1950 Ford F1 bed questions

[kirkf]

I've had a chance to look at the box on my Canadian 1950 F1 (F-47) and I've noticed quite a few differences to its US counterpart.


1. My box uses a total of 9 bed boards and 8 bed strips. The middle board is 5 3/4" wide, and the other eight side boards are 4 3/4 wide. Has anyone seen other years that use this configuration? All the bed kits I see use 8 boards the same size and 7 strips.


2. My bed also has the flat back plate, which looking at the catalogs was the way it looked in 1952 and up in the USA.

3. My tailgate uses Ford block lettering, not the script lettering. I think block lettering started in 1952 in the USA.




Although there is no way to be absolutely certain, this bed looked original to the truck. there was no indication it had been replaced that I could see.

Also does anyone know what the original type of wood they used was?


Thanx,


Kirk