Ahh you can get away with it if you bolt a steel ring around the edge of
the hole in the sheetmetal to keep the sheetmetal from flexing. To join
the cab and bed together you can use a flexible coupler like what is used
on pickup truck camper shells (tused between the shell window and truck
slider window). Cutting a huge hole would weaken the structural integrity
of the cab, but sandwiching the sheetmetal around the edges of each hole
between two 1/8" metal plates about a 1/2" wide would do the trick to
retain the skin's structural strength. I'm pulling this out of my a$$,
just so you know, but think about it, makes sense. Any civil engineers on
the list? If your making this hole pretty big, forget it, but if it's a
foot in diameter or so, yeah it'll work without any abnormal metal
flexing. Use lots of bolts, like every two to three inches or so around
the ring.
I dunno, it sure sounds good though :) Just keep in mind the front and
rear window are part of the structural support of the truck
body. Compromising the metal strength near the rear window could cause a
nice glass shower if in a wreck.
Mike
At 08:00 PM 4/4/2000 , you wrote:
>Way bad idea. You're effecting the structual intgerity of the truck.
>
>>From: "Griffo" <griffo@cfl.rr.com>
>>I am wanting to cut a hole through my standard cab below the window and cut
>>a hole in the bed below the top of the bed and somehow join the two together
>>and mount a box or something in back of the cab to extend the bottom part of
>>the cab. Anyone have any ideas, pictures, or info on doing this?
>>
>>Thanks
>>Griffo
>>griffo@cfl.rr.com
>>Network/Field Engineer
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