It has been some time since the last update, but things are actually progressing. Most notably I took the bed to a local body guy (an old stoner who works out of his garage - maybe not museum level work, but I dont' pay museum prices, and I kinda like old characters) and he repaired the bent in spots, and put a first coat on it. I hadn't been driving the truck with the bed off, and it had been raining every other day in MN here anyway (and I don't have inner fenders in yet) so after the bed got one coat I finally put it back together: