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TheTopher
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So I'm going to try and make a matching coffee table and couch using the bench seat from a 1999+ superduty and the tailgate from a 1st or 2nd gen Ranger. For now I'm just throwing some ideas out here so I can get feedback from you guys. I'll start gathering materials this weekend.
So to start with, the bench seat is going to be kept pretty much the same. I'm going to try build a base so it sits flat, and then paint it black with vinyl paint and put a big white Ford logo in the center of it.
For the coffee table, I'm hoping to find a 1st or 2nd gen tailgate because they're flatter than the 3rd gens, and they have that badass silver accent piece on them. I'm hopefully going to paint it flat black except the accent piece, of course. I want to mount it logo-side-up on a pair of these.
They're pretty much the exact width as the tailgate, and I'll have one at either side facing out so I'll have some extra storage and I think it'll be cooler than just a wooden or metal frame holding the tailgate up. Now those toolboxes have a cam-lock system that locks the drawers closed when the lid is closed, so I'll have to find a way to defeat that. I think a few self tapping screws through the lid into the tailgate should secure it well enough.
What do you guys think?
So to start with, the bench seat is going to be kept pretty much the same. I'm going to try build a base so it sits flat, and then paint it black with vinyl paint and put a big white Ford logo in the center of it.
For the coffee table, I'm hoping to find a 1st or 2nd gen tailgate because they're flatter than the 3rd gens, and they have that badass silver accent piece on them. I'm hopefully going to paint it flat black except the accent piece, of course. I want to mount it logo-side-up on a pair of these.
They're pretty much the exact width as the tailgate, and I'll have one at either side facing out so I'll have some extra storage and I think it'll be cooler than just a wooden or metal frame holding the tailgate up. Now those toolboxes have a cam-lock system that locks the drawers closed when the lid is closed, so I'll have to find a way to defeat that. I think a few self tapping screws through the lid into the tailgate should secure it well enough.
What do you guys think?
