Flatbed to truck bed swap

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Tederra

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I wanted to know what's needed to change this flatbed truck to a truck bed? Owner says its a camper special I didn't know they made the camper special with a flatbed
 

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Turbo4whl

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Welcome to the forum. Most likely that truck was built with a dually bed. The big issue would be the cost of the bed. With the outer fenders not damaged, they are rare. Regular 8 foot bed could be used but that still leaves you needing the outer fenders.

@bucket Andy and @Old77 Cob both have dually trucks. Anybody repoping those fenders yet?
 

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To the best of my knowledge there are no repops of these fenders which makes me super paranoid about mine and keeping my mint! I would be pissed if anything ever happened to them LOL
 

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For quite a while there was a company making them, along with dually conversion kits. I have no idea if they still make them though. I can't even remember the name of the company. Arrow something or other.

If the truck has a 131.5" wheelbase, it was born with a truck type bed.
 

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I ran duely bud wheels for a few years on a K20. Simple painted roof flashing screwed to the fender lips looked great as extended fenders.
 

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