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va_tlc · 12-31-2006, 12:48 AM

does anyone know if the are making the replacment shortbed metal floors yet. thanks

BarryB · 12-31-2006, 01:08 AM

Nope, just wood floors so far, I was talking with a board member tonight about floors. They might be coming out with them in the future but no set time yet.

Rollie396 · 12-31-2006, 01:26 AM

All we can get here is 48"X16" patch panels....which is why I'm going to a wood floor cuz there seems to be no such thing as a straight used steel floor around here.

Aarons72s · 12-31-2006, 08:19 AM

Go to www.tabcobodyparts.com they still got the half long bed steel sections. First place I have seen them in a long time.

Sweet72 · 12-31-2006, 08:37 AM

I only saw the 8' bedfloor halves on the Tabco site. Not to jack the thread, but has anyone had any luck with the 16 X 48" patch panels? Do the ridges and grooves match up to our beds or are they crap?

pound41 · 12-31-2006, 10:22 AM

I have not used them personally. But on the blazer site we have talked about them many times. Consensus they are junk. The ridges do not line up very well. Thats why all the blazer guys are looking for OE beds for patches

Aarons72s · 12-31-2006, 10:46 AM

Same here on the small bed floor patches. Never heasrd one good thing about them. Not sur on the halves tho. Couldnt you shorten the long bed floor halves for a short bed?

rancid · 12-31-2006, 11:06 AM

i shortened my 72 long bed floor very easy for my shortbed coversion i just cut the front 12 inches and the rear 8 inches and drilled new holes and made the same notches where my new cut is with a jigsaw. very easy.

va_tlc · 01-01-2007, 12:41 PM

thanks guys. i belive ill wait and see if they do come out in the near future. we did take one apart and put a little bit better floor in ours. but was alot of work for just a bit better bed floor. thanks agian for the replies

12-31-2006, 12:48 AM	#1
va_tlc Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: VIRGINIA Posts: 905	aftermarket bedfloors? does anyone know if the are making the replacment shortbed metal floors yet. thanks

12-31-2006, 01:08 AM	#2
BarryB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Blountville, Tn. Posts: 3,904	Re: aftermarket bedfloors? Nope, just wood floors so far, I was talking with a board member tonight about floors. They might be coming out with them in the future but no set time yet.

12-31-2006, 01:26 AM	#3
Rollie396 someday it will be done! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lloydminster,AB. Canada Posts: 1,620	Re: aftermarket bedfloors? All we can get here is 48"X16" patch panels....which is why I'm going to a wood floor cuz there seems to be no such thing as a straight used steel floor around here. __________________ '72 C-10 Proud owner of a million new and used pieces that used to be and will once again be(god willing) a testament to the term "they don't build em like that anymore. '80 LWB 2wd beater '67 GMC long fleet (cab donor) '66 long step (parked till it's turn comes around) '65 short step (parts truck that will donate it's bed and possibly frame to the '66) '06 Grand Prix wife's car (she hardly lets me touch it) my pics

12-31-2006, 08:19 AM	#4
Aarons72s Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: oklahoma Posts: 10,669	Re: aftermarket bedfloors? Go to www.tabcobodyparts.com they still got the half long bed steel sections. First place I have seen them in a long time.

12-31-2006, 08:37 AM	#5
Sweet72 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Alexandria, VA Posts: 1,534	Re: aftermarket bedfloors? I only saw the 8' bedfloor halves on the Tabco site. Not to jack the thread, but has anyone had any luck with the 16 X 48" patch panels? Do the ridges and grooves match up to our beds or are they crap? __________________ '72 GMC SWB C1500 Custom, frame-off in progress. 383 SBC, 9:1CR, Comp Cams XE262H, Scat internal balanced crank, Eagle SIR 6" rods, Keith Black dish pistons, Dart Iron Eagle 72/180 heads, Weiand Stealth intake, Stewart stage I water pump, Holley 4bbl vac sec, TH350 with B&M Shift Improver Kit. 12 bolt positraction.

12-31-2006, 10:22 AM	#6
pound41 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 1,268	Re: aftermarket bedfloors? I have not used them personally. But on the blazer site we have talked about them many times. Consensus they are junk. The ridges do not line up very well. Thats why all the blazer guys are looking for OE beds for patches

12-31-2006, 10:46 AM	#7
Aarons72s Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: oklahoma Posts: 10,669	Re: aftermarket bedfloors? Same here on the small bed floor patches. Never heasrd one good thing about them. Not sur on the halves tho. Couldnt you shorten the long bed floor halves for a short bed?

12-31-2006, 11:06 AM	#8
rancid Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: utah Posts: 182	Re: aftermarket bedfloors? i shortened my 72 long bed floor very easy for my shortbed coversion i just cut the front 12 inches and the rear 8 inches and drilled new holes and made the same notches where my new cut is with a jigsaw. very easy.

01-01-2007, 12:41 PM	#9
va_tlc Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: VIRGINIA Posts: 905	Re: aftermarket bedfloors? thanks guys. i belive ill wait and see if they do come out in the near future. we did take one apart and put a little bit better floor in ours. but was alot of work for just a bit better bed floor. thanks agian for the replies



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