OK, it's not going anywhere. But it's from Abe's hood, so the script is smaller than on a normal flatbed. But maybe better than no script?

 

I was also thinking that I could just paint the Ford or Ford Truck in script on the back. Very few would notice that it is not the raised lettering.

 

Are you that good with your hand lettering? Or will it look more like. B4- 549? Or will it look like Mr. Haney's salesman truck?

Seriously if you are good enough do it.... Or buy the vinyl stick on script .

 

Don't forget, Ford tractors of the 1950s used similar script. So close I can not tell the truck bed script from the tractor script unless they're side by side. Templates for the tractor script are readily available and not expensive last time I checked.

 

Good point Abe, I can't walk in a straight line let alone any type of drawing.
Ray, I will have to look for those templates. I figured that's what I would have to do.

 

I would try Classic Haulers, Mid Fifty's sister company.

 

Would the rear panel on the script bed fit your bed? As Ray said it does look straighter than yours. Cool story on the '42. They are nice cars but I prefer the '46 early '47 grill though.

 

And another:
https://richmond.craigslist.org/pts/5461439689.html

 

Good luck! I can't wait to have a functioning truck. Just waiting for the weather to warm up to fix my script bed.

 

I got an opportunity to do a little work on the bed this weekend. I removed the wood (it pretty much fell apart) and the bed strips. I just cut the bolts and they came off pretty quickly.

I got to wondering about the paint on the bed. It almost looks like OD green.




I removed the rings as well. I put a little AFT/Acetone mix on them and they actually came off pretty easily. I was pleasantly surprised.





I brought that 2X4 to see how much it would stick up above the bed rails. It's really not that much.

I emailed the local bodyshop and he said he is moving away from restorations. (I'm sure insurance jobs are much more profitable.) But he said he could probably help me with this. So, I'm taking it over to him on Tuesday to see what he says. I will ask him for costs on moving the frame rail brackets and possibly shortening the bed about 5 inches. I'm sure they are out of my budget, but it doesn't hurt to ask.

I'm taking the day off on Tuesday to take a kid that is living on his own to visit Westminster College. It is 45 minutes away from us and where Churchill gave the Iron Curtain speech. They have a section of the Berlin wall there as well. I haven't been for many years, so it should be a fun trip.

 

Why shorten the bed?

 

Looks like it was cold out your way with gloves and coat on. It was nice here both Saturday and today. Got the engine back in the truck but had trouble with getting the distributor in. Finally remembered I installed a new oil pump shaft and the clip that keeps it from coming out when you pull the distributor must have been in the wrong place. Removed the rotor and tapped the shaft with a rubber mallet; Boom it went in. Only took a couple hours to figure that one out.

 

The construction of that bed is so similar to the Ford script bed. Look closely along the outside rails for number stampings. All the script beds I've seen have numbers stamped at various places.

 

This bed is 99" long. A normal F250 bed is about 94". This bed will stick out past the end of the frame rails a few inches. No big deal, so I probably won't but having it end right at the rear "bumper" I have would be a little cleaner.

It was actually pretty nice today, the wind was bad. The gloves were to keep me from hurting myself. I didn't really need the jacket, but I wasn't uncomfortable in it. It was a pretty light jacket. Rain/snow forecast on Tuesday, but then it gets nice again. Good story BJ. It's nice to hear experts have stories like that as well.

Thanks Ray, I didn't think about looking for stampings. I will do that Tuesday morning when I get a chance to get to it again.

 

Joe, look closely at the rear member of that bed. Do the rivets look original? I am thinking that someone may have built/replaced that rear cross member on a std script bed. Interesting that the side stake pockets are like a std script bed and the end member has the stake pockets external.????????????