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| | | | Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 120 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 120 | 1955 3100 1st Series - still an unrestored working truck.
The front bed panel on this truck is seriously rusted/rotted through in the panel's top roll-over. The project is to replace it with a new reproduction sheet metal piece.
Q: Can the front bed panel be unbolted and vertically lifted out from the bed? Or, does the bed need to be detached from the frame to remove the front bed panel?
Last edited by ol 55; 05/12/2021 11:58 AM.
1955 1st Series 3100 ol'55 | | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,055 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,055 | I believe the front panel can be snaked out between the cab and the rest of the bed. It bolts to the bedsides and to the front cross sill, then will have to be moved forward about an inch. If there isn't enough room after unbolting it, you may wind up removing the bed-to-frame bolts and moving the bed back slightly.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 11 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 11 | This tread is a little old, but.... I just did this on my truck this weekend. The hardest part of the job, by far, was removing the nine (or ten? I think it was nine) bolts securing the front panel to the cross sill. No room to work and the nuts and bolts have had 70 years to rust together. There was JUST enough room to pull the panel out. You'll scratch paint (panel, cab, and bedsides) if you're not careful. I had two helpers pulling out on the bedsides.
Tim
1951 3100, 216, 4 speed, 6 volt
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