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06-05-2004, 11:26 AM
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2A674 Tank Rat
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Fleetsides with wood beds
Question: Were Fleetside wood bedfloors only for short bed trucks?
Did long bed fleetsides have wood floor beds? A friend of mine says he doesn't think the lwb fleetsides ever had a wood bed, only the swb. When were the wood beds discontinued? I know 73 and up didn't have wood. But when did this stop?   
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06-05-2004, 11:44 AM
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Your buddy is misinformed.
 This 70 2wd LWB has an original wood floor. 
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06-05-2004, 11:46 AM
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Green club
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Ya, my brother in laws longhorn has an original wood bed too.
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06-05-2004, 11:59 AM
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2A674 Tank Rat
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Thanks for the quick replies. He argued back (sort of) with me on this a little. He never saw any lwb with wood. And he said after 66 he didn't remember them having wood. Which i told him I know the swb's did for sure. But not real sure on the lwb's, atleast not sure enough to argue the point.
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06-05-2004, 12:00 PM
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The wood floors continued up past 72, I don't know when they stopped though.
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06-05-2004, 12:51 PM
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Binder Rep
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Longhorns were *only* availible with wood beds and all other fleet beds could be ordered with wood.
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06-05-2004, 06:36 PM
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A guy at work with a 68LWB has wood, another guy has a 73+ lwb with wood also.
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06-05-2004, 06:42 PM
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PROJECT 7DEUCE
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I have never seen a post 72 truck with a wood bed I guess they are pretty rare?????
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06-05-2004, 08:42 PM
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Franko72
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My 72 lwb has a wood bed
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06-05-2004, 09:59 PM
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Navel Inspector
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Does your friend have access to the internet and a computer? If so point him this way. There is a lot of really good information and plenty of friendly people to talk with.
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06-05-2004, 10:39 PM
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SOON TO BE A STEP SIDE
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i know the year is a little wrong
but i have a 76 lwb with a wood floor that i bought for parts
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06-06-2004, 09:30 AM
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Join Date: May 2004
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As mentioned before,All Longhorns were wood floor.The boards were from an 8`long bed w/short pieces sliced.Mostly you`ll find wood floors in camper rigs.I have two,a`71 CustomCamper/20(still original wood)and a`72 CheyenneSuper/20CustomCamper.Also,I owned a`78 C/30 Silverado CamperSpecial Dually PU with the wood floor option.That`s the latest I`ve seen.I don`t think it was the last year.It was probably when GM wiped-out options like tach and bucket seats.
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06-06-2004, 11:39 AM
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2A674 Tank Rat
Join Date: Jul 2003
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I told him about this site, but he wouldn't exactly fit in with us. He is mostly a F**d person. He is a great guy though and is a Electro / Mechanical Engineer I guess you'd call him. He can fabricate dern near anything when he puts his mind to it. And is always working on projects. With atleast 10 or 12 F**ds on his property he of course stays busy. lol And his sons race car.
I know when I go to get my trucks engine rebuilt, I will go talk to him. He has done some pretty cool things with the vehicles he's had and they ran like they were been chased. Thanks again for all of the replies on this.
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06-09-2004, 01:23 PM
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Tell the F**d person that my 68 camper C20 long bed still has its original wood bed.
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06-09-2004, 01:29 PM
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My 70 GMC LWB fleet has a wood bed and we had a 72 Chevy LWB fleet with a wood bed also. Both were 3/4 tons. One 4x4 the other 2wd
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06-09-2004, 01:47 PM
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My son, my joy.
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Spokane WA
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My 69 longbox has a wood floor. So tell your friend he is wrong, WRONG, WRONG!!!!
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06-09-2004, 01:56 PM
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Registered User
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Location: East Central, MO
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You can print this thread out and take it to him...............
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06-09-2004, 03:25 PM
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Registered User
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my '69 4x4 has an original wood bed...i have heard that farm trucks were often ordered with it because cattle would not slip on the wood, but they would slip on the steel. also, all 67-72 stepsides had wood beds from the factory. I think 73+ is like this too, but not surefor how long.
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