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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9904 Location: Lower Mainland BC | Now that several of my 56 Dodge projects are wrapping up I need to be thinking ahead to my next project: A trunk storage box for oil, coolant, spares, etc. I think I would build it from 1/2" 11 ply birch plywood. Maybe with a partition. Maybe be with a lid. It would sit behind the spare tire in the right fender cavity. Something like this sketch: (56DodgeTrunkBoxMockUp.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 56DodgeTrunkBoxMockUp.jpg (206KB - 158 downloads) | ||
wizard |
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13049 Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Heres my one Dave http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=62281&... Perhaps you would consider not to have a spare tire at all? http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=62285&... | ||
56D500boy |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9904 Location: Lower Mainland BC | Thanks for the ideas Sven. I must have seen your trunk box before because my sketch is much the same as yours. Not sure about the no spare thing. I've always carried a spare. Now I even have one around my waist. | ||
60 dart |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 8947 Location: WHEELING,WV.>>>HOME OF WWVA | nothin fancy , its a craftsman tool box bolted to the left rear -----------------------------------------------------------later | ||
57plymouth |
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Expert Posts: 3577 Location: Blythewood, SC | I use a $5 Harbor Freight tool bag. Then I put it on top of my spare which I mount upside down. The tools won't jostle out of the wheel that way. I have a duplicate set of cheap tools in the 57 Plymouth, the 80 Camaro, and my 91 Volvo. Using Harbor Freight coupons I would doubt if any one of those bags of tools was $25 invested total. Of course, the 99 Crown Vic that broke down on the way back from Florida this week was the one car with zero tools. Oh well. | ||
56D500boy |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9904 Location: Lower Mainland BC | Mocked up a box for the left side using a cardboard box that my new baby floor jack came in. With a bit of modification, it will work well (in plywood). It's flat (horizontal) for a bit, then it angles up (following the contours of the trunk). Could make it longer. For the next mock-up I will use foam board. Edited by 56D500boy 2019-06-25 3:28 PM (56DodgeTrunkBoxCardboardMockUp.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 56DodgeTrunkBoxCardboardMockUp.jpg (118KB - 126 downloads) | ||
LD3 Greg |
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Expert Posts: 1906 Location: Ontario, Canada | The box I made for my Regal. The bottom is notched to lock onto the jack shaft. Greg (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (132KB - 134 downloads) | ||
56D500boy |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9904 Location: Lower Mainland BC | 56D500boy - 2019-06-25 10:41 AM Mocked up a box for the left side using a cardboard box that my new baby floor jack came in. With a bit of modification, it will work well (in plywood). It's flat (horizontal) for a bit, then it angles up (following the contours of the trunk). Could make it longer. For the next mock-up I will use foam board. Turns out that I didn't have the foam board that I thought I had so I used a piece of corrugated cardboard to figure out the size and shape of the box sides. Then I transferred the cardboard shape to plywood and after testing the plywood piece in the trunk, I used it as a template for the second side. With the second side cut, I played with the width by testing the two sides in the trunk. I decided on 8" between the sides. I then proceeded to cut end pieces and bottoms. I glued and nailed the pieces together (I was going to use my brad nailer but the compressor regulator failed dramatically (KABLOOIE!!). After testing the box in the trunk, I decided on a baffle to separate tools from liquids, e.g. oil. I see that I could have made the sides an inch taller but this should work. Here are some photos following the steps today: (56DodgeTrunkBox_InitialCardboardTemplateForSide.jpg) (56DodgeTrunkBox_TransferringCardboardToPlywood_1.jpg) (56DodgeTrunkBox_TransferringCardboardToPlywood_2.jpg) (56DodgeTrunkBox_TryingPlywoodSideInTrunk.jpg) (56DodgeTrunkBox_TransferringPlywoodSide1ToPlywoodSide2.jpg) (56DodgeTrunkBox_TryingTheTwoSidesWithAnEightInchWideEndPlate.jpg) (56DodgeTrunkBox_WithTwoSideTwoEndsAnBottomPieces.jpg) (56DodgeTrunkBox_WithTwoSideTwoEndsAnBottomPieces_PartiallyLoaded.jpg) (56DodgeTrunkBox_WithTwoSideTwoEndsAnBottomPieces_PartiallyLoaded_WithBaffle.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 56DodgeTrunkBox_InitialCardboardTemplateForSide.jpg (117KB - 124 downloads) 56DodgeTrunkBox_TransferringCardboardToPlywood_1.jpg (160KB - 120 downloads) 56DodgeTrunkBox_TransferringCardboardToPlywood_2.jpg (144KB - 117 downloads) 56DodgeTrunkBox_TryingPlywoodSideInTrunk.jpg (125KB - 121 downloads) 56DodgeTrunkBox_TransferringPlywoodSide1ToPlywoodSide2.jpg (96KB - 128 downloads) 56DodgeTrunkBox_TryingTheTwoSidesWithAnEightInchWideEndPlate.jpg (118KB - 124 downloads) 56DodgeTrunkBox_WithTwoSideTwoEndsAnBottomPieces.jpg (142KB - 115 downloads) 56DodgeTrunkBox_WithTwoSideTwoEndsAnBottomPieces_PartiallyLoaded.jpg (142KB - 124 downloads) 56DodgeTrunkBox_WithTwoSideTwoEndsAnBottomPieces_PartiallyLoaded_WithBaffle.jpg (161KB - 122 downloads) | ||
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