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AA Platform Skid strips
- Thread starter CPDSarge
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Check with Mar-K, they have about every size. https://www.mar-k.com/partList.aspx
Hi CPDSarge,
I have seven stainless truck bed strips, undrilled, not buffed. Unfortunately, they are only 95" oal. They're 1.5 wide,with raised rolled edges, exact copies of all the other bed strips. I bought them at Hershey about thirty years ago for my 29 AA with an eight foot bed that was wide enough to need seven dividers between the planks, not original Ford bed, but nice looking and well proportioned. The worst thing is shipping for a heavy 95" package. I'm in central western Connecticut, where are you?
I just figured out Private Messaging, but still puzzling over the want ads. If you're interested,PM me.
Russ
I have seven stainless truck bed strips, undrilled, not buffed. Unfortunately, they are only 95" oal. They're 1.5 wide,with raised rolled edges, exact copies of all the other bed strips. I bought them at Hershey about thirty years ago for my 29 AA with an eight foot bed that was wide enough to need seven dividers between the planks, not original Ford bed, but nice looking and well proportioned. The worst thing is shipping for a heavy 95" package. I'm in central western Connecticut, where are you?
I just figured out Private Messaging, but still puzzling over the want ads. If you're interested,PM me.
Russ
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Hello Sarge, The bed I Had on my AA was eight feet overall, not original Ford, but the actual wood planks were set on a crossways ledge so they were flush with surface, and there was a flat area between the end of the plank and the outside, flat vertical edge of the front and rear crossmember. The end profile of the crossmember, in a word picture, was like a channel on edge with an angle iron between its upper leg and under the end of the wood. Channel like a backwards 'C', and the angle like a backwards 'L' to the left, joined at the top of the 'L" and the left upper corner of the 'C'. I agonized over this for a long time, as all of the original Ford script beds I could find were pretty beat,bent, or rusted. This pressed shape of linear steel stock 'used to be' available at truck truck body building shops for in-shop made flatbeds and shelving, but I couldn't find any at the time and considered fabbing it up from stock.
I DID find that the front crossmember of many trucks often had a manufacturer's script (I saw FORD and DODGE). Front and rear were the same and could be swapped.
I guess you just want the strips, but someone else may use the idea for a truck bed they're making. I also considered taking the rear crossmember off at the fastened (bolts or rivets) corner for straightening and body work, and shortening the sides to let me use these nice stainless strips.
11/22/23- Have a nice holiday season,
Russ
I DID find that the front crossmember of many trucks often had a manufacturer's script (I saw FORD and DODGE). Front and rear were the same and could be swapped.
I guess you just want the strips, but someone else may use the idea for a truck bed they're making. I also considered taking the rear crossmember off at the fastened (bolts or rivets) corner for straightening and body work, and shortening the sides to let me use these nice stainless strips.
11/22/23- Have a nice holiday season,
Russ