Mike, Backup Lights were an Accessory item on TF trucks. They came with a
wedge adapter to allow the flat base of the light to mount to the curved
fender. Some time in the 60's they stamped the flat spot for the light in
the fender, eliminating the need for the wedge.
Mike Boteler
'56 8400 Wrecker
Hughesville, Maryland
----- Original Message -----
From: <Mushgilday@aol.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 7:56 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] A few stepside questions
> Hey group,
> Last year i had my 59 Fleetside bed removed and a 58
> Stepside bed installed..( with some unforeseen modifications). Now that
the
> good weather is here again, there remains a few items to get one step
closer
> to completion...( are they ever really completed?)
>
> The Stepside bed came off a 58 truck that had been sitting so long
that
> the tires had made perfect oval depressions in the driveway..nice little
> vernal pools after it rains for the sparrows and mosquitos to thrive on.
My
> guess is the truck sat there since the mid seventies. So the assumption
here
> is that the bed is in fact a 58 and not some other year that had been
> installed for convenience or what..( who would do such a thing! :)
>
> Now this 58 bed..previous to being restored....had these back up
lights
> built into the rear fenders, with a mishmash of taillight assemblys
mounted
> on the tailgate brackets. The body shop filled these back up light holes,
> leaving the original stamped profile alone. All I have to do is cut in the
> new backup light assemblys.
>
> So I call up to order some new back up lights and I am informed that
58's
> didnt have backup lights..Hmmmmm...what kind of Frankensteinesque bed do I
> have anyways? It sure looks like a 58. Did someone go through the trouble
of
> modifying this bed to get that snappy backup light appearance? Im at a
loss
> here. So I appeal to the field experts to straighten out this conundrum,
or
> at the very least have a good laugh at my Sanford & Son project.
>
> One other thing...has anyone used 5/4 stock as bed material, and will
the
> standard bed bolt kits work with thicker stock? Much obliged for any and
all
> replies.
>
> Mike Gilday
> Apache 3200..59 front& a 58 rear
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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