Bed Questions

[YukonXL04]

Hey Guys, I was working on my truck yesterday, didnt feel like getting into anything serious so I figured I would start putting the wood bed back in. While I was at it I noticed 3 things. I have outlined them in the following photo. I hope you guys could help me with them.

The truck is a 1950 Chevy 3100 with a 9 board bed.

Up first is the Red rectangle. I didnt think anything of it until I noticed the front bolts on the wear strips cant go in because they end up under this little lip. The lip is at the same height as the side angle strips so the boards must go under it. However of all the pictures I found online none of them have this. Should I install everything and just put the boards under this strip and leave the front row of bolts off?

Up next is the green rectangle. While comparing to other photos, I noticed my side angle strips don't have any holes. Do I need to drill some in to secure the sides of the outside boards? Is it needed? I found some that have them and some that don't. Most do seem to have them though.

And last up is the Blue circle. This is where the rear most bed to frame bolt goes, what goes between the bed and the frame here?

Thank you for any and all help I may get! This really is a great forum!


And a pic of the truck