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Wooden be riding on that.
My dad has an employee who used to do this to his truck. It actually looked a lot better than this, but he used to redo it every few years.
Wood paneling is so 80′s.
What is this, a screenshot from Oregon Trail 2000?
“Geppetto’s Auto Body”
And now he has to choose between Herculiner or Thompson’s Water Seal…
Nice work, if a trifle eccentric. I wonder what happened to the truck in the first place to inspire this fix?
I wood! Come aboard! @Gargomon
An ‘acquaintance’ of mine used to have a something like this… We loved threatening to burn down his truck.
I love the expensive, modern GPS in foreground of the shot. Makes a great contrast.
Must be difficult to parquet.
This has inspired me. I think I will slowly replace all of the rusting panels of my Subaru with fine varnished oak.
It’s difficult to read but the sticker on the back window says, “My child gave your honor student Dutch Elm Disease”
Actually, it seems to be a very workman-like job. The cutouts around the wheels are smoothly done, and there is no wood below the gas cap to rot out. Not bad a-tall. Sue, I also wonder what happened to the original truck body.
@Czernobog
Best pun of the week (sorry Dono, I know that honor is usually yours)
Truck body is now their kitchen table.
How would you list this in the AutoTrader- 4×4 or 2×4 ?
In northern New England, where they salt the roads, a lot of truck beds rust out badly, starting around the wheel wells. It’s pretty common to see wooden replacement beds, especially on 1980s Toyota pickups, which were notorious rusters.
It looks a little bit twisted. (Is the driver’s front corner a little low?) But, seems to be a decent job… If he’s smart, the still new truck bed is at home under wraps. He can beat the heck out of this wooden bed and put the metal one back on when it’s time to sell.
I wonder if this was the fix he chose after the back rusted out in the Caribbean? (see previous post Floating Cars)
@b.
Or if this is in preparation for such a trip.
he’s got a joint insurance policy with geico/terminix.
looks like its going to snap.
Most places that I’m aware of, you don’t need to have a truck bed, unless you’re actually transporting something you can’t “properly secure” to the frame. You don’t even need a rear bumper, OTOH, if you have one, it has to meet certain standards. A bed basically needs to be there, and well mounted. Other than that, you’re on your own. I see a lot of these, sometimes particle board or plywood, but most often something like pine. The transportation industry uses a lot of wood; beds for flatbeds, pallets, etc.
Those rails look an awful lot like the hand rails in handycap stalls. Hope nobody noticed them missing.
The driver clearly had a warped mind.
However, wooden bodywork worked for Morris.
How very steampunk. Too bad the craftsmanship isn’t better.
This picture was taken from the front seat of a Kia Sorento.
Watch the road, dude – your next turn is in 26 miles. ^_^
This is nothing. I’ve seen Wicker bodywork. Not kidding. If I can find a photo, I’ll post it someplace convenient.
Please do! Especially if he’s weaving in and out of traffic.
@Diasdiem
Wood paneling is from the 70′s genius.
@LittleJohn
It’s common in Michigan, especially up in the northern half of the state. The road salt eats through the wheel wells and the bed sides…anything it touches, really. Rebuilding out of wood isn’t that strange once you’ve seen it on farm trucks every year.