Fleetside Wooden Floor - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

ont_guy_38 · 05-10-2009, 07:12 PM

I found this truck advertised in the local classifieds and I dont recall ever seeing a wooden floor in a fleetside box before.I guess you really do learn something new everyday.It,s a 1977 silverado

**truckfan** · 05-10-2009, 08:10 PM

It was a little used option. i saw an all original 77 or 78 on eBay when i bought my truck a few months ago that had a wooden bed i had not seen one in years. it was an option all the way up to 79 or so.

bigblock73 · 05-10-2009, 09:11 PM

Fleetsides were offered with them, but only the long bed versions. Both stepsides boxes had them.

**old Rusty C10** · 05-10-2009, 09:16 PM

some of the fleet trucks had them for the electric utility here but they were rare otherwise

heavychevy79 · 05-11-2009, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by old Rusty C10

some of the fleet trucks had them for the electric utility here but they were rare otherwise

What was the reason for the wood beds?
It doesn't seem like there's any point in using wood when metal was just as cheap then.

That's a cool find anyway.

ElGracho · 05-11-2009, 07:51 AM

My uncle ordered a 77 with the wood bed for my grandfather back then. They were in the video game/jukebox/pool table business in South Dakota. They knew that moving machines in and out of pickup beds took all the paint off them (rusting before long) and eventually they got as wavey as the north Pacific. The wood beds held up much better and could be more easily fixed if there was a problem. It's the same reason cargo containers and big box trucks still have wood floors...

Damien · 05-11-2009, 07:21 PM

My mom had a '76 3/4 ton with a wood bed. She sold it about 15 years ago.

05-10-2009, 07:12 PM	#1
ont_guy_38 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 1,006	Fleetside Wooden Floor I found this truck advertised in the local classifieds and I dont recall ever seeing a wooden floor in a fleetside box before.I guess you really do learn something new everyday.It,s a 1977 silverado Attached Images Last edited by ont_guy_38; 05-10-2009 at 07:13 PM.

05-10-2009, 08:10 PM	#2
truckfan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Lawrence KS Posts: 821	Re: Fleetside Wooden Floor It was a little used option. i saw an all original 77 or 78 on eBay when i bought my truck a few months ago that had a wooden bed i had not seen one in years. it was an option all the way up to 79 or so.

05-10-2009, 09:11 PM	#3
bigblock73 yeller Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Twin Cities Posts: 13,824	Re: Fleetside Wooden Floor Fleetsides were offered with them, but only the long bed versions. Both stepsides boxes had them. __________________ Jeff 73-87.com 73-87.com Facebook page 73-87 cab corner 6x9 speaker brackets for sale 67-72 cab corner speaker brackets for sale 47-54 cab corner speaker brackets for sale

05-10-2009, 09:16 PM	#4
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,313	Re: Fleetside Wooden Floor some of the fleet trucks had them for the electric utility here but they were rare otherwise __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

05-11-2009, 07:51 AM	#6
ElGracho Gentleman Jim Driver Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 1,553	Re: Fleetside Wooden Floor My uncle ordered a 77 with the wood bed for my grandfather back then. They were in the video game/jukebox/pool table business in South Dakota. They knew that moving machines in and out of pickup beds took all the paint off them (rusting before long) and eventually they got as wavey as the north Pacific. The wood beds held up much better and could be more easily fixed if there was a problem. It's the same reason cargo containers and big box trucks still have wood floors... __________________ Joe '75 GMC Gentleman Jim '84 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super duper plain (manual steering, manual brakes, no dome light, no cig lighter) '85 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super plain Vortec 4.8 4L60E trans also: '81 K30, '83 C30 Crew Dually, '84 M1028 CUCV, '85 M1009 CUCV, another '85 C10 SWB, '89 R3500 Flatbed

05-11-2009, 07:21 PM	#7
Damien Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Farmington, MN Posts: 928	Re: Fleetside Wooden Floor My mom had a '76 3/4 ton with a wood bed. She sold it about 15 years ago. __________________ I can still count my vehicles on two... wait three hands.



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