Thread: Measurements of Wood for bed

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Here's the website I found...

http://www.gmcpauls.com/47-72_BedWood_Info.htm

Originally Posted by resin addict

Here's the website I found...

http://www.gmcpauls.com/47-72_BedWood_Info.htm

That's the place I saw a couple of years ago! Thanks!!!!

Resin Addict,
The floor in that truck is "drop dead" beautiful.
I checked out that link and saw everything but what I was looking for. Mine is a 1981 Chevy stepside needin the same floor work done.

Toms94,
Any updates.

Originally Posted by FlatBrokeRacing

Resin Addict,
The floor in that truck is "drop dead" beautiful.
I checked out that link and saw everything but what I was looking for. Mine is a 1981 Chevy stepside needin the same floor work done.

Toms94,
Any updates.

Nah, I've been doing Grandpa duty for the last couple of weeks. I'll get in touch with the guy next week and schedule a time to do this little project.

I got her done! The owner had some ideas that I agreed to try....I think it turned out OK. Instead of buying the regular metal hold down strips he wanted to use strips of Aluminum diamond plate. We had decided to use the diamond plate on the sides and front of the box because the previous owner had put it on the tailgate.

The previous owner had put 3/4" oak veneer plywood on the sides and front....which looked like "sheet". When we pulled off the plywood, the sides and front of the bed hadn't been prepped or painted very well, so we were forced to do something else. I our brainstorming, I suggested using the diamond plate, as it turned out it was a nice/easy solution. So with that decision it was, "Why don't we use the diamond plate for the strips?" I figured it wasn't to tough to give it a go, if we didn't like it we weren't out much. I really like the effect of tying everything together. Here's a few pictures!







The only problem I see is, the flat metal strips have a tendency to bow between the bolts. If they had been shaped like the original strips they would have been stronger and less likely to do this. What do you guys think?

That really looks nice.

Originally Posted by DennyW

As long as you are not going to haul anything back there to bend the strips, (show only), I think it looks really nice.

The owner tells me he's going to get a sheet of plywood to put in the bed if he hauls anything.