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Minkota · 11-11-2019, 08:28 AM

I finally installed the Wood in the Bed. It is some re-purposed wood that was from a building that had been torn down a while back.

**Steeveedee** · 11-11-2019, 08:45 AM

That's beautiful! You aren't going to haul manure with it, are you?

CG · 11-11-2019, 08:49 AM

Looks great. I like that its not perfect.

Minkota · 11-11-2019, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by CG

Looks great. I like that its not perfect.

Thanks

OregonNed · 11-11-2019, 11:14 AM

Looks good. I like the pattern in it..

67C10Step · 11-11-2019, 12:40 PM

I don’t just like it I love it.

I’d like to do something similar when the time comes. My truck will never be perfect or a show truck so something in the bed with similar character would be great.

toolboxchev · 11-11-2019, 01:24 PM

That is a really nice job, It really is appealing to the eye cause I am a vintage kind of guy!

Astro-Balls · 11-11-2019, 11:11 PM

Awesome,
Hard to read with all of these ADs though..

Minkota · 11-12-2019, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Astro-Balls

Hard to read with all of these ADs though..

Agreed, kind of annoying when it is in the middle of the thread....

Minkota · 11-12-2019, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by 67C10Step

I don’t just like it I love it.

I’d like to do something similar when the time comes. My truck will never be perfect or a show truck so something in the bed with similar character would be great.

My truck is similar, it has scratches and nicks all over but it is a driver not a show truck.

Minkota · 11-12-2019, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Steeveedee

That's beautiful! You aren't going to haul manure with it, are you?

I finished the wood with sanding a about 6 coats of Teak Oil and thats all. that way I dont have to be afraid to use the bed as a truck. if the bed starts looking faded all I have to do is put more oil on it with out removing the wood and it will look new again....

**special-K** · 11-12-2019, 09:10 AM

Do you know what type of wood it is? I like the oil-only finish. Just hit it again when it starts looking dried out or water doesn't bead. Easy

I have planned to do the same thing with my '67 when the time comes. I am only using a wood floor because it wasn't a big deal shipping all the clean OEM parts, minus the wood and bolts, back east. I want to use the truck gently, so don't want a cabinet grade floor. I salvage wood from jobs I do, often on historic places, for all sorts of uses. My truck may end up staying a primer color. If so, I'll use weathered wood

Minkota · 11-12-2019, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by special-K

Do you know what type of wood it is?

I am not sure, when I got it I thought it might be Pine (it was really dirty) but now I am thinking it is some type of hardwood.

**jeffahart** · 11-12-2019, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Minkota

I am not sure, when I got it I thought it might be Pine (it was really dirty) but now I am thinking it is some type of hardwood.

It's really looking like the yellow pine to me. Mine has taken on the same dark patina.

Piece of advise. Fill the cracks, or they will continue to open. I mix sawdust with my tung oil to fill the cracks before I oil. My wood stopped moving around on me now. If it lives outside, you need to keep an eye on the cracks.

j

Minkota · 11-13-2019, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by jeffahart

It's really looking like the yellow pine to me. Mine has taken on the same dark patina.

Piece of advise. Fill the cracks, or they will continue to open. I mix sawdust with my tung oil to fill the cracks before I oil. My wood stopped moving around on me now. If it lives outside, you need to keep an eye on the cracks.

j

I started to do the same as you with saw dust but decided I like the character the cracks give it. i felt the cracked wood matched more with the rest of the truck. I didnt want a perfect looking bed since the rest of the truck is not perfect (trying to avoid the marble floors in a mobile home kind of look lol). i did put as much oil on the bottom as on the top to try and extend whatever time it will have.

Husker · 11-13-2019, 10:41 PM

Very Nice.
Ron

Minkota · 11-14-2019, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Husker

Very Nice.
Ron

Thanks

**specialtyretail** · 11-14-2019, 01:11 PM

That is sharp. Great job.

Minkota · 11-15-2019, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by specialtyretail

That is sharp. Great job.

Thanks.

11-11-2019, 08:28 AM	#1
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11-11-2019, 08:45 AM	#2
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OregonNed Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Vancouver, Washington Posts: 1,644	Re: New Bed Wood Installed Looks good. I like the pattern in it.. __________________ 1968 Chevrolet C/10 LWB - 327, TH350 - 4/5 Drop

11-11-2019, 12:40 PM	#6
67C10Step Registered User Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: Beebe, AR Posts: 2,475	Re: New Bed Wood Installed I don’t just like it I love it. I’d like to do something similar when the time comes. My truck will never be perfect or a show truck so something in the bed with similar character would be great. __________________ 1967 C10 1980 Jeep CJ5 2020 Toyota 4Runner 2024 Toyota Tundra

11-11-2019, 01:24 PM	#7
toolboxchev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: 2nd left past the stump on a dirt road. Posts: 2,629	Re: New Bed Wood Installed That is a really nice job, It really is appealing to the eye cause I am a vintage kind of guy!

11-11-2019, 11:11 PM	#8
Astro-Balls Registered User Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 822	Re: New Bed Wood Installed Awesome, Hard to read with all of these ADs though.. __________________ 1968 C20 Fleetside 396 4sp PS PB AC CST . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWK8GgWD4uA

11-12-2019, 09:10 AM	#12
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: New Bed Wood Installed Do you know what type of wood it is? I like the oil-only finish. Just hit it again when it starts looking dried out or water doesn't bead. Easy I have planned to do the same thing with my '67 when the time comes. I am only using a wood floor because it wasn't a big deal shipping all the clean OEM parts, minus the wood and bolts, back east. I want to use the truck gently, so don't want a cabinet grade floor. I salvage wood from jobs I do, often on historic places, for all sorts of uses. My truck may end up staying a primer color. If so, I'll use weathered wood __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

11-13-2019, 10:41 PM	#16
Husker Registered User Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mid NE USA Posts: 2,212	Re: New Bed Wood Installed Very Nice. Ron __________________ Member #111 68 C-10 Daily Driver 70 4x4 Project 76 Jeep CJ-5 Help Support the Board: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/payments.php He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. Thomas Jefferson

11-14-2019, 01:11 PM	#18
specialtyretail So,, what else you got??? Join Date: May 2010 Location: Jackson, Mo Posts: 18,634	Re: New Bed Wood Installed That is sharp. Great job. __________________ Our paypal is specialtyretail@yahoo.com Please DO NOTsend paypal funds as a gift, right is right. Thanks.... Sorry, we CANNOT ship larger parts. Thanks.



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