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How to Restore Your 1947-1955 Chevy Truck Set

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Veteran Auto-Body Repair Expert Kevin Tetz Guides You on Installing, Restoring and Modifying Your Truck Bed Floor

With over a hundred million results for a simple search of "truck bed floor," the possibilities for personalizing your pickup truck are endless. The bed floor is often considered the heart and soul of a vintage truck, making it a popular subject for customization and restoration. Whether you're a seasoned truck enthusiast or just starting out, you can achieve professional results with Kevin Tetz's Truck Beds: How to Install, Restore, & Modify.

The functionality of truck beds dates back to horse-drawn vehicles, and with the rise in popularity of classic pickup trucks, the demand for bed customization has also increased. This book provides step-by-step guidance for restoring, decorating, replacing, customizing, patina-ing, or upgrading your truck bed floor with the use of basic hand tools.

Truck Beds: How to Install, Restore, & Modify caters to your skill set, budget, and experience to ensure you achieve professional results with a sense of pride in your accomplishment. With hundreds of millions of trucks produced with the option of a wood bed, you can personalize your truck bed or return it to its stock appearance with ease.

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  • Personalize or return your truck bed to its stock appearance with the help of Kevin Tetz's first-ever book on the subject.
  • Step-by-step photos illustrate the multitude of truck bed options, including how to restore, decorate, replace, customize, patina, or upgrade your floor.

About the Author

Kevin Tetz is a veteran auto-body repair expert with a passion for muscle cars, trucks, and automotive restoration. After a successful career in collision repair, he launched the award-winning Paintucation instructional video series to share his knowledge. Kevin has been a writer for magazines and has appeared on various TV series since 2003, including Classic Rides on the DIY Network and hosted and co-produced the popular Trucks! and Truck Tech on Spike.

If you're looking to install, restore, or modify your truck bed floor, Kevin Tetz's Truck Beds: How to Install, Restore, & Modify is the perfect guide to help you achieve professional results with confidence.

Everything you need to completely restore your 1947— 1955 first series Chevy pickup to better-than-new condition is shown in complete detail! The Advance Design era (1947—1955) was historic for Chevrolet, topping all the production numbers every year they were in production. And for good reason. The post- World War II economy demanded a tough and well-engineered solution for this growing economy. Selling more than 2.5 million units during this era, Chevrolet quickly surpassed and controlled the light-truck market with style, utility, and logical engineering. This era has been overlooked for long enough, and Deve Krehbiel, a well-known restoration expert from DevesTech- Net.com who specializes in these trucks, puts his 40 years of experience restoring nothing but Advance Design trucks into an extensive and complete single volume. With more than 500 photos and detailed instruction for every aspect of a proper restoration, this book will be the restorer’s best friend. Deve’s companion book, Chevrolet Inline 6 Engine: 1929—1962 (SA455), explains in full detail the engine aspects of your project. The Advance Design Chevy pickup is one of the most popular and highly prized vehicles at any venue. The author’s hope is that this book will give you the confidence and the knowledge to put your old Chevy truck back on the road in style. There is just nothing more interesting and more inviting than an old Chevy truck! • With millions of these Chevrolet Pickups produced, it’s extremely important to have a book in the marketplace that helps restore them along with providing some basic safety upgrade measures • This will be the first book in the marketplace on restoring an Advanced Design-era Chevrolet pickup (1947—1955) • This book features color photography chronicling the restoration of an Advanced Design-era pickup. The safety measures and upgrades will have your truck safely back on the road in the 21st century

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