Hello All, I live in the UK and am the proud owner of a light jae 1978 Ford F100 pick up with an 8foot bed. I am having a full respray done on the truck and have just removed the tonneau rails for this purpose. I notice that one each rear sidepanel there are 3 square holes cut into the rails - apparently these are called stake pockets. I want to find some covers or inserts to stop water/dust etc getting into them. I am struggling to obtain these via usual sources (NPD, LMC, Dennis Carpenter etc). Can anyone tell me where I can get them please?
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Rgds

 

There is nothing available AFAIK. Ford never offered anything and I doubt any of the repro parts makers would, because there would be no demand.

Lower pic shows the genuine Ford bed rails and the front stake pockets.

Despite the caption that says 8' box, I see no middle stake pockets, so this could be a pic of the 6 1/2' bed that only had two stake pockets per side.

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Not the most orthodox way but maybe helps..
There are some plastic caps, squared, to cover square metal rails that can be found in a hardware store. As I said, not the best solution, but can be practical.
Something like this... https://picclick.com/For-2009-2018-Dodge-Ram-1500-2500-3500-Stake-283355790937.html

My 0,02


Josep

 

I've seen some rubber ones that have a chrome metal cap with a loop built in, for tiedown usage. I would check J.C.Whitney, or NAPA. I'm pretty sure they were on a '73 - '79 8' bed. I believe that my '78 has three stake pockets as well, but it's not presently here at my house. Hope this helps.