I intentionally didnt fix every dent and have done my own half way good body work because I dont want to feel bad when I plow it into a mud hole or throw crap in the bed. I want it to have the old work truck feel.rocklaurence wrote: ↑Thu Aug 19, 2021 6:15 am This is a Man's truck! Not some Girly, Drive it on Sunday project but a vehicle that is useful.
I am not planning to leave any gaps. This wood is plenty moist at this point and its going to be tight to get it in. It will cup and bow over time but I'm not too worried. I don't know if this will be the permanent solution but it should be too hard to replace if I decide to.jpswapmohn wrote: ↑Fri Aug 20, 2021 7:58 pm Looks great! Are you putting any sort of spacers in the bed between the wood slats? I only ask because they can get wet and swell resulting in bulges and cracks if not given a little room to move.
So with these seats, what year of escape are they out of? I don’t have any seats, and they look really good in there, so this might be an option.TurboJ4000 wrote:Can you tell I have ADD, then I moved on to the seat issue again. The old seats needed to be redone and after calling a few shops I decided it wasnt worth re doing them. So if any of you guys want them I have the bucket seats that are free to a good home.
I found a set of Ford Escape seats with nearly zero use since the car was wrecked in the first couple thousand miles.
The side airbags had deployed but fortunately modern seat airbags have intentionally weak stitching at the seam for the air bag so if you remove the cover and sew it back up you can reinstall the cover and its like brand new.
The other plus is that these are heated and power, the power isnt a huge deal but heated seats will be nice. The plug for the seats is ridiculous with 90 wires but it was relatively easy to find the two that are needed to power the seat motors and the two wires that are needed for the heated seats. With the covers sewn up and some new seat brackets made they fit awesome with the factory jump seat.
I also had the seamstress friend replace the top panel that used to have the headrest holes. We took the covers off the headrests and cut the replacement panel out of those and once that was done they almost look like they below there, just 50 years newer.
thej10guy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:44 pmSo with these seats, what year of escape are they out of? I don’t have any seats, and they look really good in there, so this might be an option.TurboJ4000 wrote:Can you tell I have ADD, then I moved on to the seat issue again. The old seats needed to be redone and after calling a few shops I decided it wasnt worth re doing them. So if any of you guys want them I have the bucket seats that are free to a good home.
I found a set of Ford Escape seats with nearly zero use since the car was wrecked in the first couple thousand miles.
The side airbags had deployed but fortunately modern seat airbags have intentionally weak stitching at the seam for the air bag so if you remove the cover and sew it back up you can reinstall the cover and its like brand new.
The other plus is that these are heated and power, the power isnt a huge deal but heated seats will be nice. The plug for the seats is ridiculous with 90 wires but it was relatively easy to find the two that are needed to power the seat motors and the two wires that are needed for the heated seats. With the covers sewn up and some new seat brackets made they fit awesome with the factory jump seat.
I also had the seamstress friend replace the top panel that used to have the headrest holes. We took the covers off the headrests and cut the replacement panel out of those and once that was done they almost look like they below there, just 50 years newer.
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Yea the wood won’t get any bed liner it’s just deck stain. Most of the tubes have vent holes so I should be good but I’m also planning to spray all the internal parts with rust coating so hopefully it’s not too much of an issue.ScramblerCJ8 wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 11:43 am Just a word of caution, don't use bedliner on both sides of the bed floor, and also that square tube frame will need some holes for moist to scape. otherwise it will be trapped and will rust from the inside.