Custom Oak Bed for a '53 Chevy pickup

great job! i had a 66 chevy pickup that i did a frame off restoration… well up to the point that it need painted and an new engine before i sold it to get back into woodworking! those old trucks can be tricky sometimes! as far as holes lining up and tolerances… the fit and finish wasnt what it is today! you do good work!

-- Justin, Savannah,Ga

Nice Job! There is something oddly more satifying about doing an exceallent job on something that will be used. All the bangs, dings and scratches seem to be well earned. Might be a perverse pleasure but an honest one. Beautiful work.

very nice should last a long time

-- "If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right". Henry Ford

Looks great. You wouldn’t happen to have any more pictures of the truck would you?

-- Jason - Colorado Springs

Great job! I have wanted to do this kind of projecy for many years… not just the woodwork in the bed, but the whole restoration. A ‘53 is perfect (the year I was born)

You did a great job!

-- If you don't work, you don't eat!.....Garland, TX

Great job. Nice to do small detail work like that.

-- He said wood...http://hickbyassociation.blogspot.com/

I realize this is a woodworking site, but I sure would like to see a photo of the truck.

-- Dale West Central Pa. Do it all, before last call.

me too Dale… My dream truck is a 52 or 53 chevy…. sigh….

-- "Everything that is great and inspiring is created by the individual who labors in freedom" -- Albert Einstein

WOO-HOO !!!!!

-- -- Neil

I love those old trucks, and to think you got to mix woodworking with one. Lucky Guy, Great work.

-- "Man's ingenuity has outrun his intelligence" (Joseph Wood Krutch)

I remember making replace boards and entire replacement beds for older trucks when I first got started in woodworking. Worked for a lumber yard that had a shop. Did beds and replacements for a auto body shop.

Looks like a great job on the one you did…..

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Love the bed – love the truck!

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Now that makes me want to go buy an old pick up. Terrific job!

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Very nice indeed. I have to do the same for my pa-in-law’s 1950 F100. Any tips? I noticed that you seem to have a tight fit. I live in Central FL and worry about the seasonal drenchings and how they might effect the fit. This may be unwarranted worry but I do want to get it right.

always,
J.C.

-- When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. -- John Muir