Grandpa's 72 restoration

[Snake72]

Thanks guys, the darker grain of that wood is the heartwood, when I rip them down to width most of the lighter sapwood will be cut off, should be pretty and I'll post my process.

Just ordered 2 new bedsides today, my last piece of the puzzle to finish up assembly before blowing it all apart to paint. Need to sand blast my cross sills yet.

My front bed panel was pushed forward on the top middle like a long bow and could not get it to straighten out. I ended up jacking up my duramax front tires and slid the bowed panel underneath the tire and gently let down the truck tire like a huge hydraulic press. Put some blocks underneath the edges of the panel to press the bow a little past straight each time as the metal would "rebound" some when I took the pressure off. Came out perfect and it even pulled out some kinked metal from the bow. Some hammer and dolly work and it looks great.