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Brewski* · 02-25-2003, 02:13 AM

Hauling 4x8 sheets in a LWB is easy, not so in anything else but a long horn. I like the LWB best~!

stllookn · 02-25-2003, 02:51 AM

Alright Dion...this is the second time today that I will put my pink slip where my mouth is...I will be happy to trade my short stepside for your long fleetside. I have seen your truck and it is a beauty! I think the long fleetsides look really cool tubbed and slammed too! The short fleets look out of proportion in the same configuration. I have on of both and love them both. Even the long stepsides look really great in 4X4 config with a little air under them. They are all great...just depends what you like.

BTW...the offer to trade still stands! I could not believe you were ever condsiderig selling that truck...what happened...momentary insanity...LOL!

O'l Buck · 02-25-2003, 03:19 AM

I myself have always prefered a longbed.......I can't count the number of times I've been somewhere to pick something up with my shorty and wished the previous owner would have left it long. I recently bought a longbed 2 wheel drive and I already love it........also they ride better than a shorty.

JHickson6 · 02-25-2003, 03:24 AM

I don't know about you guys, but it's kinda hard to have fun with the girls in a 6 foot box, ya need the extra 2 feet for leg and head room. LONGBED all the way!!

Wasted Income · 02-25-2003, 03:46 AM

I like my longbed, but I definitely drool over short-fleets too. I'm not much of a stepside fan though.

Who's in for starting a longbed club?

68LSS1 · 02-25-2003, 04:34 AM

Don't care if it's lwb or swb as long as it's a STEPSIDE.

sgtjed · 02-25-2003, 05:21 AM

well i have owned three long beds in my life and i gotta say i love a slammed long bed better then a slammed shorty. my brother though he would take after me but got a 67 short stepside. dunno i never like the stepside very much and really didnt like em after riding in his short step.
count me in on the long bed club

GMC Jim · 02-25-2003, 06:05 AM

How many campers do you see on short-beds??? (enuff said!!)

68_Step · 02-25-2003, 07:50 AM

Blazerman: Have a 68 Longbed step and I love it. It even has the driverside mounted spare tire... Well it has the mount anyway! I have not bought tires or rims for it yet.

JimKshortstep4x4 · 02-25-2003, 09:23 AM

I like all of the trucks and I have a long bed and short stepside. If I could only have one I would go with the long bed because of the comfortable ride and the ability to haul a lot of stuff.

Also, you can't do this with a stepside!

Jim

*racedvl* · 02-25-2003, 09:28 AM

BLAZERMAN, I would trade you my 86 gmc and my 87 4x4 burb ,and possiblly my 69 SWB.(hehe) for that wicked long step of yours!! I love it!

KWTRUX · 02-25-2003, 09:32 AM

LONG BEDS ARE LIKE FAT GIRLS,SOMEONE HAS TO LOVE EM!!! JUST KIDDING.

smokekiki · 02-25-2003, 10:20 AM

I like all trucks 72 and older,and even some newer.Excuse me for cussing,I like all older trucks,even Ford and Dodges.

yellowgmc · 02-25-2003, 11:50 AM

longbeds all the way!!! especially longbed gmc's!

dion · 02-25-2003, 12:17 PM

Okay yeah, so I had a few beers last night. I really just wanted to say is that I love shortys and steps but long beds are cool too.
Smitty and his brother have short beds and I drool all over them every time I see them.
Hearing my truck called just a worthless work truck really hurt, I've put a lot of love into her.
Thanks for listening to me vent, hope I didn't offend anyone.

*dtlilly* · 02-25-2003, 12:26 PM

Smokekiki, I'm new to the board too, but at least I know not to post the "f" word on here. Not only that, but you even capitalized it!!

As for LWB/SWB: My daily driver (mopar), I had to special order it with an 8 foot bed, since I have the extra cab and 4x4. I wouldn,t own anything other than long bed for work truck. As for my play truck, it just ended up a shorty by chance, but I liked the way it looked. I also knew that 30 some years ago, very few shorty 4x4 were made.

smokekiki · 02-25-2003, 01:28 PM

I asked to be excused for cussing!

teeitup · 02-25-2003, 02:12 PM

Your excused!

