Re: Question for Oldtimers - Pickup Bed Wood
I have had two beds with good original wood. A '52 F3 and a '59 F350 9' flareside. The '52 I worked on today, and I only have the bed. It had a camper in it since new. The bed wood still has a light blue paint, same as the bed. The '59 had bed wood painted green, same as the rest of the truck. I have just planed, ripped and edged all the douglas fir bed wood for my current project, a '47 one ton pickup. I have new primed steel 8' strips for it too. Am I gonna paint it red like the rest of the truck? That's my plan, but I may cave and just throw some light marine teak oil on it instead. What it won't have is multiple coats of gloss or semi-gloss varnish on it. And no I don't remember these trucks new. I'm just a kid at 65. Hope this helps.
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Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1947 Tonner Pickup (red) mostly stock with exception of a cummins 6at turbo diesel, 1946 Tonner Pickup (green) with 226 cu in 6 cyl flathead, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, completely encased in 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. Ok, cornbinder rear fenders..... 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)
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