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EARLY BOLTS
1916 - 1936
1928 Chevrolet AB Canopy Express
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Discussing issues specific to the pre-1937 trucks.
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Hello, got some pine boards for 53 truck bed, what are other alternatives to use other than bed strips?
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Laminate it like a butcher block and install it in one piece?
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Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums
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Laminate it like a butcher block and install it in one piece? Installing a single piece in a '53 bed would be a trick. You'd have to remove the front panel and slide the single piece in below the angle strips and then reinstall the front panel and cross sill. Expansion and contraction of the wood would be an issue. Those might work, but you wouldn't be able to carry any sand in the bed. Unless your objective would be to spread that sand along the road. It would leak thru the cracks.  Mar-K has different options for the bed strips, including hidden fasteners. If you're looking to eliminate the bed strips altogether, you could fasten them with wood screws through the cross-sills from below, but you'd need some provision to allow the wood to expand and contract. It would likely expand and buckle or contract and crack. GM had a pretty good design for the wood installation in the first place. Many wood beds have lasted 60+ years.
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When I haul sand, I generally throw a tarp down first to make it easier to clean out.
The bigger downside to the hidden fasteners (in my opinion) is that the bed strips give you something to slide pallets and such on without scraping up the wood.
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When I haul sand, I generally throw a tarp down first to make it easier to clean out.
The bigger downside to the hidden fasteners (in my opinion) is that the bed strips give you something to slide pallets and such on without scraping up the wood. yes
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