If u would finish the corners off No one would be able to tell the difference. I think it's pretty savvy myself. Solid base.

 

That's my old dodge

 

How did it feel to see if get utterly destroyed? Haha, they beat the living snot out of all 3 of those trucks, especially that old 1976 Ford, bet it was a hell of a truck to work with

 

I would love to go up to Alaska and claim the dodge. Miss mine.

 

I don't blame ya, it was a mean truck, killed me to see it die like that, I'd go claim the Ford though, I've just always had a soft spot for the 4x4 Fords those years, my dad had a 1977 pretty much stock & my uncle had a 1978 on 40's, he couldn't keep a drive shaft in it because of how hard his drivelne angles were

 

And....as the only Alaskan here...I'll take my XJ, Comanche and FSJ.....

lol

 

Ya know, I was thinkin, it sure would suck to roll out of the bed.

 

Yeah its not even done yet. Like I said, as my needs increase so will its features.

 

Looks like crap to me. Just cause you can do doesn't mean you should LOL.

Innovative? yes. Desireable? not in the least bit.

I can't believe this is in our fab section.

 

LOL I have to give the OP props for ingenuity! Way to think out of the bed frame. On a more comical note, if you had attached it to the roof with duck tape instead of welding on gutter mounts it could have been a classic Red Green project!

I'm curious how you finish it off...

 

Oh, C'mon. Really?

This one takes the cake but there have been FAR worse in these hallowed halls.

 

And just because you have an opinion doesn't mean you should always share it.
What have you built lately? can you even weld?

The irony is that besides the thread title, and for not cutting the ends off of it, no one would know where I got the angle iron from.
Next time I'll be sure and claim I spent hundreds of dollars since that seems to be the pro thing to do.

 

With the ends trimmed, you are completely right. When i saw the title of this thread I had FULL intentions of busting your ***** HARD....but after looking at it, were it trimmed and some sort of second level added, I just think its good "shadetree" engineering. If you dont like it, dont do it. NO mod is for everyone, or every XJ for that matter.

 

Did you at least paint it all one color?

 

I ran out literally before it could be finished.
Look at it this way: I built this to serve one singular purpose.
At the time I ran out of paint and then just forgot about it.
Honestly I forgot about this whole project until today, when my email
notified me of comments.
Life happens. Every time I look up there, I'm thinking "hey gotta finish that"
But other crap comes along.

It will get paint.
It will be finished.