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I have an all metal aftermarket bed that I installed on our 1922 roadster, and would like to know who and what year it was made. I have looked at many pictures of accessory beds and have not seen an all metal one. This is not a dump bed and it is a factory made one for the earlier Model T's. Any information anyone has I would appreciate. Dan

Dan

That sure is a nice commercially made steel bed.

All I could find is a photo very similar to your steel bed, July issue 1921 Ford Owner and Dealer magazine. The photo was in an article on beds for runabouts, showed kits, boxes, and custom bodies for carting goods on the small T chassis, instead of the TT.

Here is the photo, just no description in the article about it, doesn't mention any mfg. names in the other pictures of wood bed kits or box bodies. All mention is just the photo caption.


July 1921


close up:

Could only guess at mfg..but Martin-Perry was making new all metal bodies in '21 so that bed might be that brand.

Thank You Dan for the information, I have been looking for anything about a bed like this for a long time and found nothing. A friend of mine found this when we first got the roadster and I traded for it. It was on a T roadster frame that someone cut off at the front body mounts and bent in to make a trailer out of it. still had the rear end under it with a license plate bracket still on what was left of the wood turtle deck frame. ---Dan