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08-08-2014, 08:16 PM
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73-87 bed differances?
I'm going to go pick up a used bed tomorrow my truck is a 1980 and I think this bed is newer it's currently being used as a farm trailer so it's just the bed mounted on a trailer frame. I believe the trailer bed is a mid to late 80s though will it bolt right up? There both long beds but mines 3/4 ton don't know what the other one was. Thanks for the help in advance
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08-08-2014, 08:21 PM
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Another Day, Another Dollar
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: North Vancouver, BC
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Re: 73-87 bed differances?
70s and 80s tailgates are different, one tons have extra mounting holes. That's more or less it
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08-08-2014, 09:29 PM
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Re: 73-87 bed differances?
79-87 beds have the square gas door. Trucks with a single gas tank have the door on the driver side. 73-78 had round gas caps and single tank trucks have the cap on passenger side. I'm not sure, but I think there was some differences in the 73-78 gas caps.
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08-08-2014, 10:57 PM
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Robert Olson Transport
 
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Location: recent transplant to NC USA
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Re: 73-87 bed differances?
the 73-78 beds did not have gas doors only gas caps they bolt on exactly alike tho and if you put on the wrong year bed you may have to move a gas tank and get the proper filler neck
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08-08-2014, 11:20 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: charlestown maryland
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Re: 73-87 bed differances?
Thanks guys hopefully it's a bolt on a ready type deal I know both beds have square gas doors but I can't remember if it has dual doors or not like mine. I'm kind of holding it doesn't so I can get rid of the passenger side tank that the previous owner told me leaks. I never tried it tho.
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08-09-2014, 12:56 AM
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At the body shop.
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Land of fruits and nuts.
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Re: 73-87 bed differances?
The bump in the floor for the gas filler is different on gas door and gas cap beds too
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08-09-2014, 01:15 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Oroville, CA
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Re: 73-87 bed differances?
The 79-83 beds have the metal brackets for mounting the filler neck. The 84 up have a plastic mounting shroud for the filler neck. Also the newer beds have different tail light wiring than your 80.
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08-10-2014, 04:05 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: west mi.
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Re: 73-87 bed differances?
On the single tank trucks I think 1981 they switched to the drivers side.
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08-10-2014, 04:06 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: west mi.
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Re: 73-87 bed differances?
The 81 ups had tail gates with a lip on the bottom not rounded like the
80 back,also the hinge points are different and script on the tail gate changed. |
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