The current owner has had it for 18 years. They bought it at auction. The previous owner(from 18 years ago) had the original bill of sale from when they bought it from a car dealership used in 1948 for $1,750. The paperwork shows it was a stake bed in 1948. I am thinking it has always been a stake bed. I guess it is possible the original owner from 1946 pulled the bed off and made it a stake bed. That would be hard to do. Pull the bed from a 2 year old truck and make it a stake bed. to your point, these were work horses back then and I guess that is not too far from the reality of things back then.
When I picked up my 54 it had been converted to a stake bed. I think because the bed was rotted out. The previous owner did still have the original fenders. I was able to locate an original 54 bed and restore it back with the original fenders.
Last edited by dgrinnan; 07/30/2019 4:53 PM.
