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I installed a trailer hitch this morning. Ostensibly this is to put a bike rack on the back of the car, but in reality, it is the mounting point for a new boattail. I need to save up some more money first, the hitch cost a bit more than I expected.
I had to get a new drill and 1" drill bit, because I could not find a way to do it with my old 3/8" drill. I also needed to buy jackstands, which I need anyway.
The hitch is slightly lower than the rear car body, so I will need to add a belly pan panel from the rear crossmember to the hitch.
My goal is to build a plywood "cargo extension" that is well streamlined and hopefully lightweight. I may use coroplast for part of it. I do not plan on using it to haul anything, but I intend to label it "Cargoholder" or somesuch nonsense so the average idiot will know what it is. The boattail will have led taillights built in and the car license plate will be moved to the boattail, which will be pretty much permanently in place, unless I need to use the trailer hitch for something else. Thats the plan, anyway, and it may fail due to extreme spousal resistance. But for now I can dream of the freedome to run with a boattail.
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