i'm looking to replace the wood in the bed of my 56, i have seen an article somewhere that tells how to cut and rout the wood. can anyone help??

 

Anyone? I am also interested in tacking the job.

 

I redid the wood in my '59 shortbed stepside last year, and I made detailed drawings to give to a millwork shop to show them what to make. These would help you quite a bit, but my wood needed to be a little bit diffent than stock to allow clearance for some extra bracing that had been added earlier around the outside of my box beneath the wood. (That's why I couldn't use a ready-made kit: I'd have needed to alter it anyway.) Also, I did not leave clearance for the trim strip that goes across the top, rear end of the bed wood, because mine didn't have that. What I am saying is that you would not want your wood to be made exatly like mine was, but much of it would be the same. If you want these drawings, e-mail me. I saved a bunch of money by having my wood made compared to the cost of a ready-made kit and shipping.

Rob

 

Oh, yeah, and one more thing: When I started to install my new wood (and not until then, unfortunately), I discovered that my box was not quite square, while my wood was square. So even though my dimensions were correct, the last board wouldn't fit until I shaved some more off of its width. Had I known about this in advance, I could have avoided the problem by making each board a tiny bit narrower than I did, then all of the boards could have been shifted around to fit into the not-square box. Check your box for square.

Rob

 

Lynd,
If you could send a copy of your plans I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,

chris@logistyx.com

 

Chitown:

I need your mailing address.

Rob

 

Hey guys, I can't find the demnsions in my records, but do a search over past posts. They have been given out several times over the past couple of years. Also, I believe fenders has them available the last I heard. Good luck, John PS: square the box before you start installing the wood.

 

Yes I have the bedwood schematics. If you have enough posts to use the forum email yet, shoot me one and I'll email them back.

 

The site automatically deletes email addresses for securlty reasons. Some of the guys use the word at instead of @. Try it and see if it works. John