If the '47 is the same as my '51 - and it should be - there are about a
dozen 1/4" bolts that attach the forward crossmember to the front bed panel.
So when the long bolts go down through the bed floor, crossmember and frame,
the front of the bed is secure.
Jack
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Darrel Bunge" <dbunge@attbi.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 11:06 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Box Install
> I began putting the box on my '47 - 3100 and have a question. What holds
down
> the front of the box to the frame? It looks like the front sheet metal of
the
> box fits on the front rail of the first crossmember. While the
crossmember is
> bolted through the frame, the box just sits on the front edge of the
> crossmember. Is this correct. I know once the fenders and running boards
are
> added, they will tie in to the front of the box, but it seemed like there
> should be some other point of attachment to the frame.
>
> Darrel Bunge
> 1947 - 3100
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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