Project: ALTER-K-TION ('57 GMC Quad Cab)

[OrrieG]

Originally Posted by addicted2dunes

You guys are probably gonna kill me when I start chopping up this perfect fleetside bed. Say bye bye to the bullets, plus I need to move the wheel well back about a foot.

If you are going to kill the bullets think about using a 60-67(??) bed, same as the 58-59 but slab sides. Uses the same front panel and tailgate too. You could probably sell the bullets sides, buy a later one and have money left over.

I also like blackdiesels idea about making it a hardtop. I wonder if 58-60ish chevy auto 4 door hardtop hardware would work??

[addicted2dunes]

Originally Posted by OrrieG

If you are going to kill the bullets think about using a 60-67(??) bed, same as the 58-59 but slab sides. Uses the same front panel and tailgate too. You could probably sell the bullets sides, buy a later one and have money left over.

That is the plan, I plan to use a 60-66 lower section of the bed and use the 58-59 upper portion, split and graft the beds together at the seam down the side of the bedsides. The 60-66 upper portion of the bedsides is different than the 58-59.