Progress!!! Tailgate straps
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I'm with AX on this one, thats the factory wire harness hole. I've been wondering what to plug it with as I neglected to fill it when I filled in the rest of the holes. I was thinking of using one of those rubber expansion plugs but now I have other ideas
This board is great!
Bobby
This board is great!
Bobby
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Originally Posted by bobbytnm
I agree wholeheartedly!!
Thats one of the reasons why the darkside is a happy place. We can adapt parts from anywhere........the sky is the limit..
Bobby
Thats one of the reasons why the darkside is a happy place. We can adapt parts from anywhere........the sky is the limit..
Bobby
We don't necessarily have to use other auto manufacturers parts to be darksiders, we can use anything we can find from Home Depot or our favorite fast food places!I love this place too!!!!
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Bobby, Great idea! looks good too.
One question....How do you connect the thoughts? (toilet seat = spare parts for truck) what do you see in the ink blot test? Just curious, but isn't that how Thomas Edison started out?
One question....How do you connect the thoughts? (toilet seat = spare parts for truck) what do you see in the ink blot test? Just curious, but isn't that how Thomas Edison started out?
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Hey AX,
I was reading through this thread and noticed you mentioned the use of aluminum bleacher seats for shelving. I have a friend that used aluminum bleacher seat material for his truck bed. I think they are about 10 or so inches wide x 1.5 inches thick and he just butted them together to make a dynamite bed floor. Very clean and functional.
I was reading through this thread and noticed you mentioned the use of aluminum bleacher seats for shelving. I have a friend that used aluminum bleacher seat material for his truck bed. I think they are about 10 or so inches wide x 1.5 inches thick and he just butted them together to make a dynamite bed floor. Very clean and functional.
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Originally Posted by Kusto
Bobby, Great idea! looks good too.
One question....How do you connect the thoughts? (toilet seat = spare parts for truck) what do you see in the ink blot test? Just curious, but isn't that how Thomas Edison started out?
One question....How do you connect the thoughts? (toilet seat = spare parts for truck) what do you see in the ink blot test? Just curious, but isn't that how Thomas Edison started out?
Just kidding. I had to replace a very loose toilet seat, in the process the styling of the hinges just struck me as something useful
eman,
sometimes it takes a quiet and serene (if you don't count the odor) place to brew up some ideas
LEckart,
The bleacher seats for a truck bed sounds like a fantastic idea. Heck, I bet with a little elbow grease they might polish up a bit too
Good stuff
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They would make a good looking and sturdy bed floor, and could be brushed or polished quite nicely. The sections at the scrapyard I frequent were chopped into ~ 4' long pieces however, probably when they removed them they sawed them between the supports. But for 1.50 a # I don't complain too much. They have a lot of longer stock, just not the bleacher seats. I was able to pick up a 4'x9' sheet of 1/8" polished aluminum diamond plate there with one 1" hole drilled in it for 67.00. I just made it into parking pads for under the tires inside the trailer and no slip strips up the ramp door.
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Originally Posted by Kusto
Here's another example of integrating toilet parts into your truck.
The Bumper Dumper
The Bumper Dumper
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Actually the turkey isn't dead at all, he just fell over laughing at the guy who is so drunk he forgot to pull down his long johns before taking a dump and thinks he has to guard against someone stealing his toilet seat with that buntline special!
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Originally Posted by AXracer
Actually the turkey isn't dead at all, he just fell over laughing at the guy who is so drunk he forgot to pull down his long johns before taking a dump and thinks he has to guard against someone stealing his toilet seat with that buntline special!
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Originally Posted by AXracer
Actually the turkey isn't dead at all, he just fell over laughing at the guy who is so drunk he forgot to pull down his long johns before taking a dump and thinks he has to guard against someone stealing his toilet seat with that buntline special!
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