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Building A New Bed Floor For A 1967 C10 Bending Metal

8a. Next came the scary part. After all of the hours spent welding together the side paneling and then punching a perfect body line in each piece, the guys had to put two bends into each panel so that it would slide perfectly into the bed, with just the right length between the bends to make the panels fit tightly in the corners. A simple fixture of 3-inch round tubing clamped to a table was used to bend the metal.
1967 Chevrolet C10 Custom Sheetmetal Bed Floor - Make Your Bed

 8a. Next came the scary part. After all of the hours spent welding together the side paneling and then punching a perfect body line in each piece, the guys had to put two bends into each panel so that it would slide perfectly into the bed, with just the right length between the bends to make the panels fit tightly in the corners. A simple fixture of 3-inch round tubing clamped to a table was used to bend the metal.  View Related Article

 

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