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"Sin-thia" My 74 GMC
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Re: "Sin-thia" My 74 GMC
So I clamped it together and measured for squareness and I think I only had to slightly adjust one side once, then tacked and remeasured a few more times......
I used part of the sections I removed to make plates to reinforce the joined area, they are offset as well. Where they ended up under the bed bolt holes, I just test fit them in there and took my silver sharpie and traced the hole. Center punched it and drilled it out slightly larger than the bed bolt hole is above it with a uni bit. (sorry I didn't think to get any pics of that until they were already welded in)......
Then I was able to start welding it up. You can see the inner plate through the bed bolt hole......
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