Time for the fun to begin... :notworthy
Moderator, I don't know if this trailer build should go here or not?
It's finally here . It was delivered around 1:00 PM today. There's going to be a lot of pics initially. I like taking the pics because it gives me something to fall back on when this thing is hopefully completed. I noticed that it really helped on my Chopped top B2 when I needed to know, just how did I do that. It's hell getting old and forgetting stuff
Once I started tearing things out, I found out just how sweet this truck is. And to think it was going to the crusher. The price of steel has probably sent a fleet of these B2 to the crusher
That bumper is like brand new.
Starting to demo the inside. No rust on fenders, so these will be saved. The passenger seat has no rips or tears. Can't say the same for driver side. Doors will be saved also, again no rust .
Now this is what I wanted to see under all that carpeting and seats. Looks like the day it rolled off the show room floor. Again no rust
Headliner, doors and all molded plastic interior gone. My cut will be where the back of the door meets the body. There is a nice straight vertical body line that is bent in. I'll leave the bend for stiffness. This cut works out great with that diagonal roof support that's above shoulder strap.
This is when I was holding my breath as I was cutting along the bend on the outside of truck. I cut right in the corner of the bend. It has about a 5/8" bend that is turned in. This is where I'll fasten some kind of panel to.
Those are just paint scratches on the red paint when the cutting wheel got a little close.
Then the inside I cut with tin snips. But first had to notch into the bends so I could cut the vertical piece. Makes cutting a whole lot easier.
Almost done with the vertical inside sheet metal panel. Around the floor is going to be a little tricky. Plus I have to leave enough structural support. But I can always add some if I have to.
Now you can see the roof support and how it lines up close with my vertical cut.
Now this is going to be a little tricky also. The rear is to the left. The cut that I made lines up with the spring perch that is on left. Then you see the body mount. Check how clean it looks. No rust. Now look further to the right and there is a diagonal floor support that runs from frame to frame. My thinking is make my floor cut just to the right of this support. This way I still have the body mount plus that floor support that follows the curve of the floor.
So when it's cut the floor will be out further then the vertical cut I made. Could make a tool box on top of that extended floor part or just angle the enclosure from roof to that extended floor.
OK, I'm done for tonight. Since I really don't have any threads anywhere that I can see how others have done B2s, if there are any, that have done this. All comments are appreciated.