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Started on '87 #2 since I gave '87 #1 to my son a couple weeks ago since he turned 16. Both trucks are full load Silverados with 350 TBI's and 700R4 overdrive tranny's.The only difference is #2 has a cargo light. Lots of work ahead since the truck was a write-off. Not in bad shape for a insurance write off. It was hit on the drivers front corner and the front frame is tweaked to one side. I started on it yesterday by ripping out the old crappy box liner and after a good scrubbing this is what it looks like.

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That box looks INCREDIBLE!!! I am sjurprised it held up that well.

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Very nice! I have a "BodyGard" brand plastic liner in my truck that I am going to remove before too long. I certainly hope my bed looks as good as yours once it is removed. I just hope it isn't rusted out.

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Looks like it was put in when new...is it even scratched?

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Yea theres a few rub marks and some small surface rust where the screws went thru but yea its nice. Too Bad I Have to rip the box sides off cause they are rusty. I scooped a couple of GM box sides off Kijiji a while back for this project. So I will put them on. I guess paint the inside and reseal with body sealer? I dont think I want to paint them after they are installed? Which way would be better?

Anyway today was pull the seat to find the smell...Mouse nest under the seat..Great...Well vacuumed all the mess and 2 cans of carpet shampoo and I think I got it cleaned

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Nice, real nice. I did a full restore on mine a couple of years ago. It had a bed liner in it and it was rusted all to hell underneath, so, as I fixed or replaced parts, full panels got spray on bed liner before assembly. Repairs, like the floors and cab mounts, got sand blasted after repairs were done and then the whole cab bottom and inside floor got fiberglassed and then bed linered. It will never rust now. God only knows why I didn't bed liner the frame after I PORed it. I have the old bed liner. I think I'm going to throw it in anyway. I don't put anything in the bed anymore, I got a trailer for that, but it looks nice. jim

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That bed floor looks WOW! even the like 5000 mile survivor trucks have worse than that looking bed floors.

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AMAZING to say the least. And that interior turned out nice as well.

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do you know what the paint codes and names are for the red and grey? my dad had the same exact paint job on his 87 but it was a 3/4 ton 4x4 and a gmc and it was really rusty so he got rid of it,but i forgot to find out what colors it was before he got rid of it

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Very nice! I had a similar surprise on my '86 SWB. Probably the second day I had the thing I ripped the bed liner out while fearing the worst. To my surprise I found the same as you. Dust, and small marks from the holes.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/100_5628.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/100_5627.jpg

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sweet i love the colour of the red and the seats

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Wow that looks great!!

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...one of the very first boxliners that were made out of wood. way before plastic!

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Bed looks amazing. Too bad they didn't plywood line the whole truck...:)

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holy crap!!!

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With all the hydraulic oil I've hauled in my '85 I don't think mine CAN rust!

:lol:

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Does this help?

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yes thanks for the picture i got it saved on my computer now

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That bed looks prestine. Holy!

Is that a factory bench/split seat??? I've never seen that before!

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No one knows if that's factory seat? I didn't see any special brackets in the pics...

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No it is not a factory seat. they used to sell them at JB's years ago and they made different brackets for different trucks. I'm lucky to have a set in both trucks. I think you can still find them on Kijiji and eBay

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They're exactly what I'm looking for. I'm assuming the center flips down as an armrest?

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Yup..Check Kijiji I Have seen a few go thru

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just search on JB bench or seat or something? I've been searching everyday since you posted this ;)

Cheers,

lbrowne

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it went like this, wood? why make a bedliner out of wooholycrapthatsclean:metal: