Pickup Box
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Pickup Box
I haven't been able to work on my truck for a couple of years now, just started getting back into it. Its a '69 F-250 4X4 LWB. All I have left to finish is rebuilding the transfer case and painting/installing the bed. A friend of mine gave me a bed off a '71 I think and it didn't look too bad a couple years ago, theres alot of holes that would need welded up. I started tearing into it this weekend and after cleaning out the bed found that the bottom of the bed is lined with 3/4" plywood. After starting to rip up the plywood there isn't much of the bed left underneath. Its pretty frustrating.
The question I have is will a 1/2 ton box bolt up to a 3/4 ton frame? I need to go searching for a better bed now. This ones in pretty bad shape. Thanks for the help.
The question I have is will a 1/2 ton box bolt up to a 3/4 ton frame? I need to go searching for a better bed now. This ones in pretty bad shape. Thanks for the help.
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Thanks thats good to know. I went to one junk yard today but they didn't have any boxes that were in good shape. I'll have to try a couple more yards next week.
What year did they start putting the turn signals in the back sides of the beds?
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What year did they start putting the turn signals in the back sides of the beds?
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They make replacement bed sheets that you can weld in after cutting out your old sheet metal. I've seen them in one of the parts catalogs, LMC I believe. Just another way to go if you feel like it.
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One possible complication that I experienced putting a 67 bed on a 69 chassis: the 69 (other years possibly) F250 has some fancy leaf spring configuration. I think it was called flex-0-matic or something like that. Anyway, the rear spring mount is more complex and it rides up a little higher and it hits the 67 bed on one of the structural cross-channels. I've temporarily elevated the bed using washers on the back bolts, but it will eventually have to fixed with a torch and welding some support back in that allows for the spring tops. just something to look at.
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