1953 f100 bed build

[Dreasoner]

Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum

I have started my truck bed build for my 53 f100 this weekend. Got a lot done thanks to an friends at the fab shop I use to work at. We sheared all the material and made the bends.

I bent the sides and milled a notch in the tubing for the rolled edge. I capped the ends and beveled them. Drilled a bunch of holes and spot welded it with a small bead between the spots. Turned out great.

I wanted to do something different for the floor and decided against wood because I am going to use this truck. It's gunna get line x when finished.

I have a partial bed that I am using for measurements but I only have the rear crossmember.

Can anyone give me the dimensions of the front crossmember and the middle two????? I want to make them out of tubing but need a base line to start.

I'll try to attach some pictures.

 

[maverickmk]

Welcome. Nice work, looks good. You might want to start a thread in the "Please Introduce Yourself" section and introduce yourself and tell us about what you're working on, etc.

 

[old man dave]

I cant give you the answers you are looking for but I can tell you that is nice work. Start a build thread so we can see the whole truck.

 

[Gastrick]

I don't have the dimensions you need but the bed looks really good so far.

 

[Dreasoner]

Thanks for the comments. Ill try to start a build thread...

I bought a great set of rear fenders, rust free originals. The yard I bought them from has some trucks I can look at to measure. Headed to get them tomorrow morning.

 

[skull]

ambitious

yes, please do a thread in the build section, you look very talented, would like to see more of you're work.


Later

 

[YBeNormal]

Bed looks awesome. Keep up th pics and welcome to the site.

 

[bruno]

I really like that bed, and the floor......that is just fantastic, going to look like wood slats but will last forever![dr

 

[Dreasoner]

I really like that bed, and the floor......that is just fantastic, going to look like wood slats but will last forever![dr

That's the idea!! I like it more and more. I'm planning on building a roll pan and the tailgate. I have a friend cutting out the Ford lettering and bars to make the tailgate to look as OEM as possible.

 

[Dirtyrat]

That really looks great, and really strong looking at the thickness!

 

[Dreasoner]

Yeah I might have gone a little overboard with the 12ga but for an extra $20 I thought it was worth it. I hate dents.

 

[Dreasoner]

I started a build thread. See my updates in there if you like.

 

[Neverdone]

VERY NICE! Much better than the bed that I built!