What's a good bed worth? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

bluec10 · 10-15-2004, 01:45 AM

I've been cleaning out the garage lately with the hope that I'll be able to get a vehicle into it for winter. Have to sort through all my spare truck parts and keep the best stuff. Anyway, I've got a long fleet bed with a wood floor. The bed is in good restorable shape - no major rust and its pretty strait all around. The wood and bed strips will have to be replaced, but the supports are good. Anyway - a good restorable piece.

What is is it worth?

kingsolver72 · 10-15-2004, 02:00 AM

Pics would probably help you get fair quote.

GMC AMI · 10-15-2004, 06:44 AM

What is is it worth?[/QUOTE]

Like with most things it is worth what the buyer will pay for it. A lot of factors
determine value, any repairs done like bondo in the sides? Just one factor for example. I have seen boxes in fine original shape sell for up to a thousand dollars. Good luck if you sell, Mike

bluec10 · 10-16-2004, 01:05 AM

There isn't a bit of bondo on it. There are a few dents and the surface rust but the important parts are strait - even the front panel.

LUV2XCLR8 · 10-16-2004, 07:03 AM

Location Can Sometimes Affect The Price Also, Sorry But It Is The
Cold Hard Truth, If You Want Proof Click On My "$500.00" Link, Now
I Know The Old Girl Ain't Perfect, And I'm Giving Away Spare Parts
With Her To Atract A Buyer Or 2, But I Have Been Trying To Sell Her
Since March And All I Here Is - Location / Location / Location.

*REALLY NEED PIC'S TO HELP DETERMINE YOUR BED VALUE.

gmc-rob · 10-16-2004, 11:00 AM

How much do you think it is worth?

junkyardjohn · 10-16-2004, 12:07 PM

SHOOT... I'VE GIVEN AWAY RUSTFREE LONG FLEET BEDS, JUST TO GET THEM OUTA MY YARD. I,VE ALSO SOLD RUSTFREE SHORTFLEET BEDS FOR $250.00 SO I GUESS THERES SOMETHING TO THIS LOCATION THEORY. I GUESS BACK IN THE RUSTBELT, THEY WOULD BRING CONSIDERABLY MORE.

JOHN

cdowns · 10-16-2004, 12:42 PM

i just sold a solid rustfree long fleet metal floor bed with all the lights and wiring harness plus good used top and bottom trim with nos taillight trim ,without tailgate for $400
no bondo no patchpanels no rot anywhere just a few minor bumps and a little surface rust

Cethern · 10-16-2004, 07:07 PM

Well seeing how I'm looking for a good bed I have found them for 150$ I found a 67 or a 68 that has only some surface rust with a metal floor with no dents or bondo for 400$ A member here has a 72 for 350.

Cethern

Jason71k10 · 10-16-2004, 09:47 PM

well they're practically worthless....but you put it on a flatbed and send it to me, i'll reluctantly take it off your hands :p

seriously though, around here, one in good shape could be anywhere from $800-1200 cdn. , i'm guessing it would probably be around the same in manitoba

Jason

bluec10 · 10-18-2004, 09:46 PM

Location, location, location...yeah I know. Generally speaking, though, are beds with a wood floor in greater demand? Are they more rare?

70jimmy · 10-18-2004, 09:49 PM

I've been trying to locate a long flleet wood bed here in the southeast for about a year with no luck. Only steel floors here!!

Solver · 10-18-2004, 09:54 PM

Metal vs wood is a good question
It would be a good thread to start
of the board members what is more common or preferred and why.
I myself prefer the wood for a couple of reasons.
First I think on a finished truck they are just more dressy(IS THAT A WORD)
Secondly around the midwest steel floors rust so quickly you can't find them or mantain them so wood is easier to find and replace for me

