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Thanks Phil.

I love this bench, too. It gets used everyday. Campfires, doing little jobs on it while the kids play. I have had my mother, sisters, and brother all request I build them one. My mom pointed to the Custom 20 parts truck tailgate and said, "I want that one."

So much for selling that truck complete...😎 I'd rather find other gates for those projects. It would be a sweet candidate for a bench though!

In the meantime: I cut, hammered, welded, and grinded out the old gas filler hole. I slapped some epoxy on it and will give it a small coat of filler before the high build primer goes on. This went well.

I next pulled out the shiny, new, chrome rear bumper in preparation for mock up. Installed the brackets and immediately ran into reproduction parts rearing their ugly heads. The brackets that attach to the main frame rails hit on the rear cross sill. This in turn prohibits one from lining up the bolt holes. So...out came my die grinder. I had to incorporate relief cuts above the brackets on the cross sill so I could get the bolts lined up and secured. I only got 1 side done so far. I hope to wrap that up tomorrow and hang a bumper to see what it will look like.


Hours: 438

I'll snap some photos later.


Update. The main rear bumper brackets clear all well and fine, but I think I need to pie cut and bend the outer brackets as the angle of "bolt up" is off quite a bit on the bumper. Pie cut, heat and bend, check fit, weld her back up, and install.

Be sure to cover the chrome bumper before tack welding, Fox!

Write that down, kids.