Shortbeds worth

66fordtrucknut · Post by **66fordtrucknut** » March 28, 2010, 7:08 am

What do you think a short bed is worth? I have a guy who's interested in my bed, my floor is fairly solid but is rusted along the front edge of course. Sides are straight no dings. I'm gonna go in a different direction. I'm thinking to finish my cab, and put it on my 78' 350 dually dump bed frame. Everything seems to be the same. Hey people put our sheetmetal on 73-79 frames all the time, why not a 350? The cab is done except for paint. I have all the parts, pieces and a new motivation to do this. I think after paint, it wouldn't be more than a couple of weekends to just swap the cab. Just don't know if I would need the bigger front fenders or not. What do you think?
Charlie

65 66 Ford · Post by **65 66 Ford** » March 28, 2010, 9:14 am

How tall are the tires on the front of the 350 ? You should be able to put tires 31 inches tall without any problems. Any taller would need to be checked for clearance when turning.

Fanatic · Post by **Fanatic** » March 28, 2010, 9:55 am

This was using Merle's cab....and he made his fenderwells smaller than stock

66fordtrucknut · Post by **66fordtrucknut** » March 28, 2010, 1:33 pm

Nice work Tim, Thats what I'm trying to imagine. I'll be prettying up the bed soon. That would be a tough looking Slick I think.
Charlie

Fanatic · Post by **Fanatic** » March 28, 2010, 2:48 pm

Absolutely Charlie.
What color are you going with?

66fordtrucknut · Post by **66fordtrucknut** » March 28, 2010, 5:55 pm

I kinda like the red, that way I can have a matching set.

Charlie

jwh f-100 · Post by **jwh f-100** » March 28, 2010, 8:00 pm

Charlie, My '62 f250 has 235/85- 16s and seems to clear the "small fenders" fine.. I wonder if the track width is a bit wider on your '78, that may make a difference..

66fordtrucknut · Post by **66fordtrucknut** » March 30, 2010, 5:45 am

So any idea how much to sell the bed? Rolling chassis?

jwh f-100 · Post by **jwh f-100** » March 30, 2010, 2:10 pm

66fordtrucknut wrote:So any idea how much to sell the bed? Rolling chassis?

If you have the title I would think the complete set would have some value to a guy who wanted to do a shortbed coversion (Maybe Dwight

). Considering the work involved choping a longbed I bet you could bring $500 for a bed frame and title..

A decent bed not needing major repair I'd guess $250 plus...

Fanatic · Post by **Fanatic** » March 30, 2010, 6:58 pm

What year is it Charlie? I've been thinkin of doing a new frame for my uni----in the future! I guess I need a short 61-64 frame tho.

66fordtrucknut · Post by **66fordtrucknut** » March 31, 2010, 5:15 am

Yeah, it's a 65' unfortunately.

Charlie

mud-puppy · Post by **mud-puppy** » July 11, 2010, 6:53 pm

hey if it's a short wide bed I'am looking too. just need the bed. thanks, woody

Shortbeds worth

Shortbeds worth

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