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Jan 23, 2011 | 10:51 AM

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dlburch

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looked at a few pics on ebay, and there are several highboys that have the shorter inner wheel well like the second pic...obviously not the definitive answer, just another observation.

Jan 23, 2011 | 11:00 AM

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Witty73

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I have a 73 body I bought for my 74. The 74 bed is toast and long gone. However, I have the 73 box in the shed next to a 78. I will look and see if I can clarify anything.

Jan 23, 2011 | 07:13 PM

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Well my bed is a 73 so I guess perhaps mine is the oddball. Figures.

Jan 23, 2011 | 10:29 PM

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Well my bed is a 73 so I guess perhaps mine is the oddball. Figures.

Do you have a picture? Could you measure the stake pockets spacing?

Josh

Jan 24, 2011 | 05:58 AM

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grinnergetter

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This is the best pic I have now and I'll get measurements this afternoon.

Jan 24, 2011 | 02:41 PM

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grinnergetter

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Stake holes are 47" and 46" on center front to back.

Jan 24, 2011 | 06:19 PM

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Stake holes are 47" and 46" on center front to back.

On my 74 I get the same measurements then. 47" center of front pocket to center pocket and then 46" center to center of back pocket.

So the inner wells must be HUGE!!!

Josh

Jan 24, 2011 | 07:53 PM

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boss66

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Looked at a73 F-100 today it had the large wheelhouses. This bed was made from the begining of 73 until the ser#S20,000.

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Jan 24, 2011 | 08:11 PM

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Looked at a73 F-100 today it had the large wheelhouses. This bed was made from the begining of 73 until the ser#S20,000.

Is that cut-off documented somewhere.

Josh

Jan 24, 2011 | 08:38 PM

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hey guys kinda off topic but are the beds the same among 1/2,3/4 and 1 tons?

Jan 24, 2011 | 08:44 PM

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hey guys kinda off topic but are the beds the same among 1/2,3/4 and 1 tons?

Yes and no. The 1/2 and 1 ton are the same all years. 3/4 or F250 has the narrower bed bolts for the Hi-Boy frame rails. After 77 1/2 all are the same except the Super Camper Special which kept the narrow spacing and lengthened wheelbase.

Josh

Jan 24, 2011 | 09:53 PM

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ok so my 78 f100 long bed will fit my 76 f350 without modification?

Jan 24, 2011 | 10:00 PM

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ok so my 78 f100 long bed will fit my 76 f350 without modification?

78 had the fuel door and 76 had the external gas cap so you'll need to swap over the fill hose/tube and misc stuff.

Josh

Jan 24, 2011 | 10:54 PM

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Found the production numbers in the NPD catalog . Pg 214 wheelhouse panel 27886/7 Never knew that there was any differences.

Mar 26, 2011 | 10:47 PM

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So this took forever but I finally swapped the beds. My ol man (who built racecars and 4x4's then raced them) is a bit of an engineer. It runs in the family and I ran some trigonometry on the specs. First off, I know that everyone says it was a short bed...even my brother and neighbors. I measured 3 time in front of them and the measurements came out the same. The bed fit perfectly once I swapped it. The wheel well size really didn't matter to me in the end because my wheels stick out side of the fender lip. I checked clearance at maximum weight (trig again) and found I can go up to 32's until I get a lift. The only thing that I can think of is that the original bed came of a 250 or 350. So long story short, college and my brain paid off, it fits, it works, and looks a heck of a lot better. Thanks for all the input guys.