Coupla days ago in the 1967/72 forum, a member said he had bought 2 on ebay, said he'd been looking for them for a long time, wondered if they were genuine Ford.

My response: Genuine Ford accessory: C3UZ-8720092-A .. Body Side Step, introduced in 1963 for Styleside and Econoline pickups (C3UZ = 1963 Econoline part number prefix).

Ford "full line" accessory brochure has a pic (step is inverted D shaped), sez: "Quality aluminum auxillary side step . . . a real convenience in loading and unloading Pick-ups and Econoline. Price $9.90."

I ran the part number, found 3 NOS (edit, still available):

CARPENTER NOS OBSOLETE PARTS in Concord NC has ONE = 800-476-9653 / JST AUTOMOTIVE in Lebanon TN has TWO = 615-443-3086.

You need to cut a hole in the bedside to install it. The step isn't very deep, you can only get a coupla inches of your shoe into it. Don't attempt if wearing pointy-toed **** kickers aka cowboy boots.

Not very convenient in inclement weather, your shoe might slip out, causing you to fall backwards, landing on your backside on lawd only knows what surface. Not pleasant.