​Quality custom & restoration sheet metal work & repair

Lots of weld grinding plus the usual hammer dolly and some shrink disc work. Not bad looking for a bunch of pieces put together. Now do this again to make the other side then the customer can build his tow behind trailer. 

​New bed front ends had to be made to fit the bed side shapes.

Now for the bed sides 2 to repair then 2 custom built for the tow behind trailer but only 6 ft long.

First lots of holes to fill weld and grind clean and panel damage, hammer dolly and shrink disk time.

This one of the 4 was in the best condition so I used it for a base.

​First I worked out the dents then removed the rusted flanges.

​Inside look

​Making flange sections with tub sitting level on my table.

The accent line ran all the way to the end so that needed to be changed.

​Welds not ground yet.

With all the pieces clamped together I started slowly tig welding it together. I did the end caps first.

​Cleaned up real nice

​First I cut to length the upper accent pieces then aligned them for tig welding together.

Short welds at a time but its starting to take shape.

​Ground the welds clean.

I cut the wheel arch opening out an the excess off of the bottom for the flange lip, then turned the bottom flange after that I stated putting the puzzle pieces together.

​Double checking for level on my table.

​The upper belt line end caps were replaced.

The owner sent me these pictures after the main bed was put together with the repaired sides.​

​I received a phone call from California and the potential customer said they had 4 Toyota FJ45 wheel tubs that need rebuild and 2 bed sides repaired and 2 that needed to be built for a matching trailer from pieces. A few days later he showed up with the tubs and damaged sides and pieces to build a 6-foot matching trailer.

There was no difference in the Left side or the Right, so I made up a simple jig fixture to use when welding custom made pieces to main body..

Other accent line end being installed

Just like the repaired bed sides I had to patch the upper pocket sections.

​Additional welding and touch up from the will be inside of the trailer.

I also had to make new back flange where it will be welded to the sides.

Thats it for this project and if you have a Toyota FJ series PU yes I will also rebuild your fenders tubs or bed sides if needed. All put together or in pieces like these were. Hope you enjoyed the build.

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​The owner did supply me with some pieces to start with, 4 upper accent line sections 2 wheel arches and 2 over sized pieces of 16 gage steel.

​Inside welds were ground clean on bed end pieces.

Wrapping around the bottom corners.

​Looking good and not easy to keep them straight and flat..

​I next tig welded the upper belt line panel and wheel arch skipping around to keep the warpage to a minimum..

The other side needed similar repairs weld holes grind clean hammer and dolly but more damage to the lower section and good old shrink disc work.​

​Its starting to look like it should.

​New upper bed supports were made.

Then I started setting up the wheel arch distance to the upper belt line. Plus figuring the bed side bottom flange line.

​Patch panels were made for some upper areas.

​First one came out great now do it 3 more times. The others needed more repair patches.

Tig welded

​End pieces were made then welded up on jig.

​The 2 repairs were just a warmup now for the custom-built shot box sides.

​A matched pair just waiting for the final clean up. Not an easy task but all 4 came out great.

Last of the main bed pictures after the owner reassembled it.

​Back flange welded up.