Im thinking about removing the bowed rusted bed of my w100 and building a flat bed.

Would I weld some angle steel on the frame in a rectangle, then I was thinking on 3" thick pressure treated lumber for the top and just bolt it to the angle steel. Is that how its done?

 

When I built mine, I made the bed frame mounts match up with the oem mounts, I just welded a short piece of angle iron on the the bed rail and drilled a hole in it, and welded a nut to it, so I could bolt it to the same holes in the truck frame mounts. I ended up putting a 2X4 under it later, just had to get longer bolts and drill out the 2X4.

 

if you remove that bed id put it up for sale here. somebody might need it (or if the tailgate is clean just that)