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| | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2 | Looking for a short bed, sides, front, rear panels and rails? Who's got the best prices? Looking for a rod so factory correct not important.
TKZ Designs, MASS
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 888 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 888 | Welcome busta,
I used Mar-K for a lot of parts. Great quality, fair price and at the right time free shipping. Their packaging was very protective. Also a member here in good standing
Dan | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Ah men to that, nothin' but the best! http://mar-k.com/ DG
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 435 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 435 | Mar-K Hands down, has the best parts, service, fit, finish, and packagaing. Besides, they are made here in the USA. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 442 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 442 | Mar-K for sure, love the Gorilla-proof packing! | | | | | Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 506 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 506 | Busta,
I've got a pair of rails, from a 52 chevy pu 1/2 ton. 47-53 all the same. They are Sandblasted and Zink coated sitting high and dry in my shed. Some very minor small pinholes, but nothing you cant easiely fix. I've been keeping them for 5 years thinking I would build another. $200. for both. I live in Syracuse, NY just off the Rt 90 thruway. Call me at 315.952.5441
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | I saw a beautiful bed on a 50 AD that was bought down in Pasadena Texas(near Houston), don't know the name of the outfit.
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2 | 52pu Do you have any pics of the bed sides? thanks tim
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TKZ Designs, MASS
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,644 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,644 | I just installed My bed go with Mar-K made in USA and the best parts I've got for My truck.
Pete | | | | | Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 | Mar-K all the way for restorations but if your are rat-rodding you might look into used parts with some imperfections. Mar-K stuff is perfect. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Or you could buy a new bed from Mar-K and beat it up with a ball peen hammer and bend the flanges down a little on each end with a 2x4 clamped to the lip. If you’re real lucky a couple of the stake pockets will tear loose then it will look real authentic. What they call that??? Distressed finish.
Jazz and rat rodding, I'll never understand either one. Why take a perfectly good tune and play by avoidance of traditional western tonality, i.e. atonal or take a perfectly good vehicle and turn it into a pile of junk.
dg
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Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 60 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 60 | GO WITH MAR-K YOU ORDER THEM THE WAY YOU WANT THEM. WITH OR HOLES , SMOOTH ANGLES/NO STAKE POCKETS,
TEAR DROPS, IF YOU HAVE A 47/48 WITH TANK UNDER BED THEY WILL PUT THE HOLE ON THE RH BED SIDE.
FRAMEUP TRUCKS - 47/55.1ST
STILL PLAYING WITH TRUCKS
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