So during the truck restoration, it became obvious that the cab mounts on the body side were horrendously rotted. The front and rearmost mounts were available, but the extended cab has a middle mount which is specific to the extended cab trucks. This mount wasn't available as a stamping from the usual sources, so I had to design my own. Some time with Solidworks and I drew up replacement cab mounts made from bent 13 gauge steel. My friend Bob at B&S Sheet Metal in Hawthorne, NJ (a fellow racer) agreed to laser cut some blanks and bend them on his CNC bender on a Saturday. The body shop was able to do a little fitting to get them in, and they worked great. Good as new!
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