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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Body, Glass & Paint => Topic started by: Darth Goofius on March 02, 2006, 12:07:00 am

Title: To Replace the Bed or just Piece it...
Post by: Darth Goofius on March 02, 2006, 12:07:00 am
I recently aquired an '82 C-1500 that is mostly solid.  I am in a quandry on whether to replace the bed or just the bedside.  All-in-all, the bed is solid, but the rail, and just the rail, on the driver's side is full of cancer to the point of holes.  This is a bizzare sight to an OH native.  I am just wondering cost wise, being in FL, if I would be just as well off getting another bed or just replacing that bedside.  Any thoughts?  At $400 plus frieght, a bedside is not cheap, and I still need to replace the tailgate as this one is dented.  TIA.

Title: Re: To Replace the Bed or just Piece it...
Post by: Z28 c10 on March 02, 2006, 05:58:00 pm
Hey man, being in Fl., you've got SOOOOOOO many junkyards to choose from, for instance, if you're anywhere close to Tampa, you can get a whole bed from about $400. The bedsides are rather simple to replace though if you do go that route.Send a message to my inbox if you have any questions, or if you need some salvage info.
   Jason.

Title: Re: To Replace the Bed or just Piece it...
Post by: Darth Goofius on March 02, 2006, 08:06:00 pm
That's all I needed to know.  I had not been in the market for a bed in years and that was before I moved to FL.  I just didn't know what a reasonable price to expect would be...

Title: Re: To Replace the Bed or just Piece it...
Post by: Ziptar on March 03, 2006, 08:34:00 am
Where are you in Florida?? I am in Englewood.

Title: Re: To Replace the Bed or just Piece it...
Post by: 80stepsideguy on March 05, 2006, 08:44:00 pm
i like to know as well i am in hastings just west of st augustine..

thanks
pat

Title: Re: To Replace the Bed or just Piece it...
Post by: Lt.Del on March 06, 2006, 06:35:00 pm
St. Augustine, the oldest city in the nation!!  I remember as a child approaching an alligator there while on vacation.  My parents yelled at me for walking so close to it.  I've always lived on the wild side.

SgtDel

Title: Re: To Replace the Bed or just Piece it...
Post by: Z28 c10 on March 06, 2006, 07:34:00 pm
I'm in Venice Fl., I can't remember exactly which road it was on ,but there's a reather large junkyard in the St. Augustine area, I remember having to go up there a few years back to pick up parts for my Chrystler Concuest. There are two or three yards right by eachother.