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DeepPurple · 11-19-2002, 01:38 PM

Hello folks.

At the moment I'm sorta playing around with ideas for the next truck project and was wondering if anyone had ever seen or heard of this.
Essentially what I want to do is take an 88-98 stepside bed and cut the back "steps" off of it and mold the area where they would be into the rear (if this is unclear maybe the attached pic will help).
I really think this would clean up the back of the bed and give it a smoother look overall.
Any thoughts, idearers, pics, etc from the resident board experts?
Efabman have I lost my mind?

(P.S. For all of you who are retching, I'll also be grafting the round wheel arch where the square one is now and filling in any seam I can, not to mention making the back of the cab smooth and assorted other tricks.)
TIA

NSANE68!!! · 11-19-2002, 01:57 PM

HEY THAT'S MY TRUCK, hehe. They already have it in kit form, its a rear step shaver kit. Runs about $350. I have seen many that have done this. Looks OK, but not for me. I think Stylin Concepts sell's them.

yellowgmc · 11-19-2002, 02:03 PM

i've seen it done. Here's a pic in a mag. sorry for the size, maybe someone can enlarge it. took me a year to learn how to scan. i was thinking of grafting 67-72 fleetside bedsides to a 88-up bed. i like the backends better.

it's the custom classic trucks december.

*Shane* · 11-19-2002, 02:16 PM

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P.S. For all of you who are retching, I'll also be grafting the round wheel arch where the square one is now and filling in any seam I can, not to mention making the back of the cab smooth and assorted other tricks.

I thought the bedsides on the newer model step sides were fiberglass or some sort of plastic/polymer...... just curious as how the earlier model "squared off" wheel well openings could be grafted. (metal onto fiberglass)

70c10 · 11-19-2002, 02:27 PM

I like it deep Purple!

adamls · 11-19-2002, 02:57 PM

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Originally posted by Shane

I thought the bedsides on the newer model step sides were fiberglass or some sort of plastic/polymer...... just curious as how the earlier model "squared off" wheel well openings could be grafted. (metal onto fiberglass)

I think anything is possible for $$$.

adamls · 11-19-2002, 03:00 PM

I thought I read one time about somone coming up with a patch to make the late model fenders match ours. Maybe someone here can expand.

chevy2racr · 11-19-2002, 03:11 PM

http://www.eastcoastcustoms.com/cat/RollPans.htm
goto that, close to the bottom, 88-up shaved side panels....

XXL · 11-19-2002, 04:09 PM

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Originally posted by DeepPurple
...have I lost my mind?

Yes, you have! Which means you need to give it a shot. That's the fun of old trucks!

Kenneth

yellowgmc · 11-19-2002, 04:18 PM

looks cool now! not that it wasn't cool before.

Ron's68 · 11-21-2002, 01:26 AM

Hay Deep Purple, I've thought of the same thing for the wheel arches. I think someone sells fiberglass fenders for our year stepsides. Those would make a good doner for the wheel arches on the newer bed. I've seen the fiberglass fenders but can't remember where. Hope this helps.

1971 Cheyenne · 11-21-2002, 01:33 AM

I'm pretty sure chevy duty sells the fiber fenders for our trucks.

DeepPurple · 11-21-2002, 01:34 PM

Thanks everyone for the support, links, and ideas.

Shane, it appears that many stepside beds were steel stamped, particularly the earlier variety. My task becomes finding one.
If not, then USbody makes fiberglass fenders for our year step sides. Either way it's an easily solved problem.

*Shane* · 11-21-2002, 05:38 PM

Thanks DeepPurple....I didn't know that.....I thought all of them were fiberglass......

Ya learn something new everyday!

Good Info! Thanks!

67cst · 11-21-2002, 10:16 PM

i think that is a sweet idea, you should giver $hit and keep us posted

11-19-2002, 01:38 PM	#1
DeepPurple Real Deep... Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St. Louis Posts: 116	Bed idea Hello folks. At the moment I'm sorta playing around with ideas for the next truck project and was wondering if anyone had ever seen or heard of this. Essentially what I want to do is take an 88-98 stepside bed and cut the back "steps" off of it and mold the area where they would be into the rear (if this is unclear maybe the attached pic will help). I really think this would clean up the back of the bed and give it a smoother look overall. Any thoughts, idearers, pics, etc from the resident board experts? Efabman have I lost my mind? (P.S. For all of you who are retching, I'll also be grafting the round wheel arch where the square one is now and filling in any seam I can, not to mention making the back of the cab smooth and assorted other tricks.) TIA Attached Images __________________ 1970 GMC C10 (Deep Purple) 383/700-R4 Mass Modifications 1976 GMC K5 Jimmy (Big Blue) 400/TH350 Coming soon to a drive-in near you... We have done So Much with So Little for So Long.. We are now qualified to do Anything with Nothing.

