I got the radiator bracket welded up today. It's ready for clean up and prime.
Then I got back on the bed sills. I wanted to take the bed sides apart and that required another method of attaching the bed cross sills to the bed sides. So I built a cradle bracket, drilled through for a bolt and welded the cradle to the bed side.
IMG_0200 by
Robert Moorman, on Flickr
The big hole on the inside is to mount the sill to the frame. The smaller hole near the bed side is to bolt the sill down into the cradle.
Here is what it looks like all bolted up.
IMG_0201 by
Robert Moorman, on Flickr
I have the bed within 1/4" of square and sitting side to side within 1/4" of centered when I bolted it down.
I did check to make sure I can get the bed wood over the sill, and it fits nice and tight.
I also welded up the center frame member that I cut down and I welded a little piece of channel on the back member to stiffen it up a little after I cut it down.
The frame never had a gas tank, so I got one and test fit it. No go, the front gas tank bracket is missing from the frame. Who knew! If you don't disassemble them yourself you miss a LOT of stuff. Just found one on Ebay, so I'll get it and then I can look at how to do the filler.