Bed choices
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Bed choices
Silly question but here goes: I bought a 67 f-100 4x4 with no bed on it. It spent it's entire life on a cattle ranch in Oregon with a feeder thing on it. The bed was removed literally decades ago. I think it might have originally had a styleside longbed on it. Will a stepside bed go on without modifications to the frame etc?
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cep62
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Re: Bed choices
A '72 and earlier bed will bolt on. In '73 the frame got wider and the wheel base grew a couple of inches so you would have to do some fab work, but it can be done.
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sargentrs
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Re: Bed choices
I can't say from personal experience but from looking at the frame drawings and dimensions for 4x2 and 4x4 here http://www.fordification.com/tech/bodybuilder70.htm everything looks to be the same where the bed bolts on. I would say that as long you find a LWB bed to match you LWB frame, it should be fine.
Randy
1970 F100 Sport Custom Limited LWB, 302cid, 3 on the tree. NO A/C, NO P/S, NO P/B. Currently in 1000 pcs while rebuilding. Project thread: http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... 22&t=59995 Plan: 351w, C4, LSD, pwr front disc, p/s, a/c, bucket seats, new interior and paint.
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1970 F100 Sport Custom Limited LWB, 302cid, 3 on the tree. NO A/C, NO P/S, NO P/B. Currently in 1000 pcs while rebuilding. Project thread: http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... 22&t=59995 Plan: 351w, C4, LSD, pwr front disc, p/s, a/c, bucket seats, new interior and paint.
1987 F-150 XLT Lariat, 5.0/C6 auto.
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67mann
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Re: Bed choices
from experience..( 
never mind it's an 67) but, for whom it may help...they started the Flex-o-Matic option in 70,meaning there's a notch in the cross member of the bed for the extra height of the back bracket and need to be considered or addressed when replacing a bedI've had enough and I'm not alone
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