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Offline hotrod87

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New short bed
« on: February 27, 2009, 08:50:32 am »
Where can I find a new short bed (1987) fleetside

Offline VileZambonie

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Re: New short bed
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2009, 10:51:57 am »
New you have to buy all the pieces and put it together
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Offline 1983stepside

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Re: New short bed
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2009, 11:01:52 am »
New you have to buy all the pieces and put it together

im gonna take a stab in the dark and say i think he means a new one to him to replace his bed he has on his truck

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Re: New short bed
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2009, 11:05:53 am »
Then that would be used not new.
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Offline 80stepsideguy

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Re: New short bed
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2009, 11:53:50 am »
Look in the papers, look on craigslist, look on ebay.I found my bed pieces thru a local classified paper and the fenders on ebay and got like 300 total in pieces.

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Offline fitz

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Re: New short bed
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2009, 12:00:40 pm »
  Vile, I read your post a while back about the brand new bed you assembled. Sounds like the floor was a pain as far as shipping goes. In the end were you happy with the way it all fit together?
Would you recommend people go that route or look for a good rust free orig?
 

Offline hotrod87

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Re: New short bed
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2009, 05:41:05 pm »
good reading...so look in the usual places....my bed really isn't too bad, but I am losing the rear

Offline VileZambonie

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Re: New short bed
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2009, 08:33:22 pm »
In the end I ended up with two free floors So it wasn't that much of a pain  ;D As far as putting together the bed sections, I recommend elongating every single hole in advance. Personally I would look for a rust free oem bed unless you plan on a show truck.
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Offline hotrod24

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Re: New short bed
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2009, 09:53:42 pm »
hey hotrod87 this is hotrod24 lol well i was going to get a new bed but i found a used one for a good price there is some good ones out there but you can get a new one to it up to you man good luck  ;D
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Offline dspen666

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Re: New short bed
« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2009, 12:40:10 am »
Where can I find a new short bed (1987) fleetside
you can go to the dealer but the last time i looked it up, a shortbed for my '74 was like $2500