Bed side tool box parts (Hoard)

[Dieselwrencher]

I've been searching and scavenging all the affordable bed side tool box parts I can muster up. My first truck, a 1969 Chevy Longhorn, had a bed side tool box. Unfortunately, I didn't save that part when I parted that truck out. When I built my 72 I wanted to add one but couldn't find a decent one at the time. Now I have a few in various states. I'm working on having enough pieces to make 2 complete bed side tool boxes. Anyone have any they wanna let go?

One of these tool boxes is locked and has something heavy in it. I'm guessing it is a jack. I need to get it to Leon to have him un lock it and make me some keys.

[57taskforce]

Nice stash brewing there. Looks like you’ve got a couple decent doors, that’s the hardest part it seems. Don’t drill the lock what ever you do! Took me a couple years to get another one for my K20 after I drilled it out. The doors you’ve got look really decent. I bought the whole tool box bed from a guy on here 5-6 years ago. Got really lucky and the door is perfect not a single spec of rust. I’ve got an outer opening cut stashed away to repair the little bit of rust in the bottom of mine below the door. Parts are out there, you’ll find them eventually.

[chewychevy67]

Any 73-76 tool boxes in your stash with this piece that covers the lock from the inside on them?

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by 57taskforce

Nice stash brewing there. Looks like you’ve got a couple decent doors, that’s the hardest part it seems. Don’t drill the lock what ever you do! Took me a couple years to get another one for my K20 after I drilled it out. The doors you’ve got look really decent. I bought the whole tool box bed from a guy on here 5-6 years ago. Got really lucky and the door is perfect not a single spec of rust. I’ve got an outer opening cut stashed away to repair the little bit of rust in the bottom of mine below the door. Parts are out there, you’ll find them eventually.

Don't worry, I won't drill them. I'll see if Leon can work his magic on them. I need to find the spare lock stuff I bought from Atog on here now that I think of it. Yeah, I have 2 really decent doors. I had to pay up for those though. I plan to use a rocker panel and trim it down to repair the center of the openings. The guy in Utah isn't offering the repair panel at the moment.

Originally Posted by chewychevy67

Any 73-76 tool boxes in your stash with this piece that covers the lock from the inside on them?

Sorry, no I do not. I have only stumbled onto one of those in my parts and the guy wanted way too much for the truck. That was the only way to get the box and tool box.

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Don't worry, I won't drill them. I'll see if Leon can work his magic on them. I need to find the spare lock stuff I bought from Atog on here now that I think of it. Yeah, I have 2 really decent doors. I had to pay up for those though. I plan to use a rocker panel and trim it down to repair the center of the openings. The guy in Utah isn't offering the repair panel at the moment.

I bet those doors were pricey. I had a guy at a gas station offer me $500 for the door on my truck. It stays locked needless to say. Well that makes two of us that have recently inquired it sounds like. I emailed them about it a couple months ago. Take pictures of the repair if you can, I’d be interested to see how it comes out. The opening patch panel I have isn’t perfect by any means just better than mine. I’ve thought about taking the rocker panel route a few times.

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

I've been searching and scavenging all the affordable bed side tool box parts I can muster up. My first truck, a 1969 Chevy Longhorn, had a bed side tool box. Unfortunately, I didn't save that part when I parted that truck out. When I built my 72 I wanted to add one but couldn't find a decent one at the time. Now I have a few in various states. I'm working on having enough pieces to make 2 complete bed side tool boxes. Anyone have any they wanna let go?

One of these tool boxes is locked and has something heavy in it. I'm guessing it is a jack. I need to get it to Leon to have him un lock it and make me some keys.

I have a fiberglass tub laying in the back of the Green '67, and a couple of lock pieces. I think it is the lock bolt and the cover that goes over it and screws to the inside of the door..

LockDoc

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by 57taskforce

I bet those doors were pricey. I had a guy at a gas station offer me $500 for the door on my truck. It stays locked needless to say. Well that makes two of us that have recently inquired it sounds like. I emailed them about it a couple months ago. Take pictures of the repair if you can, I’d be interested to see how it comes out. The opening patch panel I have isn’t perfect by any means just better than mine. I’ve thought about taking the rocker panel route a few times.

