Late model bed install

[barry h.]

Hey guys i need some input about installing a late model bed on my 69,i got this bed for free and since i dont have a bed ithought i would try it till i find the right one.i dont what mods have to be done to the bed/frame.thanks in advance for any help you might have.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

fleet or step side some pics would really help us out..

[barry h.]

short step

[FRENCHBLUE72]

like this?

[barry h.]

Yes and do they make a panel to take the rear step off.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

I am pretty sure they do make a rear step shave kit... That truck belongs to board member lotik may wanna try to p.m. him for some more info..

[bucketObolts]

Barry H, please let me know what you find out about the install if it's not through this thread. i was gonna post the same question but you beat me to the punch. I was thinking about a late model bed just so i can get my truck on the road a few times this summer until I start/finish my bed surgery which is pretty far down my to do list now. thanks

[Stringer]

Hope this helps. Let me know if you need something else.

[ChevLoRay]

1badgmc (on the 88-98 page) has said that Choo-Choo customs was the company that had the kit to "shave" the rear step and add a roll pan. But, they're apparently no longer in the 'bidness of selling them.

Too bad, I'd be seriously into getting the stuff to do it to my '96. I do have a Sir Michael's steel roll pan, though....hanging on the wall in the garage. Nope, not gonna use it.

Still speaking my mind, tho. The wheel openings on the 88-98 trucks are not the same as the '67-72's. Joe McPherson did a seriously explicit restification on one of his trucks and used the later openings for his truck. Here's a pic. Sure it take a little hammer/dolly work and probably some plastic, but the end result is more appealing.

[Pop's C-10]

Choo-Choo customs had a kit to do tha front & back step..they made some trick parts back in tha day.