1950 Ford F-1 Pickup - Putting Project F-1's Bed to Bed

The view is as good of the smooth tailgate on the outside as it is on the inside.

To attach the tonneau, holes need to be drilled in the front and rear portion of the bedsides. To protect the primered sheetmetal, Pete put masking tape in the rear section of both bedsides.

He also taped the to-be-drilled area in the front section of each bedside.

After carefully measuring and marking exactly where to locate the holes, Don commenced drilling.

Once he'd drilled all the holes, he installed the supplied Nutsert fasteners.

Using an extension on his socket wrench...

...he installed the tonneau hinge/driprail in the Nutserts.

With Pete holding the rigid aluminum tonneau on one side and Don on the other...

...they inserted it into the tonneau hinge/driprail.

With the bed fully assembled and the tonneau in place, Altered Engineering took the bed back apart and brought all of the exterior sheetmetal to a professional paint shop.

Once the Project F-1 came back from the painters, the Ford was put back together. These last few photos show how nice the Blue Oval Truck Parts bed floor, Pro's Pick bed, rear roll pan, and electric tonneau look all together and finished. From the ingenious Delrin latches...

...to the trick hidden hinge-attached tailgate...

...to the tasty oak and stainless steel stringer-filled bed floor, selecting Pro's Pick to put your project pickup to bed is a great way to go.