Looking for a "not available" accessory
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Yep, Big Difference, The styleside rails are rounded on the top and not as wide, The flareside are truly flat, and have a 90 degree bend on the inner lip and a radius ben to match the flareside bed outer "roll"
Only new ones available are for Styleside, not the less-produced flareside.
Only new ones available are for Styleside, not the less-produced flareside.
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Whatever Aunt Blabby pulls out of storage will be for a Styleside!
And...FoMoCo offered bed rails for Stylesides, but not for Flaresides. Two different lengths were available and were the same thru 1991 (except 1983/91 Ranger).
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After you read post #5, read posts #7, #8, #9 and #13 again.
And once you do, you'll see that Aunt Blabby failed to notice that you have a Flareside .. so the parts he has are for a Styleside!
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True, but if you can get the mule to put on a swimsuit, you've really got something there.
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If I could find a hat like this, would give it to Aunt Blabby as soon as he posts a new avatar pic, because what you see now...is not what you get.
Today, what you see in person is salt & pepper hair, a wrinked mug, skinny 'bird' legs.
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Can't a guy have "wishful thinking"???
Have not got any other leads......
But I have to admit Asking the same question and hoping for a different answer is the definition of married, Oops sorry I mean insane, ........or are they interchangeable?
Have not got any other leads......
But I have to admit Asking the same question and hoping for a different answer is the definition of married, Oops sorry I mean insane, ........or are they interchangeable?
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Bill is right, the stuff I have is for a standard 8' box... I refuse to dedicate the brain cells to remember all the different manufacturing names for things, but Stepside works for me and makes it easy to envision what the orator is trying to describe. Flareside & Styleside, I don't try to remember which one is which, too much in my brain for that kind of clutter.
In any event, I'm headed to the storage place today and will make some videos... I really do suspect that what I have won't work for this particular truck and I don't want anybody to get their hopes (or anything else) up over this....
In any event, I'm headed to the storage place today and will make some videos... I really do suspect that what I have won't work for this particular truck and I don't want anybody to get their hopes (or anything else) up over this....
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There is no one more dedicated to helping members in this forum than "The Three Musketeers."
The Oklahoma Kid - Alabam' - Aunt Blabby.
The fact that Aunt Blabby doesn't know a Flareside from a Styleside is nothing new.
Every day I read posts where people claim they have a Stepside or Fleetside which are GM terms.
'Course Aunt Blabby doesn't really have an excuse for not knowing which is which, because he owns a 1981 F350 Styleside.
Flaresides have a narrow pickup bed with outside fenders that bolt to the bed.
F350 Flaresides of this vintage are as hard to find as Jimmy Hoffa & Amelia Earhart, two famous 20th century people that disappeared without a trace.
And if you've read recently that searchers think they have found Amelia Earhart's body, this is total BS!
A body that has been on an island in the tropics since 1937 would be so decomposed by now, that next to nothing would remain. Plus these idiots are looking in the wrong place!
The Oklahoma Kid - Alabam' - Aunt Blabby.
The fact that Aunt Blabby doesn't know a Flareside from a Styleside is nothing new.
Every day I read posts where people claim they have a Stepside or Fleetside which are GM terms.
'Course Aunt Blabby doesn't really have an excuse for not knowing which is which, because he owns a 1981 F350 Styleside.
Flaresides have a narrow pickup bed with outside fenders that bolt to the bed.
F350 Flaresides of this vintage are as hard to find as Jimmy Hoffa & Amelia Earhart, two famous 20th century people that disappeared without a trace.
And if you've read recently that searchers think they have found Amelia Earhart's body, this is total BS!
A body that has been on an island in the tropics since 1937 would be so decomposed by now, that next to nothing would remain. Plus these idiots are looking in the wrong place!
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Don't ya hate it when Bill is right?
But thanks for helping Chris dedicate a few more cells to the definition of Styleside vs Flareside.
But I will keep searching......
Thanks
Ron
But thanks for helping Chris dedicate a few more cells to the definition of Styleside vs Flareside.
But I will keep searching......
Thanks
Ron
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All is good (thanks, Bill) as I never made it to the storage locker place yesterday, next opportunity is this coming Saturday.
Yes, I'm reading these things at light speed and not paying much attention, and I refuse to try and memorize/learn the different marketing terms used.
Yes, I'm reading these things at light speed and not paying much attention, and I refuse to try and memorize/learn the different marketing terms used.
