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ChevLoRay · 07-10-2008, 04:51 PM

Ain't it amazin' all the stories that we can read on here? I love every one of them. Whether or not any of them are true, or not, or partly....they're still a lot of fun to read. Whether or not we agree with all of the story, or parts of it, or none of it....it's fun.

When the long beds came out in '58, and I know there were longer beds prior to that time, they were the hot ticket. If you bought a new truck, you got a long bed because you worked from your truck. You put a rack on it and carried "stuff". Even if you didn't use it for work, and just occasionally hauled anything....you wanted a long bed. They rode better, too.

So, for my '69 SWB, there were about 54K built, and over 225K of the long beds. I'm working from my brain-damaged memory, so don't rake me over the coals on the numbers, but you get my drift. SWB trucks are only about 25% of the LWB numbers.

07-10-2008, 04:51 PM	#23
ChevLoRay Old Skool Club Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas" Posts: 10,880	Re: Cheyenne super sport? Ain't it amazin' all the stories that we can read on here? I love every one of them. Whether or not any of them are true, or not, or partly....they're still a lot of fun to read. Whether or not we agree with all of the story, or parts of it, or none of it....it's fun. When the long beds came out in '58, and I know there were longer beds prior to that time, they were the hot ticket. If you bought a new truck, you got a long bed because you worked from your truck. You put a rack on it and carried "stuff". Even if you didn't use it for work, and just occasionally hauled anything....you wanted a long bed. They rode better, too. So, for my '69 SWB, there were about 54K built, and over 225K of the long beds. I'm working from my brain-damaged memory, so don't rake me over the coals on the numbers, but you get my drift. SWB trucks are only about 25% of the LWB numbers. __________________ Member Nr. 2770 '96 GMC Sportside; 4.3/SLT - Daily driven....constantly needs washed. '69 C-10 SWB; 350/TH400 - in limbo The older I get, the better I was.