[6 Speed]

In response to cRiPpLe_rOoStEr in my intro thread, an alu flatbed would be ideal, but I'd have to have it made from scratch. Right now it'll be easier for me to find an existing steel/wood flatbed, or to make one from scratch using wood.

Weight of steel/wood bed currently unknown
Weight of wood bed (not including toolboxes, size, or rear planking (frame cover) roughly 360lbs.
Weight of factory bed currently unknown


I had not yet considered fibreglass bodywork for the front end. I do know it would be lighter, but I'd be worried about durability (I'm just nasty to my work trucks).



In response to MetroMPG, fuel efficiency instrumentation would be lovely, unfortunately there is almost nothing electrical about this truck, and therefore I would be unable to use it. I will be limited to calculating my mileage via miles driven VS gallons used (gas station math).



In response to Deejaaa, I probably should have mentioned this earlier, but I'm attempting to do this relatively cheap. GearVendors units are pretty pricey, even used. A lot of the things I'm adding or modding I'm doing so because they need to happen anyways (like tires) or because I'll already be doing them to increase function (storage bumper, flatbed, etc). The GV unit falls into neither of these categories.