no beds to be found!!
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From: montana
no beds to be found!!
i have a 78 f250 4x4. the fenders are rusted out as are a couple of dings in the rear quarters. i am trying to weigh my options. i do not want to get rid of the current bed because the core is still good. just the fenders. any help please!
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Tell me about it. My problem is that mine is totally rust free, but both sides look like a couple drunk guys with sledge hammers went to town. In the interest of saving money, I decided to do the following: make a stepside. I bought 2" thinwall tubing, and am going to make the top rails and stake pockets out of it. Then I am going to rivet skin on that. On the factory bed, I am going to take it apart at the 2 seams that run on the edges of the bed floor. Once all that is done, I am going to bolt the newly made sides to the factory flange on the floor, and make wheelwells. I estimate I can do it all for about $150. I would love a factory bed, but I think I can do this and make it look respectable, and save a lot. My theory in all this is that it will still be 4x8' and then I will add toolboxes to the outside of the bed. Then I can still haul about what you would normally haul in a bed, and not lose the little space around the wheelwells. This is just my idea. There are others, like a flatbed. I will try and post pictures when it is done. Good luck, Ted
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Are you talking about inner fenders being rusted or do you have a stepside?
Inner fenders can be bought through rust repair panel places and I think fender repair patch panels can be had for the stylesides also.
Tony
Inner fenders can be bought through rust repair panel places and I think fender repair patch panels can be had for the stylesides also.
Tony
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My '79 has the same problems starting above the rear wheel wells. I bought some patch panels and plan to install them some time this summer. There is a thread somewhere in this forum that covers installing them. I was at my favorite bone yard yesterday and saw a couple of new additions that had ok beds on them. One was rust free, but needed a bit of body work to make it good..... maby more than it is worth.
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