Sandmann do you plan on using an original bed or building one out of wood? Your cab appears to be in great shape. The one I had to work with building the wrecker was nice but no where near that shape.
Funny you should ask... I had a line on an old bed that this guy has had for about 50 years. He is a real nice guy but we could never get together on a price. I met him through the local Model A club.
In the meantime my mom and sister were on a road trip about to come back through Ohio. I asked if they had the room and could pick up a bed from Brookville roadster. The guys at Brookville Roadster were real nice to my mom and let her unload and reload her van inside their warehouse. The bed came completely assembled with wood, and it looks fantastic!
About a week later, I stopped by to see how Mr. Smith was doing. We had a nice chat. He has been driving the same Model A for 70 years. Turns out we went to the same high school, albeit 30 some odd years apart. He has forgotten more about model A's than most folks will ever know!
So Mr. Smith calls me about a week later and says he has a stack of stuff for me, come on out. I am there in about an hour with a pocket full of cash.
He is old and I am in no hurry, though I am no spring chicken myself. We chit-chat and meander our way back to his dilapidated, but jammed-packed barns. We stop along the way to clear some brush here and there. M. Smith steps behind some brush to pull back a few pieces of rusty corrugated roofing panels. Low and behold, is the front end of a Model A with a B engine that was a saw mill setup from way back in the day. That guy has all kinds of stories, and it was a joy to hear every one.
We finally make it to the back barns, and sure enough, there is a pile of stuff consisting of what he had that we had talked about on my last trip, including the bed. He was proud to show me, as I was surprised to see it, a still in the box fender. It took a few minutes to undo the knots of the dirty and cob-webbed string. The box did look really old and had a few water and oil stains, but was still intact. He helped me take the fender out to look at it. It was beautiful with only the slightest of surface rust here and there. Mr. Smith said that was the first time it had been out of the box since 1962!
Of course I said I would be happy to take it all. He agreed, and told me to give him a fair price. I did some quick ciphering and came up with a figure. He started shaking his head and kicked the dirt a little. Usually I am pretty good with reading people, but was not sure how to read Mr. Smith. He breaks the silence first by saying "Nope,....that's too much."
What? Did I just hear this guy right? I did, and we had another long chat. It turns out his son is not interested in any of his Model A stuff, and he wants to see it get used and go to a good home. I told him I didn't want to take advantage of any situation and that he should accept my original offer. He said OK, only if I would take a few more things he wanted to get rid of. I guess we both ended up happy. Mr. Smith will be getting a Christmas visit from me no doubt!
So to finally answer your question....I am putting the new bed on my truck, and making a Model A trailer out of the other bed. The trailer will sit on a 29-29 frame and use Model A rear-end and springs.
BTW orthopedic? May have been an intentional (foot in mouth) Freudian slip?
