talk me out of just scrapping this bed...

[Pete M]

I got it for free so no loss if I just scrap it.  it may look ok, but the area above the flares is thick with bondo/rust/newspaper and the rear has been squished in an accident.  I just can't figure out any reason to keep even a part of it.   (aside from the flares, bent tailgate and gas filler neck of course).  it really pains me, but I've got to make room and keeping something with 0 value just can't happen. 

 

 

[eaglescout526]

Garden bed?

[Pete M]

oh yeah, I'm sure that'll go over well with my folks.    the thought is intriguing but I don't own property so...  no.  

 

but if someone else wants to do it, you're free to come pick it up   

[Smokeyyank]

Junk it. If it was usable it would be. Take what's worth saving and scape the rest. 

[Torq_Shep]

Post in classifieds for cuttings of anything usable and scrap it

[Manche757]

If the rear corners are good, cut them out. Those would be usable to anyone that might eventually figure out how to make tail lights.

[Money_Pits]

9 hours ago, Manche757 said:

If the rear corners are good, cut them out. Those would be usable to anyone that might eventually figure out how to make tail lights.

 

Beat me to it, save those corners for prototyping, much easier to manipulate and measure with them off the bed. Though I expect that with this much time passed, unless someone decides to build them from the ground up, we'll never get a perfect replacement.

 

[Manche757]

Technology will solve it.  It won't be long before computers can measure and reproduce them.

[Pete M]

corners were crushed/deformed in the accident.   

 

an executive decision has been made... at least now they are smaller pieces that are easy to stash behind the trees.