i have two 69 longbeds

one of them has a badly rusted floor,dented wheel wells, and the rail that runs along the cab is bent.

the other has a solid floor, and good wheel wells, but bad damage to the upper passenger side panel.

i would like to use both beds to make one good bed.

how hard is it to disassemble these old truck beds?

 

"hard" is a relative term....Depends on your skill level, adequacy of tools, and facilities.

In the end, you will surely be an expert on drilling out spot welds.

 

Yeah, tons of spot welds to get the bedside off. But, if you can make one nice bed, might be worth it.

 

skill level- beginner

adequacy of tools, and facilities- don't have any air tools, but i do have electric cutting tools, drill, and just bought 3 spot weld cutters. both beds are still attached to the trucks. one is in my air conditioned 2 car garage the other is in my very hot backyard

one good thing i have going for me is Time. i have the next few weeks off work.

is there any certain order to disassemble the bed? if i wanted to move just the floor and wheel wells from one to the other, could i just cut them out and have them welded into the other bed?

 

i would use the non rusted one , cut panel off rusty and weld on the dented .

where there's a little rust , there's always more hiding .