10-15-2004, 01:45 AM	#1
bluec10 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Manitoba, Canada Posts: 663	What's a good bed worth? I've been cleaning out the garage lately with the hope that I'll be able to get a vehicle into it for winter. Have to sort through all my spare truck parts and keep the best stuff. Anyway, I've got a long fleet bed with a wood floor. The bed is in good restorable shape - no major rust and its pretty strait all around. The wood and bed strips will have to be replaced, but the supports are good. Anyway - a good restorable piece. What is is it worth? __________________ Present: 2015 Tacoma. Yeah, not a GM, but I love it. 1969 GMC 32,000 - fix, drive, relax, fix... 2019 BMW R1250 GSA - Yahoooooooo 1979 Honda GL 1000 - retro touring at its best. Past: '05 Sierra 4x4 - Had 270,000 KM and running well when it was written-off by a stop sign runner. '94 F-150 from the "F word" company. I'll admit it...good truck. Sold what was left of it for $800 to a guy who came to pick it up at 11:00 PM with cash in hand. Hmm. '79 Sierra Grande (Black) organ donor - perfect rebuildable 4-bolt 350 and a good TH350. '76 Sierra Grande (Orange) - hate isn't too strong a word. Kid who bought it turned it into a hot rod. '68 C-10 R.I.P. - Dad's old truck...too far gone to resurrect. '59 C-50 - with hoist. Truck is gone, wife isn't. Nuff said.

10-15-2004, 06:44 AM	#3
GMC AMI Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The Other Maine! Posts: 2,236	What is is it worth?[/QUOTE] Like with most things it is worth what the buyer will pay for it. A lot of factors determine value, any repairs done like bondo in the sides? Just one factor for example. I have seen boxes in fine original shape sell for up to a thousand dollars. Good luck if you sell, Mike __________________ 1968 Chevy 4x4 307 4 speed

10-16-2004, 01:05 AM	#4
bluec10 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Manitoba, Canada Posts: 663	There isn't a bit of bondo on it. There are a few dents and the surface rust but the important parts are strait - even the front panel. __________________ Present: 2015 Tacoma. Yeah, not a GM, but I love it. 1969 GMC 32,000 - fix, drive, relax, fix... 2019 BMW R1250 GSA - Yahoooooooo 1979 Honda GL 1000 - retro touring at its best. Past: '05 Sierra 4x4 - Had 270,000 KM and running well when it was written-off by a stop sign runner. '94 F-150 from the "F word" company. I'll admit it...good truck. Sold what was left of it for $800 to a guy who came to pick it up at 11:00 PM with cash in hand. Hmm. '79 Sierra Grande (Black) organ donor - perfect rebuildable 4-bolt 350 and a good TH350. '76 Sierra Grande (Orange) - hate isn't too strong a word. Kid who bought it turned it into a hot rod. '68 C-10 R.I.P. - Dad's old truck...too far gone to resurrect. '59 C-50 - with hoist. Truck is gone, wife isn't. Nuff said.

10-16-2004, 07:03 AM	#5
LUV2XCLR8 The LuvShack Garage Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Maple Grove, TN (West Side) Posts: 30,468	Location Can Sometimes Affect The Price Also, Sorry But It Is The Cold Hard Truth, If You Want Proof Click On My "$500.00" Link, Now I Know The Old Girl Ain't Perfect, And I'm Giving Away Spare Parts With Her To Atract A Buyer Or 2, But I Have Been Trying To Sell Her Since March And All I Here Is - Location / Location / Location. *REALLY NEED PIC'S TO HELP DETERMINE YOUR BED VALUE. __________________ Owner/Op: "TN Classic Transport Carriers" The Toy: "Square Vette" 72 Hybrid Blazer Toy Barn: "LuvShack" 40 x 60 x 20 Shop Tow Piggy:"Maddy" 88 Silverado 3500 Hauler: "Feathers" 14 Aluma 8218T

10-16-2004, 12:07 PM	#7
junkyardjohn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SOMERSET KY. Posts: 6,425	SHOOT... I'VE GIVEN AWAY RUSTFREE LONG FLEET BEDS, JUST TO GET THEM OUTA MY YARD. I,VE ALSO SOLD RUSTFREE SHORTFLEET BEDS FOR $250.00 SO I GUESS THERES SOMETHING TO THIS LOCATION THEORY. I GUESS BACK IN THE RUSTBELT, THEY WOULD BRING CONSIDERABLY MORE. JOHN __________________ junkyardjohn 69 1 TON TOW TRUCK // 84 4WD CUCV BLAZER// 85 1 TON 4WD STAKE TRUCK// 86 M1031 5/4 TON 4WD CUCV// ALOT OF OLD TRUCKS FOR ONE OLD MAN TO DRIVE. THERES ROOM FOR ALL OF GODS CREATURES RIGHT NEXT TO MY MASHED POTATOES// LIFE MEMBER OF P.E.T.A (PEOPLE EATING TASTY ANIMALS) DON'T RENT U-HAUL ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH IT WILL AMAZE PART OF THE PEOPLE & ASTONISH THE REST

10-15-2004, 02:00 AM	#2
kingsolver72 10/30/19 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: ottawa kansas Posts: 5,256	Pics would probably help you get fair quote.

