Instead of sectioning the bed like most, we pulled the rear cap off, cut 16" out of the bed sides and welded the cap back on just as they did at the factory.. seamless!
A big thanks to Big John's uncle Mel, a 30 year veteran body man who showed us the right way to do it.

Mel did the finish work. He rolled the sheet metal to match the original curve into the tail light buckets while the rest of us grinded welds. The final photo shows Mel shrinking the panel to flatten out the warpage.

John Sr. took over with light Bondo work, fiberglassed rust holes, dings, dents and then primmered the bare metal. Later John Sr. returned to the project to finish the cab and spray the infamous bright orange paint.

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