Management decision ???? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

chopnchaneled · 11-21-2011, 01:40 PM

First a little background : A month or so back, I saw a WTB for a stepside
bed from a fellow member here and i had been kind of lusting for a fleet side bed. So i responded to "Tiger", he lives a couple hours from here and he came over to look at it. Well we struck a deal and i started hunting a fleet bed and found one and got in touch with Tiger and he came and picked the step bed up and i put the fleet on my chassis and everybody was happy.

Now i'm having second thoughts on changing beds and want my truck to be a stepper again.

Don't get me wrong, the fleets are great but!!!

Anyway has anybody but me done something like i'm talking about?

OARNGESI · 11-21-2011, 02:41 PM

I did the same thing bought a short fleet only to go with a short step glad i changed my mind before paint

dfwright · 11-21-2011, 02:46 PM

So go get a new step bed, paint it to match, and you can switch out the beds depending on how you feel that day. Best of both worlds!

fastwillie 696969 · 11-21-2011, 02:47 PM

short fleetside i heard is getting harder to find,saw aCL ad for one at 1000k and still needed some body work done

chopnchaneled · 11-21-2011, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dfwright

So go get a new step bed, paint it to match, and you can switch out the beds depending on how you feel that day. Best of both worlds!

I should be so lucky to be able to do that !!!!!!!

domeier · 11-21-2011, 05:55 PM

Just bolt some step fenders onto the fleet bed and yer good to go.

**Palf70Step** · 11-21-2011, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OARNGESI

I did the same thing bought a short fleet only to go with a short step glad i changed my mind before paint

Ditto

Glad I am back to a stepside

fishingjred73 · 11-21-2011, 07:02 PM

Steps are cool!

crazy longhorn · 11-21-2011, 07:07 PM

25 yrs ago, I was a mid 20's kid, looking for a short step to build. One of my buds came in & said, AL ....you have to see this old west coast truck! Battered & bruised a bit, but SOLID as a rock....the old truck still has the original rocker panels! All of you boys would chit , if you heard what I payed for that "parts truck", that came from southern California,25yrs ago. After a little research, I couldnt bear to break her into parts....still run that 8 1/2' bed.....been a few mods down the line(chop /channel/drop/steel tilt/frenched tail lites ,ect). I could have chopped her down , into a sb truck......but the long wb is so easy! They slide wide, but slow & easy.....she has twisted this old man HARD sideways, over 100 mph, a few times! Just so you know....the truck does not belong to me(I belong to theat old bioch). crazy L, off the soap box.

1972RedNeck · 11-21-2011, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dfwright

So go get a new step bed, paint it to match, and you can switch out the beds depending on how you feel that day. Best of both worlds!

Just make quick-attach beds.

chopnchaneled · 11-22-2011, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by domeier

Just bolt some step fenders onto the fleet bed and yer good to go.

One of the things i miss about my stepside is when i took my boat to the lake
i could back down the ramp till the back bumper was in the water, then step up in the bed and go back and un hook the boat from the trailer, step over in the boat and back off the trailer and never get my feet wet,when your fishing
when its cold thats a good thing.

I know this is not the WIW section but, whats a real nice step side complete
fenders,lights,steps etc. going for these days?

**CC69Rat** · 11-22-2011, 08:24 PM

The world needs more steppers !

11-21-2011, 01:40 PM	#1
chopnchaneled Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Atlanta, Ga. Posts: 1,050	Management decision ???? First a little background : A month or so back, I saw a WTB for a stepside bed from a fellow member here and i had been kind of lusting for a fleet side bed. So i responded to "Tiger", he lives a couple hours from here and he came over to look at it. Well we struck a deal and i started hunting a fleet bed and found one and got in touch with Tiger and he came and picked the step bed up and i put the fleet on my chassis and everybody was happy. Now i'm having second thoughts on changing beds and want my truck to be a stepper again. Don't get me wrong, the fleets are great but!!! Anyway has anybody but me done something like i'm talking about? __________________ I don't think we get smarter as we get older. We just run out of Stupid things to do.

