Few Stepside to Fleetside bed questions

[JWheeler331]

Okay.....have a couple questions but first a little info......

I have a 65 Stepside with a pretty good bed and my father in law has a 64 Stepside with a bed that is not as good as the one on my truck.

I have always liked the Fleetside beds more and found someone locally who wants to trade his short fleetside with my father in law's stepside bed.

Then in turn I will trade my bed for the fleetside giving my father in law a nice stepside bed and me a nice fleetside bed.


Having never owned the fleetside model I wanted to ask a few questions before the trade happens.

First, The stepside and fleetside beds will just swap out, correct?

Second, Is there negative things to look at such as missing parts etc? I know to look for rust and bondo kind of stuff but what else?

Third, I read and hear people saying they have a short wide bed......what is that? Is it wider than usual? Is there a way to tell?

Last......the bed im looking at trading does not have the reverse lights under the brake lights. He has a long wheel base there too and it has reverse lights. Was that an option on some years?


One extra question for good measure.......How hard would it be to add the reverse lights in the future?



Thank you in advance for any help. I just don't want to end up trading my good bed and having a bed that I wont be able to use.

The bed has no rust that I seen today. It does not have the wood and does not have the brake lights installed but I will be having to rewire my truck anyways so I will be able to wire for that.