Looking like a 170 bed! Did you use the weld through primer? It has gotten stupid priced here. $92.00 a can !?!?!?!
No weld through primer here Joe. Going to have the bed dipped and e-coated prior to body work. I prefer this for many reasons to now include cost.
Speaking of body work though, more has happened. Ended up getting the stake pockets in place over the past week. The most annoying part? Well, there are many and most were related to the pocket size/placement. Now I will say full disclosure I bought these without a ton of knowledge about truck beds other than what I could gather from Don's truck/my own but that was only to measure rough dimensions to see if a truck bed could be slightly modified to create a FC bed. It appeared as though this was true by merely extending the sides/bottom to the right lengths as I noted a few pages back. Bearing that in mind, I spoke with the vender that sells the reproduction truck beds and was assured that "...you don't need to worry about those stake pockets/spacing, they will fit with no problem even on a FC." This was after he also told me the sides/floor would have to be extended to make them fit size wise, so we at least agreed on that. Unfortunately, the vender was incorrect on multiple fronts re: stake pockets. Not only did the stake pockets not fit well, but they needed to be drilled to weld them to the crossmembers (as seen on the rear one here) and the bed floor like the factory. The stake pockets were also the wrong length and had to be trimmed down to fit. Those were the first issues. Also note the rear most bed crossmember cut into the rear most stake pocket and as such the stake pocket had to be notched; just like the way the factory did it on FC 170s/ and Trucks.
Another special annoyance was the front stake pockets for several reasons. First, there are two 1/2" holes drilled through them (holes present on the header and bed sides from this vendor) for an internal angle iron bracket. However, there are no holes drilled in the stake pockets...which probably could have helped index them faster for placement vs me figuring it out from scratch...also take heed of the overhang of the stake pockets in relation to the bed floor below, necessitating grinding to fit (seen in bottom of picture).
Pocket drilling....
Another observation at this time was that the header actually goes outside the bed sides vs the inside like the factory. This causes a little funkiness to the stake pockets that really won't be noticed by 90% of people but I do and it annoys me.

. Sorry, there are no pictures of that...
However, I have some of the final annoyance which stems from this-->the stake pocket spacing.
Again, the vendor was asked specifically about this, and I was told "don't worry." Again, that vendor was wrong. Ended up using the old bed for measurements and marking where the new pockets should go. Used a drill/Dremel to cut out where the new pockets should be so as not to remove too much metal. What's a little more time and effort at this point though?
Then the pocket flaps were bent into place and the old pockets sealed up.
Picture of the underside. I have learned by this time it is ok to leave the metal a little rough looking vs grinding away so much making it flat and pretty that instead you make a divot.
Finally, after all that the middle two stake pockets were added. These went on without a hitch but again the longer of the two will need trimmed/ground off to be flush with the bottom of the bed.
The moral of the Truck to FC bed story is that it might be better to re-use as much of the original bed as possible and just buy the preformed stake pockets or save your old ones and patch them. Still more to come as we take the bed off and "fix" the underside (yes there were more issues-spoiler alert. I will be sure point them out but try not to rag on anyone anymore. I just wanted to make clear to future persons attempting this what the big issues are and that vendors can be wrong).