9ft Step Side
 

I am building a 1968 1 ton pickup. This truck is a little different tho, I put a Detroit Diesel 6V53t in it. For the bed I decided to go for a 9ft step side, I found one but the bed strips and side stripes are too far gone. Does anyone have a 9ft stepside, that I could get the bolt hole locations to have the stripes made? Some please help me! I really want to get this truck done!

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First thing you need to know is that Mar-K company in Oklahoma is the main bed parts company in the business. They are a fantastic company that makes their products right in Oklahoma for a very much working man's budget price.

http://www.mar-k.com/Catalog/catalog.aspx

Just punch in your truck info and buy what you need. In this case, I punched in 71 model LONG STEP bed and got seven choices of bed strips from original steel all the way up to polished stainless with hidden fasteners. A basic steel original type strip is part number 110056 and costs 10 dollars each. This is prepunched with factory holes already.

Angle strips, prepunched with factory holes, are 36 dollars per pair. Part number 110156.

I can highly vouch for Mar-K. Several trucks I've built were with their parts. Fantastic bunch to deal with.

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No bum steer there. Mar-K makes the good stuff, and just in case it matters (sarcasm), they make what they ell right here in the USA!

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Deerelindel,

It is true that we can fix you up with bed strips for pretty much any vehicle (and sometimes things other than vehicles), but we do not have the stock pattern for that bed so you would not be able to order online.

We can:

1. Punch custom square holes in strips and angles if you provide a pattern (which I understand is what you are trying to obtain....
2. Cut strips/angles to the exact length you need and you drill the holes as needed,
3. Cut a bed strip with hidden bolts to the length you need and you can move the fasteners as needed. However, there is no hidden bolt system for angle strips so this would require either custom holes or no holes "drill your own" angles cut to length.

Feel free to give us a call at 405-721-7945 to discuss options or obtain pricing.

Mar-KTech

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Detroit? Way to cool! Post pictures if you have the chance!

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Wow! And that is customer service at its finest!

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I would love to have a 1 ton 9 foot bed step side. :)

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I know where one is, they guy turned it into a trailer. Breaks my heart every time I see it. That had to be a pretty cool truck at one point. I've thought about dropping in and seeing if I could buy the trailer just for the bed. I'm sure I could find something to put it on.

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I had a 1 ton '54 with a 9ft "grain bed" It was a beast. Anxious to see pictures of yours.

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Hi Mark K, I have already talked to you guys about it, I am trying to find someone with one to get the holes.

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Cool..!!! What transmission?

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Please do a build thread,would love to check that out!!!

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Currently spicer 5spd with an aux trans

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I will try if i can locate all of the pics

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Here is the link to my photo bucket.

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Ok so no one has a 9ft step side that can give me the layout for the bed.

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If you haven't already done so, type "9 ft bed" into the Google search box at the top of this page, click on the circle in front of "67-72chevytrucks.com", and click on the Google button. You may find something there.

LockDoc

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I have searched and they are all older threads and most of them are people pulling pics off the internet

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I'm almost positive there is one on eBay right now or within the past two weeks. The owner may be willing to help you out

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I talked to the guy on ebay and we've talked on the phone and he hasn't called me back.

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Well I do happen to have a 9' (pretty sure it's 9 foot)step side bed on a 3/4 ton GMC truck. Problem is it's about 3.5 hours away on my mountain property. I was just up there last Friday and would have been glad to get those measurements for you but I didn't see this post until today. If you are unable to get those by the time I go up next I will get whatever measurements u need.

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What difference would that make if one of them happened to have the measurements on a picture or in the text?