IN NEED OF JTRUCK BED!!

[nylajean44]

Hi I’m in need of a jtruck bed in Ontario, Canada, mines pretty rusty so im looking for one that isn’t to rusty. I’m located in guelph but I’m willing to make a trip if needed. If anyone has one for sale in Ontario Canada or near ontario please let me know!!

[Mopar_guy]

You would be better off posting this in the wanted section.

[tgreese]

Seems 99.9% likely you will only find a good bed attached to an even better truck. I went to car-part.com (junkyard search engine) and searched all of USA and Canada for a bed and found none. FOund a couple of cabs but no beds - probably the beds from those trucks were sold long ago. Some have made flat beds to replace rusted beds.

Not a lot of these trucks were made, compared to Fords and Chevys, maybe one J-series pickup for every 100 Fords. There are some repair parts out there, but these trucks (and light trucks in general) don't have enough value to support heroic body repairs. You might try the Jeep-specific yards like J&W, Montana Overland or Jakes.

[tgreese]

Is this your truck?



If so, that's a darn good looking bed. Especially good for a northern truck. Rust here looks minimal, and quite repairable.

[Stuka]

You can buy new bedsides that you can put onto an existing bed. "Good" beds really only exist on good trucks. Very unusual to remove a good bed unless the front end was wrecked or something.

[nylajean44]

Is this your truck?



If so, that's a darn good looking bed. Especially good for a northern truck. Rust here looks minimal, and quite repairable.

That’s the good side lol, it honestly is not that bad I am just not a body person and don’t have much experience, I’m willing to try and make it work it’s just stressing me out honestly

[thej10guy]

This is what I started with vs what I ended with. My first time making patch panels. All I used was a metal break and an air saw.


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[tgreese]

The rust in the outer/bottom parts of the flares and the taillight panel are typical of Northeast vehicles, from what I've seen. Rust in the bed seams is a problem for all these double-wall J-truck beds. The inner bed wall prevents dings in the outer bed steel from heavy stuff loaded or banging around in the bed.

The double wall makes a compartment between the inner and outer wall. This compartment has drain holes, but it's not enough to keep the bed from rusting from the inside out.

I posted a thread about rust prevention for this area. viewtopic.php?t=23323 My J20 was an Arizona truck and is relatively rust free. The rust prevention treatment makes sense in that case - likely not for your truck. For your truck, I would not apply any grease or wax, since that will make it much harder to paint what steel is left, or to chemically treat the rust.

Kinda think your next step depends on what you expect from this truck in terms of appearance and lifespan. To repair it right, I expect you'd first need to media blast the bed to remove all the rust and existing paint. You could pull the bed and take it to a local shop for blasting. I'd probably follow that with a good epoxy primer all over, which would prevent further rusting and make a good base for subsequent repairs. You can prime with a brush and/or roller, though it will need sanding before you apply your top coat. Be forewarned, epoxy primer cures rock hard after about a week, and then must be first sanded for paint to stick.

[tgreese]

This is what I started with vs what I ended with. My first time making patch panels. All I used was a metal break and an air saw.


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[nylajean44]

This is what I started with vs what I ended with. My first time making patch panels. All I used was a metal break and an air saw.


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That’s awesome!! How did you make the panel's for the bottom of the bed behind the flare? Did you use some sort of other panel and cut it up to look similar? It seems like a hard piece to make from scratch

[thej10guy]

No I just made it out of a flat piece of 20 gauge I think it was. It took quite a bit of time. I did the same thing on all 4 corners of the bed.


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[candymancan]

Fix it. You think i knew what i was doing ? Took 4 months to do my floors. Entire bed.. frame. Cross member. Bumper.. gas tank. Leaf springs.

Gatta work on the bedsides now. But it csn be done with basic tools.. 100$ welder. But i guess im one of the few whove gone this extreme ?