Hey Rob, nothing at all wrong with your long bed stepside, nor your lwb fleet Dion, They are 67-72 chevy trucks thats all that matters, although I don't have a lwb truck beside the burb right now. But who knows I bet I will before long!

Randy

*dtlilly* · 02-25-2003, 02:39 PM

No problemo Mike

You have to be carefull, since there are those of us with virgin hard drives LOL

GMC71k20 · 02-25-2003, 03:35 PM

i like em both the same

treefrog · 02-25-2003, 05:06 PM

I wouldn't own a long bed, because I can't get it in my garage. Now if my wife would park hers outside, wait, I'll go ask her.
Be right back TF

Xzavior240 · 02-25-2003, 05:22 PM

well the way I see it it depends on what youre doing with it. somethings shortbeds look better as and somethings longbeds look better as. it doesnt make either one bad because you cant use it for something that the other looks better as. theyre all good.

Ray Cobia · 02-25-2003, 05:35 PM

A guy walked up to me at a cruise in one night, and told me that I had just made a liar out of him. He said he had recently sold his 72 cheyenne longbed, because he didn't think you could make one look good. His wife pointed mine out to him, and told him he had lied to her. They looked it over for about an hour. Just goe's to show , Different strokes for different folks. I like them ALL just look at my sig.

1969 GMC · 02-25-2003, 06:01 PM

This may sound funny, but I would rather have a long stepside on my GMC. Before I got it, I didn't even know that they made long step sides. I just like the step and the way they look. But my truck is my first truck, so I will leave it like it is. I'll just keep an eye out for a long step 4x4

1971LT1SWBPOSI373 · 02-25-2003, 06:18 PM

I have one of each, a short bed and a long bed. I have had more offers for my long bed than the short bed, and everybody seems to think that I'll just give my short bed away for nothing (boy are they wrong). I'm not too keen on 22's or neon paint either.....

02-25-2003, 02:13 AM	#26
Brewski* Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rocky Mount, MO Posts: 1,293	Hauling 4x8 sheets in a LWB is easy, not so in anything else but a long horn. I like the LWB best~! Attached Images Last edited by Brewski; 02-25-2003 at 04:26 PM.*

02-25-2003, 02:51 AM	#27
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Alright Dion...this is the second time today that I will put my pink slip where my mouth is...I will be happy to trade my short stepside for your long fleetside. I have seen your truck and it is a beauty! I think the long fleetsides look really cool tubbed and slammed too! The short fleets look out of proportion in the same configuration. I have on of both and love them both. Even the long stepsides look really great in 4X4 config with a little air under them. They are all great...just depends what you like. BTW...the offer to trade still stands! I could not believe you were ever condsiderig selling that truck...what happened...momentary insanity...LOL! __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

02-25-2003, 03:19 AM	#28
O'l Buck Recovering Truck Driver Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Orleans, NE USA Posts: 1,883	I myself have always prefered a longbed.......I can't count the number of times I've been somewhere to pick something up with my shorty and wished the previous owner would have left it long. I recently bought a longbed 2 wheel drive and I already love it........also they ride better than a shorty. __________________ 67 K-20 350, SM465, Eaton rear, 4.56 no spin option 00 Dodge 2500 4x4, 24V cummins, 5 speed Chad South Central Nebraska

02-25-2003, 03:24 AM	#29
JHickson6 I Love This Stuff! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 739	I don't know about you guys, but it's kinda hard to have fun with the girls in a 6 foot box, ya need the extra 2 feet for leg and head room. LONGBED all the way!! __________________ My Rides 1967 C10 In Pieces for now 1985 Ford B700 SourPuss Bus - BIG BLUE 2003 Silverado CITY WORKER YELLOW!!

