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Shortbeds worth
Posted: March 28, 2010, 7:08 am
by 66fordtrucknut
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
Posted: March 28, 2010, 9:14 am
by 65 66 Ford
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.
Posted: March 28, 2010, 9:55 am
by Fanatic
This was using Merle's cab....and he made his fenderwells smaller than stock
Posted: March 28, 2010, 1:33 pm
by 66fordtrucknut
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
Posted: March 28, 2010, 2:48 pm
by Fanatic
Absolutely Charlie.
What color are you going with?
Posted: March 28, 2010, 5:55 pm
by 66fordtrucknut
I kinda like the red, that way I can have a matching set.
Charlie
Posted: March 28, 2010, 8:00 pm
by jwh f-100
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..
Posted: March 30, 2010, 5:45 am
by 66fordtrucknut
So any idea how much to sell the bed? Rolling chassis?
Posted: March 30, 2010, 2:10 pm
by jwh f-100
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...
Posted: March 30, 2010, 6:58 pm
by Fanatic
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.
Posted: March 31, 2010, 5:15 am
by 66fordtrucknut
Yeah, it's a 65' unfortunately.
Charlie
short wide bed ?
Posted: July 11, 2010, 6:53 pm
by mud-puppy
hey if it's a short wide bed I'am looking too. just need the bed. thanks, woody