Hey there guys,
I've been looking for either a 9' stake bed or a 9' fleet side bed for a '52 1-ton that will hopefully arrive one of these days. I found a stake bed that looks to be factory for the era, it's sitting on a '56 currently and the dimensions are 8'2"long x 6'8"wide, shorter and skinnier than the factory stake bed listed
here.
Here are photos of the bed. I think the skinnier bed would look good on my 1-ton, which was originally a pickup (still has long running boards) but wonder if being 8'2" long will fit on the frame with the appropriate spacing between bed and cab, considering the proper stake bed length is 9'3". Anyone out there know how much space there is between the end of the frame and the end of the stake bed on a factory built AD 1-ton? Would an 8'2" bed fit okay on the frame?
