Wheel Well Locker on an 88

[yorker]

One of the Canadian OVLR guys who owns a lightweight added a storage area beneath the floor of the rear loadspace, kind of like in stationwagons of yesteryear. As an added plus when it was closed and a piece of carpet was on top of it no one knew it was there. It was pretty slick. Bad thing was it was difficult to access when the rear was filled with other stuff.

Here are is a pic of it, it does go where the muffler went but that isn't hard to change.

I also have more pics of that lightweight here:

http://siteground237.com/~gunsandr/showthread.php?44-Guy-Fawkes-(4)-5-6-7-November-2010/page2

[yorker]

I have been brainstorming on the idea of locked storage for the back of my 88 for a while.
My first plan was to do a sheet of 3/16" thick aluminum checkered plate that would bridge across from top of the rear wheelwells to form the top of the box and be a seamless raised floor for my dog crates. I realize that when I do this the back area is not accessible for my rear seat anymore, so it's either passengers or the cargo box. Then, I would mount sliding tracks under the top plate and have a sliding drawer made that would have lock on it.

I used to work for a Land Surveying firm that had used 88"s since the 1960's and they had custom made storage drawers that worked that way and stowed all the rebar, dock spikes, and tools safely in the rear. It really wouldn't be too hard to duplicate it yourself.

[Eric W S]

Something like this? Except it is over the wheels



This is on a Texas Series truck. This is a custom wing box. The owner built an aluminum box and secured it to the underside of the wing above the tyre. The cut in the wing is slightly larger than the opening in the top of the box so the lid can rest on the upper lip of the box. He used a stainless steel piano hinge and flush mounting aircraft latches. He has a box on each front wing. One stores chains and the other is a tool box.

That's creative for sure. But I would not want anything in the wings considering how easy it is to damage the Birma and how hard it is to find body panels these days...

[chester rides again]

I think your looking for this company - Tuffy Security Products

http://www.tuffyproducts.com/default.aspx

I have been brainstorming on the idea of locked storage for the back of my 88 for a while. I have a truck vault in the back of my Yukon to lock up my guns and to be a raised deck or my bird dog crates and have been thinking of doing something similar for my 88.

My first plan was to do a sheet of 3/16" thick aluminum checkered plate that would bridge across from top of the rear wheelwells to form the top of the box and be a seamless raised floor for my dog crates. I realize that when I do this the back area is not accessible for my rear seat anymore, so it's either passengers or the cargo box. Then, I would mount sliding tracks under the top plate and have a sliding drawer made that would have lock on it.

Then I found the following site that makes these types of cargo boxes. I have tried to connect with these folks but it's too bad someone doesnt make one these in the US that would fill the area between the wheel wells on an 88.

http://www.mobilestoragesystems.fsnet.co.uk/store-drawer.htm

Any of you guys know of a US source for something like this?

Jeff