The front bed panel takes everything the bed does not: cab spray from above, road grit from below and whatever gets shoved against it. Once it rusts through, the bedsides lose their front anchor. This panel is stamped to the factory profile so the bedsides pull back into square.

Auto Metal Direct 715-4073-1 Front Bed Panel Features:

• Fits 1973-1987 Chevy and GMC C/K Series trucks with a Fleetside bed.
• Front bed panel position, closing the forward end of the box.
• Stamped from OE gauge steel.
• Correct as-original shape, size, bends, holes and ribs.
• Ties the bedsides and bed floor back together at the front.
• Sold individually.