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HiYa Folks,
Planning ahead here...
I am contemplating a Plan C here.
Plan A is getting the bed that Paul found that is hacked 3 feet (which actually works for my truck) but I am worried about shipping (and negating any savings) and the seller isn't budging on the price though its been for sale for MONTHS!
Plan B is buying a regular M135 bed (not really into cutting a good bed)...and the 3 $200 to $250 that have come up for sale are too far away and would be too costly to ship Again.
Plan D is just to modify a M211/M35 bed, but anything close to me is 750-1500 I can't see that much outlay for something that would need alot of work to make it look right in the first place. And as I am not moving the rear rear axle so a M105 bed isn't even a consideration.
So what is Pan C?
Plan C is building my own bed. If I weren't so hung up on making the truck "appear" to be stock to the general public it would be an easy build. But it seems I like doing things the hard way. LOL!
So since it is far away at this point I would like to get the ball rolling ... I am looking for 2 pictures, one of the top of the bed (from above) and the other of a bed flipped over...I have been searching for decent pics for months on the internet and have come up empty. I will take these pictures and get dimensional lines on it and ask you guys to fill in the measurements. Then we will have a reference here for people like us who need a bed and don't have the green for an "original" was in the Korean War at Heatbreak Ridge price.
Thanks in Advance!
EDITS: I will be adding pictures as I get them done on this post, so it stays clean and easy, and the questions at the end of the tread.
Here are the drawings so far 3.11.18:
![IMG_0751.jpg IMG_0751.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/494/494686-9b8882ee4177717e450d1e11cf2a8274.jpg)
PS will take a better picture tomorrow!
PPS could a mod please rotate picture...don't understand why website flips some pictures.......
Planning ahead here...
I am contemplating a Plan C here.
Plan A is getting the bed that Paul found that is hacked 3 feet (which actually works for my truck) but I am worried about shipping (and negating any savings) and the seller isn't budging on the price though its been for sale for MONTHS!
Plan B is buying a regular M135 bed (not really into cutting a good bed)...and the 3 $200 to $250 that have come up for sale are too far away and would be too costly to ship Again.
Plan D is just to modify a M211/M35 bed, but anything close to me is 750-1500 I can't see that much outlay for something that would need alot of work to make it look right in the first place. And as I am not moving the rear rear axle so a M105 bed isn't even a consideration.
So what is Pan C?
Plan C is building my own bed. If I weren't so hung up on making the truck "appear" to be stock to the general public it would be an easy build. But it seems I like doing things the hard way. LOL!
So since it is far away at this point I would like to get the ball rolling ... I am looking for 2 pictures, one of the top of the bed (from above) and the other of a bed flipped over...I have been searching for decent pics for months on the internet and have come up empty. I will take these pictures and get dimensional lines on it and ask you guys to fill in the measurements. Then we will have a reference here for people like us who need a bed and don't have the green for an "original" was in the Korean War at Heatbreak Ridge price.
Thanks in Advance!
EDITS: I will be adding pictures as I get them done on this post, so it stays clean and easy, and the questions at the end of the tread.
Here are the drawings so far 3.11.18:
![IMG_0751.jpg IMG_0751.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/494/494686-9b8882ee4177717e450d1e11cf2a8274.jpg)
PS will take a better picture tomorrow!
PPS could a mod please rotate picture...don't understand why website flips some pictures.......
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