11-19-2002, 01:57 PM	#2
NSANE68!!! SLICER AND DICIER Join Date: May 2001 Location: Quuen Creek Posts: 1,383	HEY THAT'S MY TRUCK, hehe. They already have it in kit form, its a rear step shaver kit. Runs about $350. I have seen many that have done this. Looks OK, but not for me. I think Stylin Concepts sell's them. __________________ 01 Tahoe 22's 2/4 drop and tv's 68 chevy money pit 51 chevy belair 95 Honda 900RR 05 GMC Siearra (company truck)

11-19-2002, 02:03 PM	#3
yellowgmc Getting cabin fever?!?!?! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: chisholm, mn Posts: 1,679	i've seen it done. Here's a pic in a mag. sorry for the size, maybe someone can enlarge it. took me a year to learn how to scan. i was thinking of grafting 67-72 fleetside bedsides to a 88-up bed. i like the backends better. it's the custom classic trucks december. Attached Images __________________ 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

11-19-2002, 02:27 PM	#5
70c10 67-72 Addict! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The TAX State! Posts: 7,856	I like it deep Purple! __________________ Jim 1970 C/10 Fleetside w/Ghost Flames Lowered 4.5" front and 4" rear (Raked) 355/350 Turbo w/shift kit 10" Redneck Performance Verter w/2500 stall Hooker Super Comps part#2808-1 Performer RPM Air-Gap 12 Bolt w/3:73 gears- Eaton Posi Comp Cams XE262 with 1.6 Crane Energizers, Road Demon 625 and Brodix IK 180 heads

11-19-2002, 03:00 PM	#7
adamls Gotta Startem Early Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Amarillo, TX, USA Posts: 364	I thought I read one time about somone coming up with a patch to make the late model fenders match ours. Maybe someone here can expand. __________________ 67 SWB In Progress, one piece at a time, maybe 3 years I will be finished

11-19-2002, 03:11 PM	#8
chevy2racr So Many Ideas, So Little Money Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Marshalltown, IA Posts: 1,610	http://www.eastcoastcustoms.com/cat/RollPans.htm goto that, close to the bottom, 88-up shaved side panels.... __________________ 72 Blazer 3/4 ton running gear 4.10s NP205/TH350 350 4in lift half doors 71 C10 with 454 99 S-10 5.1L SBC 700R4 09 Malibu Marshalltown, Iowa

11-19-2002, 04:18 PM	#10
yellowgmc Getting cabin fever?!?!?! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: chisholm, mn Posts: 1,679	looks cool now! not that it wasn't cool before. __________________ 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

11-21-2002, 01:26 AM	#11
Ron's68 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Modesto, ca Posts: 143	Hay Deep Purple, I've thought of the same thing for the wheel arches. I think someone sells fiberglass fenders for our year stepsides. Those would make a good doner for the wheel arches on the newer bed. I've seen the fiberglass fenders but can't remember where. Hope this helps. __________________ 68 LWB, .040 over 350 with 10:1 pistons, balanced, vortec heads,comp 270H cam, air gap RPM manifold, holley 750, 4.10 posi and gear drive to annoy the neighbors.

11-21-2002, 01:33 AM	#12
1971 Cheyenne Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Bellevue, WA Posts: 1,480	I'm pretty sure chevy duty sells the fiber fenders for our trucks. __________________ Brian Pal 1971 Cheyenne 10 454/th400-Undergoing a full frame off resto. 1972 Chevy short/step 2wd, 350/th350 1983 M1009 CUCV Military K5 Blazer 1981 Dodge 1 ton 4x4 dually flatbed

11-21-2002, 01:34 PM	#13
DeepPurple Real Deep... Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St. Louis Posts: 116	Thanks Thanks everyone for the support, links, and ideas. Shane, it appears that many stepside beds were steel stamped, particularly the earlier variety. My task becomes finding one. If not, then USbody makes fiberglass fenders for our year step sides. Either way it's an easily solved problem. __________________ 1970 GMC C10 (Deep Purple) 383/700-R4 Mass Modifications 1976 GMC K5 Jimmy (Big Blue) 400/TH350 Coming soon to a drive-in near you... We have done So Much with So Little for So Long.. We are now qualified to do Anything with Nothing.

11-21-2002, 05:38 PM	#14
Shane Account Suspended Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: over yonder Posts: 14,270	Thanks DeepPurple....I didn't know that.....I thought all of them were fiberglass...... Ya learn something new everyday! Good Info! Thanks!

11-21-2002, 10:16 PM	#15
67cst i love summertime Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kelowna BC Posts: 4,302	i think that is a sweet idea, you should giver $hit and keep us posted __________________ 1967 shortbox stepside Chevy, 365 hp 327, th400. GLOVE BOX LIGHTS FORSALE, click link for info http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=273724



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