Fleetside bed disassembly?

[PaulY]

Ok, I got the four bolts out of the rear cross sill; is the side panel spot-welded somewhere? Too much rust for me to see any spot locations.......

[kris's66lwb]

there shouldnt be

[62 short step]

My bed was spot welded were the bed sides meet the rear cross sill. On top of the rear cross sill. I'll try to get a pic for you.

[62 short step]

Hope you can see where I'm talking about.

[PaulY]

Thanks! The more I look at it, it looks like the rear sill is seam welded down the side to the outside at the area you show.....sounds like a little Dremel work is called for.

Thanks again,

Paul

[axlerod]

Thanks folks! I havn't got that far, sounds like saved aggrevation on my part.

[revn67]

i'll try and get a picture of the what the PO did to the bed of my truck....what a retard!! it looks like stick welding the way he welded the floor patches on, and then he welded a patch going from the bed floor to the wheel well!! he gets the dunce cap award from me

[Volvo_Matt]

I just spent last weekend removing a fleetside bed from a '63. The carriage bolts were so rusty I decided to use a reciprocating saw and I cut all the cross bars and right down the middle of the wheel wells. I will post some pics later.........................