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Re: Dug's 1959 Fleetside
Found a pair of 245 45 18 NEXEN tires on Craigslist in Hattiesburg, MS which is about a 2 hour drive from here. They exactly match my fronts and are said to have less then $500 on them. Paid $50 for the pair. Got to enjoy the Manheim car auction while there so it was a full day of fun.
Decided to make the patch panels for the old gas tank filler neck on the driver side and the old CB antenna hole on the passenger side. Used the wheel tubs I cut off of the '95 bed. Metal may be a gauge thick but it had approximately the right curve for both locations so it was just a matter of taking the jig saw to it and then shaping with the grinder. I used a piece of cardboard to determine the curvature. I held it tight to the cab with one finger just in front of the hole and measured the distance from the top and bottom of the cardboard to their respective locations on the cab sheet metal. Moved it to the tub and found a spot with roughly the same dimensions. Low tech but it worked nicely.
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