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Now the fun starts.
I made some tabs to hold things in position.
I had to make a bunch of relief cuts so I could bend the lower section back to meet the upper section.
Started with 4" between them and worked down to 1" at the corners.

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I started tacking in the center and worked my way around to each side.
When I got to the corners I had to trim the tops to fit.
I got the gradual transition I was looking for.
Well I ran out of welding gas so I will have to leave the rest for another day.
Hope this was informative.
Kim

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Looking good Kim, looking really good. I welcome you to the club and I will be sending out your membership.lol

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Looks like will turn out spot on. I like the tab Idea to keep things in place. I am so tempted to have ago at doing mine but I do not think I am skilled enough for it. I think moving the cut up was right the gradual transition is important.

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Well you are the President of the club so I expect my card ASAP.
Kim

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Thanks George.
I don't have the skills for this stuff either but I figured I had nothing to lose in trying it.
Just take your time and measure, measure, measure.
Kim

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It looks super good , it's definitely a modification I will do on my truck. thanks for all the good photos.

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Kim, very informative post, with lots of good pics. You did a great job with the initial cuts, relieve cuts, and all tacked together the lines look just right from each angle you showed. One very nice job.....Jim

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Great job. Cant wait to see the thing finished especially the underside and the bracing.

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Greta work! I hope to join the club one day too!

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I will give it to you at the next Brothers Truck Show.
You are an honorary member already for contributing a really nice build thread to the site that others can learn from and get motivation. Anybody that strays from the norm gets my vote. Your dash makes you a full member my friend.lol

Like Kim57 said, I'm the president and my motto is "let's see what we can cut up next".lol

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Thanks for the encouragement guys I do appreciate it.

hotrod1 when I get it all welded up I'm going to build my own tilt mechanism for it and will post pics on how I do it.

Kabwe I'm looking forward to the Brothers show.
Kim

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Kim,

Very glad to see you take the leap!

GREAT JOB!!!

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Thanks.
I think it was a change that needed to be done.
Kim

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Looking good Kim!
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I made a little progress on the hood.
I had to modify the front cross brace to fit. I notched it on each end so it could be bent out to line up with the new position after pancaking the hood.
Kim

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The front center brace also had to be done. It was rather easy as all I had to do was re-drill the mounting holes and shorten it by 1".
Kim

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Now on with the bracing for the tilt. I really don't like the sharp lines of the kits being sold so I decided to do mine a little different. I used 1" square tube for the cross braces and 3/4" round for the front to back bracing. Right now there is about $40 invested in it. The biggest expense so far is the tabs on the ends of all the braces. I could have saved some money by making my own.
Kim

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A few more pics of the bracing.
That's it for now. Next up will be the pieces for the tilt. I'm still debating if I will use spherical rod ends or not for that. They get kinda expensive and I'm trying to do this without spending a ton of money on it.
Kim

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looking good my friend, looking really good.

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Kim, did you drill holes in the square tubing and insert the round and weld, or is it welded flush to the tubing? Looks really good.....Jim

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Nice work! I can't wait to see it done!

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I did drill holes for the tubes to fit into. I figured it would give a little more support that way.
Kim

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Kim, your bed is freakin awesome! When I saw that i swear I heard Bam in my head saying 'what can I cut up next"

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checked out the whole thread wow great job killer skills dig the truck!!