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questions on a bed for sale
A friend of a friend is selling this bed and I was wondering if the old beds were any different from the newer ones. I've seen these on 80's trucks and they looked the same to me. I won't have a chance to go look at it until sunday, but I want to have an idea of what to look for. The guy selling it bought a house and it was in the yard. Supposedly there's no rust and all of the metal is straight. What would you offer?
oh yeah...there's wood in the bed too. |
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Re: questions on a bed for sale
depends on if you need it of if you are just buying to resell or buying to put up for a later project. It looks really good [except for the bright color and stripe combo]. I just told my sister the other day about looking to buy a new truck it is'nt a deal if you don't need it or can't afford it . I personally could always use a good short bed step or fleet. offer a couple of hundred. Depending on how nice it is I would pay 500 maybe more.
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Re: questions on a bed for sale
If it's in as good of shape as it looks in the pictures I could use it. It would save me a lot of money in body work. I guess the main thing I'm wondering is if there was a change in the way parts were made from 69' to the 80's beds like the gauge of the metal used, etc.
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Re: questions on a bed for sale
the box is basically the same the fenders and steps are different for 73+ and 66- thats a 68-72 bed
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Re: questions on a bed for sale
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cool...I have a 69 step, but wasn't sure. I'm going to talk to him this weekend about it. |
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Re: questions on a bed for sale
Yes, 73+ has more squared off fender wells and there are a couple different style lines on the fenders. Some people use the 73+ beds on 67-72 trucks but the fenders will be mis-matched.
Looks like a good bed to me. I would look at the mounting points where the step fenders bolt to the bed sides. I have some pretty much rust free step fenders for mine and I paid $275 for one, and the other came with my truck (better than the one I bought actually) .. that's just the fenders. If you blasted the bed, it comes out clean and in E-Coat I'd say you're looking at $800+ bed for someone looking for a SWB Step
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Re: questions on a bed for sale
A good clean one like that recently sold here after it was offered sitting beside the road with a "$ 600" For Sale sign on it for a year or more. No tailgate. Not sure what it finally brought.
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Re: questions on a bed for sale
well...going to look at it sunday or monday. I'll report back.
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Re: questions on a bed for sale
Wish mine was that straight.
Nice find if you can get it for a couple hundred bucks.
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Re: questions on a bed for sale
WELL !! Did you get it?
I paid 600.00 for one that is close to that one and was glad to get it.
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Re: questions on a bed for sale
very delayed response, but yes. I did buy it. Going to pull some parts off of my old bed and use it on that one.
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