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The 58 has a good set of custom cab doors in the back and I have access to a mint chrome grill so it would be pretty close to a custom cab. I'm not sure why there aren't more of these around. I can find 100 AD chevys for every 57-60 Ford.

I was speaking with an older gentleman yesterday that told me he talked with a Ford factory mechanic that was working for Ford in the late 50's that said Ford was using a salt rolling process on sheet metal before it was stamped. True???? Who knows but if it is thats why you dont see as many Fords.
 
Well, I got them home. After the 4 hour drive and a bit of a dog and pony show with the 2 guys involved, we get to the farm and both trucks turn out to be long beds. I expressed my displeasure and the guy I dealt with says he never said they were shortbeds. Even though we had talked for an hour on the phone and I had mentioned several times how I was glad to find a pair of shortbeds. So they already had half my money. I offered to take just the yellow one and forget the the rest of the deal but they had already paid the landowner and wouldn't go that route. So I could drive home empty and forfeit the money already paid or do the deal. So I sent good money after bad and held up my end of the agreement, did the deal. The yellow truck is in pretty decent shape except for the cab corners, it shows 53,000 miles. I was pleased that it has the best floor and foot wells of any 57-60 I have looked at in several years, bonus. The 58 is pretty rough but I should be able to ebay 300-400 of stuff off it after I get what I want and still have $150 in scrap. So the 58 will give up the windshield, hood, cab corners, some bed pieces and whatever else to the project
 
man! sorry to hear of the bad news, but maybe you will come out ok the way it sounds...

instead of looking for a whole truck now all you have to find is a short bed!:eek:

and there may be some of them out there considering ford used that bed on 63's as well if i remember correctly
 
I absolutely hate when people mis-represent what they are selling...
So frustrating... hopefully you can get your money out of what you don't end up using!!!!
 

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