Car shows, internet pictures of AD trucks mostly uses kits. I wanted to do something different. After much thinking, drawings and measurements, I came up with a plan. The bed is wider than 4ft. I split the plywood, laid out bed cross sills, laid the two pieces in, lined it up and marked bolt holes and bored them.
I used 2 4x8x3/4 Baltic birch plywood. Under side and edges were sealed with 3 coats of primer and 3 coats of rustoleum oil based paint in black gloss.
Next used dark mahogany stain. Next set up plywood on a level bench. Next was pouring 7 layers of west system clear epoxy. 400 grit sanding between layers and tack cloth. Note using epoxy must be poured in a controlled temperature environment. NEVER outside in the sun.
Then used aluminum flat bar and angle for the sides. Wet sanded with 400 to 1200 grit paper. On to polishing using a pneumatic angle grinder, wool polishing pad, and Flitz metal polish. Holes are bored and countersink for 1/4-20 taper head stainless bolts with nylock nuts.
