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LOW DOUGH · 04-16-2009, 11:07 PM

WOW.....

the pics of the body line not going down made me think it was an argintinian (sp?) truck. Then I saw the rest. I just don't know what to say about that. Had to have taken some time to make it look like it wasn't wood.

LOW DOUGH · 04-16-2009, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob 68327

It's the ultra rare Carpenter option , Way more rare than the Corvette option .....

good one

ERASER5 · 04-16-2009, 11:09 PM

Maybe the truck belonged to Norm Abrams. "Today in the New Yankee Workshop, we are going to build an antique truck bed. For a measured drawrring of this project..."

IvelDesigns · 04-16-2009, 11:15 PM

that's awesome.

If it ever gets scrapped, i wonder how pissed the scrap metal place will be once they realized they paid steel prices for wood. that bed has to way a ton compared to steel.

LOW DOUGH · 04-16-2009, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ERASER5

Maybe the truck belonged to Norm Abrams. "Today in the New Yankee Workshop, we are going to build an antique truck bed. For a measured drawrring of this project..."

DirtyLarry · 04-16-2009, 11:37 PM

Being a southwest truck, it makes one wonder if it rolled up from Mexico or South America. GM de Mexico made some weird trucks. Seems too perfect even for the most talented hard core wood hobbyist but I couldn’t imagine that being mass produced either. Whatever it is, it is the craziest thing I ever saw on one of these trucks.

Wouldn’t be funny to learn it is George Barris’s secret ’67 Chevy truck he had wood for.

67CHIP72 · 04-16-2009, 11:54 PM

Too new to be a Cuban escape truck...

72 SUPER10 · 04-17-2009, 12:00 AM

I bet he was not even a truck or car guy , and thought nothing of it, he just did it because he knew he could,i think its awsome .

C/10 King · 04-17-2009, 12:03 AM

Look around some more, maybe he built a matching blazer, or a suburban.

Longhorn Man · 04-17-2009, 12:06 AM

He was dislexic too.... anyone catch this?

I stared at it for 3 min saying "something ain't right with that"... well, otherr than the obviouse part that it was WOOD.

Longhorn Man · 04-17-2009, 12:10 AM

I missed the fact that there were 3 pages... I now see that it was not only cought, but explained too.

67ChevyRedneck · 04-17-2009, 12:21 AM

That's something I would expect to see in NY, Oh, PA, etc... but Nevada? I guess he wanted a challenge

maddog1331 · 04-17-2009, 12:59 AM

I have to admit, that impresses the heck out of me. Sounds like the guy just liked doing work like that, the shifter deal was just another thing he did that he thought was neat, quaint, etc etc.

Impressive work! Someone put a ton of time in it!

**LEEVON** · 04-17-2009, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by 67CHIP72

Too new to be a Cuban escape truck...

Ya beat me to it: http://www.floatingcubans.com/

rambler · 04-17-2009, 10:54 AM

I had to keep looking at it.. wow thats a lot of work.. I helped my dad create a wood bed on a old truck,, it was just some 4x4s and then some 2x6s nailed down to create a redneck flatbed! LOL

seldomseen65 · 04-17-2009, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by rambler

I had to keep looking at it.. wow thats a lot of work.. I helped my dad create a wood bed on a old truck,, it was just some 4x4s and then some 2x6s nailed down to create a redneck flatbed! LOL

after having my truck for over 18 years, i thought i had seen it all ,,but now i'm amazed that building one out of wood could be done this way,

(now i have dreams of building my own bondo truck, maybe a 97 silverado would look nice in ceder) . all the rest of my entry will be just "WOW", "AMAZING", wood shop teacher ,maybe.

72BlckButy · 04-17-2009, 02:26 PM

That is AWESOME!!!!!

6TNiner · 04-17-2009, 03:03 PM

Wow! Should be preserved and put in a museum! Or would make a great casket for the ultra die-hard enthusiast that's gone to the great beyond

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**jamie72** · 04-17-2009, 03:12 PM

i think it is cool... you know there wasn`t replacement bedsides other that nos. so why not??i bet it looks great the day he finsihed it..

jb4short · 04-17-2009, 03:23 PM

GM COPO option "1-OAK"

seldomseen65 · 04-17-2009, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Critter

As far as the bed goes, I give the guy respect for trying something different and doing a decent job of it. It probably looked alright back when it was done.

But why is the shifter letters backwards???

it had to be a carpenter or a boat builder ,,check the nail out he used for a shift pointer, about a 16 Penny nail huh ?

wavespy · 04-17-2009, 03:50 PM

Love the shift indicator! ...and it's BACKWARDS!!!

69halfton · 04-17-2009, 04:02 PM

i dont get the shift indication thing...whats with that?

I love the wooden bed though, what talent to make look so nice!
you guys are right, probably a high school shop teacher whose wife was sick of him bringing home usless cabinets.

70 Suburban · 04-17-2009, 04:22 PM

The shift thing was explained.. the wood moves the nail dosent

72 SUPER10 · 04-17-2009, 04:29 PM

the guy was good shifter and all , teenage son probly made the shifter indicater for the weekends.

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maddog1331 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Somerset, KY Posts: 398	Re: Found a wood bed in the junkyard today. Think you have seen it all? I have to admit, that impresses the heck out of me. Sounds like the guy just liked doing work like that, the shifter deal was just another thing he did that he thought was neat, quaint, etc etc. Impressive work! Someone put a ton of time in it!

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