Its crazy places are out of stock on rocker panels currently. I was going to order some to start repairing an opening and noticed these shortages. Weird.

Here are some other pieces I recently got from some fellow board members.

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Its crazy places are out of stock on rocker panels currently. I was going to order some to start repairing an opening and noticed these shortages. Weird.

Here are some other pieces I recently got from some fellow board members.

Nice! Those are all really hard parts to find, luckily the trim on my bed is good. I haven’t seen much of the OE tool box related trim pieces come up on here. Lock parts in any capacity are a huge score.

I had no idea that rockers were hard to get right now. I’m sure it’s because of the Kungflu.

[Davidf]

So, I am currently restoring (well, mostly fixing rust) on my bedside toolbox (1971). The original lock is gone, replaced by PO with a door lock. So, I made it work, but when in unlocked position, you cannot remove the key. The door rust repair took me weeks (mostly just work weekends). Now I am fixing the opening in the bedside. Luckily, the box is in good shape.

But, my tool box is painted white. Were they natural (blackish) fiberglass when delivered new? Where are the cut/tape lines (i.e. back of door, through box) on two tone trucks

[57taskforce]

Best I know, this is the original finish. My bed is original paint but solid dark olive poly so I don’t know where the exact tape lines would be on a two tone. I would guess anywhere covered by the trim like the normal beds.

[Dieselwrencher]

Let me see if I can dig out one of my 2 tone doors and get a pic or you. The tool box inserts are just natural black fiberglass on all the ones I've had/seen.

[Davidf]

I guess my question is the door solid color on the back or does two tone wrap the door (front and back). I know where the line is on the front. My thought is that is similar to the main doors in that the white (minor color) just wraps around as far as the door skin wraps around and then stops. So the back of the door would be body color (not white). Then, what about the recess that the box mounts to? Does the white color line pass through the recess or stop somewhere?

I know a lot of questions...definitely not right on my truck.

Hope this is not hijacking the thread...good stash that I wish I had

[Dieselwrencher]

Every 2 tone one I've seen the white is split in the opening but the back of the door is the bottom color like a cab door.

[Dieselwrencher]

Here is a picture of an opening to sort of show the paint split.

Has anyone found anymore or wanting to sell theirs?

Member, Uncle, in Georgia has a Longhorn bed with a tool box I'd love to have but he's pretty far from me.

Has anyone ever heard you couldn't get a tool box on a factory K truck? I've had a couple of members tell me this but I had 2 K20s that had them so now I am curious if they were original or bed swapped.

[briandownunda]

hi folks, I have a 72 cheyenne super C20 longbed that I'm in the process of restoring. It has a factory bedside toolbox. I believe I will be able to restore the door itself, however the inner latch mechanism and the hinges are rusted out.

Has anyone found a way to reproduce them using CNC or the like?

Thanks in advance!

Brian Hiltscher

[Ellensbrother]

I see a guy is selling the hinges on eBay. Search for "VK2 Toolbox Hinge"

[Papa Smurf]

I have the hinges. exact reproduction of an original hinge. $95 for a set of 3, shipped to lower 48. Also have several rear brackets that I have built to hold the box under the bed, $25/set.
Have two nice boxes - make an offer.

Papa Smurf

[Papa Smurf]

Ttt

[Classic Bowties]

Originally Posted by Ellensbrother

I see a guy is selling the hinges on eBay. Search for "VK2 Toolbox Hinge"

Originally Posted by Papa Smurf

I have the hinges. exact reproduction of an original hinge. $95 for a set of 3, shipped to lower 48. Also have several rear brackets that I have built to hold the box under the bed, $25/set.
Have two nice boxes - make an offer.

