Fwiw once upon a time I got a free used shell from an 80-86 & put it on my 69 bumpside. I didn't think it would look right at the roof, but once in place I was pleasantly surprised with how good it fit. Both were longbed trucks, but while trying to find that one I did find some shortbed caps.A topper would be nice to have, but I don't think anyone ever made one for a shortbed dentside, not even Ford. Maybe they are out there, but I've never seen a picture of one, they're always long beds.
Haha! I ran hub caps with a tiny bowtie on my 64 Falcon convertible. I always meant to strip & paint checkers over it. No one ever noticed & I never got around to painting them.I also picked up some other goodies via Craigslist. They are sacrilegious, but I'm going to remove the sacrilegious emblems from them and put something else.
With people keeping their numbers & moving all over, we're running into odd numbers on a pretty regular basis.Google says 512 is Austin, Tx. Weird.
I recently replaced the old jack on my trash trailer. I found a Curt brand that clamped on with U-bolts, had the crank on the side, & a pin to rotate it 1/4 turn when not in use. It's pretty low profile above the tongue. I wonder if the lower side crank style might clear your metal rods or spare tire. Washed out pic from a dying phone.I'd be concerned that if I put this jack, or a different one made to mount on the side, on the outside of the frame that it would get in the way of the metal rods for the bed.
I've been using some of this stuff lately. So far it seems to seal pretty well. I've seen black, red, white, & green.I'm gonna go back and remove them and see if I can weather proof the exposed portions of wire for the factory harness.
Sometimes on a washboard road airing down can really help. Not so low as you would for offroading, but lower than you'd normally run in a pickup. Visiting my uncle & aunt in Oregon, who lived quite a ways down a washboard road, I learned to find a balance that would work for their road & local pavement trips. Then I'd air up before the long trip home. On their road it made a huge difference.down a terrible washboard dirt road that made me miss the Bronco's suspension. I had to do 15 mph or slower to keep from shaking the truck to pieces.