Replacement long box
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I'm still trying to bang out the dent in the original bed wall, the beautiful thick sheet metal can be quite a pain when its dented. Just in case it is beyond fixing, how hard is it to find a replacement long box for my '67 F100? The existing bed looks great, except for a huge dent right over the driver side wheel. The frame is fine but the dent over the wheel looks like the truck side sideways into a tree. I'm trying to straighten it out again, but it ain't as easy as the dents in my '86 with its thin sheet metal were.
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I'm in the rust belt. Michigan. The only reason the rest of the truck is rust free is it has only been in Michigan since June of this year. I plan to never let it see snow, its in my barn right now.
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I've been looking for a while with no success, and I'm in Memphis. I'm sure there are a lot more 60s vintage trucks left down here than there are in Michigan, so I'd be shocked if you managed to find one locally. You really have two choices:
1. Get extremely lucky, and find a cheap 67-69 long bed truck that someone else recently brought north and now wants to get rid of. Buy the whole thing and use whatever parts you need off of it.
2. Buy a bed from a salvage yard in the west.
The second option has a number of drawbacks. First, you'll have to pay for shipping. The yards usually have guys who will deliver, but you may be waiting up to 3 months to get on a delivery run to your area, and it will cost anywhere from $150-500 just for the delivery. Oh, and you'll need a way to unload (4 strong friends?) when it finally arrives. Second, you'll be buying something you haven't been able to look at closely. You can usually get the yard to send photos, but you never know until you get it exactly what condition it's in. Caveat emptor.
If you happen to be going out west, take a day or two to hit some yards that claim to have a good supply of 67-69 Ford trucks. If you find a bed you like, buy it on the spot and arrange for delivery. You might want to buy a couple of core supports, doors and passenger side inner fenders, too. You may not need them, but you can resell them in Michigan and cover the cost of your trip.
Finally, make sure that you get a 67-69 bed. A 70-72 will fit, but its not the same. The 70-72 beds had different rear corners, with side marker lights in them. My 69 was apparently hit in the right rear at some point, and the idiot that repaired it grafted in a corner from a 70-72 bed. Thus, my side mouldings don't fit right and there is a hole in the right rear corner.
1. Get extremely lucky, and find a cheap 67-69 long bed truck that someone else recently brought north and now wants to get rid of. Buy the whole thing and use whatever parts you need off of it.
2. Buy a bed from a salvage yard in the west.
The second option has a number of drawbacks. First, you'll have to pay for shipping. The yards usually have guys who will deliver, but you may be waiting up to 3 months to get on a delivery run to your area, and it will cost anywhere from $150-500 just for the delivery. Oh, and you'll need a way to unload (4 strong friends?) when it finally arrives. Second, you'll be buying something you haven't been able to look at closely. You can usually get the yard to send photos, but you never know until you get it exactly what condition it's in. Caveat emptor.
If you happen to be going out west, take a day or two to hit some yards that claim to have a good supply of 67-69 Ford trucks. If you find a bed you like, buy it on the spot and arrange for delivery. You might want to buy a couple of core supports, doors and passenger side inner fenders, too. You may not need them, but you can resell them in Michigan and cover the cost of your trip.
Finally, make sure that you get a 67-69 bed. A 70-72 will fit, but its not the same. The 70-72 beds had different rear corners, with side marker lights in them. My 69 was apparently hit in the right rear at some point, and the idiot that repaired it grafted in a corner from a 70-72 bed. Thus, my side mouldings don't fit right and there is a hole in the right rear corner.
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