Topic: 3rd gen bed on 1st gen?

[ShawnS]

just wondering if its been done...and if it will bolt up....i think it would look kinda cool 

[ShawnS [OP]]

uhh i posted this in the wrong one! i suck at using computers

[jimbo74]

this should help http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=14904.0 might help, maybe not

the body liens wont match up..... i dont think the 3rd gen would look that great on a first gen truck... but hey anything is possible... they should bolt up relatively the same... i have a similar post of ttora, and someoen there named yotadick used to have a first gen bed on a 3rd gen truck... also i know that you will need to do something abotu the front bed mount.... the first gen beds had a bolted on mount and the mount in the 2/3 gens are on the frame..... this mount is easily attainable and will bolt on to the factory area of the later style bed with a couple holes nad some bolts though... i have a set actually if you need them... i put an 83 bed on my 85 truck

http://www.ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18678