With the front end assembled, I opted to go to the far rear and tinker with the seat assembly. That's where I ran into the my next stumbling block. When I was at Dandy Sales, I was able to procure both the battery plate and the tool box. According to the diagram, the battery plate goes beneath the leaf spring and the tool box goes above it. Unfortunately, the tool box, if it were bolted down according to the diagram, will end up mangled as it interferes with the curved portion of the leaf spring. It seems like I'm going to need a spacer to raise the box high enough not to contact the curved section of the spring. Perhaps this box, which I'm fairly sure is a replica, is not exactly the correct dimensions. I'm considering my options...
As you can see from the photos, if I bolt the box down flush against the spring, it will get bent upward at the front. That won't look nice. However, if I put some sort of spacer under it, I run the risk of it looking like a cob job.
I took a few photos of the guard, seat and tool box, but they won't load. In short, bolt the guard on first, then the battery tray, then the seat spring and then the tool box. All of the tool boxes on mine are not sitting flush. They all have a gap. The seat spring should not flex that much to alter the box. If it does, it'll probably break and you'll fall off the back and the tool box being bent will be the last thing on your mind. PM me your # or if you have Facebook, I can send you the photos. My tablet keeps telling me "no photo selected" when obviously a photo is selected.