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ggtsvnv · 01-12-2009, 12:25 AM

Hi everyone,

It has been over three years since I've been here. I had to sell my 71 Cheyenne and no that I'm getting things back together I'm looking for another 67-72 Chevy to get back into. My question concerns short beds, is the frame for a step side the same for a fleetside? What I want to do is switch a step side to a fleetside, I found an ok deal on a 69 step side but I really like the fleetside.

Thanks in advance for your help.

**LockDoc** · 01-12-2009, 12:36 AM

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Welcome back. The swap shouldn't be a problem as long as they are both short.

LockDoc

nicolas72gmc · 01-12-2009, 12:49 AM

ggtsvnv,

Im glad you asked that, I think I am gonna do the same on the short step. I really don't care for the short step beds that much.

Richard8971 · 01-12-2009, 12:53 AM

I can't believe my ears!!!

Yeah the frames are the same. But I cannot imagine why you would want to get rid of your step beds...

Don

1971ChevyTruck · 01-12-2009, 12:55 AM

Frames are the same, but keep the step side!!!

thirdstreettito · 01-12-2009, 01:55 AM

I like step sides because plywood fits perfectly between the sides.

nicolas72gmc · 01-12-2009, 01:59 AM

Hey Don, the PO put on a bed from a 1979 chev. If it was the right family year I would keep it. I don't like the one that is on it now.

**special-K** · 01-12-2009, 06:27 AM

You are good to go.Just will need all the bumper brackets from a Fleetside,too.

ggtsvnv · 01-13-2009, 11:53 AM

Why change? I like the fleetside better and the truck I'm looking at the bed looks like it was used at Fred Flintstones rock query. I'v seen snakes that are straighter. The wood bed is totally gone, and it's just shot. I can get the truck cheep though as in $500.00 and the rest of it is in decent shape.

**70cst** · 01-13-2009, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ggtsvnv

Why change? I like the fleetside better and the truck I'm looking at the bed looks like it was used at Fred Flintstones rock query. I'v seen snakes that are straighter. The wood bed is totally gone, and it's just shot. I can get the truck cheep though as in $500.00 and the rest of it is in decent shape.

ggtsvnv;3083786...you will find that we all have different opinions. Some like SWB (go figure) while others like LWB (yes baby!). Same with fleetsides and stepsides. I might like my truck 2 tone green while other say yuck. Though I like LWB Fleetsides...others like SWB stepsides...so...go for it. By the way... back.

01-12-2009, 12:25 AM	#1
ggtsvnv Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Cold Springs NV Posts: 85	? about short beds Hi everyone, It has been over three years since I've been here. I had to sell my 71 Cheyenne and no that I'm getting things back together I'm looking for another 67-72 Chevy to get back into. My question concerns short beds, is the frame for a step side the same for a fleetside? What I want to do is switch a step side to a fleetside, I found an ok deal on a 69 step side but I really like the fleetside. Thanks in advance for your help.

01-12-2009, 12:36 AM	#2
LockDoc The Older Generation Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Montezuma, Iowa Posts: 25,771	Re: ? about short beds - Welcome back. The swap shouldn't be a problem as long as they are both short. LockDoc __________________ Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 -

01-12-2009, 12:49 AM	#3
nicolas72gmc Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sunny Arizona Posts: 525	Re: ? about short beds ggtsvnv, Im glad you asked that, I think I am gonna do the same on the short step. I really don't care for the short step beds that much. __________________ Nick "Everyone has a plan, 'till they get punched in the mouth".........Mike Tyson 1968, GMC, SWB, Project 1972, GMC, LWB, Daily Driver, 383, headers, 2.5"/3" exhaust, 200r4, 3.5/5 ECE components. 1972, C/10, LWB, 350 vortec, th350

01-12-2009, 12:53 AM	#4
Richard8971 Still livin the "dream" in '54 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 2,656	Re: ? about short beds I can't believe my ears!!! Yeah the frames are the same. But I cannot imagine why you would want to get rid of your step beds... Don __________________ Current build. 1954 Chevrolet 3800 "Ella" SOLD! My '67 stepper "Tangerine Dream" "Anything worth doing is worth doing right" James Dean “When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” Sherlock Holmes "There is no spoon." Neo

01-12-2009, 12:55 AM	#5
1971ChevyTruck Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,006	Re: ? about short beds Frames are the same, but keep the step side!!!

01-12-2009, 01:55 AM	#6
thirdstreettito Resident of Here Join Date: May 2008 Location: Wesley Chapel, FL, USA Posts: 7,716	Re: ? about short beds I like step sides because plywood fits perfectly between the sides. __________________ ~Bradley~ 2004 Black GTO LS2/T56 too much to list Miss having a truck

01-12-2009, 01:59 AM	#7
nicolas72gmc Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sunny Arizona Posts: 525	Re: ? about short beds Hey Don, the PO put on a bed from a 1979 chev. If it was the right family year I would keep it. I don't like the one that is on it now. __________________ Nick "Everyone has a plan, 'till they get punched in the mouth".........Mike Tyson 1968, GMC, SWB, Project 1972, GMC, LWB, Daily Driver, 383, headers, 2.5"/3" exhaust, 200r4, 3.5/5 ECE components. 1972, C/10, LWB, 350 vortec, th350

01-12-2009, 06:27 AM	#8
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: ? about short beds You are good to go.Just will need all the bumper brackets from a Fleetside,too. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

01-13-2009, 11:53 AM	#9
ggtsvnv Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Cold Springs NV Posts: 85	Re: ? about short beds Why change? I like the fleetside better and the truck I'm looking at the bed looks like it was used at Fred Flintstones rock query. I'v seen snakes that are straighter. The wood bed is totally gone, and it's just shot. I can get the truck cheep though as in $500.00 and the rest of it is in decent shape.



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