Daylight savings tome sucks. It's dark when I get home, so the only work I've been doing has been on the weekends.
Today I cleaned off the old brackets and welds off the rear axle.
Here you can see where the original axle seats were ground off. They gouged into the tube. I hope this doesn't cause problems re-attaching the seats. At least we know where they're supposed to go. My guess is we'll have to build it up with weld before adding the seats.
All cleaned up! Only took about 4 hours!
Then I uncovered the rear stake pockets. The original builder plugged them up to smooth the rear end for the steel tonneau cover.
Next up I built a bed rail.