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| | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 406 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 406 | We at Mar-K are doing research into the change of the floor assembly of the 47-55 1st series 1/2 ton Canopy Express and Panels. What year did the floor assembly change from separate boards and 8 long bed strips to the one-piece plywood floor with 5 bed strips?
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Mar-Ktech | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | Mar-K....I'm not sure when they started but I have an original 52 panel and it is the one piece/5 strip. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 267 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 267 | Mar-k
i have a 47 chevy panel with the board strips, a 53 GMC and 2-53 chevy panels with plywood.all appear orginal.
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 406 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 406 | Thanks Achipmunk and TPYLE for your response. I agree that your findings are correct. It seems that somwhere between 1950 and 1951 was when the change occured. It may have been at the end of the 1951 model year.
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Mar-Ktech | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 64 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 64 | I have a 49 CE and bunck of photos of the floor as I just took it out. Check out my photos under 1949 Canopy Express. And I will be looking to replace all wood and strips so any and all info would be great if you are putting a kit together. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | According to a Mar/Apr 1984 articles in the Light Commercial Vehicle Association magazine, in 1950 ". . the floor boards of panel and canopy express models were changed to plywood construction. In the new construction a single panel of wood and five skid strips replaced thirteen floor boards and twelve skid strips. The new floor was positively sealed against dust leakage and the plywood made the floor 25 to 30% stronger than the former construction."
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