Bed Floor Replacement
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Bed Floor Replacement
I have a 1964 F100 long bed that needs a new floor. It is rusted out along the front where the bed meets the front panel, and the rest of the floor is there, but very wavy. I have found that Carolina Classics has reproduction front panels and cross members, but no floor panels. The earliest bed replacements I can find are 67 and up, but I am not sure if there are fitment issues. It should be noted that I have no intention of making this a show truck. It will always be a truck that I can haul stuff in, including rock. So, I don't want to convert to a wood plank bed. I was thinking of putting in diamond plate for the main floor and replacing the side panels with sheet metal similar to stock. Otherwise, I might try to find an existing 64-66 bed that is decent, but these trucks are 60 years old so I don't have a lot of hope for that.
What have you folks used?
Thanks,
What have you folks used?
Thanks,
Tuned
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From: Tyngsboro, MA
I have a 1964 F100 long bed that needs a new floor. It is rusted out along the front where the bed meets the front panel, and the rest of the floor is there, but very wavy. I have found that Carolina Classics has reproduction front panels and cross members, but no floor panels. The earliest bed replacements I can find are 67 and up, but I am not sure if there are fitment issues. It should be noted that I have no intention of making this a show truck. It will always be a truck that I can haul stuff in, including rock. So, I don't want to convert to a wood plank bed. I was thinking of putting in diamond plate for the main floor and replacing the side panels with sheet metal similar to stock. Otherwise, I might try to find an existing 64-66 bed that is decent, but these trucks are 60 years old so I don't have a lot of hope for that.
What have you folks used?
Thanks,
What have you folks used?
Thanks,
https://www.cjponyparts.com/side-sty...-100/p/BFLP10/
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There are numerous vendors who offer replacement floors here is just one example.
https://www.cjponyparts.com/side-sty...-100/p/BFLP10/
https://www.cjponyparts.com/side-sty...-100/p/BFLP10/
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What I would do is take your tape measure and measure your bed floor and where the bolts go down through the floor to the frame.
Then measure newer bed floors and see how they compare to the old floor.
I also would not look at just Ford but any pickup truck make / model as they say the frames and bolt locations measure the same so aftermarket bodies fit without needing to make a different body for each make truck.
Now I can tell you on my 81 F100 flare side I was able to get the style side bed floor to work as a replacement for the wood floor.
The flare is a short bed and the style a long bed so had to make it shorter and cut the sides off the style side and bolt the flare side bed sides to the style side floor.
It worked out that the style side bed was smashed on 1 side from a roll over and had rust around the wheel openings but the floor was like new as it was bed lined.
If you can find a bed the same way cut the sides off leaving a lip to the floor then trim your bed floor leaving the sides to mate to the new floor.
If the front panel of the new bed floor is good maybe you can use that to replace yours?
Dave ----
Then measure newer bed floors and see how they compare to the old floor.
I also would not look at just Ford but any pickup truck make / model as they say the frames and bolt locations measure the same so aftermarket bodies fit without needing to make a different body for each make truck.
Now I can tell you on my 81 F100 flare side I was able to get the style side bed floor to work as a replacement for the wood floor.
The flare is a short bed and the style a long bed so had to make it shorter and cut the sides off the style side and bolt the flare side bed sides to the style side floor.
It worked out that the style side bed was smashed on 1 side from a roll over and had rust around the wheel openings but the floor was like new as it was bed lined.
If you can find a bed the same way cut the sides off leaving a lip to the floor then trim your bed floor leaving the sides to mate to the new floor.
If the front panel of the new bed floor is good maybe you can use that to replace yours?
Dave ----
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