Wide bed A pickup

[Modelacrazyq]

Hey all, I did a search but came up empty handed, I’m goin after a wide bed and steel cab tomorrow (3 hours 1 way) and I’m looking for pictures of how the wide bed mounts to the frame. I have a running chassis I’m putting the cab and bed on, I have experience with narrow beds but I’ve never seen the underside of a wide bed so any pics you might have will be a great help! The bed has a steel floor also but no wood that I can see, does the wood get sandwiched in the floor somehow? Thanks for the help!!

 

[Gary WA]

no wood on wide bed metal only.

 

[Keith True]

The wood in a wide bed is under the steel top skin.The wood does the supporting,the steel is just the top skin.The mounting points will be self explanatory once you look at it.

 

[Modelacrazyq]

Thanks guys! I’m excited to scope it all out tomorrow!,

 

[Jim Brierley]

All widebeds are not the same, but all attach to the frame in the same way.

 

[Modelacrazyq]

If anyone has pictures I’d love to see them. There may be a sub rail in there I’m missing?

 

[Modelacrazyq]

The wood in a wide bed is under the steel top skin.The wood does the supporting,the steel is just the top skin.The mounting points will be self explanatory once you look at it.

Does that mean some of the through bolts in the floor line up with the frame holes?

 

[Keith True]

I can't quite remember if the bolts actually go through the steel floor skin or not.I should know,I put a new steel floor in one years ago.I think the owner told me the steel skin and the wood subfloor cost nearly the same.The wood subrails in the wide bed run the whole length of the bed,they don't end at the rear frame crossmember like the narrow bed ones do.I seem to remember the price of the long ones was nearly triple the price of the short ones.The wood subrails do all the supporting in the widebed,in the narrow bed the steel lower siderails do the supporting.

 

[Modelacrazyq]

That’s what is missing! Okay that makes more sense I will do some research and see if I ca find them online. I knew the narrow beds have a wood sill but this is the first wide bed I’ve fooled with. Thanks for the help!

 

[Modelacrazyq]

Okay I found the sills, looks like the carriage bolts drop through and some attach through the frame I’m guessing. I’m surprised no one has popped a pic in here, maybe these beds really are rare! Lol

 

[CarlG]

There is a copy of the Ford blueprint on the Snyder's on line catalog.

https://snydersantiqueauto.com/Prod...roductDetail/A-968-SUB_SUB-FLOOR-WOOD-WIDEBED

 

[Bob C]

I have these pictures that somebody posted some time ago.

 

[MickeyT]

I took the metal floor out of my late '31 wide bed and replaced with a wood floor. You can see a number of photos at my website.

http://www.turnbophotography.com

 

[Mike/Nebraska]

Look in the new Mac's catalog. There's pictures of the bed broke down. They have awood underfloor with the metal floor over it.

 

[Modelacrazyq]

Perfect guys! Thanks!

 

[Nasukau]

Here is a picture of the bottom that someone had provided for me.

Denny

 

[Modelacrazyq]

Here is a picture of the bottom that someone had provided for me.

Denny

Very nice! Do you have any mesurements for the big wood sub rails? Where do the bolts drop in? Doesn’t look like the bed is attached to the frame by much since it overhangs the frame so much

 

[Jim Brierley]

The bolts go thru both the metal and wood, then into existing holes in the frame. Obvious once you see them.

 

[Modelacrazyq]

thank you Jim!

 

[ed thibodeau]

If you are going to replace the box subfloor you might want to use Wolmanised SIC