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hello guys.
i finally took my bench seat out yesterday and will take it to get redone next saturday.

while it is out, i am thinking about making some sort or "shelf" to set on top of the gas tank, behind the seat.

have any of you done anything like this ?

if so, could you please post some pics ?

i need some ideas to head me in the right direction.

thanks much.

leonard

I did that long ago and easily, didn't want stuff falling behind the tank [where I found the PO's tools ]

don't have a pic, but I made cardboard templates of the shape out into those useless corners, cut'em outta ply, and made a shelf split it in the middle to get it in, holds itself just sitting on top the tank - careful of your sender wire

Bill

thanks bill for your info.

i was out there looking at it this morning, a d came up with a plan.
im gonna try to make mine out of aluminum and tig weld it together, and hold it in place with sheet metal screws.
hope to get started on in next weekend. i will post pics of my progress as i go.

thanks much.
leonard

Here's the one I built. Mine's bolted together, though, so that it can be taken apart for removal if necessary.
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2795752150092261295jsYBND
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2513502400092261295puxAHX
It's mounted to the floor with 1/4-20 bolts.
This pic shows how it's clearanced for the filler tube.
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2924688900092261295VnrwkW

you guys sure get carried away - simple works ... and don't forget to cover those sinkholes in the corners, good spot for the trash bag

Bill

hey longbox, yours is the one i seen a few onths ago and could not rememebr whos it was.
thanks much. the one i am gonna make is just about like yours, but i want to have an upright lip along the length of it closest to the seat.
and where you have your 6 x 9 speakers is exactly where i am gonna mount mine also....

red, thanks too. i am a machinst and welder, so i tend to get carried away. LOL.
yea, gotta cover the sink holes.. the big dark holes. LOL.

thanks again guys. i hope to buy the aluminum this weekend, and hope to get started on it. i will take pics of my progress.

but there are 2 tropical storms heading our way here in south florida, so that might hamper my progess..

leonard

Put a divider or two in the center of it as well, oriented front-to-back. It'll keep things from sliding around, and will help keep things organized in a sort of "compartmental" kind of way. For instance, if you keep a set of gloves there, you'd want them on your side right behind the seat. Or a rag, or some paper towels for checking your oil For something that rarely gets used like ratchet straps or handy wipes, those you'd want to store on the passenger side, where you won't often need them.

Also, cover the metal floor of the shelf with some office carpet or rubber mat to keep things from rattling and vibrating on the metal. I like rubber stair tread riser cover from the hardware store. I bought mine by the foot and keep it around for shop tool projects, cheap tool box drawer liners, etc. It has fine ribs on the top side...make sure you cut your liners so the ribs are going front-to-back on your shelf, otherwise if they're running side-to-side all your stuff will slide every time you go around a corner. I put some of the ribs front-to-back in my tool box, and every time I open or close a drawer all the tools slide front-to-back. They don't slide on the side-do-slide ribbed liners.
If you're a welder, fab a tubing "cup holder" with a bottom in it, and put one in the corners, and keep a can of WD-40 in one, and a can of bug spray in the other. Both will make you feel like a hero during road-side repairs or junk yard trips. Or picnics, 4th of july fireworks, drive-in movies, fishing trips...anywhere you'd give your eye teeth for a can of Deep Woods Off.
-Brad

hey brad, thanks much for all your tips. they will come in handy.
i hope to get started on it this saturday, but might be prepping for hurricane ike. dang it all.

thanks again, and when i actually do get started i will take pics and post.

leonard

You too? We're watching Ike on the news constantly. He's a bad one, but last report showed him heading away from us on the east coast of Florida. Hope so!

I looked at your photobucket pics, Leonard. Nice truck! Haven't I seen it in Daytona at the Turkey Run? I'm in D.B. Street Rods, the club that puts it on.

~Bruce

oc51,
thanks for the comments on my 57.
i have been to the turkey rod run plenty of times, but not with my 57. i just got it this march. but i hope to one day.

well, it looks like the storm IKE is heading south of us so far, so that is good. its sad someone has to get hit eventually. but i pray it stays clear of my area.

stay safe up there bruce. hope to be there in november.

leonard