Wooden bed advice

[Royalepain]

I have a 1971 c10 stepside that I took apart to give it a new paint job and bed wood. I took pictures of everything, so I'd know how to put it back together. But the pictures are on my computer that recently died - oops!

Does anybody have pictures or measurements of the bed? I'm specifically looking for where the braces go, especially that small one that goes somewhere in the middle. Whoever replaced the wood last drilled new holes all over the place, so I'm curious what the original layout was.

I'm also looking for pictures/advice from people who have replaced their original wood with something of a different size. I'm a carpenter, so I dragged home some really nice massaranduba (a Brazilian hardwood) for my bed. I'll need to do some adjusting, because this new wood is only 5 inches or so wide.

Thanks!

Heather

[mvfd70]

Mar-k has bed assembly instructions. 10 bucks for full how to instructions. Not a bad deal.

http://www.mar-k.com/various_restoration_items.pdf

I'll have to get these since my truck was dissassembled when I got it.

[bigsnookmaster]

I could probably get you some measurements tomorrow. I used Brazillian Lacewood on my bed.We bought rough cut boards and machined them to size.Here's a couple pics of the mock up:

[Richard8971]

Originally Posted by bigsnookmaster

I could probably get you some measurements tomorrow. I used Brazillian Lacewood on my bed.We bought rough cut boards and machined them to size.Here's a couple pics of the mock up:

Beautiful bed.

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[bigsnookmaster]

Thanks Richard, It sure hasn't been cheap!