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I can't seem to find it on here, and I'm sorry if it has already been answered, but my bed is all torn apart, and I need to know what the width of a 1950 Chevy 3100 bed is from the inside lip of one fender to the inside lip of the other fender (or in other words the maximum rearend width to the point of tire contact from fender to fender) the easiest way to measure I think and get close is to measure the width of each fender (inside lip to outside box side, measure the width of the bed, and add them all together. This doesn't account for bedside width, but it would get close enough. Anyone know this width?

Sounds like you're looking for max width outside of tire to outside of tire.

The bed is 50 inches wide (inside). Add 1/8" for the thickness of the two bedsides. Then the fenders are approximately 12" from mounting surface to the lip at the crown of the wheel opening. Just measured the fender I have on my work table. Might be a touch off, but likely within 1/4 inch or so.

From the specifications, the width across rear fenders is 74.5 inches, and the track (center of tread to center of tread on tires) is 61 inches.

Thank you!

Just as a double check: Page 59 (pdf page 30) of the 1950 Chevrolet Truck Specification Manual shows the bed width of a 3100 Model to be 74-7/16"

More info here: https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/do...hevrolet-Trucks/1950-Chevrolet-Truck.pdf

Hope that helps.

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John

I got that 74-1/2 inch fender to fender width off the 1951 version of that document.

What's 1/16 inch between friends? I'm sure the fenders will flex more than that.

Thanks guys! I'm safe to assume 74 1/2 it sounds like. Thanks for the heritage guide, lots of good info there!