I caught grief (polite advice really) about spending time and resources to repair my patina bed header panel. Almost everyone thought it was too far gone. Now I’m torn between buying 2 new wheel houses versus repairing what I have. When I am finished with my bed repairs and reassembly, I want to look in the bed and see a mix of new wood floor and bed strips surrounded by the patina that fits the rest of the truck. The inside of the cab is freshly restored and that was done for comfort. I really don’t know how to make a new wheel house look like a 60 year old piece of bed with a mixture of rust and worn off paint. Overall the original wheel houses are solid except for the flange where they bolt to the bed. Two new repop wheel houses will cost me $236.76 delivered and then I’ll need to paint a faux-tina finish. The bed side flanges look pretty good.
