Wanted a vintage looking canopy for my '59, but what are the chances of finding a 9 footer. Got some old aluminun roofing at a barn sale and used scrap redwood and cedar to keep it light. Painted the wood with my favorite color. Rustoleum rusty metal primer. I do woodworking all day for the last 40 years and I'm sick of looking at it! I bolted it down, but don't like the cad plated bolts they sell at the lumberyard, so I burned the plating off with a torch. My son and I will be sleeping in it for a week starting on Tuesday at the Puget Sound Antique Tractor and Machinery Show at Lynden Wa. I haven't missed this event in over 25 years. I have a couple days to work up some roll up canvas sides....

 

Looking good Garry. Stronger than anything you could ever buy.

Aloha.

 

I love it..

 

Nice work

 

Looks great, Gary, just right on your truck.

 

Nice work Gary looks like its has been there for a while, fits the truck well.

 

As others mention looks right and will serve well.

 

Don't forget that the 1957/60 F350 9' Express Styleside & Flareside beds were also used on 1961/66 F350's.

 

Bill, were there any differences other than the full length running boards on the 9 footers from 53-56? I was born in '53 and when I turned 53, I bought a '53 f350 for 3500.00 . Just too many numbers in line to pass it up. Sold it in the midst of the building bust/great recession......

 

Looks like it was made for it!

 

Spur/Steve , you dork, it WAS Oh, but you knew that! Ok, since I feel it's ok to hijack one's own thread, look what I found on Youtube when I was checking to see if anyone else in the country had a 1912 Stover 8 hp Stationary engine. It was given to me all seized up and missing parts in the 80's ....Some guy videotaped me last year and I found myself on the silver screen..... If anyone can or would set up a link to post this video here, that's where we're going on Tuesday. (1912 stover 8hp gas engine) anyways, that was my other life for many years when I tried to swear off old trucks. Been detailing the canopy and getting it set up for camping, I'll get another shot here on Monday. Thanks for all the nice comments. GB

 

Is it this one?

 

The 9' Flaresides did not require a left rear fender with the cut-out (tire well) for the spare tire. Because of the bed length, there was no clearance problem with the rear fender like there was on 6 1/2' & 8' beds.

Left: Pic from the 1957/63 catalog since I couldn't find the pic in 1948/56 catalog.

Right: 1948/56 catalog 1953/56 C (F100) & D (F250) Flareside (body style 83) left rear fender (16313) with cut-out applications.

 

Thanks Jim. Yes that's the one. That's me in the background working on a cummins 6at that was shipped to me during the show to save shipping charges to the island. The Stover is a hit and miss engine that only fires every 15 or 20 seconds at idle. It has a governor that latches the exhaust valve off it's seat so the engine can coast with the inertia in the huge flywheels when it's not working hard. It fires more often when it senses a load applied, up to every other revolution as it's a 4 cycle engine. It is has a 6" bore and a 12" stroke, and is rated at 8 hp at 300 rpms. For show purposes I use lighter springs on the governor and run it at 75 rpms. The square hopper above the cylinder is for the cooling water. For many years I hauled it there in my '38 tonner. I always kept my cable brakes adjusted and my insurance premium paid. Bill, thanks for the bed info. Mine has a factory stamped hole about 2.5" dia down low on the left front. Thinking it's for aux fuel fill? I have it covered by my spare tire. OK, back to loading up the trucks.....

 

You're welcome. I know nothing much about these old engines but love watching them and old steam engines when I have an opportunity. I love the camper project. Was that a freelance design? Reminds me of the old projects you would see in Popular Mechanics. I always want to build a teardrop to haul behind mine but never got around to it.