Papa Smurf

Originally Posted by Papa Smurf

Ttt

This is not the parts f/s area for bringing your offered items/parts back up to the top, there is an area of the board for listing and offering your manufactured parts f/s. While viewing different areas of the board lately, I know that site rules (regarding membership tiers) can appear a bit foggy or loosely enforced lately and more less seems to be selective and dependent on who you are. Imho, both of you above are skirting site rules by offering more than just left over parts (i.e. manufacturing parts) should probably review the below screenshot and linked thread regarding membership tiers. Mel


http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard//...d.php?t=732092

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[Ellensbrother]

Mel, Appreciate you making the rules clear to us. Here's an alternative perspective on the issue, not a defense for what we've done. The hinges being offered for sale have proven impossible to find, so independently two of us had the hinges reverse engineered and manufactured new ones. Not for commercial gain, but to serve the like-minded members of this forum. We've both independently made personal investments to obtain the obsolete parts in economic minimum order quantities. Since the minimum order quantities yielded surplus hinges, the residual ones are for sale. I don't expect to turn a profit and may not break even. Neither of us are vendors. We just love these trucks and will be thrilled if our investments in fact can help others. One final note: One of the references is clear-it points to a listing on eBay, not a posting on the forum. Thank you for your leadership.

[Classic Bowties]

Originally Posted by Ellensbrother

I see a guy is selling the hinges on eBay. Search for "VK2 Toolbox Hinge"

^ ^ ^ Adding a bit more info to our above post regarding skirting the site rules and speaking in third person. Mel
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[Ellensbrother]

Guilty as charged for using same username in two online forums. Again I'll note that I am not a vendor and have no plans to become one. The only Auto Parts being offered for sale on eBay are the surplus hinges. And they are not being offered on the forum and never were.

[jumpsoffrock]

Originally Posted by Ellensbrother

Guilty as charged for using same username in two online forums. Again I'll note that I am not a vendor and have no plans to become one. The only Auto Parts being offered for sale on eBay are the surplus hinges. And they are not being offered on the forum and never were.

You posted a bunch of info stating why you made hinges, order quantities, helping the community, how much money you're making from their sales, and not having plans to sell them on the forum.
Mel never once contested why you made hinges.
Nor did they contest how much money you were intending to make.

The only thing Mel contested was you Ellensbrother selling items on the forum without being a vendor.
So then you post that you never offered them on the forum. But literally 5 posts earlier is a post from Ellensbrother quoting an eBay ad selling items from yourself lol

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by Classic Bowties

This is not the parts f/s area for bringing your offered items/parts back up to the top, there is an area of the board for listing and offering your manufactured parts f/s. While viewing different areas of the board lately, I know that site rules (regarding membership tiers) can appear a bit foggy or loosely enforced lately and more less seems to be selective and dependent on who you are. Imho, both of you above are skirting site rules by offering more than just left over parts (i.e. manufacturing parts) should probably review the below screenshot and linked thread regarding membership tiers. Mel


http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard//...d.php?t=732092

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If you don’t agree with things of this nature you could always bring them up to staff members so they can appropriately be handled. Just a polite suggestion and nothing else.

[Ellensbrother]

Originally Posted by Classic Bowties

This is not the parts f/s area for bringing your offered items/parts back up to the top, there is an area of the board for listing and offering your manufactured parts f/s. While viewing different areas of the board lately, I know that site rules (regarding membership tiers) can appear a bit foggy or loosely enforced lately and more less seems to be selective and dependent on who you are. Imho, both of you above are skirting site rules by offering more than just left over parts (i.e. manufacturing parts) should probably review the below screenshot and linked thread regarding membership tiers. Mel


http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard//...d.php?t=732092

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I am volunteering to help clarify the rules so they can be better understood, followed, and enforced. Some of the things that could be considered for clarification include: Have a single page listing the rules, versus a thread. The page could include use cases or scenarios based on actual experiences for illustration. Distinguishing, if needed, between selling OEM/Used/NOS parts versus aftermarket or manufactured parts, and distinguishing between selling and promoting. For example, if the sales transaction does not occur on the forum, then it's not likely to be considered selling. I am sure there are other issues that could be made more clear for the community and to help avoid these issues in the future. Seeking to work toward a constructive close to this chapter...