Posted by Steve Elliot on June 08, 2000 at 17:10:50:
In Reply to: Re: '41 WC bed posted by Kevin on June 08, 2000 at 13:45:08:
Kevin,
Maybe back in the 40's they had those gauges but you don't see them in common practice today. Of course Dodge may have ordered those gauges in which case they would have ordered tons and tons of that gauge. A mill will make you a special gauge if you buy enough. There maybe some of those gauges left over from a large job at some supplier but I've never come across any. I've been in the sheetmetal business since 1977. Use 16 gauge cold roll mild steel. I made some stake pockets from that and they came out fine.
Steve