Show us your bedside TOOL BOX

[Steve Hafner]

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After spending a few bucks having my tool box restored, I'm wondering if anyone else has restored one.

I haven't seen too many restored doors and body panels on this website.

If you have one in good shape, you can post a picture of it too.

( Some of us would probably like to see REAL RUSTY ones also !!! )

Here's mine . . . before . . . and after:

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[Billett]

Wish I had a toolbox... in for pics!

[RenoKeene]

I bought a real nice box with door and everything a while back to re-sell, I'll see if I can find pics of it.
Here is the rusty one off my parts truck.....
Your's looks real good Steve.

[longhorn70gmc]

Here is a shot of mine on my 72. Even out here in the desert communities that area seams to get a touch of surface rust going on the small area under the box on the outer skin of the bed. I am thinking it is from washing the truck over the years. The whole set up is prestine, but it needs a little TLC to keep that way. Currently I have the lock removed to get rekeyed, so I can lock the door. If I remember I will try some up close pics for you. Cool thread by the way.
R/
Billy

[Steve Hafner]

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"FORD'S" had them too . . . ( sorry about using the "F" word.)

This is a '79 F-350:

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[Livrat]

Here's one I restored and added to a customers truck a while back.

[ho70]

Originally Posted by steve hafner

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"ford's" had them too . . . ( sorry about using the "f" word.)

this is a '79 f-350:

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aaaaaaaargh!!!!!!!

[special-K]

Here's the '72 K/20 Highlander I had with a rust free tool & stowage compartment door:

[jocko]

I wonder if this is the same truck that livrat posted?? I saw it at Brother's this year. Nice truck. (just noticed this one has black trim - but also has the same screw holes for mounting the lower side molding. Hmm. Different tires, but that could have been changed.

[Livrat]

Originally Posted by jocko

I wonder if this is the same truck that livrat posted?? I saw it at Brother's this year. Nice truck. (just noticed this one has black trim - but also has the same screw holes for mounting the lower side molding. Hmm. Different tires, but that could have been changed.

Looks darn close!! But not the same one, Mine had silver hinges,black latch, woodgrain side moulding and used the factory arm slider/stop instead of a cable

[midniteblues]

These are very cool.I especaily like the one in another thread where the fellow cut it down for a shorty.
My uncle had one in a 72 4x4 years ago that he put a glovebox switch in the jam and a licence plate light inside it. wish I had a pic of it.

[Steve Hafner]

Originally Posted by midniteblues

These are very cool.I especaily like the one in another thread where the fellow cut it down for a shorty.
My uncle had one in a 72 4x4 years ago that he put a glovebox switch in the jam and a licence plate light inside it. wish I had a pic of it.

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Here's the one that was cut down for a short bed truck.

Looks like it was A LOT OF WORK, but it will really be a conversation starter !!!

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[sboris]

Originally Posted by special-K

Here's the '72 K/20 Highlander I had with a rust free tool & stowage compartment door:

That's just coool.
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[special-K]

Here's the rare fiberglass reproduction (before he painted it) I sold to MT Dave for his low-mile Longhorn survivor. Even it had a rusty tool & stowage door. And,the rustfree bedside I also had bought years before:

[Steve Hafner]

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I was just about to add a picture of a 73-up toolbox for "our collection", when I happened to see THIS door on eBay . . . it looks like a "72-down" to me !!!


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1973-1974-19...-/150781712412

Look at the drawings from the brochures and other 73-up doors below.

The molding isn't the same on the 73 door.

But the third picture, the 75 on a trailer, shows the molding in the middle of the door . . . STRANGE !!!

The last picture is the door on eBay.

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[special-K]

Originally Posted by Steve Hafner

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I was just about to add a picture of a 73-up toolbox for "our collection", when I happened to see THIS door on eBay . . . it looks like a "72-down" to me !!!


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1973-1974-19...-/150781712412

Look at the drawings from the brochures and other 73-up doors below.

The molding isn't the same on the 73 door.

But the third picture, the 75 on a trailer, shows the molding in the middle of the door . . . STRANGE !!!

The last picture is the door on eBay.

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The brochures are pre-production concept drawings. There is no way a door could fit below the trim. You can see how small and useless the door appears in those drawings. All trucks had the same trim,if they had any. The pre-73 and post-72 doors are very close in dimension. In fact,my '72 K/20 Highlander Custom Camper had a post-72 one on it when I bought it. It worked properly but hung out a bit,I guess,due to a slightly different body contour. The truck had a crease starting in the bottom rear of the door to the rear wheel opening and I guess they replaced the original with the newer one they found. The truck had no rust in the opening. I had bought a rust free door back in the late-80s out of Oklahoma for my '71 Cheyenne/20 Custom Camper,just to have a spare,and never needed it.

[too much stuff]

My rare 66 ranger shorty i should have kept...

[slc70c10]

Got a 70 custom with the tool box, door is in pretty good shape, hinges..... not so much. Does anyone know where to get new hinges? Some of the restored ones on this thread look to have new ones. Did you have to make them yourself? Any help will be appreciated!

[greedy geezer]

still looks pretty good but poor fit hinges racked a little to get it to open and a messed up little rot on the bed just a little bit I'll post when its fixed

[In The Ten Ring]

I wish stepsides had something similar, from the factory.

I am such a tool head, I carry so many tools in my car trunk, that I really need a utility bed!

I am thinking about mounting a tool box to the passenger side step and a fire extinguisher to the driver's side. I definitely need to move my fuel tank to free up that space for tools and rifles.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by greedy geezer

still looks pretty good but poor fit hinges racked a little to get it to open and a messed up little rot on the bed just a little bit I'll post when its fixed

Nice truck. I couldn't help but notice and have to ask, how is it that when the door is closed the brake drum/hub/etc turns black, but when open it turns brown?

[tlbkeys]

Originally Posted by special-K

Here's the rare fiberglass reproduction (before he painted it) I sold to MT Dave for his low-mile Longhorn survivor. Even it had a rusty tool & stowage door. And,the rustfree bedside I also had bought years before:

I need a bedside toolbox door. Any ideas where to pick one up??
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[Billett]

IIRC they had all of the trucks drawn like that on the brochures, but the actual trucks were as pictured with the trim in the middle of the door.

[Steve Hafner]

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Here's a close up of the door on the 75 that's on the trailer (above), it's still different then the one on eBay.

Could the difference be Cheyenne and Non-Cheyenne ?

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[Steve Hafner]

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For comparison ONLY, of course . . . a 1972 Dodge Power Wagon W200 3/4 ton.

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