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Oct 26, 2012 | 07:37 PM

66with352

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Long wrong bed

Call me what you like, however, I need to know....What does "wrong bed" mean ??? Everyone uses the terminology but I can't figure it out. I think I was absent that day. !!!

Oct 26, 2012 | 08:35 PM

bertha66

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Thast would be the bed that was on the late 50's trucks, the styleside bed. They were used on the the F250 4x4 trucks up to 66. After the unicab trucks; Ford used them.

Oct 26, 2012 | 09:33 PM

tripleframe

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The carryover styleside bed from the 57 thru 60 pickup era, was Fords quick and ecomomical answer to make up for the short comings and customer resistance to the unibody design. When Ford used this carryover 57-60 style bed on certain model 61-66 pickups, people began refer to them as " wrong beds", because the obvious mismatch of body lines, however, they are perfectly correct on certain 61-66 pickups.

Oct 26, 2012 | 11:15 PM

NumberDummy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bertha66

That would be the bed that was on the late 50's trucks, the styleside bed. They were used on the the F250 4x4 trucks up to 66. After the unicab trucks; Ford used them.

1957/60 Styleside beds installed on the following 1961/66's:

1961/65 F100/250 4WD / 1961/66 F350 (9' Express) / 1962/63 F100/250 2WD / 1966 F250 4WD.

Oct 27, 2012 | 08:22 AM