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09-23-2002, 06:37 PM
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i love summertime
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Location: Kelowna BC
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Step or Fleet
i have a stepside box for the 71 shortbox chevy but i like fleetsides a lot too, there is a fellow board member that might wanna swap, the only thing is that the sidemarkers are shaved, steak pockets filled and the little hole at the end where the metal rolls over is filled too, so i dunno if i should keep the some what custom looking stepside or go for a fleetside possibly....any input would be cool
Derek
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09-23-2002, 06:44 PM
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I just swapped my long fleet for a long step. Even my wife likes the new look.
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09-23-2002, 06:53 PM
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I personally prefer fleetsides. I think the main thing for you to consider is how easy it would be to change your handle if you go with the fleet.
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09-23-2002, 08:00 PM
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My .02 cents. On shortbeds, I like stepside models the best. On LWB, I prefer the fleetside.
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09-23-2002, 09:55 PM
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fleets the only way to go i dont like steps
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09-23-2002, 10:07 PM
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Both look great, what do you like better? It would probably have to painted so the body shop could put it back or maybe you'll like it like that, it's completly a matter of opinion. I would go with the fleet.
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09-23-2002, 11:17 PM
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Fleet Fleet Fleet Fleet!!!!!! I guess i'm just partial to fleets cause I gots me one! But I have seen some mighty fine steppys also...
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09-23-2002, 11:27 PM
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I love my stepside, so I guess with all of this other feedback you will just have to decide what you like.
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09-24-2002, 12:47 AM
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Gearhead since birth
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Well I have a step and the stake hole are filled and the ends are filled also but I would rather have a fleet so I could carry some stuff in the bed the steps are just real skinny so you cant carry much.
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09-24-2002, 12:57 AM
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Right now my GMC 2500 is sitting in pieces, I have both a long step, and a long fleetside. I'm in the same boat as you, I've been looking for pictures of both, just to see which I like better. If I go with the stepside I'll probably paint the fleetside to match and make a trailer out of it, in case I want to haul more. Anybody out there with pictures of a long step?
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09-24-2002, 03:42 AM
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I prefer my fleetside because I use it to haul a lot of rubbish around, I've looked at stepsides and the back seems too small for me.
BTY Is the Cult you refer to the band of the same name? formerly The Southern Death Cult? If so I saw them live in 1984 and 1985!
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09-24-2002, 09:43 AM
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I hope to post pics of my long step soon. BTW, I also made a trailer out of my fleetside bed.
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09-24-2002, 09:48 AM
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My signature says it all---------------
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Stepsides look like real trucks! Smitty 
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09-24-2002, 04:44 PM
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I have some pics of my long step I can scan, but I don't know how to post them.
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09-24-2002, 05:09 PM
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Fleets All the way baby!!!
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09-24-2002, 06:54 PM
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i love summertime
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lippyp
thats a good question..it is the 80's band though...i loove their tunes...rise, firewoman.....great tunes
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09-24-2002, 07:16 PM
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MY 2 cents is go with stepside!
Stepsides all the way baby!!!!!!!!! |
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09-24-2002, 07:37 PM
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I think stepsides are unattractive... especially lwb steps (like my '72).
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09-24-2002, 10:25 PM
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Old Car Buff, go ahead and just e-mail them to me, I'd like to see them. Thanks
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09-24-2002, 10:33 PM
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More hobbies than money!
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Fleet!!!! they look so smooth. Have nothing against the steps though, JMO.
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09-24-2002, 11:59 PM
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SLOW BUT SURE,BUT CLOSER
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Flip a coin!!!!!!!!!!!! I like fleet My 2cents!!!!!!!!!!!
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09-25-2002, 07:25 PM
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Location: jacksonville fl.
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most deffently step
In my opition go step all the way. please don't get me wrong fleet's have there place on the badass scale, but how many fleetside do you see compared to steps. plus stepside seem to be getting harder to find, and the body lines just screem bad to me. do a drop, and ya got a one sharp truck.
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09-25-2002, 09:55 PM
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Gotta Startem Early
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Location: Amarillo, TX, USA
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I like the look of both but the wife thinks steps are sexy, so guess which one I got. Yeah, wife says step all the way.
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09-25-2002, 10:56 PM
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I have a fleet, but i wouldnt mind at all if it was a step. I like them both.
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09-26-2002, 08:00 AM
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STEP OR FLEET???????
FLEET FLEET FLEET......HEHEHEHE [then i can buy your stepside bed........hehehehehehe really around here there are mostly fleetsides thats why i love my short stepside}......if you decide to go with fleet...i need rear fenders....
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