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So I cut the original tank mounts out of the cab.
I got a rear mounted tank from Brothers, but lost the pics of fitiing that in.
Propped the frame up all horizontal and started framing the bed.
Made up a front and rear support from tube.
Because of the 4" kick up, the front support has to have 4" spacers.
I decided the lateral forces on spacers with any load in the bed may be too much, so the front one is fully welded and diagonal braced.
So then I trail fitted the cab, was a bit worried about clearance for the tranny and the HEI dissy but they fit with reasonable clearances.
I had machined up some bed boards, just standard pine shelving, but a bit wider than standard. 2 of the original steels were totally rusted away and again availability of new parts and shipping costs made me investigate spacing them out a bit extra and I'm pretty happy with the result.
With the cab on and everything level, i propped up the bed side panels to get the lines to match with the cab lines. then i was able to set the bed front panel height. I welded some 1" angle steel to the panel at the right height and drilled it to suit.