Thread: Measurements of Wood for bed

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I don't know if the bed in a '52 is different, but I replaced the wood in the bed of my '59 by cutting new wood myself like you're planning on doing. A couple of things to bear in mind, the location of the holes with the offset washers has to still match the holes in your cross strips, and be sure to countersink the holes for and use those off-set washers.
A lot of guys just use carriage bolts and washers without countersinking the holes and in my opinion it looks kind of tacky.
When I did mine I found a website that listed all the exact measurements of the wood pieces including where to place the holes...I checked and I don't have the link anymore, but try a google search for Chevrolet wood bed.
Good luck