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Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
I'm getting ready to write a tech story on changing my longbed '68 GMC 1500 Fleetside into a shortbed. This got me to thinking about whether I should keep it as a Fleetside, or turn it into a shortbed Stepside. One day I'm thinking Fleetsides rule, and then the next day how good the truck would look as a Stepside — especially with a sidemount spare.
Back in the day when I still had black hair, and '67-72 C10's were pretty new the coolest thing rolling was a shortbed Stepside. I could be wrong, but it seems these days the short Fleetside is king. Anyone want to weigh-in with their thoughts on this? Thanks, John |
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
Seems that the ol' stepside is gaining in popularity as of late! Rustspot has one of the coolest ones around, and with N2billet, lolife99 having bought a couple of real sweet "survivors" i'm sure this will help put a little of the spotlight on the steppers just to see how cool they look when done! But as far as the custom scene the short fleet will allways have a lot bigger following.
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
I'm a stepside guy, however I do have the short fleetside too.
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
Peoples opinions are going to be all over the place in this forum but in the real world with other car enthusiasts the fleetside SWB is king!!!!
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
I like them both. Fleetsides, because they were manufactured with more of the options that we want today and can be made to look sleek. Stepsides were more of a utilitarian truck but are sporty looking these days.
I sho' would like to find me a nice original 67 or 68 stepside that hasn't been rodded or cut but I know that's asking for the moon. ![]() |
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
I like both- but my favorite will always be stepside. I have a 68 & 69 currently. The 69 is complete but needs a total restoration, its resting out in the barn. My 68 is in my sig, weekend cruiser mostly.
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
I agree the stepsides in my area are gaining some popularity, but I've always personally been a fleetside guy. I think the line of the C10 re much cleaner when they carry out on a fleetside bed.
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
This is just my view on this, I like the 67 and 68 swb steppers real well especially since I have a project one.
That being said I like the looks of a lowered 69-72 swb fleet quite a bit. Lwb steppers are great no matter what year. Around here in Southeast Missouri all I see is lwb fleets in majority and some swb fleets, rarely do I see a stepper of any length other than my two. There are a lot of good examples of all different trucks on here, so I guess it is up to what a person likes and what the trucks are going to be used for.
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
If your first one was a stepper like my 55, you'll always have a soft spot for steps......
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
X2! '53 stepper was my first ride.
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
Fleetside all the way for me, never have been a stepside guy.
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
Like em both real well, but I gotta give the edge to the shortfleet because I like a 2 tone truck with all the trim, and well, steppers didnt have a lot of trim
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
this is not my opinion but here in cali swb fleetsides are king there everywhere last car show threre was only one stepside and like 15 fleets even ask c10king
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
I like them both and they both have their personalities.
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
I like the fleetsides
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
John,
you know better than to ask me...... I'm a bit biased. is your tech story going into CCT?
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I've got to tell that I never thought I'd like the looks of a side-mount spare until I saw your truck. Once you lower 'em down, there's just something real cool about that look. That said, I think I'm going to have to steal your idea. As far as which magazine I'm not sure. There's some dashboard stuff I'm doing to the '68 for CCT, but I might do the long to shortbed conversion in Classic Trucks. |
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
every Tom, Dick and Harry has a fleetside SWB that's why I like the step sides ...
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
X-2 My first was a 67 long step, and my 20th one is a 68 short step. They all have style, no matter how you look at it, and I think that we have the best looking years that GM ever put out!
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
some people like fat chicks others like ones with well defined curves // to each his own
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
You're right, In the mid 70's, The stepside craze was on! "Big Time" I wanted one so bad!!!! However nowadays, I've noticed after selling quite a few of these trucks, about 40ish, And I like them both,that the short fleet,at least here in California is asked for 4 out of 5 times. By the way, Are you attending the Brothers show? I see that you are walking distance.
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Re: Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?
There is no "wrong" answer. Some like step sides for various reasons while others like Fleetsides. The point is...buy/build what you like.
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