one long bed:
Drill out all the pinch welds and remove the bedsides. This will allow me to make my welds thoroughly in and outside of the bed when it's going back together, as well as take care of the little bit of rust thats in there.
12.5" section to come out of the front
18" section out of the rear
For the bedsides I'm only going to make one cut, about a 26.5" section out of the middle(thats an estimate, not going to cut the bedsides until after the bed had been cut down, and remeasure). I'll cut the section out, then tac weld the two back together, cut my new wheel well opening, then finish the weld.
This is all that will be visible of the factory bed sides once I get the flairs on
I think the whole corner is going to come together nicely
The end result will be about a 61" bed(5'1"), and about a 107" wheelbase.
