Bed floor corner sheet metal

[ray_mcavoy]

Originally Posted by CJ_Chevy

ray_mcavoy,

would you by chance have the contact info for the shop that fabbed up your pieces? i have had my parts in and out of most all of my local shops. They would look and think about it for months and get nowhere. these pieces are literally the last things that need to get made up before i can get the truck back together and drive soon. I dont really know where else to go for these parts.

I am going to fall Carlisle soon, maybe i can dig up a set if i am lucky... who knows.

any info would be great.

Hi CJ_Chevy,

That work was done nearly 10 years ago and unfortunately, I no longer have the shop's contact info. I found out about them through a friend of a friend so I'll get in touch with him and see if I can track down the info again.

Originally Posted by Skunksmash

Wood beds... do you worry about tearing them up? I know I would.

The wood is 3/4" thick and has a similar cross sill understructure as a steel floor so they're actually quite strong and durable. The original wood in Dad's truck lasted about 25 years and being outside exposed to the weather all that time is what did the most damage (rotten wood).

Now, after the restoration, keeping it looking nice and not getting all scarred up is definitely a concern. So obviously it doesn't get used to haul firewood, gravel, or that type of stuff any more. It's not really much different than trying to keep a nice shiny scratch free paint job on a steel floor though.

Originally Posted by old blue 86

What color blue is that?

Yes, it's #25 Mariner blue for the primary color and #20 Lite blue for the secondary color.

[ray_mcavoy]

Originally Posted by ray_mcavoy

Hi CJ_Chevy,

That work was done nearly 10 years ago and unfortunately, I no longer have the shop's contact info. I found out about them through a friend of a friend so I'll get in touch with him and see if I can track down the info again.

Hi CJ_Chevy,

I just sent you a PM with the contact info.

[CJ_Chevy]

well i hate to bring up an old "dead thread" but i figured i would update some progress that i have finally made after a few years.... i have been calling around for fab shops on and off for a few years that could do this and they all said they couldn't (too thick of metal). i have been looking through scrap yards, online sites, every catalog under the sun , digging through parts at every swap meet i go to and all to no avail on finding these parts. i have since graduated from school and have worked on some more of these chevy bed floors /blazers and i just found a steal on a perfect take out steel bed floor. i convinced myself that i could just do that and get the truck up and running. i cleaned and prepped the floor and went to look at the condition of my bedsides and all the parts i had for the original wood bed floor and i second guessed why i just didnt fab them myself. ive gotton what i think a lot better at fab work (or at least i feel i have), picked up some new shop tools (better welder, grinding tools, etc.) and got motivated to give it a shot on rebuilding these pieces myself. after looking at the steel bed structure i realized how similar they were to what i needed. i had another bed floor lying around that had some random rot in it that i didnt feel bad cutting up to try it. and this is what i came up with.

I took the corner section i needed to replace out, cut the edges of the steel floor rib so i could flatten it out. in the first picture the middle piece is what was left of my original piece. the left piece is the other side that is in better shape and was replaced at some point in time (not sure where the other person found this part lol). i then just took one of my old wood strips that was in decent shape and cut one of the rolled lips off. then simply laid it out where it needed to go, welded it up and wouldnt you know it resembles exactly what it supposed to look like. the areas that are raised for the other pieces to fit into this piece still needs a little hammer work . i still need to weld the holes up from drilling spot welds and add the little stand offs that go to the cross braces, but that should be easy. i will clean all the welds up top and bottom then sandblast them to make sure they are perfectly clean prior to body prep.

i am glad i took a second look at the parts and took the time to give it a shot. i am pumped that i should be able to keep the as ordered wood floor. I just wish i did this years ago cuz i could have been done with this project a while ago and have been able to drive the truck this whole time lol. just throwing this up in case any one else has wondered this or would like to make a steel bed floor a wood bed or if other people are trying to rebuild these odd optioned trucks.

i will be sure to keep this thread updated if you guys are interested in seeing how it turns out over the next few weeks.