Ok, so today I slowly and carefully dragged my sodden carcass out to the shop, and Boppa came out and we got to work. Slowly. (He thought my condition was hilarious. I reminded him that I'll be choosing his retirement home.) We stripped the back of the truck including the bed, and tested the fit of the new gas tank. We also did damage assessment. To the bat-cam!
Bent bed supports. How the hell did they manage this?
Rot at the rear bed sill and ripped out mount bolt holes-
One of the many reasons we replaced the cab-
Pulling the bed off onto the cart, not a bad idea.
Where we left off- waiting for attention.
Now to start welding again! At least It's not show welding, hopefully it'll go quick. Thanks for rollin' with me, gang!