thanks guys, it is always nice to have posative renforcement on a project,
440 the bed is made from the rear half of a 59 Ford that was literarly on its way to the crusher, I asked the yard owner if he would mind if i cut the back half off and use it for my project, he agreed, and now here I am. I narrowed it about 10 inches, I decided that i did not want to narrow it to fit between the wheels to try to keep some of the proportion of the original car, so I built inner wheel wells for the big tires.
Pablo