Looking for 1951 bed assembly drawing
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Cargo Master
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Looking for 1951 bed assembly drawing
Gents,
Will be getting the bed ready for installation soon on the 51 supercharged truck, does anyone have a diagram showing how the bed is bolted to the frame? Do all the mounting bolts go through the wood or are there bolts that hold the bed down underneath the wood pieces? My bed was loosely held down with a few bolts and no wood so nothing was as original to reference. I have a couple "Z" shaped brackets that I think go to the rear bed mounting but have not seen a diagram.
Also is there a diagram showing the dimensions of the wood pieces? I am going to cut my own for this build.
Will be getting the bed ready for installation soon on the 51 supercharged truck, does anyone have a diagram showing how the bed is bolted to the frame? Do all the mounting bolts go through the wood or are there bolts that hold the bed down underneath the wood pieces? My bed was loosely held down with a few bolts and no wood so nothing was as original to reference. I have a couple "Z" shaped brackets that I think go to the rear bed mounting but have not seen a diagram.
Also is there a diagram showing the dimensions of the wood pieces? I am going to cut my own for this build.
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There's only one Z-bracket, it goes as shown below. Are you talking about the crossmembers that go in front of and behind the axle? They are a top-hat shape.
Front of the truck is to the left in the pic. Ignore the bolt in the wood, that's for a bed box.
Front of the truck is to the left in the pic. Ignore the bolt in the wood, that's for a bed box.
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Thanks, the Z shaped brackets are only about 2" wide, for some reason I think they were used on the bed somewhere. All the crossmembers are in place but I have to straighten a couple of them.
Anyone have an assembly diagram?
Anyone have an assembly diagram?
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Those "kind of" look like the brackets at the rear, attached to the frame. Mine are riveted on to the rear sill.
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thanks, not those, mine are still riveted in place to the rear crossmember.
If they are not for the bed I sure would like to know where they go.
If they are not for the bed I sure would like to know where they go.
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Thanks, I was sure they were on the bed at one end but couldnt remember. I took a ton of pictures during the nose disassembly but nothing during the bed removal, too simple to need pics 
Maybe Iilya or someone else who parts these trucks has seen them before. They were not on my other 1951 F1 that I can remember but they may have been removed.
Maybe Iilya or someone else who parts these trucks has seen them before. They were not on my other 1951 F1 that I can remember but they may have been removed.
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