Freightliner Conversion Project and Photo Gallery

Bed made of 12 ga. steel

The beginning of the removal process

Damage on the back right corner

Corner of the truck pushed in

Trying to straighten it out

Working on the front again

Removing and replacing

Twice as much work

Another angle of the inner panel

Panels tacked in

Figuring where to cut

Outer panel in place

Another angle of the front corner

Additional replacement of damaged part

Corner had to be cut away

Additional replacment

Making it look like it was made to fit

Another angle of replacement parts

Diamond plate butt jointed and welded

Hole cut for running lights

Getting the welds ground down

Corners looking good

Stripping the entire bed

A long and tedious process

About a month to get this done

Metal prep before painting

Bed lining removed

Priming and blocking the primer

Preparation for the paint

Rear section primered and blocked

A long way from the earlier damaged corner

Starting to spray the basecoat

Basecoat being applied

Close to being finished with the basecoat

A lot of painting

Headache rack with clear coat finish

Finishing the front

Headache rack front - another view

Applying clear coat

Proud day for basecoat clear coat

Jim helping paint

Next, a coat of bed liner

Closer to being finished

The beginning of a lot more work

A very proud day in my life

Touching up the cab

Bed still had to be moved and anchored down

What the truck looked like originally