Oh, she should be pretty safe behind all the metal in the AD.
The bed wood can be installed with the bed on the frame. The only difficult
bolts to tighten are the outer skid strip bolt right under the frame
kick-up. Just install the outer boards first and work you way toward the
center and that should make the job easier.
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: Ric McAnulty <ric_mcanulty@yahoo.com>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 7:54 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] Truck Bed Rebuilding
>OK, so my '50 3100 is about to become a driver again.
>As I compose this the last phase of front end/engine
>rebuilding is being taken care of. My goal slightly
>different that some of yours. It's to make my truck a
>solid dependable driver for my 15 year old daughter to
>learn how to drive in (gives me about 6 more months
>!), and to protect her from the plastic fantastic cars
>of today (can you picture a Chevy Geo hitting this
>peice of steel !). Anyway to the subject at hand. I
>need to replace the truck bed wood and want to know
>the best way to go about it. Do I need / have to
>remove the bed, or can it be done while still mounted
>? I plan to use the design spec's I've seen on the
>list to fabricate the bed myself since woodworking is
>one of my forte's. I'd appreciate the information on
>how best to attack this. Then it will be on to body
>and paint !
>
>Ric McAnulty
>'50 3100 235/6
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