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Older picture of mine, but still have all the trucks, excepting the Trekker in the middle. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Put my Thule luggage torpedo up, had to weld in a cross bar and then it bolted right up. I got the unit for free from family because there was no key. So I went to the local lock smith and he had the right one, the one key cost me $20. Ouch, but I'm glad for more storage. Looks like I may have...

Yeah I agree, much better. I'm going to weld a few more crossbars to support a canoe and a luggage torpedo. If it can hold both of those plus some lights, mission accomplished. If not, looks cool I guess. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Lopped about 2 3/8s off the bottom to tuck the whole thing up closer to the cab and bed. Then cut the excess off over the cab, I'll be tweaking the over cab section more this week but this is how I ended today. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Put a lumber rack on it, I'll be modifying it as time allows. Iv got some ideas for it including a soft topper, storage on top, and overcab lights, etc. If anyone has any pictures of a swing out bumper on a 1st gen pickup I would super appreciate it as well. Haven't found any pictures, makes me...

They are made by a company called Oplip or something. It's an Amazon gig, they are decent, good for the money but little more than floods... they do look cool though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

As to the steering wheel question earlier it appears that the 1979-80 4x4 trucks came with that steering wheel. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'll leave this here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I also thought that steering wheel only came on 2wds? I'm probably mistaken though, easy to swap on at any rate. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm thinking just put a canopy on the back and run that for a while. That may satisfy my needs for more storage?! And I can transport my pup more easily that way... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I actually have an extra cab sitting around, slowly being stripped of relevant parts. But I appreciate the 1st gen cabs so much more, so I think I'm going to hold off on making this decision until this summer (when it's warmer). There's a few things I'd need to accomplish first anyways wether I...

Just doodling... Proportions are a little off, but this is my basic idea. Essentially the bed would be fully integrated to the cab like a 4Runner and then the extra portions bulkhead would be grounded right in front of the rear wheel well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ha, I'd love to! Just a little to much fabrication for me I think. I'm also considering moving to a custom cab truck. They're about a mile long but... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Something similar to this me thinks. Only enclosed in the rear with a bulkhead, and some pop open rear windows (Ford Ranger ex.cab windows?). The way most folks seem to do it is cut up another 1st gen cab and is that to extent the original truck cab. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Added some decent no-name LED floods. In other news, I'm considering extra cabbing my truck. It involves some pretty serious fab work but I think the results are worth it. It'll make the rig so much more usable... Thoughts? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk