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Rich Bingham
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Gonna do it !

Post by Rich Bingham » Fri Sep 18, 2020 2:31 pm

I love my Lizzie !! But ever since she adopted me (four years come Halloween) I've been nonplussed by the essential uselessness of that cute little turtle deck. Got her ready for a pickup box. One thing has me puzzling. How to mount the tail-light so it won't interfere with the tailgate, and not be mounted so low as to be vulnerable to "stuff" churned up by the wheels ?!? Suggestions most welcome ! :D
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Re: Gonna do it !

Post by Steve Jelf » Fri Sep 18, 2020 2:41 pm

On the side of the pickup box? On top of a rear fender?
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Re: Gonna do it !

Post by CudaMan » Fri Sep 18, 2020 3:08 pm

Mine are mounted on brackets extending down from the rear of the frame. I also attached a couple of small reflectors on the tailgate.
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Re: Gonna do it !

Post by CudaMan » Fri Sep 18, 2020 3:25 pm

As long as you're putting on a pickup box, why not make it a tilt box? Sure makes battery access easy. My cut-off touring / pickup has custom rear fender brackets, but I'll bet that regular roadster brackets would work. :)
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Re: Gonna do it !

Post by Rich Bingham » Fri Sep 18, 2020 4:58 pm

Beautiful pickup bed, Mark ! Thanks for sharing. Good ideas. I don't really need a tilt-bed, but that sure is nifty !
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Re: Gonna do it !

Post by Rich Eagle » Fri Sep 18, 2020 5:29 pm

I can wait to see the pickup box. I'm sure it will be a Dandy. I had a similar problem when I built the luggage rack for my Touring. I made a bracket out of plate that moved the light and held the license plate. Maybe this will give you an idea or two that would work with a box.
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Re: Gonna do it !

Post by Rich Bingham » Fri Sep 18, 2020 7:06 pm

Thanks, Rich ! That is helpful.
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Re: Gonna do it !

Post by Tim Rogers » Fri Sep 18, 2020 7:17 pm

When you do it be sure to paint the bed black to match the body, otherwise it will look like you have a huge kitchen cabinet on the back of your car.

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Re: Gonna do it !

Post by Henry K. Lee » Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:59 pm

Fabricate your own brackets out of broken/junk ones.

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Hope this Helps,

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Re: Gonna do it !

Post by Dennis Prince » Fri Sep 18, 2020 10:47 pm

Seeing the suit cases on the back of Rich's car reminded me of something I saw a while back that I thought was a great idea.
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Re: Gonna do it !

Post by Mark Osterman » Sat Sep 19, 2020 4:32 am

Here is my 23 with an original box. I still have the tail light on the back end of the deck.
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Re: Gonna do it !

Post by Angmar » Sat Sep 19, 2020 7:16 am

Nice pickup Mark.
Still crankin old iron

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