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Old 09-27-2008, 12:24 AM   #1
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Pin Striping & Wood Beds

I didnt want to waste two threads so I'll just use one..

I'm looking for picts of our trucks with some old school pin striping and also looking for picts of our trucks with wooden beds..I see you can buy a kit for it now and I'm thinking about it but would like to see picts of it, I've obviously seen it on the older trucks but never on a 73-87

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Old 09-30-2008, 07:44 PM   #2
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Re: Pin Striping & Wood Beds

nobody?
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Old 09-30-2008, 08:39 PM   #3
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Re: Pin Striping & Wood Beds

the wood beds are usually in stepsides.. i know there were several on here ... hopefully others will post with pics of them
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Old 09-30-2008, 08:48 PM   #4
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Re: Pin Striping & Wood Beds

yeah I was looking at a parts website, and seen you can buy them for anything so I'm kind of interested, might go that route with my truck
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Re: Pin Striping & Wood Beds

a couple of guys if memory is correct used 2X6 wood from the lumberyard and finished it themselves
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Old 09-30-2008, 09:47 PM   #6
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Re: Pin Striping & Wood Beds

I don't have any pics of pinstriping on square body trucks, but I've got some of pinstriping on all kinds of other stuff... lol.
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Re: Pin Striping & Wood Beds

I have seen the wood bed on some of the mid 70's trucks. This was on fleet sides too.

IF your truck was built at the flint plant there is a good chance that my uncle did the factory pin striping.
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Old 09-30-2008, 11:11 PM   #8
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Re: Pin Striping & Wood Beds

I dont live too far from the Flint plant
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yeah small world. My dad grew up in Flint. my uncal started at GM when he was 17 and just retired last year with all those nice GM benefits....... He started at Pontiac painting cars... then to flint truck.. then a few other plants. Before he retired he was assembling doors at the HD and heavy truck plant. It is too bad so much of gm's stuff got moved away and toyota is building in our southern states....
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Re: Pin Striping & Wood Beds

I seen a mid to 70s long bed fleet side the other day with a wood bed.... Never seen one...
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Re: Pin Striping & Wood Beds

yeah my grandpa retired from the Flint plant thats when Flint was one of the best cities to live in, now its like top 2 or 3 worst cities in the world according to some poll..but I guess there working on making a bio-dieseal plant that supposta to bring a bunch of jobs the king of Sweden has been in Flint talking about it because they have one in his country
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Re: Pin Striping & Wood Beds



I like this pin striping a lot, but its not on one of the 73-87's though
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Are you looking for a wood floor kit for a fleety or a steeper?

Heres mine
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where can I buy just the metal strips for a wood bed?
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LMC truck sells the metal strips and hardware.
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Old 10-01-2008, 03:02 PM   #16
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Re: Pin Striping & Wood Beds

anyone want a '70 Monte Carlo..I need to get rid of this so I can actually have money for projects

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Old 10-01-2008, 04:33 PM   #17
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Re: Pin Striping & Wood Beds

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where can I buy just the metal strips for a wood bed?
Vendor Mar-K sells them.
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Re: Pin Striping & Wood Beds

since you asked for both topics in one thread. How about both in one pic. heres the wood floor in my truck with some old school pin-stripping on the speed-bump
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that looks amazing!
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