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Old Nov 12, 2013 | 07:55 PM
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56 Ford bed measurements needed

Gentlemen,
One of our members from the other side of the world needs our help.

The member, capelo, from Spain is trying to get the bolt hole measurements for the bed crossmembers and the rear bed sill. His parts look like swiss cheese and he's not sure which holes are original and which ones have been added.

Here's what he has now;




Here's his original thread;
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-measures.html

Can anyone here help him out?

Thanks guys
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Old Nov 12, 2013 | 09:50 PM
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I can take some measurements tomorrow night, I have my bed apart and have a new rear cross member, so would be easy to measure.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2013 | 03:54 PM
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many thanks for your help, it's awesome to see people so far and so kind. In this forum there are very good people
 
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Old Nov 13, 2013 | 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by DGMFORD
I can take some measurements tomorrow night, I have my bed apart and have a new rear cross member, so would be easy to measure.
Excellent! I'd really appreciate it and I'm sure capelo will be most grateful.

I can't imagine trying to put a truck together oversees without the great parts network we have here in the states.

capelo....no problem. Thats what this site is all about

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Old Nov 13, 2013 | 06:45 PM
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Okay here we go.

Starting from the Right, mounting brackets away from me and holes closest to the 2 mounting brackets.

















 
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Old Nov 13, 2013 | 06:49 PM
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Now the holes at the bottom away from the 2 mounting brackets.









 
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Old Nov 13, 2013 | 06:52 PM
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last but not least, the cross member holes.













and as you can see from the last picture, the wholes line up with the rear xmember.

Let me know if you need anything else.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2013 | 09:11 PM
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Excellent David
Thanks a bunch!!

I hope that will be what capelo needs

Thank you for taking the time to make the measurement and post the pictures. That was a lot of work.

Big round of frosty beverages to you
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Old Nov 13, 2013 | 09:30 PM
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Hola Capelo,
Esta bien con la respuesta? Intiendo todo o tienes otras preguntas?
Todo los numeros son en pulgadas.

Ben en Austin
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Old Nov 13, 2013 | 09:48 PM
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Excellent David
Thanks a bunch!!

I hope that will be what capelo needs

Thank you for taking the time to make the measurement and post the pictures. That was a lot of work.

Big round of frosty beverages to you
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No problem, just let me know if he needs additional pics or further clarification, will probably have the bed apart for a couple more weeks.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2013 | 09:53 PM
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Cool
I'm not sure what the time difference is between here and there, probably won't see a posting from him until tomorrow.

Thanks again
 
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Old Nov 13, 2013 | 10:14 PM
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Now, if only we had a metric tape measure, or maybe we need to send over a fractional one.


Good on you for taking the time to help, David.
 
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Old Nov 14, 2013 | 05:17 PM
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thank you very much, is that they are first and last hole in the center of the support but I could say the alignment of others. thanks again, is that devoted much time to help
 
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Old Nov 14, 2013 | 05:19 PM
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in my project there will be a part of all of you, thank you all for your interest
 
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Old Nov 16, 2013 | 04:44 PM
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Capelo,

Very good. I'm glad you were able to get the information you needed.
Like I said before. That is what makes this site so wonderful....truck guys helping out truck guys.

Good luck on your build
Bobby
 
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