headache rack?

[3_puppies]

did all lpb's come stock with a headache rack?

reason I ask, my "new" '65 45 doesn't have one and the owner I got it from had it since '67, 2 years old, and he didn't remember it having a rack.

 

[cruiser_guy]

Paul, I'd be surprised if they did not. Here in Central America the older trucks are pretty bare bones but they tend to have the headache rack. Is there any evidence of your truck having one (boltholes etc.)?

 

[psreno]

The swb's and FJ40's of those years did not. It wouldn't surprise me if they didn't.

 

[3_puppies]

Paul, I'd be surprised if they did not. Here in Central America the older trucks are pretty bare bones but they tend to have the headache rack. Is there any evidence of your truck having one (boltholes etc.)?

Charles, yes the holes are in the bed, just odd if the original owner took it off in the first 2 years of it's life.
Any chance of sourcing one in your neck of the woods?
Paul

 

[1tontoy]

Excuse my ignorance, but headache rack on a 40 or 45 swb? What years had them?

The swb's and FJ40's of those years did not. It wouldn't surprise me if they didn't.

 

[cruiser_guy]

Charles, yes the holes are in the bed, just odd if the original owner took it off in the first 2 years of it's life.
Any chance of sourcing one in your neck of the woods?
Paul

I could probably find one. Shall I look for one for you? It might take a while to find an unmolested one.

 

[3_puppies]

I could probably find one. Shall I look for one for you? It might take a while to find an unmolested one.

That would be great, no rush. I'll try and catch up with you next summer on your way thru.

Paul

 

[Kief]

Every 45 LWB RT I have seen either had one or had signs of having one.

 

[Awl_TEQ]

Every 45 LWB RT I have seen either had one or had signs of having one.

Ditto