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Old 10-06-2016, 10:20 AM   #1
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bed side to top dimentions

I am restoring a 1970 blazer and it is not in the best shape and I am not confident that the sides are square any more. I am going to be doing some bed side repairs and will eventually be cleaning up the top. I was looking around the site and could not find the factory dimension for the width of the bed and the length between top mounting bolts, that way I can make a jig and get everything back to square while I cut up the floor and structural parts. Then later bolt the hard top to it when I go to fix it and hopefully bolt the two back together with no problems.
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Old 10-06-2016, 11:20 AM   #2
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Re: bed side to top dimentions

http://brochures.slosh.com/dimension...k-page-164.jpg
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Old 10-06-2016, 11:27 AM   #3
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Thank you that is perfect.
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Old 10-06-2016, 05:59 PM   #4
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Re: bed side to top dimentions

Am I missing something? The link shows a 73 and up Blazer.
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Old 10-06-2016, 06:11 PM   #5
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Re: bed side to top dimentions

I would fit the doors and the gate and hardtop first ....then brace everthing up and then do the metal work
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Old 10-06-2016, 06:17 PM   #6
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Re: bed side to top dimentions

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Am I missing something? The link shows a 73 and up Blazer.
Good catch....I didn't look close enough...

that's not the right page...there is a correct page out there.....I'll look some more...sorry for the bad info....
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Old 10-06-2016, 07:27 PM   #7
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Good catch....I didn't look close enough...

that's not the right page...there is a correct page out there.....I'll look some more...sorry for the bad info....
I looked on that website for the correct dimensions, but couldn't find them. Would be nice info to have for sure. Thanks for that link, lots of cool stuff on it.
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I looked on that website for the correct dimensions, but couldn't find them. Would be nice info to have for sure. Thanks for that link, lots of cool stuff on it.
I may have downloaded it on my shop computer....I'll take a look tomorrow.
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Old 10-07-2016, 09:04 AM   #9
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Re: bed side to top dimentions

I did not see that either. Happy I came back to look at the thread. bought the square tubing yesterday and started laying things out last night.

I will defiantly twerk what I need to, to get all the gaps right but it would be nice to have a starting point/ see how far off I am to factory specs. I am going to need a aftermarket tail gate, and I am not the most trusting of them even though they have gotten a lot better over the last ten years.
Thanks for the help guys
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Old 10-07-2016, 11:14 AM   #10
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I did not see that either. Happy I came back to look at the thread. bought the square tubing yesterday and started laying things out last night.

I will defiantly twerk what I need to, to get all the gaps right but it would be nice to have a starting point/ see how far off I am to factory specs. I am going to need a aftermarket tail gate, and I am not the most trusting of them even though they have gotten a lot better over the last ten years.
Thanks for the help guys
I bought an aftermarket tailgate, and they are as good if not better than original ones. Mine fit perfect with only very minor fitting.
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Old 10-10-2016, 08:29 AM   #11
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I am happy to hear that the tail gates/aftermarket are getting better on trucks. last truck I did was in late 90 early 00 and their was a lot of working the metal to get things to fit right. I guess the value of the trucks have caught up to the cars.
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I was really hoping for a first Gen version of that dimension chart too
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