Got a good start on the enclosure today. Made the side brackets out of 18ga and got them pop riveted to the side walls. I bent them up with the Swag bender, figured out the hole pattern for the rivets and drilled those. Here's the driver side clecoed in place
http://images57.fotki.com/v512/photo...MVC005F-vi.jpg
Once they were clecoed I used the brackets to drill out the rest of the rivet holes.
http://images46.fotki.com/v274/photo...MVC006F-vi.jpg
http://images46.fotki.com/v274/photo...MVC006F-vi.jpg
Setting the rivets.
http://images14.fotki.com/v373/photo...MVC010F-vi.jpg
The passenger side all riveted in.
http://images46.fotki.com/v374/photo...MVC011F-vi.jpg
Building a support for the cross tube.
http://images56.fotki.com/v1602/phot...MVC014F-vi.jpg
I cut the tube to length and got it clamped in place. This will be the front of the enclosure and the point where the lid will hinge from.
http://images43.fotki.com/v680/photo...MVC017F-vi.jpg
http://images108.fotki.com/v360/phot...MVC016F-vi.jpg
I'll pick away at this during the week. I have to make templates for the front of the enclosure to fit around the wheel tubs and decide if I want to make the panels out of aluminum or steel.