02-25-2003, 03:46 AM	#30
Wasted Income Boosted Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Mackinaw, IL Posts: 2,200	I like my longbed, but I definitely drool over short-fleets too. I'm not much of a stepside fan though. Who's in for starting a longbed club? __________________ 1972 2wd K/5 Blazer Turbocharged 370 LSx - 941 rwhp / 1093 rwtq 1969 Chevy K-10 L33 5.3 / 4L80E / NP241 / 4" lift 1964 Buick Skylark Twin TURBO 383 LS pro-touring project 2014 VW Passat TDI - Daily Driver Turbo diesel 2015 Sierra Denali HD Duramax Turbo diesel 2023 Ford Explorer ST - Twin Turbskis 2023 Ford F150 RCSB - Whipple Supercharged 2017 Polaris RZR Turbo 2014 Nor-Tech Center Console - Twin Supercharged Outboards *TURBO ALL THE THINGS!!*

02-25-2003, 04:34 AM	#31
68LSS1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 1,191	Don't care if it's lwb or swb as long as it's a STEPSIDE. __________________ '68 Short Step LS1/T56, Hydratech, Fatman Fabrications Stage III, Baer, Hot Rods to Hell, US Body, S&W, etc

02-25-2003, 05:21 AM	#32
sgtjed What if? Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Choctaw,Oklahoma Posts: 649	well i have owned three long beds in my life and i gotta say i love a slammed long bed better then a slammed shorty. my brother though he would take after me but got a 67 short stepside. dunno i never like the stepside very much and really didnt like em after riding in his short step. count me in on the long bed club __________________ 2002 red extended cab Silverado 2002 Wheatland yellow Suburban

02-25-2003, 06:05 AM	#33
GMC Jim Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 901	How many campers do you see on short-beds??? (enuff said!!) __________________ '71 GMC;fleetside;PB/PS/AC/CC/402 Eng./Custom Paint/110,000act miles/3 fuel tanks(52gal).

02-25-2003, 07:50 AM	#34
68_Step Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Marshfield, MO Posts: 355	Blazerman: Have a 68 Longbed step and I love it. It even has the driverside mounted spare tire... Well it has the mount anyway! I have not bought tires or rims for it yet.

02-25-2003, 09:23 AM	#35
JimKshortstep4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Muskegon,MI,USA Posts: 6,026	I like all of the trucks and I have a long bed and short stepside. If I could only have one I would go with the long bed because of the comfortable ride and the ability to haul a lot of stuff. Also, you can't do this with a stepside! Jim Attached Images

02-25-2003, 09:28 AM	#36
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	BLAZERMAN, I would trade you my 86 gmc and my 87 4x4 burb ,and possiblly my 69 SWB.(hehe) for that wicked long step of yours!! I love it!

02-25-2003, 09:32 AM	#37
KWTRUX Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NEBRASKA Posts: 188	LONG BEDS ARE LIKE FAT GIRLS,SOMEONE HAS TO LOVE EM!!! JUST KIDDING.

02-25-2003, 10:20 AM	#38
smokekiki Mike Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: west chester pa Posts: 2,473	I like all trucks 72 and older,and even some newer.Excuse me for cussing,I like all older trucks,even Ford and Dodges. __________________ 70'c/10, 71 suburban4x4 402bb, 72suburban 4/6 drop, 72k/5 4x4 blazer 4" lift 35 tires

02-25-2003, 11:50 AM	#39
yellowgmc Getting cabin fever?!?!?! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: chisholm, mn Posts: 1,679	longbeds all the way!!! especially longbed gmc's! __________________ Member of the Discs Up Front Club 1972 GMC 1500 1994 F-150 XL 4x4 Tact is for people not whitty enough to be sarcastic

02-25-2003, 12:17 PM	#40
dion 72 Cheyenne Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,086	Okay yeah, so I had a few beers last night. I really just wanted to say is that I love shortys and steps but long beds are cool too. Smitty and his brother have short beds and I drool all over them every time I see them. Hearing my truck called just a worthless work truck really hurt, I've put a lot of love into her. Thanks for listening to me vent, hope I didn't offend anyone. __________________ Burnout Idle 1972Cheyenne 1966/67Stouts



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02-25-2003, 12:26 PM	#41
dtlilly Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Shadow of Lambeau Field Posts: 5,597	Oh Nooooo you Didn't Smokekiki, I'm new to the board too, but at least I know not to post the "f" word on here. Not only that, but you even capitalized it!! As for LWB/SWB: My daily driver (mopar), I had to special order it with an 8 foot bed, since I have the extra cab and 4x4. I wouldn,t own anything other than long bed for work truck. As for my play truck, it just ended up a shorty by chance, but I liked the way it looked. I also knew that 30 some years ago, very few shorty 4x4 were made.

