Side Rails on Ebay, good for short box installation

[aerotruk63]

I'll have to strip all the parts off my truck one day and part it out. I paid $110 for my NOS set 27 years ago.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Restored-RAR...3D161679779191

[Revoh]

Those are neat and all, but they'd have to be attached to a truck for me to give that kind of money!

[1963c-10]

They are hard to find......and I like them. But not $1500 like them.

[TJ's Chevy]

$1500 for THOSE!!!.....Sorry...NOT when I got a WHOLE darn truck for a 1/3 if that cost.

[markeb01]

To me $1500 seems like a fair price considering the rarity. I think the last set I saw listed was over 10 years ago and they sold for over $1,000 if I remember correctly. This is a great example of supply and demand. There just aren't any available as they rusted up or became damaged back when fairly new. Sadly I'd never be able to pay that much, but I'll bet the new owner is glad to have them.

[1963c-10]

Agreed....a seldom seen part. If anyone buys them...posts some pics installed for us!!!

[Thiessen1960]

My dad and I actually have a perfectly new set of these just chilling in our basement that my dad bought many years ago.

[aerotruk63]

These rails were originally from an 58 El Camino. Follows the history of borrowing parts from previous years. The set of rails on my trailer were from an El Camino.

Picture of a set of rails on the Ebay Vendors truck.

[bhc41051]

Are these the real deal?
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/4994510451.html

[aerotruk63]

Originally Posted by bhc41051

Are these the real deal?
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/4994510451.html

They are a version of the real deal. If you look closely at the mounting pad it has rectangular base. The Originals I have, and pictured in the Installation Instruction Book are pointed towards the front. Also along the side of the angled vertical section there's a defined line as the originals are a smooth surface.
I'd still put these on a truck anyhow as they are so close to the original.
Years ago I bought a single base mount and it was shorter than the original ones I have. Maybe off a F**d.

So interest got the best of me since the link to Atlanta showed the rails on a GMC. I looked in the 64 & 65 GMC Accessories book and there's no listing for the rails.

[1960HDGMC]

Originally Posted by aerotruk63

They are a version of the real deal. If you look closely at the mounting pad it has rectangular base. The Originals I have, and pictured in the Installation Instruction Book are pointed towards the front. Also along the side of the angled vertical section there's a defined line as the originals are a smooth surface.
I'd still put these on a truck anyhow as they are so close to the original.
Years ago I bought a single base mount and it was shorter than the original ones I have. Maybe off a F**d.

So interest got the best of me since the link to Atlanta showed the rails on a GMC. I looked in the 64 & 65 GMC Accessories book and there's no listing for the rails.

Hello, I am so glad to have joined your group. I have been researching the rails for a while and I need some help. I have looked in every 6066 GMC Accessories Catalog. GMC never made a set of side rails available with a GMC part number. The closest you could get was the Chevrolet set from the same year. Chevrolet lists a part numbered kit in 1960,61,and62,that I know of. I have not found a 64,65,and 66 Chevrolet Accessories book ,yet. The Chevy Instructions for the 1960 year model kit were dated 1959. They use bolts, lock washers, and nuts to mount the stanchions. By 1962, they had made the change to threaded screws. Otherwise, the same kit with the same measurements. This supports the idea that the three-screw bases alone are correct. They would have drawn the new bases when they updated the instructions. But they only drew the new screws and the original bases. Now there were aftermarket rail kits back then. There were kits available in later years that look and work just fine. But the rectangular base stanchions I have observed most often, were on early-mid seventies Ford trucks. The 1960-62 Chevrolet kits did not offer the rectangular based stanchions. People use them, then and now. And they look great. But I see Ford trucks in my minds eye when I see them. The ironic note of all this, is that I do not have a Chevrolet truck. I have a GMC. But I am trying to get it to where it would be an all GM truck. IF you wanted to keep it all GMC in 60, you could not have rails. Next best scenario, and keeping it all GM at least, go to the Chevrolet dealer and order there kit. Remember, same box, just different tailgates. I will try to upload some of the materials I have come across in my research. May take a couple of uploads. Thanks for your time and any input is really appreciated. GM

[1960HDGMC]

Last five pictures,GM

[markeb01]

They certainly appear to be the real deal. There really isn't anything close, other than some vertical stanchions instead of the angled versions. The parts that made these up were also used on boats, so there are some varied combinations that exist but the differences are readily noticeable.

And thanks for posting the link! I know have a few more photos in the collection.

[markeb01]

Thanks for clarifying! I never noticed the mounting base differences before.