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Originally Posted by MDPotter
That is beautiful. I've come to really appreciate original sheet metal. It's amazing, with today's technology that reproduction parts are so inconsistent and fit so poorly. They must not have the resources that GM does to develop these parts and have a good QC department. I watched a video the other day on YouTube of the Fisher body department at GM back in the 60's and how they developed and manufactured new bodies and it's pretty cool.
I've spent one full day so far mocking up, trimming, elongating holes, cutting, welding, etc. on my repro bed assembly. I knew I would have to, so I'm not frustrated about it. We also have an original shortbed assembly that we will be taking apart and putting back together so I'm interested to see how the two assemblies compare.
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Agreed, it’s simply amazing how crappy some of the aftermarket stuff can be.
I also put together a shortbox from all aftermarket parts a few a years ago. It required a lot of hole stretching to fit. Especially where the back of the box bolts to the crossmember.
When I re-assembled this one. The front is all from the same truck so I had no worries there. But the rear crossmember is from a different truck. Happily it just slid right in and bolted up clean. Sure makes for a more pleasurable assembly.