50 f1 bed
Thread Starter
|
New User
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 12
Likes: 0
50 f1 bed
anybody had any luck straightening bed sides? My truck had a sheet of 1/8" plate welded in for a floor and the welds stretched/shrunk bedsides. Would like to keep originals. Got one about halfway done with welds and a wet towel on appropriate sides of the metal. Is there an easier way?
Elder User
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 934
Likes: 2
From: Sterling, Virginia
Straightening a flat sheet is one of the hardest metal working jobs there is. I had the outer door skins warped from a sanblaster with too much pressure and I tried heating and shrinking with a wet towel, hammer and dolly shrinking-nothing worked. I called a body shop and they told me it's like "making love to a woman"!!! He didn't want to touch it. Feel sorry for his wife.....
Anyway I got another couple of doors. Moral is it's probably cheaper to just buy the repo bed sides, save the "lovin" for your significant other.
Anyway I got another couple of doors. Moral is it's probably cheaper to just buy the repo bed sides, save the "lovin" for your significant other.
Hotshot
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 16,194
Likes: 4,805
From: Burbank, WA
I agree with Zoot. The problem with trying to straighten bed sides is that both sides have to look good, unlike a door skin where you could hide small flaws with filler, etc. Since you see both sides, there's no hiding anything. For the $300 or so they cost, you can't do much hammering and dollying and come out ahead.
Lead Driver
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 7,669
Likes: 13
From: San Jose, CA
Straightening a flat sheet is one of the hardest metal working jobs there is. I had the outer door skins warped from a sanblaster with too much pressure and I tried heating and shrinking with a wet towel, hammer and dolly shrinking-nothing worked. I called a body shop and they told me it's like "making love to a woman"!!! He didn't want to touch it. Feel sorry for his wife..... Anyway I got another couple of doors. Moral is it's probably cheaper to just buy the repo bed sides, save the "lovin" for your significant other.
Anyway I got another couple of doors. Moral is it's probably cheaper to just buy the repo bed sides, save the "lovin" for your significant other.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Thor'sHammer
1999 - 2016 Super Duty
0
Oct 13, 2016 11:51 PM
aussiecowboy
1948 - 1956 F1, F100 & Larger F-Series Trucks
10
Apr 4, 2014 11:09 AM
drof46
1961 - 1966 F-100 & Larger F-Series Trucks
3
Jul 12, 2009 03:34 PM
Drusplanet
1978 - 1996 Big Bronco
2
Mar 18, 2003 01:23 PM
