I am repairing the bedsides for the 48, but I got a complete new bed from Mar-K for the 54, although the bed is for the earlier model, Laura didn't want the good 54 bed I already have.
Daughter and family came in for the weekend, but I got a little time in the shop before they arrived Friday.
IMG_2103 by
Robert Moorman, on Flickr
I got the 48 sitting on the cab mounts I made. The clearance from the cab to the frame is the same on both sides.
I have a question: with the S10 body mounts on Skymangs version 2 cab mounts for the 48, what is the distance from the front cab floor pan to the frame and from the rear floor pan to the frame?
I backed off to look at it and the drivers side front tire is smaller than the riders side, so the cab was listing. So I jacked the frame up to the same distance from the floor as the riders side and it looks pretty good.
IMG_2104 by
Robert Moorman, on Flickr
I had drilled some holes in the cab for the Juliano's 3 point seat belts. Wouldn't you know, two of the holes come down exactly on top of the side of a body mount. The next time I get some shop time I'll see if I can move the seat belt mounting hole or if I have to modify the cab mount. I'm hoping for the first one.
I swear, one of these days I'm going to start work on the 54, just as soon as I can get the 48 out of the shop. I think I'm going to have to retire from my real job to make it happen, but I think I'll be a lot happier in the shop.