11-21-2011, 02:41 PM	#2
OARNGESI Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: CASA GRANDE AZ Posts: 4,276	Re: Management decision ???? I did the same thing bought a short fleet only to go with a short step glad i changed my mind before paint __________________ 70 SWB STEPSIDE 70 BLAZER 09 challenger

11-21-2011, 02:46 PM	#3
dfwright Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 1,374	Re: Management decision ???? So go get a new step bed, paint it to match, and you can switch out the beds depending on how you feel that day. Best of both worlds! __________________ 1972 C10 LWB, 350/350 Deconstruction began 5/2009, mostly completed restoration, 5/2017

11-21-2011, 02:47 PM	#4
fastwillie 696969 ~Rest In Peace~ Join Date: May 2005 Location: CALIFORNIA NOR CAL Posts: 9,707	Re: Management decision ???? short fleetside i heard is getting harder to find,saw aCL ad for one at 1000k and still needed some body work done __________________ is it fast ? it has a lighting bolt donut? B___H please, I can remove 90% of your so called "beauty" with a kleenex

11-21-2011, 05:55 PM	#6
domeier Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: San Jose, California Posts: 784	Re: Management decision ???? Just bolt some step fenders onto the fleet bed and yer good to go.

11-21-2011, 07:02 PM	#8
fishingjred73 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: LOUISIANA Posts: 812	Re: Management decision ???? Steps are cool! __________________ James '68 Stepside (ground up in progress) My 68 build thread http://louisianaclassictruckclub.fre...side-t956.html '81 SWB "Pap paw" (Driver) The 81 build thread http://louisianaclassictruckclub.fre...-swb-t960.html Member of www.louisianaclassictruckclub.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/296290610747732/

11-21-2011, 07:07 PM	#9
crazy longhorn Fabricate till you "puke" Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ill Posts: 9,402	Re: Management decision ???? 25 yrs ago, I was a mid 20's kid, looking for a short step to build. One of my buds came in & said, AL ....you have to see this old west coast truck! Battered & bruised a bit, but SOLID as a rock....the old truck still has the original rocker panels! All of you boys would chit , if you heard what I payed for that "parts truck", that came from southern California,25yrs ago. After a little research, I couldnt bear to break her into parts....still run that 8 1/2' bed.....been a few mods down the line(chop /channel/drop/steel tilt/frenched tail lites ,ect). I could have chopped her down , into a sb truck......but the long wb is so easy! They slide wide, but slow & easy.....she has twisted this old man HARD sideways, over 100 mph, a few times! Just so you know....the truck does not belong to me(I belong to theat old bioch). crazy L, off the soap box. __________________ 69 longhorn,4" chop,3/5 drop, 1/2 ton suspension/disc brakes,1 1/2" body drop,steel tilt clip, 5.3/Edelbrock rpm intake/600 carb, Hooker streetrod shorties,2 1/2" exhaust/ H pipe/50's Flows , 6 spd Richmond trans,12 bolt/ 3.40 gears....

11-22-2011, 08:24 PM	#12
CC69Rat Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Chattanooga TN Posts: 6,214	Re: Management decision ???? The world needs more steppers ! __________________ Chad 1967 C10 SWB - Project Savannah - 6.0/4L80 Currently underway 1968 C10 SWB - TOTY 2018, 50th Anniversary Tribute Project * Sold * Pride and Joy 1986 Silverado Short Fleet - Scarlet Sold 1985 Silverado Short Fleet Sold 2022 Jeep Gladiator Mojave 2001 Jeep Cherokee XJ 4x4 - Lifted, Built 1992 Jeep Cherokee XJ 4x4 - Lifted 2013 Honda Accord EX-L v6 Coupe 6spd (wife's ride)



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