Fleetside wood bed floor, or steel? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

John Gilbert · 01-20-2011, 07:22 PM

Anyone know the story on Fleetside bed floors? I'm guessing wood was standard, but I've never noticed steel listed on the spid as an option. My '68 GMC has wood, and Reggie's '68 Chevy is steel. Were GMCs more likely to come with a wood bed, or not?

I've seen wood floors in as late as '71, I think might have also seen a wood floor in a '72. I can't trust my memory.

It might be time to give my friend Bruce Horkey a call.

**john** · 01-20-2011, 07:47 PM

The wood floors are shown on the spid. E-81 pick-up box floor.

CircusWagonJim · 01-20-2011, 07:59 PM

Steel is standard- wood is an option (Fleetsides). Except for the Longhorns that came with WOOD ONLY.

54blackhornet · 01-20-2011, 08:41 PM

option E-81 Floor pick-up box fleetside only wood with steel skid strips No Cost option, my 68 GMC has it, i like it because you can replace it easy, looks better than steel I think.....

John Gilbert · 01-20-2011, 09:05 PM

See, I told you guys I didn't know much about these trucks. But the more I learn the more I like 'em.

No Cost option, bingo! Thank you.

The spid on my '68 must have washed off way back when the president still came from Georgia, and had a brother prone to public urination.

**special-K** · 01-20-2011, 09:09 PM

Yeah,and it smelled like Billy Beer. '67 was the first year for steel bed floors and that was the standard. The wood floor option on Fleetsides and Widesides continued well into the '70s,if not the '80s. The latest one I am aware of is '78,which was in a Dooley I had.

Longhorn Man · 01-20-2011, 10:18 PM

the wood floor was in stepsides till 88 when they went to the sprtside, no steel floors were ever offered in the stepsides... I would assume (and that's all it is, an assumption) that the wood was optional in fleetsides till the end of the 87 body style, and possibly later in the one tons which ran that square body till 91 or so.

John Gilbert · 01-21-2011, 10:24 AM

Alright its time for this story to rock 'n roll. I sure appreciate all the help.

Thank you!

01-20-2011, 07:22 PM	#1
John Gilbert Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Placentia, California Posts: 567	Fleetside wood bed floor, or steel? Anyone know the story on Fleetside bed floors? I'm guessing wood was standard, but I've never noticed steel listed on the spid as an option. My '68 GMC has wood, and Reggie's '68 Chevy is steel. Were GMCs more likely to come with a wood bed, or not? I've seen wood floors in as late as '71, I think might have also seen a wood floor in a '72. I can't trust my memory. It might be time to give my friend Bruce Horkey a call.

01-20-2011, 07:47 PM	#2
john member #16 Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Yuba City Ca. Posts: 3,618	Re: Fleetside wood bed floor, or steel? The wood floors are shown on the spid. E-81 pick-up box floor. Attached Images __________________ john http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showgroups.php board vendors http://www.flickr.com/photos/1745471...7602865984234/ Last edited by john; 01-20-2011 at 08:47 PM.

01-20-2011, 07:59 PM	#3
CircusWagonJim Registered User Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 707	Re: Fleetside wood bed floor, or steel? Steel is standard- wood is an option (Fleetsides). Except for the Longhorns that came with WOOD ONLY.

01-20-2011, 08:41 PM	#4
54blackhornet Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eastern Oregon Posts: 2,393	Re: Fleetside wood bed floor, or steel? option E-81 Floor pick-up box fleetside only wood with steel skid strips No Cost option, my 68 GMC has it, i like it because you can replace it easy, looks better than steel I think.....

01-20-2011, 09:05 PM	#5
John Gilbert Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Placentia, California Posts: 567	Re: Fleetside wood bed floor, or steel? See, I told you guys I didn't know much about these trucks. But the more I learn the more I like 'em. No Cost option, bingo! Thank you. The spid on my '68 must have washed off way back when the president still came from Georgia, and had a brother prone to public urination.

01-20-2011, 09:09 PM	#6
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Fleetside wood bed floor, or steel? Yeah,and it smelled like Billy Beer. '67 was the first year for steel bed floors and that was the standard. The wood floor option on Fleetsides and Widesides continued well into the '70s,if not the '80s. The latest one I am aware of is '78,which was in a Dooley I had. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

01-20-2011, 10:18 PM	#7
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: Fleetside wood bed floor, or steel? the wood floor was in stepsides till 88 when they went to the sprtside, no steel floors were ever offered in the stepsides... I would assume (and that's all it is, an assumption) that the wood was optional in fleetsides till the end of the 87 body style, and possibly later in the one tons which ran that square body till 91 or so.

01-21-2011, 10:24 AM	#8
John Gilbert Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Placentia, California Posts: 567	Re: Fleetside wood bed floor, or steel? Alright its time for this story to rock 'n roll. I sure appreciate all the help. Thank you!



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