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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Trucks / October 2008

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Old flatbed parts

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Harry Putnam - 08 Sep 2008 15:57 GMT
First, not sure the flatbed on my 79 F350 is a ford built one but it
does have `Ford' embossed on the final cross bar. (Between the tail
lights).

My question here is where the parts that were used to put together
those older flatbeds can be found.

Its a wood bed with (true) 1 inch boards joined together by a
specially formed piece of sheet metal about 1 1/2 inches wide and
probably 14 gauge or even 16 gauge.

The boards have grooves machined in the top near the edges that rolled
edges of the sheet metal fit into to hold the boards in place.

The sheet metal is attached to the bed frame by through bolts about
every 1 1/2 ft.

This was a common method of building wooden flatbeds back then but
apparently has fallen out of favor.  

I want the sheet metal pieces to rebuild my trucks flatbed.

Anyone who recognizes what I've tried to describe that can tell me of
a source for those parts?
N8N - 10 Sep 2008 16:10 GMT
> First, not sure the flatbed on my 79 F350 is a ford built one but it
> does have `Ford' embossed on the final cross bar. (Between the tail
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
> Anyone who recognizes what I've tried to describe that can tell me of
> a source for those parts?

Those sound very similar to the rails that were used to mount the
wooden floor of my dad's old Chevy stepside, and I suspect also Ford
truck beds that used wooden floors.  I don't recall at this date where
he purchased them from, but maybe you could inquire to one of the
manufacturers of repro pickup bed parts (Mar-K is one name that comes
to mind) and see if they'd be willing to send you a short sample of
the bed rail stock to see if it matches what's on your flatbed.  They
sell kits pre-punched with the holes for the usual configurations of
stepside pickup beds, but I believe you can also buy the stock without
holes.  You'd probably need to do that and then either punch the holes
yourself for a standard carriage bolt with a Greenlee chassis punch or
similar, or else find some bolts that look like carriage bolts but
have a knurled shoulder like a wheel stud so that they would grab in
round holes.

good luck,

nate
Harry Putnam - 10 Sep 2008 18:55 GMT
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> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Mar-K is one name that comes
> to mind) and see if they'd be willing to send you a short sample of

Thanks.  I had no idea where even to start looking.  

I haven't actually spoken to them yet, but looking at the Mar-k online
pages.  It appears they are very likely to either have or be willing
to make those strips for me.
Ted - 27 Oct 2008 02:53 GMT
> First, not sure the flatbed on my 79 F350 is a ford built one but it
> does have `Ford' embossed on the final cross bar. (Between the tail
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
> Anyone who recognizes what I've tried to describe that can tell me of
> a source for those parts?

Check with LMC at lmctruck.com

Ted
 
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