The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Paint and Body Shop Anyone else out there have a 1950 GMC 1 Ton Stake Body Pickup?

Hi, I am new to the forum and love reading the topic. What a wealth of knowledge.

I have a 1950 GMC 1 Ton Stake body pickup and was wondering if anyone knew of another owner in the USA that had the same truck? I have been looking for years and haven't really found any.

If you know of another owner, would love to connect with them.

I have been trying to replace the metal rails around the outside of the truck but all I get is 'Good Luck".

Thanks
George

I think that's about all you can expect...
Time for new metal working tools so you can fab your own.

I need to put a metal side rail around my new reproduction wooden deck on our 55 one ton. The rotten old grain box was removed and burned by the farmer and the steel items were scrapped!!!
I have access to old out of service school bus parts and the rolled steel outside barrier strips that are on all buss body's seem to be close to the correct size and profile. Grind the heads off the retaining rivets and presto side trim for our decks.
Every scrap yard probably has them and they are cheap-- like me.

Good luck with the deck.

^^^ that's the ticket!

1950GMC Guy, I have a 48 3/4 ton chevy with a stake bed on it. by the looks of it, I believe it was built in the 40's or 50's. Still new enough to be figuring out the pics...will post some soon.

first attempt at pics


Four bed pics to see.

Have a look at this post for future reference on posting pics:

https://www.stovebolt.com/ubbthread..._post_photos_on_the_Stov.html#Post811402

-Jim

Thanks Howie, I think I am just going to build it out of wood first. It will be about $300 in wood so if it doesn't work then I will go the next route. Thanks for the advice.

Check the search feature (the one from the menu at the very top of the page and the very bottom of the page; not the search for the forum). I found quite a few GMC stake body trucks. Some are big; some 1/2-ton. Many are trucks in the Gallery and some are posts in the forum. One guy was just about to start his stake body on his GMC 1/2-ton.

I have a 1949 3800 Chevrolet Cab/chassis. I believe that my truck bed was a homebuild or aftermarket. A good metal fabricator should be able to fix you up.