1966 Chevy Truck Wood Bed Installation

Pry the old boards and bolt strips up with a pry bar.

1966 chevy truck wood bed installation. The bed wood in the chevrolet gmc trucks was originally a southern yellow pine. Pry the strip up slightly as needed to fit the boards smoothly. These special strips are typically found on chevrolet and gmc stepside models and are often spot welded to the bed side sheetmetal. Well parts were ordered and when the time came to put it all together i realized the bed box wasn t.

The advanced designed trucks bed wood came from the factory treated with a combination of linseed oil and lampblack giving it a dull black color. Installing an oak bed in a 1970 c 10. Fit the boards into the bed of the truck lining up the gaps between boards with the bolt holes in the bed frame. These strips fill the gap between the inner bed side and bed wood on the far left and right sides of the bed floor.

Slide the two long boards under the trim strips along the bedside for step side trucks or fit the four cut pieces around the wheel wells on each side for fleet side trucks. From the get go i d arranged to install one of bruce horkey s beautiful bed wood kits. Bed wood kits replace your worn out bed wood with a bed wood kit from lmc truck. 1966 chevrolet c 10 pick up truck 1 2 ton step side short bed 6 cylinder engine 104 871 original miles garage kept purple 3rd owner owned for 20 years all original except paint tires and.

Install the new boards starting at the outside edge. 1 2 3 4 t short bed step side. 1 2 3 4 t long bed step side. Check the fit of the seven steel bolt strips one of which will be in every joint between the boards.