Very Rare Model A Steel Pick Up Box At Nebraska Auction

[Hitman]

Originally Posted by ModelA29

Did the TT and AA use the same bed? The auction bed agrees with the picture of this AA bed where it's flat where the fender mounts. Did AA with dual rear wheels get the indent for the wheel to clear and single rear wheels not get it?

No, as has been clearly stated in this post that there are distinctive differences that are shown in the pictures you provided. Look around the center post, the length is different, the raised molding area that connects on both sides of the center post. Then there the tell tale dimple in the bedside for the tire that’s easily visible on the inside of the bed.

The bed in the auction is clearly a TT express bed.

[Osage Orange]

TT and AA beds have seven vertical beads in the front panel, which this one has. The AA has indents for the wheels, which this one doesn't appear to have so it is likely a TT bed, which will adapt to the Model AA frame but isn't a dead-on fit like the "Walton" AA express bed. The bed at auction is definitely not a '31 wide bed. The AA/TT sides are only about 13 inches high, which this seems to be. Yeah, they're rare, but a TT bed in that condition still isn't worth more than a few hundred dollars, even to a restorer. One sold five miles from here a couple of years ago for $350 and I passed on it. It was more complete than this latest one. For hotrodders, fabricating a bed is far cheaper and more adaptable than restoring a 95+ year old bed that isn't even complete.