Stepside vs Fleetside

[1Bad62Pro/Street]

Stepside........
Because they look better stuffed!
Badonkadon v/s Badinkadink
My tires are so small.

[hopped up]

ive always been a fleetside guy but man am i starting to really like the stepsides!! at least up to 72. i think the later trucks look silly as stepsides. but gotta love the usefullness of a long fleet. damn i may have to buy a stepside now too
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[jimmythompson1964]

I have 2 step sides a 66 and a 62 I think the step side has a muscle truck look to it. I am working on my 62 now replacing the cab then it will become a 64 choped 2" will post some pictures of it soon

[markeb01]

Looking forward to the updates. I love chopped tops. And welcome to the forum!

[perro13]

like both but lean towards fleetside, maybe because i'm into suburbans.

[old cruiser]

I like my stepside did have a 76 fleetside liked it too. Over here in Oz we have the utility commonly known as utes , been around since early fifties. But the stepside was and is not that common so for me a steppy stands out on our roads especially being a chevy and not your common old holden or ford ute. The fleet which I do like looks a bit more like our ute except the cab is joined to the tub on the ute as apposed to the fleet which is not joined.

[old cruiser]

As mentioned in my last post , here is a pic of a 63-64 Holden ute note body is one piece. This is a cool model holden and now getting rare but this format of construction is very common place and still used today

[T Smith]

Looks kinda like an early 60's Ranchero...

[Bartenfeld]

Got one of each!!! I like em both!!!

[62 Bowtie]

Originally Posted by cb1965

60-63 both fleet or step
64-66 fleet only. reason is on the 60-63, the wrap around windshield goes alot better with the rear fenders. jmo

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[chevytrucknut61]

I like the stepside because it has curves. But I like all old trucks.

[irishmil]

1Bad62...That truck looks great...makes me want to get the 66 I am trying to get even more. Hope the guy comes down on the price. I like all older trucks, fleet and step, but the stepsides just do it for me...especially seeing one stuffed like 1bad62's...
Old Cruiser and Bowtie...your trucks looks great...more pics

[Low down and dirty]

Mine is a 68 short step, but I like both..I was in the right place at the right time, it just happened to be a step side..

[LostMy65]

I like them both. To me, the stepsides look older.
I also think the small back window looks better in a stepside - adding to the old look.

[protrash64]

I dig the fleetsides and thats what I pictured when I bought one back in 2001. I swapped out the step-bed and built a Frankenstein bed out of a '66 and '62.(Gotta do whatcha gotta do!!) I like the steppers in 47-54 and 55-59 and not so much on the 60-66. And, of course with that being said, there are other members trucks on here that change my mind all the time!!

[sigshooter]

I like both, I am currently working on my Grandpa's truck which was a long stepper and was going to short step it... I couldn't decide whether to go long wide or short step.... even thought some of leaving it long step.. I spent countless hours trying to decide. Right now it has the long wide bed so I could always go back to long step if I decided to ( hard to do if I cut the frame ). I may build one of my other trucks short step because I really like both looks. ALOT

[boomy3555]

I think that the main reason people are uncomfortable about the stepside is that it didn't really change form the 50"s. You have this new sleek design truck with a leftover , sort of afterthought for a bed.

[jayoldschool]

I completely agree. Love steps on 50s trucks, prefer fleets on 60s.

[LVPhotos]

I liked the 55-59 steps and fleet. But the step on the 60-66 look left over. I think if you took the square step of the 67-72 and put it on 60-66 would balance out. I also like the 73-87 for the huge wells. Lifted or lowered those just fit. And those desert rats came out with the fiberglass cut offs...sweet! Moms is a 1996 step and that stands out with the standard cab.

[luvbowties]

Originally Posted by irishmil

More of a curious question, why do you like your stepside or fleetside as to the other.

I think the stepside actually looks older, therefore better. Yet, I like the looks of a fleetside well enough that I bought a nice '66 starter a coupla years back from original family-purchasers--bbw, custom cab, short fleetside, orig. 283 w/3sp still shifting nicely on the column, one repaint in orig. red w/white top, one engine rebuild--entire truck needing about 24 square inches of rust cut out & welded back--that's 2 places in the floor only about 3 inches by 4 inches each!!!

I had someone install Lowe's plank siding w/grooves in bed($54.00 for wood) & I put p-steering and rebuilt carb--it would actually run slow/good enough in high gear on a level road that you could open door, get out, and walk beside it guiding steering wheel thru the window. Had donors in a 1972 for gears & ps & discs & 5-lugs, and a 74k-mile G20 van w/nice 5.7TBI & 700R4 & tilt wheel & ac basics, with many plans when I decided we were getting too many vehicles with nowhere to store them. QUITE reluctantly, I sold it.

So, another answer to your question: Still wonder which one I'd be driving to church(or to visit an ex-wife!!!) if I had kept and finished it too.
Sam

[LostMy65]

I like the Stepside with a small back window because it looks older.
I like the Fleetside with a big back window because it has a more classy sleek look.
I think I like them all the same.
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[Vernski]

It's like saying you like a certain type of woman or man if it applies. I find the differences to be very interesting and enjoyable, sometimes it's nice to have a change of pace...Vernski

[thunder71]

I like them both but the short steppers are my favorite ...more of the hot rod look
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[MikeS.]

I prefer fleetsides, I've had both but if I were to buy another it'd be a fleet.
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[glos55]

Like them both