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| | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 | The 1951 Engineering Features book from Chevy states that the rear cross member was now welded in addition to being bolted to the rear stake pockets. It says this was done to eliminate bowing of the bed sides when loaded that was a problem on earlier models.
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