10-16-2004, 11:00 AM	#6
gmc-rob Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Saskatoon,SK Canada Posts: 41	How much do you think it is worth?

10-16-2004, 12:42 PM	#8
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	i just sold a solid rustfree long fleet metal floor bed with all the lights and wiring harness plus good used top and bottom trim with nos taillight trim ,without tailgate for $400 no bondo no patchpanels no rot anywhere just a few minor bumps and a little surface rust __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

10-16-2004, 07:07 PM	#9
Cethern What was I thinking?? Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Commerce City Co Posts: 636	Well seeing how I'm looking for a good bed I have found them for 150$ I found a 67 or a 68 that has only some surface rust with a metal floor with no dents or bondo for 400$ A member here has a 72 for 350. Cethern __________________ 72 K5 that needs lots of parts.. 71 GMC 3/4 4x4 That doesn't need much which is a good thing I don't think I could aford another money pit...

10-16-2004, 09:47 PM	#10
Jason71k10 ready for reassembly Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Barrie ONT, Canada Posts: 413	well they're practically worthless....but you put it on a flatbed and send it to me, i'll reluctantly take it off your hands :p seriously though, around here, one in good shape could be anywhere from $800-1200 cdn. , i'm guessing it would probably be around the same in manitoba Jason __________________ stock 71 4x4 2003 Jeep Liberty, rocky mountain edition I'm obsessed, and wouldn't have it any other way!

10-18-2004, 09:46 PM	#11
bluec10 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Manitoba, Canada Posts: 663	Location, location, location...yeah I know. Generally speaking, though, are beds with a wood floor in greater demand? Are they more rare? __________________ Present: 2015 Tacoma. Yeah, not a GM, but I love it. 1969 GMC 32,000 - fix, drive, relax, fix... 2019 BMW R1250 GSA - Yahoooooooo 1979 Honda GL 1000 - retro touring at its best. Past: '05 Sierra 4x4 - Had 270,000 KM and running well when it was written-off by a stop sign runner. '94 F-150 from the "F word" company. I'll admit it...good truck. Sold what was left of it for $800 to a guy who came to pick it up at 11:00 PM with cash in hand. Hmm. '79 Sierra Grande (Black) organ donor - perfect rebuildable 4-bolt 350 and a good TH350. '76 Sierra Grande (Orange) - hate isn't too strong a word. Kid who bought it turned it into a hot rod. '68 C-10 R.I.P. - Dad's old truck...too far gone to resurrect. '59 C-50 - with hoist. Truck is gone, wife isn't. Nuff said.

10-18-2004, 09:49 PM	#12
70jimmy Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Darlington SC Posts: 115	I've been trying to locate a long flleet wood bed here in the southeast for about a year with no luck. Only steel floors here!! __________________ 1972 CST Blazer 350/350/205 tilt, ac, white with blue highlander plaid interior 1972 CST Jimmy 350/4speed/205 med red with black interior 1972 K20 Custom Deluxe 350/4speed/205 white/ochre/white/ochre 1972 CST Blazer 350/350/205 tach, ac, warn 5687 winch, light yellow with saddle interior 1972 CST Jimmy 350/4speed/205 dark olive with olive interior

10-18-2004, 09:54 PM	#13
Solver Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Storm Lake, Ia Posts: 1,449	Metal vs wood is a good question It would be a good thread to start of the board members what is more common or preferred and why. I myself prefer the wood for a couple of reasons. First I think on a finished truck they are just more dressy(IS THAT A WORD) Secondly around the midwest steel floors rust so quickly you can't find them or mantain them so wood is easier to find and replace for me __________________ 1972 Cheyenne Super 20 LWB-Blue 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-Black 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-Red 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-green 1972 GMC 4x4 LWB-White 1971 Cheyenne 10 LWB-Ochre 1971 Cheyenne 20 Longhorn-Copper 1971 Cheyenne 20 Longhorn-Black 1969 Custom 10 LWB-lt blue 1968 GMC 3/4 ton-green 1968 1/2 ton swb stepside-silver 1967 Chevrolet CST 10 LWB-green 1967 Chevrolet custom 20 LWB-Maroon



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