I put new wood in the bed last week. I didn't think to take a picture before I yanked it out, but you can see one of the nasty ol' boards sitting crossways holding the back of the bed up. It was the best of the bunch - the rest of them came out in pieces.
Beautiful new oak bed, finished with four coats of spar varnish (thanks, dad!):
I bought the wood pre-cut, milled and drilled (for bed mounting holes only) from Mar-K. I also bought the polished stainless rails and bolt kit. I had to drill the side rail holes, which was a piece of cake. I did this the hard way, since I didn't have any help - I didn't remove the bed from the truck. This fall, when I take it all apart again to fix the glaring error that I made (the rails are on backwards), I'll take the bed off. Definitely not going to go through that torture again!
Nice! What wheel base is that Ute?
How did the pre drilled bed mount holes line up? Did they counter sink the wood for the washers too or did you do that?
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67 Fargo W100 Utiline
52 International L-110
Hardcase,
One more question, I'm mocking up my ute bed. I've been looking at member's photo's and almost figured out how the ute bed goes together (my hard drive died on me and i've lost all disassembly photos).
The 2 bolts that bolt the bed to the frame that are closest the tailgate. Those do not go through any cross member correct? Is there anything between the wood floor and the frame? Rubber insulators maybe? Thanks
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67 Fargo W100 Utiline
52 International L-110
DukePW wrote:Hardcase,
One more question, I'm mocking up my ute bed. I've been looking at member's photo's and almost figured out how the ute bed goes together (my hard drive died on me and i've lost all disassembly photos).
The 2 bolts that bolt the bed to the frame that are closest the tailgate. Those do not go through any cross member correct? Is there anything between the wood floor and the frame? Rubber insulators maybe? Thanks
They don't go through a frame crossmember, but there's a steel channel that runs a little bit wider than the space between the two bolts - sort of a floating crossmember, I guess. Then there is a rubber insulator that goes between that piece and the frame.
Hardcase, posting some underside pictures from front to back would really help us "Ute" owners. My bed was a basket case with 2x4 and 2x6 PT lumber, warped and weathered. The factory mounting blocks were non-existant. Don.
3deez wrote:Hardcase, posting some underside pictures from front to back would really help us "Ute" owners. My bed was a basket case with 2x4 and 2x6 PT lumber, warped and weathered. The factory mounting blocks were non-existant. Don.
I can do that. I plan on crawling under there on Sunday to see if anything has come loose, so I'll drag the camera with me.
3deez wrote:Hardcase, posting some underside pictures from front to back would really help us "Ute" owners. My bed was a basket case with 2x4 and 2x6 PT lumber, warped and weathered. The factory mounting blocks were non-existant. Don.
I can do that. I plan on crawling under there on Sunday to see if anything has come loose, so I'll drag the camera with me.
Shoot. Ran out of day and didn't get time to get pictures. It's on my list, though.
I'll try and pop a couple pics of my bed mounts. The truck is an early 1949, but, uses the exact same mounts and sills as beds through 1985. No floor in the way in mine...
If I didn't build it, it ain't mine.
1949 Dodge B1B-108; 1969 D100-128; 72 Super Beetle; and a bunch of others...
That picture is ok but I'm looking for a close-up of the bed mounted to the frame, front and back, especially the back (refer to my first reply}. Thanks. Don.
