Terry, that's going to be a snazzy little truck.
I find myself making excuses to not drive my 8.1L GMC dually. Not towing, I can squeeze 13 mpg highway but that's driving conservatively
Thanks Don, yep I'm stoked that I managed to buy an almost new tub for it, I probably would have settled for a sh1tty old used one that could have been rusty and full of bondo, so this one is a real bonus with a new tailgate and lights etc, it was worth way more than $1100 AUD. (about $750 USD) I should correct my self though, it's not technically "NOS", it's one that a dealer took off a new vehicle to install a flat tray like the one on my truck, if it was NOS it wouldn't come with a new tailgate and tail lights fitted.
Bill, the motorcycle lifter is still going to happen, and I'm glad that I haven't chopped up all my metal to make it fit the flat tray as it'll have to go into the tub now, which will still be long enough for a bike to fit in as it's only a few inches shorter than the steel tray. I've got a big piece of 4 inch angle iron that I want to bolt onto the chassis underneath the front of the new tub to secure the winch which I might drill and tap for the winch mounting bolts, I'll sort that when I pull the tray off, and before I install the tub.
Single cab Mitsubishi Triton's are hard to find, twin cabs were a lot more popular but I wanted a single cab with the longer tray so I could fit a bike on it, and I've discovered that single cab Tritons with tubs rather than trays are even harder to find. I wanted to find a pic to post here and this was the only one I could find, a 2006 model (last year of production MK, mine's a 1997) so a bit fancier than my little "Poverty Pack" truck, but it gives you a general idea of how it'll look with the tub fitted. I bought a new set of extractors (headers) for it when I bought the new head, I think I'll get them installed with a "sports" exhaust system, just for fun......
MK Triton single cab ute by
Terry Prendergast, on Flickr