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03-13-2009, 06:52 PM
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Worth trying to fix?
The bed on the J-10 is a little less than perfect. It has the typical rust at the seams on the quarter panels and a handful of spots in the floor of the bed that you can see through. I took a little time the other day and cut out an access panel from inside the bed to see how bad the rust was thats eating away the quarters and this is what I found. It is like this on both sides behind the wheel wells and about half that on the front sides. My question is do you think I should do what I could to save the bed or salvage what I can and just get another one. Some factors to weigh in are cost, time, parts availability. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Also, if anyone has some pics of a bed worse than mine thats been brought back from the brink would be helpful as well. Thanks!
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'81 J-10 Laredo AMC 304 v8 727 tf trans
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03-13-2009, 07:17 PM
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I plan on saving mine. It has the "starting" of that rust out.Most all the double wall beds will do that eventually. Might as well fix it right.
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03-13-2009, 07:27 PM
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Try fixing it first. Decent beds aren't the easiest thing to find, and will eventually have the same problem. While youre in there you can also rustproof and add drain holes/fix the bad design so this wont happen again.
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03-13-2009, 07:47 PM
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Flat bed it
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03-13-2009, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by bigun
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no no no, that bed is far too solid to junk. fix it and preserve the j truck breed, please.....
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03-13-2009, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by HI-TECH REDNECK
no no no, that bed is far too solid to junk. fix it and preserve the j truck breed, please.....
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