My 69 C-10 Longbed

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My picture seems a bit fuzzy. My plan is to make it a very clean daily driver. Install a motor and trans with bad attitudes.
I sent an email to Ron Covell aka Professor Hammer.
Told him about my bed and door rust. Here is his reply, figured it might help someone else on the board.

From Covell: It sounds like your truck bed is in sad condition, indeed!

It's never a bad idea to strip a project down to bare metal to see what you're
really dealing with. Sandblasting is a quick way to strip off rust, paint, and
filler, but it takes an expert touch to keep from warping the panel.
Understanding that the sides of your bed are pretty wiped-out to start with,
perhaps this is a minor consideration, although a truly careless sandblasting
operator could cause damage in areas that were OK to begin with.

Another option for stripping filler and paint is to use a 3-M Strip and Clean
disk. These are available from auto paint stores, and although they make quite
a dust cloud, they can pretty quickly strip a panel. I use a pneumatic die-
grinder to spin mine, and it does a nice job.

Once you have the panels stripped to bare metal, you can better assess your
options. If the damage is really 2" deep in large areas, I'd be inclined to
lean toward cutting out the bad metal, and making patch panels to replace them.
If only short-side replacement panels are available, you should at least
consider buying two sets, and sectioning them together to make your own panels
as long as needed for the long-bed sides. I know this will be costly, but it
will probably lead to a better job.

Ron