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Old Apr 6, 2017 | 06:09 PM
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Help with bed nuts

When I took the bed off my super camper special I wasn't being very smart and cut the bolts. I was then left with seized studs in these clip type captive nuts. I need these nuts due to lack of clearance over the rear tank. If I had to I could weld the nuts to the inner frame but don't really dig that idea. Anyone know where I can possibly get the nuts. Here is a pic.
 
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Old Apr 6, 2017 | 07:01 PM
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Is it a 77/79 Super Camper Special?
 
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Old Apr 6, 2017 | 07:13 PM
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No , 73. Thats them in the rear
 
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Old Apr 6, 2017 | 07:20 PM
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I've been with a couple of bed nuts. My advice, Don't marry one.
 
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Old Apr 6, 2017 | 07:25 PM
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Ha...Too late but I'm worse than she is
 
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Old Apr 6, 2017 | 11:04 PM
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Ford still uses that style. Proper fastener stores will either have or be able to get those. I think they're called speed nuts.
 
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Old Apr 7, 2017 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by JustinP
When I took the bed off my Super Camper Special...
You asked this question in the wrong forum, as this is the 1967/72 forum. Super Camper Specials were introduced in 1973.

F350 Regular Cabs on the 140" wheelbase: 1973/76 Super Camper Special; 1973/79 Trailer Special; 1977/79 Camper Special.

Ford dropped "Super" after 1976.
 
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Old Apr 7, 2017 | 10:47 AM
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Thanks number dummy, I realized I fat fingered it after I submitted it. I out it there too but left it here since they may have been used then as well.
 
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Most Automotive paint stores carry various clips and fasteners also. In the industry, some call them J-nuts and some call them U-Nuts.
 
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Old Apr 7, 2017 | 02:16 PM
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Something along this line.. is what's in my neck of the woods. Unknown what's in your area.
Grainger maybe as pricey as they are..

Under item specs it'll list something like this,
CHLE* 1-1/8".
That's the-- * Center of hole to leading edge.

Dan
 
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Old Apr 13, 2017 | 01:32 PM
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Did the heads of those bolts have a Phillips slot in them? My '71 had a Phillips on the bolt over the auxiliary tank. The rest of the bolts were just carriage bolts with compression locknuts. But the cheap chrome plating had rusted off years ago so I had to cut the bolt. None of my '72, four of them now, had the Phillips.They were all carriage bolts with locknuts.
 
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Old Apr 14, 2017 | 07:44 PM
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My 69 camper special also has the left front bed bolt with a phillips head on it. I suppose the reason is that the auxiliary tank doesn't give you any room to put a wrench on the nut so you have to tighten it from the top.
 
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