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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | Just installed my running board and splash aprons today.(1950 1/2 ton 3100)
Should there be a gap between the top of the apron and the bedside?
Without measuring it I would estimate approx 1/2 to 3/4" gap.
When I first got the truck the bed blocks had disintegrated and the bedsides had squashed the aprons a little.(So no references to go on)
I've checked pictures of other trucks and have seen some with gaps and some touching.
I have all new bed blocks and rubber pads.
Which is correct?
Last edited by jockbolter50; 09/06/2011 4:38 PM.
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 | I don't know how much should be there but I would say there should be a gap. When I assembled mine I had none and tried all kinds of ways to get a little gap because I kept scratching the paint. I must have repainted those aprons five or six times. I kept changing out the front blocks until I accomplished somewhere around 1/8", I hope somebody with a properly restored or original truck chimes in with the right answer for you. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,952 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,952 | Have about an eighth of an inch on my 49. But it does not mean its right as the bed is off a bit. | | |
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