I'm mounting my bed on my '53 1/2 ton and have a problem with the height. My bed sides are new aftermarket but don't have fender holes (but this isn't a problem though, as the 2nd fender hole up from the bottom should go through the bed side's angle strip). When I align it that way, the front fender to running board bolts are about 1" off. It seems like the rear running board brackets are 1" low because everything aligns if I raise the rear of it up. Also, when I raise the running board up 1" in the rear it looks level with the bottom of the cab.

The frame at one point was moved onto it's side on those brackets, maybe they were bent? But if I bend them upwards, they'll be angled instead of flat.

The bed is sitting on the correct blocks/pads, I measured the height from Mar-K's measurements.


'53 Chevy truck 1/2 ton