50's longbed fleetside on a 64-66 truck?
 

Has anyone here done this?

Will it fit? I love the "rocket" detail on the 50's fleetside beds and wonder if they'd fit on a 64-66 without much modification.

I'm looking for a little something to personalize my truck further(already putting a 60 hood on it.)

Would anyone be willing to do a photochop?

(btw- I used the search function but got critical errors each of the 5 times I tried with different wording)

Thanks in advance!

Baz

Re: 50's longbed fleetside on a 64-66 truck?
 

Hmm. Not sure. I've seen 60-66 bed on on early 50's truck.

In John Wayne movie Hatari

Re: 50's longbed fleetside on a 64-66 truck?
 

I can’t remember ever seeing this configuration, but it could be interesting.

If you can provide photos that comply with the Photoshop Guidelines, someone will probably photoshop this for you. Here’s a link to the photoshop thread:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/f...splay.php?f=33

Re: 50's longbed fleetside on a 64-66 truck?
 

The cross sills will probably not match up due to the narrower track width. Find a baord member here with one and see if the can measure everything.... then do a photoshop with your truck.

Re: 50's longbed fleetside on a 64-66 truck?
 

I put a mid 50s stepside on my 63, I only had to put 1" square tubes at each mounting spot which was easy.
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Re: 50's longbed fleetside on a 64-66 truck?
 

If it was 55 2nd series or later it is the same bed as our step

Re: 50's longbed fleetside on a 64-66 truck?
 

Yes, looks just the same except the mounting points are different widths.
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cl photos

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:no: :dohh: :puke:

Re: 50's longbed fleetside on a 64-66 truck?
 

yeah .. kinda what I thought... I had entertained the idea...but it dosen't really work on those 2 examples.

Re: 50's longbed fleetside on a 64-66 truck?
 

When I first saw it, it made me think of an old F##d. I have always thought that the bed on them looked out of proportion with the rest of the truck.

Re: 50's longbed fleetside on a 64-66 truck?
 

Thanks for posting those photos!

Now I see that the body character lines don't really match with the ones on the bed. I suppose one could take the top of a 60's bed and the bottom of a 50's bed and blend them, but that's beyond my skill and inclination for now- again- thanks for the input, guys, it's great to be back here and working on my trucks again!

Baz

Re: 50's longbed fleetside on a 64-66 truck?
 

Just have someone fab them out of sheetmetal and weld and smooth on to your bed.