Bruce Horkey Box Sides

[richardb]

Bruce Horkey is making box parts. I am wondering has anyone ordered these parts. Are the accurate to the original ones? I am wondering if this may be a better way to go than restoring the originals. Are the front and the tailgate accurate? I would appreciate any input that someone may have about them. Thank you.

[1952B3b23]

I have seen pictures and heard that Bruce does an excellent job with his bed products. I have a '52 B3b that had a wood flat bed when i bought it and i've been thinking about buying the parts from him, instead of trying to rehab a used one.

[HanksB3B]

[Dave72dt]

Low side box looks great, but does he make the high side box pieces?

[ggdad1951]

Low side box looks great, but does he make the high side box pieces?

hey Dave...I know a guy.....PM me and we can work a good deal out for ya!

[Dave72dt]

Don't need any. My box is finished except for the tailgate and paint. Just wondering about availability of new embossed pattern high side parts, including the high side stake pockets. They're differnet than the low side parts.

[ggdad1951]

Don't need any. My box is finished except for the tailgate and paint. Just wondering about availability of new embossed pattern high side parts, including the high side stake pockets. They're differnet than the low side parts.

Oh, sorry thougth you meant the wooden stakes on the top.

[Dave72dt]

I had thought about filling the stake pocket holes but left them open in case I decided I wanted to put some sort of rack on it. I may, but they'll be the last items to go on. I know of a forum member who could probably do them for me.

[HanksB3B]

Low side box looks great, but does he make the high side box pieces?

I like both both the high and low style beds, but for me I prefer the low bed.

My stake pockets are the only "came with the truck" part on my bed. After living her former life as a lowly roofing truck complete with those over the cab level steel ladder racks, my bed and stake pockets were majorly trashed.

Bruce reconditioned the stakepockets and spot welded them to new metal (of the same gage) with the correct roll at the top edge, supplied a new Dodge script tailgate and a new front with the correct stamp pattern. I was told that there are no retro-manufactured high sides with the correct metal stamp (too bad). So I guess you could either source and re-condition a high bed but then you'd have to do the tailgate, and front panel as well. I'm betting these are getting rare as hens teeth at this time.

It was the single most expensive part of the restoration.

I hope you get lucky,

Hank

[ggdad1951]

I got a new headboard for my bed from Mar-K...looks just like the original except for the dents, holes and rust. I spent a pretty penny to get a tailgate from Dave Miller that is in good shape.

[Dave72dt]

I guess you could either source and re-condition a high bed but then you'd have to do the tailgate, and front panel as well. I'm betting these are getting rare as hens teeth at this time.

They're still out there. I knew of a couple that had been made into trailers but they're both gone now. My sides are good now as well as the head panel but a lot of work went into them. They would have been painted by now but I got sidetracked. I have the tailgate. It's rough, but I've fixed worse.

[Reg Evans]

WOW ! that bed looks good enough to sleep in.

[HanksB3B]

I'll have to take a picture of the bed with my -15deg North Face Sleeping Bag in it.

Hank

[Young Ed]

Hank what are you doing with that warm of a sleeping bag in CA????

[HanksB3B]

It gets pretty cold in the Sierras at night.

Hank