Rick also sells these brackets.
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From: <DJoh797014@aol.com>
To: <itswonderful@attbi.com>
Cc: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: Trunk platform brackets
> Frank
>
> They are easy to make. I made a set for Uncle Wally
> last summer to replace those that were lost in his
> accident. I used 1 in stock aluminum right angle
> iron (available at any hardware store). Cut to 7 inches
> and round the corners with a file. I used a penny as
> a template. Mark a center line down the side that
> will go against the panel. Drill three 1/4 holes on the
> center line. One in the middle and the others 1 inch
> from each end. If you still have the old panels, use
> them as a template to drill 1/4 holes. Attach the
> brackets with short chrome screws and lock nuts.
> The originals were pop riveted. This just adds to the
> pop rivets on the id tag controversy. To be safe run
> a piece of foam tape across the nuts as they face
> the gas tank.
>
> If you are missing the original panels. Place the
> truck deck in position. Using a piece of chalk mark
> the top of the deck. Remove the deck and come down
> the thickness of the deck. That's where they will go.
> Note that the battery side is higher than the other
> and that the brackets are at an odd angle. When they
> are in place, the shelf is supported horizontal.
> The shelves are about 12 1/2 inches from the back
> of the panel as measured from the trunk opening.
> The battery shelf should be about centered in the
> battery part.
>
> You can paint them black if you want. Though
> getting paint to stick to aluminum may be hard.
> The original bracket was black and had a black
> jute strip on top (almost hard a pattern like the
> pebble grain upholstery). For Wally's, I cut to fit
> the same stuff I made his side panels out
> of and then glued. You could use any black
> vinyl scrap.
>
> I'm checking to see if I have the boot bracket
> in one of my odds&ends boxes. Never can tell.
>
> Dave Johnson
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