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Old 12-08-2014, 01:00 PM   #13
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Re: Idea for spotting fake shortbeds

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Originally Posted by Livrat View Post
I mostly agree with you, except for one item that I did not notice for many years, not all longbeds have the curve you mention, 1967 "only" longbeds are not curved in the lower front wheel well.
Say Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa? Man. Still learn new crap every day!

So I googled pics of 67 and 68 C10s looking for trucks with original looking paint... and yup, 67 long beds are straight and 68+'s are curved!

It's crazy GM would make a design change like that. I could understand if they were like that from the beginning, but to change after one year? That requires new stamps, $$$,... I wonder what the reasoning was? So 45 years later we could discuss cut down longbeds?
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