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Apr 14, 2008 | 10:33 PM

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preppypyro

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Hardwood floor?! I would love to see how that turns out, thats a neat idea. Especially the wheel wells.

Apr 14, 2008 | 10:36 PM

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Im also curious, do you have anything to the motor in your flareside?

Apr 14, 2008 | 10:36 PM

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It's a Flareside so the box is flat on all 4 sides making it pretty straight forward for putting in the wood floor

Apr 14, 2008 | 10:37 PM

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Nothing yet for the motor, but there is a plan to that end

Apr 14, 2008 | 11:04 PM

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Right, I forgot those boxes were like that, damn here i thought i could score a free idea lol.

I think the hardwood thing is such a neat idea man, Im gonna rep ya for it.

Apr 14, 2008 | 11:20 PM

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is it an even measurement across front and back Brad??

Apr 14, 2008 | 11:24 PM

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It is, I bought a 4x8 sheet and cut off 15 inches and it fit almost perfectly. Its 48" front and back by 81" long.

Apr 14, 2008 | 11:34 PM

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thats good then... takes a pile more time if the box is weirdly shaped like mind or any of the new ones i guess...

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Apr 15, 2008 | 09:56 AM

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I did come across a picture online (heck if I can find it again!!) that had a wood floor in a newer Ford truck. It looked like he used laminate and made it to fit around the wheel wells and then routered it nice and smooth around all the edges. I don't recall if there was any visible bolts, but there were no metal strips like the classic trucks had.

I am considering a similar design, and being a Flare side, I can just slide in the tongue in groove flooring as it is also 48" lengths, and have a nice chrome retaining strip at the tail gate.

Apr 15, 2008 | 10:05 AM

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Corner Gas

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That sounds like an awsome idea,

Apr 15, 2008 | 03:07 PM

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That is a good idea...

Apr 15, 2008 | 06:39 PM

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My flush mounted tonneau is complete.

Parts include 1 4'x8'x3/8" plywood,
3-2 by 4's,
a small bag of deck screws,
2.25 metres of Naugahide and
about 3 hours effort.

Not sure how to post the link to my album, but click on my user name and go to my galleries and it's in there...

Apr 15, 2008 | 10:02 PM

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96sherm

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looks good brad, nice work. did you glue the nougahide to the plywood at all?? you'll notice that it'll stretch and billow in the wind if you don't... just some food for thought.