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Old 04-08-2019, 11:43 AM   #18
MARTINSR
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Re: Reproduction bed vs Original bed.

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Originally Posted by PDW HOTRODS View Post
That pic was from parts I got last summer. I should have taken more pic's but didn't think to until I had already started work. The stake pockets were the worst, and where they attached to the bed side. Put straight edge on inside of bed at each end and it was cupped in and wavy. Needed a lot of work each end to about 12" in, inside and out, and the entire top from the angle to the tube.
Yep, once I saw that photo I am not going to think about it a second more, it's Mar-K or I will use the original. There is no way I need that work forget it, I have enough. Honestly, thank you so, so much for posting that photo.

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