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06-22-2017, 09:43 AM
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Budget bed for budget AD build.
I installed a Classic Parts pine bed kit. I went with the pine since this truck still carries stuff and I'm on a budget.
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06-22-2017, 09:51 AM
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Re: Budget bed for budget AD build.
It looks beautiful, forget the "budget" talk, it looks beautiful and you are using it. It doesn't get any better than that!
Brian
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06-22-2017, 09:56 AM
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Re: Budget bed for budget AD build.
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06-22-2017, 11:23 AM
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Re: Budget bed for budget AD build.
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06-22-2017, 02:33 PM
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Re: Budget bed for budget AD build.
looks good..just keep sealer on it and it'll last a while..don't forget to seal the bottom as well...my neighbor found that out last year..the sunny side of his looked good but the underside was a different story..
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06-22-2017, 03:30 PM
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Re: Budget bed for budget AD build.
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If you're still gonna beat the crap out of it then pine was the best choice anyway. When/if it looks awful throw a coat of semi gloss black Rustoleum on it.
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06-22-2017, 05:32 PM
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Re: Budget bed for budget AD build.
I like what you've got there, it looks very good. NO need to say anything about a budget, you've got a great looking bed.
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06-22-2017, 07:02 PM
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Re: Budget bed for budget AD build.
I gave both sides and all four edges of the boards two coats of boiled linseed oil. GMC Paul tells us that AD truck beds were sealed at the factory with linseed oil and lamp black. I also learned how to get right side up pics with a i phone.
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06-22-2017, 07:14 PM
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Re: Budget bed for budget AD build.
looks super duper
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06-22-2017, 08:16 PM
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Re: Budget bed for budget AD build.
It looks great. I remember coating the flatbed on my grandfather's 48 1 ton with linseed oil after we rebuilt and redecked the bed in about 1961. That was my summer learning project with my grandfather that year. That bed is still out here at my place waiting for my brother to pick it up and put it back on the truck.
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06-22-2017, 08:45 PM
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Re: Budget bed for budget AD build.
That does look good. Mine had an old, greasy sheet of 3/4" plywood for years. "Work truck" was all I replied when people made comments.
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06-22-2017, 09:29 PM
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Location: Hunkered Down
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Re: Budget bed for budget AD build.
Excellent job. Many hours of careful work there and some are unaware the effort involved in bed replacement. I wish i could have used wood again (instead of "marine" plywood but weather on coast would eat it up in a few years.
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06-23-2017, 11:12 AM
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Re: Budget bed for budget AD build.
What's a good budget idea for the cross bars under the wood? My 52 is going to need one mayyyybe 2. Friend of mine with a 50s ford said he used those posts that hold up street signs with all the holes in them
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06-23-2017, 11:28 AM
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Re: Budget bed for budget AD build.
For cross member's I'm using heavy duty commercial shelf rack with the slots.. Its a u channel shape about 1x1x1. Many stores toss it when they remodel. Its seems ok for my application as tank comes close to bed. I had a pie of it and will add 3 cross rails to support the choicedek bed planks. Two pieces of bed rail welded together was my seond choice.
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