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Re: wood bed
I replaced the wood bed in a 66 chevy swb fleetside I had years ago. Found raw oak boards at an old sawmill. I took them to a friend who had a small wood working shop in his garage. Cut to length on the radial arm saw, then planed to thickness and ripped to width on the table saw. I want to say he cut the grooves on a router table but I really don't remember that well.
I duplicated the dimensions from the original boards and it came out well. Went to the hardware store and bought whole boxes of the correct size carriage bolts, flat washers, lock washers and nuts. Sanded and painted the original metal strips.
It was all still there last time I saw the truck 12 years later.
A guy here locally just redid his wood bed in Mesquite. Looks killer!
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