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Re: I am from the Desert
Did you have to elongate the holes in the front panel of the bed to get the top of it to line up with the bedsides? Mine looks to be about 1/4" too high.
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I bought a entire repop bed and lucky for me mine lined up almost perfect It would have been a shame to have to elongate them and then try to conceal that mess with the 2 at the top are threaded in and then the additional down each side( I used stainless pan/hex head bolts seen in the pic). I did put it all together for fitment purposes before I sent it for paint Im going to dig out some pics of my original bed was OEM and see if that one looked like yours regards Jess PS I taped them up on the outside of the head board (what you see blue and white tap) so as not to scratch the cab. I have to remove it one more time before perm install
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WOW I just looked back at my original OEM bed very similar to yours........... interesting
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I think we have finally found a repop that fits better than the oem! Your truck is amazing. Rg
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well here we are we celebrated my daughters birthday yesterday perfect time for taking the bed back off ...no free lunch here
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today a couple friends came over and we stood the bed up on the head board ...going to be much easier getting all them nut bolts and washers attached to the boards and cross sills
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Re: I am from the Desert
pics
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Nice work, if I weren't so cheap I would have bought a wood floor kit!
Rg
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LOL I would most likely do what you are if I had the fabrication skills you possess and an what seems endless inventory/collection of used parts
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got a few hours in tonight 3 boards installed ....this would be a much more difficult task laying on my back
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closer .....install complete have to make sure all the boards and strips are aligned to my liking then tighten everything .....traveling tomorrow PNW
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Nice work Jess, looks stellar. What is the gray plug for?
Keep on, keeping on Jim
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It’s actually a hole for the fuel tank Jim, looks like a plug 🤭 in the pic 😂
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Lookin good. Hopefully it's someone elses birthday coming up soon so you can get that bed back on the truck!
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I asked Nicklear in his thread, but I noticed you have the oil fill tube. Where did you get the intake for it? Was it new or used? Also, what about pcv?
Thanks, Rg
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that intake is a throw back I believe its a performer 2703 from Edelbrock I painted it as far as PCV my engine is a 327 from a 67 truck I bought long ago... it has a breather tube in the block by the distributor like some of the early 265s and 283s had and also breaths through that filler tube oil cap
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Truck looks great, Doc!
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caught up on yours ......you got talent real nice progress quality work
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you guys from AZ have some real talent ......I may have an opportunity to get out your way this year going to check in on you
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