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Here's an idea. Get some thick sheet metal and fabricate a hinged door for the top of the tool tray above the fuel tank (if you still have yours in your truck). You could hinge it on the backside and add a couple of hasps with small locks for the front. No, it won't hold your wife's purse, but at least you could lock up some smaller valuables.
I really like this idea, and you mentioned the wife's purse wouldn't fit. What if the lid was another toolbox mounted on top of the first one only upside down?
I really like this idea, and you mentioned the wife's purse wouldn't fit. What if the lid was another toolbox mounted on top of the first one only upside down?
That would work (if it cleared the seat) if you split it in the middle and hinged it there.
Here's an idea. Get some thick sheet metal and fabricate a hinged door for the top of the tool tray above the fuel tank (if you still have yours in your truck). You could hinge it on the backside and add a couple of hasps with small locks for the front. No, it won't hold your wife's purse, but at least you could lock up some smaller valuables.
I built behind seat storage for small tools, jack, jumper cables behind the cab bench seat out of 1/4" plywood. I mounted 9" speakers at either end for "future". The centre portion has a rounded opening in it so that it is accessible when the bench seat is tilted forward. Overall depth is 6-7 inches, slightly angled back towards the top. I still have the tool tray above that, but no lid.
I really like this idea, and you mentioned the wife's purse wouldn't fit. What if the lid was another toolbox mounted on top of the first one only upside down?
Originally Posted by ALBUQ F-1
That would work (if it cleared the seat) if you split it in the middle and hinged it there.
Good idea. If a person had a second tool tray, they could hinge it on the front edge (closest to the seat) and still be able to open it when the seat is leaned forward. Plus, as mentioned, it would give more vertical room. Probably close to 8 inches or more.
I built behind seat storage for small tools, jack, jumper cables behind the cab bench seat out of 1/4" plywood. I mounted 9" speakers at either end for "future". The centre portion has a rounded opening in it so that it is accessible when the bench seat is tilted forward. Overall depth is 6-7 inches, slightly angled back towards the top. I still have the tool tray above that, but no lid.
I'd like to see a picture of what you built sometime. Good idea with the thin plywood.
We still have the gas tank behind the seat and I am tall enough that the seat has to be all the way back, but if there is enough space that I can increase the height of the tool box, and put in some locked drawers under the stock seat that would help, and I think I can do that myself. We carry a fair amount of camera equipment some days, but camera bodies and lenses will lay fairly flat - 5 inches in height would be sufficient for most of those things, and it has the advantage of "out of sight, out of mind."
A small box in the bed for tools (and I noticed the battery cables in one of those photos - required equipment with old cars and trucks) with some extra space for daily stuff might be the best way to go for the rest, with the 8' bed we should still end up with some good space. It would be good to have that in some custom look that fit the period, but that's likely more than I will achieve this year, so something like the pro tech box is more likely.
I am planning to do body work and the wood bed next winter and I like the idea of doing some storage under the bed - that's certainly a good suggestion.
OK guy's I was saving my absolutely ( as yet to be determined ) genius idea but since the tread is started I might as well get your thoughts . This is a saddle tank from a semi . My plan is to cut the left 2/3 's of the top and hinge it for storage leaving the filler cap area for the battery and tools etc. I will also use the nice brass filler for my gas by taking my new plastic left side under running board tank and moving it to the right running board leaving the fill neck to the inside at the back of the cab and connecting it to the brass filler . Since it is aluminium it should polish nicely
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