Bed floor swap 73-87 with67-72

[TWOStep]

Help, are these steel bed floors, interchangeable?

[70heavyhalf]

My dad and I used an '82 chevy floor with my '70 bed. We just had to trim some of the edges and drill some new holes. We used the '82 inner fenders also. I will post some pictures tomorrow.

[70heavyhalf]

Here are a few pictures of my bed. '70 bed with an '82 floor and innerfenders.

[Dieselwrencher]

That looks very nice 70heavyhalf!

[19673ontree]

I looked at the 73 up bedfloors the other day THEY ARE $375 BUCK'S !
and our 67 to 72 bed floor's ARE $900 BUCK'S ! that just ERK'S ME !

[70heavyhalf]

Hey thanks a lot dieselwrencher, took a lot of time getting there as most of you all know. Spent most of my summer with my cousin in Idaho repaiting it. Something I forgot to add was that there was about a half-inch gap between the innerfender and the bedside. My cousin and I just added some sheet metal, weld it all up and slapped a little bondo to smooth it out. If you look closely the body lines on the inside match up on the bedside and innerfender. Looks stock to the untrained eye.

[Dieselwrencher]

After seeing this you have me thinking about taking some 73-87 floors and making one for my Longhorn. That does look really nice. Do you have any pics of the build?

[MAK191]

nice looking floor, any more details on the installation? how did the floor crossbars workout? Do the bolt holes line up with the frame holes? Looks like it is bolted from underneath instead of from the top. This is probably how I will fix my wavy floor. thanks

[70heavyhalf]

I had a few on my phone but it broke so none. Really bumbed about that. Ya I drove it to my cousins in Idaho from our house in Cali, little over 800 miles hitting 3 grand the whole way. Little deaf for the next few days but it was great. My cousins do a lot of body and paint so I stayed with one of them for 6 weeks, tore it all down to bare metal and painted it right. In the pass years my dad and I worked on it, motor, transmission, rearend ect. before I turned 16. Drove it my junior year half green half rattle-can black. I'll post some more pictures of it tomorrow.

[Dieselwrencher]

That sounds like a pretty cool trip and experience! Congrats!

[70heavyhalf]

The front holes line up but the rear do not. We just made some brackets underneath to bolt the frame to the bed. You just have to get creative like a lot of problems that come up.

[TWOStep]

Thanks for the input about bed floor guys, can get a 85 used bed floor for $50, and have at it!

[culp7]

thanks ya'll this is very helpful to me also

[Dieselwrencher]

If I ever get that far on my truck, I will try this and take pics a long the way.

[culp7]

wow good idea.....now to find just the floor from a 73-87

[junkyardjohn]

Originally Posted by 70heavyhalf

My dad and I used an '82 chevy floor with my '70 bed. We just had to trim some of the edges and drill some new holes. We used the '82 inner fenders also. I will post some pictures tomorrow.

MY HATS OFF TO YOU DARIN. GREAT JOB. IF MORE PEOPLE HAD YOUR "CAN DO" & I'LL MAKE THIS %$^&#* WORK ATTITUDE THIS COUNTRY WOULDN'T BE IN THE SHAPE IT'S IN. JOHN

[culp7]

that reminds me... anyone know of a thead on how to do this or someone doing it?

[ksbrktracer]

Has anyone documented this yet (pictures - write up) ..... Looks like something I might try when I get that far ...

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[m6z]

Looks nice. Might go this route on my build.