Question on fab process to choose

[olason]

Hello,

I am looking over a project of mine that I was given by my grandpa. It is a 1958 Ford F250, but it has been a sprayer pickup for Roundup on the farm since he got it in the late 80s. I plan to remove the sprayer, and for now restore the pickup.

The box floor is rotted up due to a leaky tank sitting in it for the last 25 years for sure. I can't seem to find a replacement steel floor on the web for the styleside box.



To make a new box floor with the raised sections like the factory box floor has would you use a bead roller on a piece of sheetmetal?

That is the only way I can think to reproduce this piece. I know the stepsides are more popular, and the parts are more available yet a long box styleside fits with my view of pickups. You can always use more bed space it seems like.

Eventually it may get a diesel swap, from the I6 stocker and manual trans, to be a tow pickup.