darwin Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 Keep the winch... You can always use it :brows: The front bumper will transfer over as well. Keep it too. Much easier to keep what you got then buy new. I think your plan is solid... I say remove the whole bed and sell it.. then look at making your own flatbed. The sale of the bed and other crap should pay for the materials needed to make a flat bed I can probably get ~$175 for the bumper and $150 for the winch... I've got another one I can use anyway. The 2x4 to make a new one won't cost nearly that much :D Cash back in pocket. What's the bed worth? Ballpark? It is a longbed. No rust really, small bits of surface rust that is extremely superficial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpong Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 I just bought a 24' piece of 2x4 and it was a nice chunk.... so unless you know a place that will sell to you cut metal... look at spending better then 100 on that. A nice bed... well it is all about location... out west a rust free bed is worth less then say in the snow belt/rust belt... to me its worthless cause beds are for sleeping in :D and I have no time to sleep ;) a good figure will depend on wha the market can bear.. around here ppl give them away cause no one restores MJ's in this area as a whole... a few ppl wheel them, but not many Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 bed's worth $250+ and I need one ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darwin Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 Hmm... I checked and Wisconsin isn't on my way to work. Any easy way to get it to ya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 road trip is in my vocabulary... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87manche Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 bed's worth $250+ and I need one ;) I would agree, $250 is what popped into my head if I was looking at a nice clean bed. I agree with Pong wholeheartedly. Flatbed it from the get go, I'm kinda sad that I destroyed a rust free bed, given that they're so hard to come by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darwin Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 It's in the for sale section :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darwin Posted July 8, 2007 Author Share Posted July 8, 2007 Here's what she looked like today. Paint looks weird because I touched up the thin spots. Where the paint stops in the rear is where I'm chopping it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockhardzj Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Did you paint the headlights and marker lights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroader461 Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 looks like he taped them off then just painted over them...when he pulls the tape off there will be no paint there...i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darwin Posted July 9, 2007 Author Share Posted July 9, 2007 See that blue around the headlamps? That's masking tape, the paint will come off with the tape leaving the lights untouched. Newspaper+masking taped all the windows too. Most everything else saw paint. It will look good when I've put another coat on the front and finish the bed and pull the tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockhardzj Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 See that blue around the headlamps? That's masking tape, the paint will come off with the tape leaving the lights untouched. Newspaper+masking taped all the windows too. Most everything else saw paint. It will look good when I've put another coat on the front and finish the bed and pull the tape. But...the marker lights... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feerocknok Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 I like the 'FU' on the window. How does the lug wrench work on the intake? Something like a super or turbo or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darwin Posted July 9, 2007 Author Share Posted July 9, 2007 But...the marker lights... They're taped too. All the lights, windows are masked. I like the 'FU' on the window. How does the lug wrench work on the intake? Something like a super or turbo or something? Smartass :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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