Ford Street Rod Pickup Bed Installation Instructions

Download REQUIRED TOOLS Flat work surface, floor or bench Electric or battery drill Drill bits – 1/8 -5/16 – 11/32 – 17/32 Mig welder (optional) Body grinder (optional) Wrenches – 9/16″ – 1/2″ – 7/16″ 3/16 Allen wrench Nutsert installation tool – available from Pro’s Pick or industrial hardware supply Tape measure, Felt tip marker, Pencil MBCHYCDQV42H STEP 1 UNPACKING Check the contents to make sure that it’s all here! Description Qty Front panel 1 Left bedside 1 Right bedside 1 Cross members 4 may be various sizes *42-47 only has 3 Rear cross member 1 Rear cross member hardware kit 1 As with most things in life there is more than one way to skin a cat. When Henry produced your truck it was meant to haul hay & pigs. They weren’t too fussy about the way things fit. Today we expect things to fit like the new vehicles. If you take a side view of most of the Ford trucks of this era they look like their back is broken and if you look at a 40 from the side, the hood looks like it’s going uphill. These are optical illusions. This means that if we are going to have the “Right Look” we will have to correct these things. We have found the following procedure to work best for us. STEP 2: INSTALL REAR Cross member If using a Pro’s Pick “Smoothie Tailgate kit with your bed consult step 2 of the tailgate installation instructions before proceeding. The rear cross member bolts to the bedsides with two 3/8 x 1″ bolts on each side. The rear cross member will sit on the bottom bedside lip and be flush with the rear of the lower bedside panel. STEP 3: INSTALL THE FRONT PANEL The front panel has ½” returns on each end. These returns fit inside the bed side panels. The rear cross member has a bed wood support lip that supports the bed wood so that the bed wood is flush with the top of the rear cross member and at the front the bedwood sits on the lip at the bottom of the front panel. Clamp the front panel in place. Square the bed by measuring diagonally from corner to corner . To be square, the corner to corner measurements should be the same. Adjust as necessary. Once satisfied that the bed is square and clamped, either drill the bedsides through the holes in the front panel & bolt together, or weld the front panel to the bedsides through the aforementioned holes. If welding the front panel in place, weld the tips of the front panel to the 45 degree wings as well. It is advisable to also weld the bottom lip of the front panel to the bedside in each corner. STEP 4: WELD & FINISH GRIND FRONT PANEL If you welded the front panel in place, grind off excess weld so as to leave a smooth finish.