gunz
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Brad, i could keep an eye out down here for parts for you guys in the rust belt. I hit the salvage yards about once a month.
DRW/SRW beds???????
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all gotta realise brad knows everything and is always right.
i have many places around me with new take offs just waiting to be bought.friend of mine from NH bought one for 600.00.a junkyard near me has 20 of them on trucks rust free.but they wont sell anything for some strange reason
mint SRW beds are all over the place out here for 200-300.the SRW bed i was talking about was just givin to me.rust free with a few dings from a lawnmower
i have many places around me with new take offs just waiting to be bought.friend of mine from NH bought one for 600.00.a junkyard near me has 20 of them on trucks rust free.but they wont sell anything for some strange reason
mint SRW beds are all over the place out here for 200-300.the SRW bed i was talking about was just givin to me.rust free with a few dings from a lawnmower
82F100SWB
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I'm currently shopping for a good SRW bed... The cheapest way to get one is to buy a complete truck. I just picked up a very solid 96 F350 crew for $600, but, it didn't have the factory bed, and the one installed on it needs sills and wheelwell patches. Going rate around here for a bed is $1000, but, I can find a $300 truck with a good bed
Back east where Goofy is(I'm from there) there is one company, and a couple salvage yards that import southern body panels, and make a fortune. I remember being quoted $1500 for an 80-86 FlareSide bed that needed new bed wood and had a cracked fender...
Back east where Goofy is(I'm from there) there is one company, and a couple salvage yards that import southern body panels, and make a fortune. I remember being quoted $1500 for an 80-86 FlareSide bed that needed new bed wood and had a cracked fender...
Single to Dually Bed Conversion
Just wanted to get back to the question: what's involved in changing the SRW bed to DRW? Inquiring (or ignorant in my personal case) minds still want to know, regardless of how rusty
or how much the parts cost 
Just wanted to get back to the question: what's involved in changing the SRW bed to DRW? Inquiring (or ignorant in my personal case) minds still want to know, regardless of how rusty
or how much the parts cost 
Diesel_brad
Dunce
You would need DUALLY bed sides and dually fenders.
maybe RON has some pics of his dually bed when he painted his blue truck
maybe RON has some pics of his dually bed when he painted his blue truck
Here are 3 of Ron's that I posted in another DRW Bed thread....
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2044876710073615033bJElnG
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2938725890073615033buvvSb
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2533762520073615033WWXdMb
There is alot of side cut out of them..... I know it is not just simply cut out.... but you will see what I mean....
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2044876710073615033bJElnG
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2938725890073615033buvvSb
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2533762520073615033WWXdMb
There is alot of side cut out of them..... I know it is not just simply cut out.... but you will see what I mean....
and a place to buy them;
http://www.arrowcraft.com/products.php#fenders
http://www.arrowcraft.com/products.php#fenders
Diesel_brad
Dunce
oh really lol? what do they look like on? real bad?
i recently saw one guy with a f250 dually convert,who simply used a sheet of diamond plate aluminum.it actually didn't look bad at all.
he didn't fold it up like fender flare or anything,just used it like a large lip up under the fender and coming out enough.- did i explain that right? anyway.it looked ok.
i recently saw one guy with a f250 dually convert,who simply used a sheet of diamond plate aluminum.it actually didn't look bad at all.
he didn't fold it up like fender flare or anything,just used it like a large lip up under the fender and coming out enough.- did i explain that right? anyway.it looked ok.
Diesel_brad
Dunce
I guess you were not following the other thread. They are not factory, so they are Hacked to him
G. Mann
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Hey, it looks to me like a SRW bed could be easily cut back and the DRW bulkheads tack welded in place to make it into a DRW bed.
I'm betting the local Stealership parts book has the DRW sheetmetal part numbers and description. You would spend a few bucks for the bulkhead pieces and need to make a pattern off of a DRW bed with the fenders off.
Harbor Freight sells a neat little air operated nibbler to do the cutout without distortion. I have one. It's fast, but better than a jigsaw. Draw the line, do the cut. fit the bulkhead pieces.. tack weld them. Paint, install the dually fenders... Good to go..
Look closely at the pics in snicklas post above.. you can see the bulkheads clearly.
Get'r done !!
I'm betting the local Stealership parts book has the DRW sheetmetal part numbers and description. You would spend a few bucks for the bulkhead pieces and need to make a pattern off of a DRW bed with the fenders off.
Harbor Freight sells a neat little air operated nibbler to do the cutout without distortion. I have one. It's fast, but better than a jigsaw. Draw the line, do the cut. fit the bulkhead pieces.. tack weld them. Paint, install the dually fenders... Good to go..
Look closely at the pics in snicklas post above.. you can see the bulkheads clearly.
Get'r done !!
Diesel_brad
Dunce
Those "bulkhead" pieces are part of the dually bed side and are not sold separately. And the bed side is rolled in around the wheel opening
you may not care what your POS looks like but i want mine to be as close to factory as possible.
Diesel_brad
Dunce
Speaking of your POS, lets see this GEM
there are pictures on the site and if youre smart enough youll find my webshots
