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    White Oak lumber with a Golden Oak stain and Marine varnish. Bruce Horkey's bed kit.
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    I just put my new windshields and new gasket from Steele's back in and it fits like a glove. I used the "Vulcanized" gasket. It's spendy, but worth the money. It's all molded with the center bar included.
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    Looking good!!!
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    All stock glass sizes, nothing's been chopped.
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    I'm having a mobile glass guy come out and do it right in my driveway. He works on mostly vintage cars & trucks and he said he'll handle it no problem. I've never replaced glass before, and I surely didn't want to touch the corner glass.
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    I'm replacing my windshields too and I ordered the gasket from Steele. Just received it in the mail yesterday along with the 3 back windows as well......very spendy $$$$.... but the quality looks 2nd to none.
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    I just replaced my truck bed with Bruce Horkey's kit. I really like it. All went together real well.
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    They slide on over your visor rod. They were a VERY tight fit. I needed to spray silicone spray over the visor rod and inside the new visor sleeve to get them to slide on.
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    Yes, they still have them. I just bought a pair and they work great.
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    Took the truck for a little drive around town, and yes what a difference!! Between having the steel plate gone, the wood bed and the new shocks, I noticed it rides a bit smoother, and quieter. I don't hear that steel plate banging around on the bumpy roads.
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    Yes, original color and original paint job. It's amazing what rubbing compound and wax will do to a 64 year old paint job. I'm sure the quality (lots of lead I'm sure) has something to do with it.
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    I finished installing the bed today. Long process, but for the most part went really well with little flaws. I used White Oak lumber, stained them with a Golden Oak varithane stain, and applied 2 coats of McClosky's Marine Varnish. I rabbited the sides of the boards 3/16" deep x 1/2" wide. This left the rails about 1/16" - 1/8" raised above the wood surface. Also, I installed neoprene washers under each carriage bolt to help buffer the wood to metal contact.
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    It's the original paint job from '48. It's the stock yellow color shown on the original color chips. The quality of the paint is amazing. (I'm sure full of lead). Between the power wash picture and the painted chassis picture, I forgot to note, but I used a power buffer and some heavy duty rubbing compound and buffed out a lot, not all, of the rust and scuffs etc. I'm going to put a coat of wax on before I install the wooded bed.
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    Yes from Horkey's. It was a toss up between them and Mar-K. After reading several opinions and checking them out on line, I decided to go with Horkey's. Good quality stuff, IMO.
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    Then I painted the chassis and installed some new shocks. In the meantime, in between each step I cut and milled the lumber for the bed, stained and varnished the boards. I hope to have the boards installed today. I will post pictures when done.
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    I used a grinder with a SS brush head and grinded off all the layers of mud and dirt build up, then used a power washer and power washed everything.
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    Here's a few shots of the chassis after I pull the steel plate out. About 40+ years of dirt, mud, and rust, but in pretty good shape overall.
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    Santa Claus brought me a new bed kit this year, and with some time off over the holidays and the incredible Dec winter California weather we've been having, I've been busy working on restoring my truck bed. The original wooden bed rotten out in the late 1960's. This steel plate was installed in 1970 and has been in the truck ever since. Besides having to grind off all the carriage bolts to get it out, it came out w/o too much trouble.
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    Just finished re-installing the gauge cluster. Thank you B1B Keven for the gauge faces, they worked perfect and look great!! Before After
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    Thanks.
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    What size rivetts did you use? Not sure if it's 3/16" or 1/4".
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    I spoke to this guy, he use to run an ad in the Hemmings magazine, he knows his stuff. His name is Charles Siegfried, phone number (707) 823-7927. He's located in Sebastopol, CA. He's a real nice guy, he'll be able to answer questions, etc. over the phone. As soon as I told him about my 802 radio, he know exactly what he would need to do to it, and how much it would cost. I haven't taken it to him yet because I'm not ready to spend the money on this yet.
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    Thanks, yeah, the 'rivetts' were going to be the next hurdle to try and jump, so thanks for the heads up on that.
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    Thanks Reg, maybe I'll give that a try too. By the way, I just learned that you know my aunt.... Debbie Condict in Colfax.
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