Single Cab Bed Metal

[Touch Nicks Thing]

Does anyone know of a supplier for bed metal beside wolfsburg west, they want 600 for the entire bed and I thought that was a little steep. I just bought a 66 for a really good price and it needs some work from the cab back. The cab itself is in great shape, just missing some glass and the lights.

I might just use tin if I can't find the correct metal cheap enough.

Thanks, NIck Groth

[nobrakes]

$600.00 is not all that bad but I think there out of stock, at least they were last time I looked. I just went through this but I had metal already, spent days and days straightning and smoothing, the 6 bills would have been money well spent.
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[Touch Nicks Thing]

Just seems expensive to me, that is quite a bit more then I paid for the entire truck and it is not going to be a perfect resto, just a nice truck for me to take with me to college next year and act as my work truck/dune buggy tow vehicle.

[meinvw]

Maybe check with bryanm in Charlotte NC, he had a rear section of a truck for sale awhile back, not sure if he sold it or not.
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[meinvw]

Oh and I know it is not correct, but you can cut and fit the cargo floor sections from a bus as well, not correct but the seat mounting slots can be used for tie downs.
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[nobrakes]

I saw a single cab with a wood bed and stainless steel strips dividing the wood planks, guy who did it did a really nice job and it looked very nice.
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[j.pickens]

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[Touch Nicks Thing]

The motor, not sure if it is orignal or not. I haven't been able to bring it home yet because I have no where to keep it. i am looking for a place to rent but so far no luck.

[Enkiel]

[splitpile]

ISP are the people that had it made
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[ROADKILL]

you could also try metwiz or a local tin smith.

[Metalwizard]

NOW you know why you got it at a good price, I don't do bed floors, too big a project for me , kinda like one pc stamped center belly pans, ain't gonna happen here. To much time and pain in the ass+ i just flat don't have anything big enuff to form either and make it look rite. $600 is a damn good price. Steel has doubled in the last 5 months, you gotta have the rite press plus dies plus dealing with the warpage of the metal. Your talking big bucks, plus your time reasearching this shit out and making it work. Its not all a beater bag and english wheel like on the chopper shows. To put it blunt, if it was easy and super cost efficent, every monkey in the repop business would be spitting them out. (soapbox mode off). Treadplate makes a nice bed if you don't care about originality, Flat metal will pop & crackle with the flex of the truck , good luck, later

[BryanM]

Buy an early 80s toyota pickup truck to beat around college and to tow your railbuggy with. What you paid for the truck is irrelavant. replacement parts and metal cost money plain and simple. if your looking to go cheap buy a toyota and you can bolt on a new bed on every other year. Good luck.
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