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hey all,

I have an old beat up touring project car that I want to turn into a truck, how they used to do it by cutting off the back half of the body and making a truck bed to put on instead. does anyone have some pictures of how the rear fenders could hook up and how the bed was hooked on, and maybe some dimensions and measurements?

Thanks,

Carson

Mine came with custom brackets for the rear fenders that provide clearance for the bed to tilt back. If you don't want the bed to tilt, then I'd bet that roadster rear fender brackets securely screwed to the wood body sills would work.

Precess depends on the year of your T, the '26-'27 are easy to fit a wood bed as the body has a full length steel subframe to bolt the wood bed to.

For the wood frame T's, '25 and earlier, if the rear wood sill is still there, then fasten the bed to the sill. If missing, then add brackets to the bed and make the bed with 2x4 runners under to fit to the frame body brackets.

For size, normally a bed length should be 52"-54" long as that will end just past the rear fenders, a shorter bed looks a bit stubby, a longer bed harder to fit in garages.

For width, you want the bed sides to approximate the with of the body, where the rear doors used to be on your touring, that mostly is about 43" or so wide. Plus that width is good for fitting pieces of the left over touring car metal upright to mount the rear touring fenders on a wood bed. Remove the upper threaded socket on that upright and bolt it to the side of the wood bed. Then the fender rod will screw into it and easy to hang the rear fender just like it was on the touring car. Have fun, you can make the bed about anyway you wish, add upper flare boards for a nicer look than just a plain wood box.

My brass pipe brackets

Just completed one. Made the bed from scratch. Lots of photos here >> viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17287&p=131129#p130900

I just threaded a piece of 1/2" rod and bolted it through the flat iron that supports the "flare" board. I have a piece of flat iron on the inside of the wood too so it's fairly strong.

ok, I got some advice from the club in town, and they have some great examples too! I'm starting to collect more parts and I put the front fenders, running boards, and splash guards on. I also had an Idea, instead of cutting off the back half, I believe I will try to take apart the backseat and wooden frame and keep it so I can put it back on in the future if I ever want to, because I'm only 13 and I might want it in the future.