Huy gang, The bed of my '73 is back from the media blasters. Boy is it cool finding out things about your truck you never knew.
Turns out the truck had a topper or camper on it at one point in its life, evident by the holes on the top of the bed rails (filled in with bondo no less), and it also had holes in the side of the bed (tie down hooks I assume, again filled in with bondo). It also had a second auxilary gas tank, but the door was removed before I got the truck...and the tank stayed with.
What is really sad, is that they screwed another piece of sheetmetal behind the gas door opening, and filled in the recess with bondo! The lake of bondo was 1/4" thick in some places!
Luckily there is only one small spot of rust on it...pretty amazing for a 33 year old truck! The rust is under the bed, where the wheel well meets the floor. Not bad at all.
Anyhow, here are some bare metal pics...bodywork/body mods are next.