bed mounting

ghostflamed66 · Post by **ghostflamed66** » October 26, 2007, 10:16 pm

Sorry guys but I have the a bad case of CRS. Cant Remember S***
I did a source with no results.
I got my 65 painted and cleared and want to mount box back on frame.
The truck has been apart for a couple of years and i dont remember what was between the box and rails.
I am thinking it was wood but dont know for sure, or what the thickness was.
Thanks for the help,
Wes

ghostflamed66 · Post by **ghostflamed66** » October 26, 2007, 10:18 pm

See i cant even spell.
That would be search, not source.

Wes

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » October 26, 2007, 10:44 pm

Wes, i dont remember there being wood on the 64-66 styleside beds but there were on the uni, slabside and stepside.i will have to look and see. i had to change a couple on my 4x4 because the bed came from a 2wd with arched frame and the f250 4x4 has a flat frame.i made the new ones from pressure treated wood.

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » October 27, 2007, 12:38 am

Wes,how`s it going,Lenore has got 2"x2"x1/2" reinforced rubber at each bolt position.Don`t know if thats wrong but works just fine

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Alan,

fmartin_gila · Post by **fmartin_gila** » October 27, 2007, 9:33 am

My 62 Uni has what looks like 2 inch by 2 inch squares about 1/4 inch thick at each mount point. They look like they have been in there from day one.
Fred

bertha66 · Post by **bertha66** » October 29, 2007, 12:09 pm

I just went out and looked, my 66 F100 4x4 is bolted right on the frame, notting inbetween the frame and the bed mount/cross member.

Lowell · Post by **Lowell** » October 29, 2007, 7:20 pm

I took the bed off my 65 shortbed sunday so i can paint the back of the cab and the front end of the bed. it was bolted metal to metal also.

megabork · Post by **megabork** » October 29, 2007, 7:49 pm

theres a webbing between the frame and bed/cab on mine i think i remember,, been a while

Post by **Greg D** » October 29, 2007, 7:53 pm

Wes, my Uni "had" (have made some adjustments after fixing the floors & mounts & replacing the front clip) from the firewall back in this order, standard cab mount donuts, then 2"x 2" x 1/2" reinforced rubber, from there back it has the wood blocks with the 2x2 rubber underneath them. My 66 short's bed was bolted right to the frame. The 64 lwb had the wood blocks only. You may have to experiment till your windline matches up, this could explain the differences.

douglloyd · Post by **douglloyd** » October 30, 2007, 10:46 am

I have taken three '66 F-100's apart and all three had redeck repairs. I remember rubber welting on one, which was probably factory. Metal to metal will squeak and wear, creating rust spots. The others had either wood or scrap metal shims, no rubber.

I used the big square threaded washers (Home Desperate or Lowes) that are used for hanging electical conduit for spacers when I put the bed back on my longbed. One or two will add about 3/4" of height where needed to line things up. Then cut a washer or two out of a plastic food container lid to keep the metal apart.

Trouble with slicks is, most of the time they look sway back even when the frame ain't bent:-)

Doug

64Ranger · Post by **64Ranger** » October 31, 2007, 3:29 pm

My 64 short styleside had both the blocks of wood and the fabric that Bork mentioned. You can still get those from http://www.horkeyswoodandparts.com/IntroPage.htm

I didn't use the wood, just the fabric pieces.

61stepside · Post by **61stepside** » October 31, 2007, 10:30 pm

My 61 stepside had all hardwood spacers. They were the same size I think. I had to cut down the rear and middle spacers to mount the 82 bed so it looked right. Hope you haven't lost the hardwood spacer mounts.