Started cleaning up some more rust with the intention of painting it. Went for the nearside of the bed only as it was closest to the extension lead and after removing the arch liner and mud flap started to find it to be horrifically rusty. There was a huge bit at the back of the inner arch that just crumbled to nothing as well as the bits in the pics being through 2 and three layers of metal. Essentially the bed is scrap but this is no problem really as I can make a nice old school looking wooden flat bed (in a new metal frame).
Edit; yes I could weld a load of patches in but it will be quicker and easier to knock up my own bed.
So after giving up on the bed I went back to finishing the bay, I cleaned up some more rust with the wire brush cup, gave it a couple of coats of rust killer then a coat of white metal paint. It needs another coat of white but it's looking pretty fresh.
Edit; yes I could weld a load of patches in but it will be quicker and easier to knock up my own bed.
So after giving up on the bed I went back to finishing the bay, I cleaned up some more rust with the wire brush cup, gave it a couple of coats of rust killer then a coat of white metal paint. It needs another coat of white but it's looking pretty fresh.