Pics of the inside of short fleetside beds - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

apache200 · 03-21-2012, 10:26 PM

I bought a long wheelbase fleetside bed and i am looking for measurements of a short fleetside bed and pics of the inside of the bed. I read somewhere that the short beds do not have the middle stake pocket and i wanted to see some pics of the beds. Thanks for all the help

OrrieG · 03-22-2012, 01:18 AM

Here are three to start out with. There was a thread about a month ago about shortening a long to short Fleetside, it had lots of information.

trucktony · 07-01-2013, 04:21 AM

I did some measuring on my longbed and shortbed
the difference where around 50 centimeters
the longbed was 254 cm 100" overall lenght
the shortbed was 204 cm (50cm difference)

To make a shortbed from a longbed take out around 22cm in front of the wheel arch
And 28 cm behind the wheel arch.
where?
On a 58-59 fleetside you'll have to take note off the "bullit"shape on the side
and the location of your bed cross sills

I hope this makes it a bit clearer

03-21-2012, 10:26 PM	#1
apache200 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: North Carolina Posts: 275	Pics of the inside of short fleetside beds I bought a long wheelbase fleetside bed and i am looking for measurements of a short fleetside bed and pics of the inside of the bed. I read somewhere that the short beds do not have the middle stake pocket and i wanted to see some pics of the beds. Thanks for all the help __________________ 1958 Chevy Apache Stepside 1955 BBW Fleetside

03-22-2012, 01:18 AM	#2
OrrieG Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Idaho Posts: 8,800	Re: Pics of the inside of short fleetside beds Here are three to start out with. There was a thread about a month ago about shortening a long to short Fleetside, it had lots of information. Attached Images __________________ 1959 Chevy Short Fleetside w/ 74 4WD drive train (current project) OrrieG Build Thread 1964 Chevelle Malibu w/ 355-350TH (daily driver) Helpful AD and TF Manual Site Old Car Manual Project

07-01-2013, 04:21 AM	#3
trucktony Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Los Angeles California Posts: 24	Re: Pics of the inside of short fleetside beds I did some measuring on my longbed and shortbed the difference where around 50 centimeters the longbed was 254 cm 100" overall lenght the shortbed was 204 cm (50cm difference) To make a shortbed from a longbed take out around 22cm in front of the wheel arch And 28 cm behind the wheel arch. where? On a 58-59 fleetside you'll have to take note off the "bullit"shape on the side and the location of your bed cross sills I hope this makes it a bit clearer



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