short bed availability and general questions

[sawyerrm]

I've been looking to buy a 55.2 - 59 truck for a few weeks and thought I would expand my search to 60 - 66 era. How do these truck compare in terms of parts availability and resale. I notice that this forum is at least twice as active as the 55 - 59 forum, is that b/c there are more of these trucks in use? Also, when calling on a few I've found on CL, they all seem to be long beds. Are short beds relatively rare? My garage is 190 inches long so it's an important consideration. If I did my research correctly, the 60 - 66 are about 4 inches wider too, although that isn't as important.

Thanks,
Rob