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This is a tough surface but doesn't negate the need for a bed cover or weather will soon degrade it.
We painted the boards with automotive catalyzed urethane clear coat and sanded and polished them as we would a body to bring out the beautiful Tigerwood grain. Bed strip bolts anchor it all together through holes drilled into the steel floor.
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Once all the parts were made we trial fitted it all together. The rear top corner pieces are held on with 2 or 3 speed nutz that are accesible in the same opening. The trim between tail lights & top bed trim are held on by 2 or 3 speed nuts. To remove the bed trim, remove the 2 small corner panels at the rear of the bed. We had to glue up the Tigerwood to make the side boards that step around the wheel wells You need to remove the inner panel from the tailgate to get at them from underneath. Here are the dimensions that need to be cut into the edges of the boards to fit the bed strips Then we machined up the bed boards to accommodate after market supplied stainless '53 Chevy pickup bed strips. These align with the bolt holes in the bed strips so thoses bolt go through these spacers. We used urethane adhesive, available at Home Depot. In retrospect we would have welded in a flush panel.Īfter undercoating the station wagon floor (that's what it is, Elky is built on a station wagon platform!) we glued down spacers made from that 3/4" imitation wood decking made from old poly soda bottles that served two purposes leveled out the base and spaced the Tigerwood floorboards off the steel to lessen water damage to both layers. We over thought this one and made a pan to drain water from under the floorboards. It was some European brand, don't recall the name but there are several on the market. It had heavy stiff for undecoating and lighter penetrating stuff for inside places like the rocker panels. We bought one of the commercial type undercoating systems and sprayed it in every nook and cranny we could find. scrape off all lose corrosion you can and soak it in converter, then coat it with undercoating. We rebuilt the floor of the smuggler's compartment, welded in a steel roof and opened it to the interior of the cab for more storage room. We sold the beat up bed panel from our '59 on ebaY and installed a Tigerwood bed. Easily removed with drilling out the spots and/or hammer and chiseling some of them. Search our inventory of Chevy El Camino body panel and repair parts below.Those are welded with a few spot welds. Make sure your car has utility and muscle for life. Our replacement parts are manufactured to fit El Camino models ranging from 1959 until production ended in 1987.
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