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It's kind of a silly question to ask why they made Stepsides. I guess it comes from a perspective of only focusing on 67-72 trucks and not the entire history of pickups. They never made a Stepside truck until '58. Before that they were just pickups. It was the introduction of Fleetsides that created a reason to identify the old style bed. Stepsides remained the basis of a pickup as it had been since day one with the Fleetside being an upgrade. There were people using pickups before '58 and they liked them just fine and didn't want to change. For hauling,unless you're hauling loose bulk,the wider bed doesn't add anything and presents a shifty load situation compared to the well defined dimension of a Stepside. It is the same size as the cargo floor. If more capacity was needed,in years prior,you got a flatbed or stake body. Fleetsides were created for style. Enough years have gone by to where more people look to trucks for style than utility and now ask why they made Stepsides.