Wood bed floor option years?

[Dru]

Hello,

I have seen or read atleast a couple members with wood floor's in their bed, but I had never heard of or seen such a thing beforehand.

The upper rails on my longbed are trashed fairly well, I was about to go over and grab a bed cover I have in a garage tomorrow, and now realized I have some serious metal work to do before I could even get it to sit on there.

So I got to thinking, why not try to search out a wooden floored longbed to replace mine, I even figure as long as the upper rails are good, and the interior metal structure, I could always use the side/sides of my bed I have now for donors, if the bed I find is rusted or smashed in. I may have to decide if I want gas cap doors or not also.

Does anyone happen to know any information about if this option was limited to specific years, code, or anything of that nature? I'm really not sure how rare it even was, but as I said, I've never seen one in person.

Thank you, and any information is much appreciated.