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10-20-2009, 01:44 PM
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Stepside Beds
will at 73-78 stepside bolt to a 79 frame?
short bed 
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10-20-2009, 02:44 PM
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Re: Stepside Beds
It should since the frames are the same from 73-87. Stepside beds where installed from the factory up thru the end of that body style in 87.
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10-20-2009, 03:21 PM
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Re: Stepside Beds
Yep. Absolutely.
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10-20-2009, 03:30 PM
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Re: Stepside Beds
sweet, I know there are 2 different stepsides, so I have a choice!
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10-20-2009, 05:01 PM
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Re: Stepside Beds
if memory serves corredt its the same bed from the fifties on up but the fenders are different,, until they come out with that 88 bed that was fiberglass
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10-21-2009, 07:57 AM
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Re: Stepside Beds
ok the bed may have been the same ... the fenders must have been different from what I see in replacement parts, the 73-78 had a reflector or light on the fender and a round hole for the gas cap, the 79 on had a square door and no lights... the shape must have been different(fenders)
and I have never seen a fiberglass one, till more modern style ... that I know of, but would not be surprised... I think the tail lights were round then square...as well
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10-21-2009, 09:54 AM
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Re: Stepside Beds
treefrog340- What Bob was saying is there was very little change to the actual bed "box" itself for many years.
At least from the outside it was the same. The underside had various changes to accommodate the rear frame differences through the years. Fenders did change from generation to generation, as well as gas cap, gas door, and tail light styles.
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10-21-2009, 12:35 PM
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Re: Stepside Beds
OK... so ... let me see if I got it this time...
as long as the box works on my truck, the fenders should interchange....
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10-22-2009, 09:32 AM
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Re: Stepside Beds
Quote:
The fenders in the 73-87 model range are all the same mounting and general shape, but have slight differences in the gas filler location and if it has a gas door or not..
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10-22-2009, 09:38 AM
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Re: Stepside Beds
You guys are Awesome!
thanks a million!
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