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Bed Wood and Parts BedWood and Bed Liner

Well, I have “unearthed” my 1928 Ford extended-closed-cab pickup (originally built by the Roadster Ute Company out of Australia and now sold by Brookville Roadster here in the U.S.). While rummaging through my various projects rat-holed away at Hot Rods by Dean (Phoenix) we figured it was about time to get this oldie but goodie on the road. I’ve always liked trucks, especially roadster pickups, but figuring I would need a bit more cover from the elements Ithoughtaclosed-cabpickupwould get the job I needed gettin’ done much better.

Closed cab or open cab, all pickups have one thing in common—the bed portion of the truck. In my case it’s a Brookville Roadster Model A bed that’s been shortened a good bit. To finish out the bed portion of this build we opted to

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