what would a good bed go for in your area? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Tom · 03-17-2004, 07:06 PM

Im looking for a new short/fleet bed for my 79, probably need a tailgate too as the person I bought one from never shipped it

Just need a strait bed, color and finish don't matter one bit.
Anyways what am I going to be looking at cost wise? Im hoping around $100.....

rolson1039 · 03-17-2004, 07:17 PM

in my area they go for $250 and some of them need repair a good one costs alot more too!! where you are in the land of no rust they prolly go for more!

mike63078 · 03-17-2004, 07:22 PM

your tellin me rol my step side needs some attention

bigblock73 · 03-17-2004, 07:26 PM

Tom, up here in MN a rust free bed will go for $500 minimum...unless you get lucky and find a un-educated seller, or even luckier, find someone who "just needs it gone".

TODDS 72 · 03-17-2004, 10:06 PM

Here in the east RUST coast,a good bed goes for 500.00 min,a nice bed goes for 1000.00 or more.

*1FaastC10* · 03-17-2004, 10:27 PM

i cant give my longbed away. its got some minor rust, but WAY better than anything else around here. i had it priced at $250, and no takers. the bed floor on it is 100% virgin, has had a bedliner in it since 1986.

Tom · 03-17-2004, 10:52 PM

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Originally posted by 1FaastC10
on it is 100% virgin

Is that good? Around here everything is rust free, so prices on rust free parts are the same as everything else. MY bed is in pretty bad shape so I need one even if it is going to be this bad. When the rear left tire came off it tweaked the whole bed, looks like my truck is twisted

The tailgate is just beyond hope, and theres dents and holes from trim all around. O well. Thanks guys.

*1FaastC10* · 03-17-2004, 11:32 PM

yes, virgin is good. like no damage from ANYTHING. nothing has ever touched it, except the bedliner. i wish you were closer, i'd take that abused tweaked piece of scrap from you. i pulled the bedmat up on my SWB bed, and saw the floor... the GARAGE floor. i was so pissed, but im over it now, because i'm just going to trash it anyways.

**crossy** · 03-18-2004, 12:58 AM

remembering that sellers description of 'nice' seems to be alot different than mine, but yes tom near you, in the desert , and the southwest the shortbeds in good shape are much more plentiful. Around here a good LWB box is as easy to sell as a SWB . a truly 'nice' one here can bring easy 400- $500. the guy that sets up across from GMC paul at ALL - TRUCK Carlisle in Pa. has them for $800 and lots of SOLD signs on them.DAVE

03-17-2004, 07:06 PM	#1
Tom driving is in my blood Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mesa AZ Posts: 5,733	what would a good bed go for in your area? Im looking for a new short/fleet bed for my 79, probably need a tailgate too as the person I bought one from never shipped it Just need a strait bed, color and finish don't matter one bit. Anyways what am I going to be looking at cost wise? Im hoping around $100..... __________________ -78 c10 short/step: 388cid, M20, 5/5 drop, lots more. Playtoy and first vehicle. -98 c1500 x-cab: 5.7L, 17" rims, 5/6 drop, flowmaster, helper bags,NBS rear disk brakes. -02 Suburban 4x4: leveled front -CBR600F4i, CBR600RR, CBR1000RR, and standup skis DISCLAIMER: I cant spell for the life of me.

03-17-2004, 07:17 PM	#2
rolson1039 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: NJ Posts: 404	in my area they go for $250 and some of them need repair a good one costs alot more too!! where you are in the land of no rust they prolly go for more! __________________ so many trucks so little time!!!

03-17-2004, 07:26 PM	#4
bigblock73 yeller Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Twin Cities Posts: 13,826	Tom, up here in MN a rust free bed will go for $500 minimum...unless you get lucky and find a un-educated seller, or even luckier, find someone who "just needs it gone". __________________ Jeff 73-87.com 73-87.com Facebook page 73-87 cab corner 6x9 speaker brackets for sale 67-72 cab corner speaker brackets for sale 47-54 cab corner speaker brackets for sale

03-17-2004, 10:06 PM	#5
TODDS 72 Not the nightly winner Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: CHARLEMONT MA.USA Posts: 763	Here in the east RUST coast,a good bed goes for 500.00 min,a nice bed goes for 1000.00 or more. __________________ 72C10SWB BLUE 350/350 86K10LWB BLUE 5.7 700r4 7.5' fisher plow 93S10XCAB4X4 BLUE 4.3 4L60e 69gmc c10 v8 3 on the tree yellow 72k10 swb 350 3 on the tree green 86k15 swb5.0L 4spd brown

03-18-2004, 12:58 AM	#9
crossy Oh,you can't buy that new Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Pennsville,N.J. 08070, USA Posts: 2,039	remembering that sellers description of 'nice' seems to be alot different than mine, but yes tom near you, in the desert , and the southwest the shortbeds in good shape are much more plentiful. Around here a good LWB box is as easy to sell as a SWB . a truly 'nice' one here can bring easy 400- $500. the guy that sets up across from GMC paul at ALL - TRUCK Carlisle in Pa. has them for $800 and lots of SOLD signs on them.DAVE __________________ "been there, done that, ruined the T-shirt". 2007 LBZ GMC Sierra, ECSB 2006 LM7 RCSB Silverado 98 Vortec project. 94,3500,6.5L 4L80 81 SWB GMC POS finally gone 73 Pinto, stock, w/CragarSS's-eww LOTS of Cummins trucks.

03-17-2004, 07:22 PM	#3
mike63078 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Horsham PA Posts: 153	your tellin me rol my step side needs some attention

03-17-2004, 10:27 PM	#6
1FaastC10 Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 6,400	i cant give my longbed away. its got some minor rust, but WAY better than anything else around here. i had it priced at $250, and no takers. the bed floor on it is 100% virgin, has had a bedliner in it since 1986.

03-17-2004, 11:32 PM	#8
1FaastC10 Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 6,400	yes, virgin is good. like no damage from ANYTHING. nothing has ever touched it, except the bedliner. i wish you were closer, i'd take that abused tweaked piece of scrap from you. i pulled the bedmat up on my SWB bed, and saw the floor... the GARAGE floor. i was so pissed, but im over it now, because i'm just going to trash it anyways.



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