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| | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 267 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 267 | i know this subject has been kicked all around in here but. i've got the plywood floor out and i can see where it was not a 1 piece sheet ,but is several pieces tounge and grooved together. iwas thinking of putting it back in a similer fashion. any body got any fresh experince with this or gone the way of others in past post? tom
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 | What year? I think some of the earlier panels had the multi-piece floors. Both of my 1-ton GMCs ('52 and '54), built on the Chebby line at St. Louis, have the solid floors. I'm looking for a solid junkyard cargo van to convert to a metal floor. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 267 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 267 | GMC panel -it's a 53 chevy i have in progress. i'm useing a 49 to part on it has the the multi-piece floors i looked real hard at that but the wood is only 3/4" at best.I don't think that with todays quality of board, it would be stong . my plan is to go close to orginal with this one.i jump over and ask the mar-k guy in the bed section
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 | Check with your local lumberyards - 3/4" marine plywood is available in larger sizes than the standard 4'x8' size. It's expensive, though... | | | | | Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 4 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 4 | TPYLE, I'm kind of new to the forum but I have a couple of Burbs and a panel. I think in (late?)1952 GM stopped using solid yellow pine planks and began using marine plywood. Yellow pine is a hard durable wood. If you want to keep it original get the ply. Also they shortened the metal strips a couple inches. Measure your 49s and compare to the 53s. Mar-k probably can tell you more.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 267 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 267 | six drive , i'm gonna stick with the plywood ,I'm gonna cut up some 4x8 into two or three pieces made from templates(the orginal piece)that i had to cut out.I'll be fishin for new ideas till it's time.
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