02-25-2003, 01:28 PM	#42
smokekiki Mike Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: west chester pa Posts: 2,473	I asked to be excused for cussing! __________________ 70'c/10, 71 suburban4x4 402bb, 72suburban 4/6 drop, 72k/5 4x4 blazer 4" lift 35 tires

02-25-2003, 02:12 PM	#43
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,395	Your excused! Hey Rob, nothing at all wrong with your long bed stepside, nor your lwb fleet Dion, They are 67-72 chevy trucks thats all that matters, although I don't have a lwb truck beside the burb right now. But who knows I bet I will before long! Randy __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"

02-25-2003, 02:39 PM	#44
dtlilly Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Shadow of Lambeau Field Posts: 5,597	cussing No problemo Mike You have to be carefull, since there are those of us with virgin hard drives LOL

02-25-2003, 03:35 PM	#45
GMC71k20 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: mass Posts: 1,277	i like em both the same

02-25-2003, 05:06 PM	#46
treefrog Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN USA Posts: 189	Long Bed I wouldn't own a long bed, because I can't get it in my garage. Now if my wife would park hers outside, wait, I'll go ask her. Be right back TF

02-25-2003, 05:22 PM	#47
Xzavior240 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: enterprise kansas Posts: 230	well the way I see it it depends on what youre doing with it. somethings shortbeds look better as and somethings longbeds look better as. it doesnt make either one bad because you cant use it for something that the other looks better as. theyre all good. __________________ 71 chevy C10 LWB 2WD runs and everything 79 chevy 1/2 ton Big Ten silverado gonna part it out since it left me walking. 69 f100 real good shape with lots of go go juice 89 plymouth reliant (daily driver) 86 thunderbird sitting in the weeds almost covered (anyone need parts?) WWW.xschunkofthenet.freeservers.com nothing there I promise " tell me I'm a sinner I got news for you. I spoke to god this morning and he dont like you" OZZY

02-25-2003, 05:35 PM	#48
Ray Cobia Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: W. Columbia, S.C. Posts: 39	A guy walked up to me at a cruise in one night, and told me that I had just made a liar out of him. He said he had recently sold his 72 cheyenne longbed, because he didn't think you could make one look good. His wife pointed mine out to him, and told him he had lied to her. They looked it over for about an hour. Just goe's to show , Different strokes for different folks. I like them ALL just look at my sig. __________________ 72 Cheyenne-85 Short bed- 88 Silverado Step- side-69 camaro Z-28

02-25-2003, 06:01 PM	#49
1969 GMC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Rubber City Posts: 5,498	This may sound funny, but I would rather have a long stepside on my GMC. Before I got it, I didn't even know that they made long step sides. I just like the step and the way they look. But my truck is my first truck, so I will leave it like it is. I'll just keep an eye out for a long step 4x4 __________________ 1969 GMC K2500 1996 Honda Accord 2007 Kawasaki KLR 650

02-25-2003, 06:18 PM	#50
1971LT1SWBPOSI373 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Springfield, VA Posts: 460	I have one of each, a short bed and a long bed. I have had more offers for my long bed than the short bed, and everybody seems to think that I'll just give my short bed away for nothing (boy are they wrong). I'm not too keen on 22's or neon paint either..... __________________ 1971 Shortbed 350/350 w/ Posi-traction 3:73's 1996 Chevy Silverado TJ in Springfield, Virginia Likes old Chevy trucks Drinks Miller MGD

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