Short Step, or Short Fleetside — Which is today's King?

[John Gilbert]

I'm getting ready to write a tech story on changing my longbed '68 GMC 1500 Fleetside into a shortbed. This got me to thinking about whether I should keep it as a Fleetside, or turn it into a shortbed Stepside. One day I'm thinking Fleetsides rule, and then the next day how good the truck would look as a Stepside — especially with a sidemount spare.

Back in the day when I still had black hair, and '67-72 C10's were pretty new the coolest thing rolling was a shortbed Stepside. I could be wrong, but it seems these days the short Fleetside is king.

Anyone want to weigh-in with their thoughts on this?

Thanks,

John