I'm finally getting to the point where I can start putting together the bed on my 53 one ton! Problem is that there are no original parts, so I'll be starting from scratch. If anyone has done this I could use all the information I can get. What order do you put things together? How many cross sills, and where do they go? Should the bed be put together off the truck then lifted on?
Given the length of this bed I assume it's pretty heavy when assembled, and I don't know how to support it while assembling, if it needs to be done off the frame.
I don't even know where to start! Any information or advice would be appreciated.
Tim
I am currently digging back in to a 1953 3800 (one ton) with a nine foot bed. I've owned it since 1979, and drove it until 1982 (or so). My wife got me involved in restoring it back in 2002, got the body removed and the frame redone, then things came up. Now I am retired and starting again. If anyone is interested I have photos on Imagur (
https://timwhiteblues.imgur.com/ ). I live way back in the woods in the Ozarks on 40 acres at the end of a 2 1/2 mile private road.
Tim
