Fibre Glass Beds?

[fmdog44]

From a 2018

That would be some crazy strong/flexible fiberglass.

Too bad my story was about a red truck!!!

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[FrankThompson]

do you know what news channel? should be easy to find the story online.

Here is one from april that looks fiberglass:
https://www.click2houston.com/news/...nto-crash-with-hpd-patrol-vehicle-police-say/

Looking at the story it's a stepside which others have said is fiberglass:

 

[Pedaldude]

This is more recent:

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/i...-3-prison-guards-injured-in-crash-near-willis

Both trucks are over a decade old; hardly ‘very late model.’

 

[FrankThompson]

This is more recent:

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/i...-3-prison-guards-injured-in-crash-near-willis

Both trucks are over a decade old; hardly ‘very late model.’

Good find! and from yesterday! Probably the one the OP is talking about and definitely a stepside.

Your google-fu impresses me

 

[Zengineer]

You guess wrong. It was the entire bed side exterior, not the floor like T-boned. No pic as it was on TV.

The stepside (flareside in Ford-speak) bodyside outer skin only (not the bed) was fiberglass reinforced molded plastic about 20 some years ago...maybe 9th or 10th gen. Not so "very late model". Fun fact, the F150 flareside tailgate was used on the original 2001. Sport Trac.

 

[Zengineer]

In the past, here are a few other Ford outer body panels that have been and in some cases still are fiberglass reinforced plastic: Raptor Hood and Front Fenders (depending on year), Navigator Hoid and Front Fenders, Mustang Hood ( mid 90s to mid 2000s or so) and Decklid, MKS Decklid, Thunderbird Hood, Fenders and Decklid, early Taurus SHO Hood and many more going back to the Aerostar and Econoline Hoods.

Previous gen Camaro Doors, 1st gen GM minivan hoods, doors and bodysides, every Corvette since the 1970's, current BMW 4 series Convertible Decklid, many current Lotus body panels, almost every Class 8 (semi) Truck Hood made today, and ....well, you get the picture.

 

[fmdog44]

This is more recent:

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/i...-3-prison-guards-injured-in-crash-near-willis

Both trucks are over a decade old; hardly ‘very late model.’

How good of you to offer your interpretation of "late." But then, how many decades have pickups been on the roads? 80, 90? Just saying, it's all relative.

 

[Mtnman1]

You guess wrong. It was the entire bed side exterior, not the floor like T-boned. No pic as it was on TV.

Man. Everyone here is not wrong and its not a guess. Ford beds have never been fiberglass. Wheel flares yes. Aftermarket, who knows.

Stop being so stubborn. If you dont believe the forum, google which ford f150 beds were fiberglass. You can provide facts and educate us all.

I dont care what you saw or think you saw on tv. It was not a stock F150.

 

[Pedaldude]

I dont care what you saw or think you saw on tv. It was not a stock F150.

The OP was answered correctly in the first reply:

2003 stepsides used to be I know. I don't think the floor was though.

Good find!..

Thanks! Been using duckduckgo lately, only go with google if I can’t find anything.

...maybe 9th or 10th gen...

I was surprised to find out that the flareside F-150 was available in 2009, though still hardly recent.

https://raybuck.com/pickup-truck-bed-fleetside-stepside-definition/

Saw a video of a wreck this morning on the local news involving a very late model F150 and the bed appeared to be 100% fiberglass. I never knew that to be the case. I can't believe any maker would do that.

How good of you to offer your interpretation of "late." But then, how many decades have pickups been on the roads? 80, 90? Just saying, it's all relative.

Only it’s not a relative term, the accepted vernacular is for a newer vehicle and at least in Michigan; it’s legally defined:

https://www.reference.com/world-view/term-late-model-vehicle-mean-106a08d24fd2a399

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_model

https://www.bts.gov/content/average-age-automobiles-and-trucks-operation-united-states

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_F-Series_(tenth_generation)

This truck is definitely not getting repaired, probably would be totalled even if it were a 2022; though maybe not with the chip shortage.

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/i...-3-prison-guards-injured-in-crash-near-willis

Once, I saw a leprechaun on the news!

Could also have been worse:

https://www.f150gen14.com/forum/threads/wtf-is-this-does-anyone-know.5272/

 

[parkerdog]

In the past, here are a few other Ford outer body panels that have been and in some cases still are fiberglass reinforced plastic: Raptor Hood and Front Fenders (depending on year), Navigator Hoid and Front Fenders, Mustang Hood ( mid 90s to mid 2000s or so) and Decklid, MKS Decklid, Thunderbird Hood, Fenders and Decklid, early Taurus SHO Hood and many more going back to the Aerostar and Econoline Hoods.

Previous gen Camaro Doors, 1st gen GM minivan hoods, doors and bodysides, every Corvette since the 1970's, current BMW 4 series Convertible Decklid, many current Lotus body panels, almost every Class 8 (semi) Truck Hood made today, and ....well, you get the picture.

Let's not forget the almighty Fiero! LOL Had one of those back in the day as well. 87 GT, I miss that car. Of course if you knew me now you'd be like how was that even possible?

 

[fmdog44]

Man. Everyone here is not wrong and its not a guess. Ford beds have never been fiberglass. Wheel flares yes. Aftermarket, who knows.

Stop being so stubborn. If you dont believe the forum, google which ford f150 beds were fiberglass. You can provide facts and educate us all.

I dont care what you saw or think you saw on tv. It was not a stock F150.

Where did I write it was stock?

 

[Zengineer]

You guess wrong. It was the entire bed side exterior, not the floor like T-boned. No pic as it was on TV.

Yes, your OP said "the bed". I read that as the floor and inner sidewalls....since that is what it's called in the automotive design world. We'd call what you saw as the Flareside Bodyside Outer Panel.

 

[Zengineer]

Let's not forget the almighty Fiero! LOL Had one of those back in the day as well. 87 GT, I miss that car. Of course if you knew me now you'd be like how was that even possible?

The '84 was awful but the '86+ GT was better. I was working on the prototype development (as a supplier, not GM direct) for a ground-up redesign for "90 or '91 model year that would have been a very good true performance car.....until GM cancelled the whole program.

 

[fmdog44]

Yes, your OP said "the bed". I read that as the floor and inner sidewalls....since that is what it's called in the automotive design world. We'd call what you saw as the Flareside Bodyside Outer Panel.

Good for "we"!

 

[mistermoon]

Everything behind the cab of my old 2004 Explorer Sport Trac was composite, including the floor of the bed. No issues whatsoever with that or really anything else on that truck.

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