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okay, being new to Ford and even newer to restoration (this is my first project), I have to ask a crazy question for my sanity. What is the difference between the 1966 F100 Styleside and Step Side?
The box. Ford used the terms Styleside and Flareside. The blue truck is a Flareside and the red and white truck is a Styleside. All pics stolen from the net.
It's a technicality for sure. As we all now know on this forum Step Side is simply a Chevrolet term. Most terms used when talking classic cars/trucks can be traced back to Chevrolet. This includes Posi rearend. To add to the confusion GMC used the terms Wide Side and Fender Side while Dodge/Fargo called it Sweptline and Utiline. It's all in a name but I like to remind the world that more than Chevrolet exists.
Stepside is really more of a generic term, even if chevy used it. Any single wheel pickup with that style bed. Only on this forum do people get their shorts in a wad and dog pile people for calling a Ford a stepside.
Stepside is really more of a generic term, even if chevy used it. Any single wheel pickup with that style bed. Only on this forum do people get their shorts in a wad and dog pile people for calling a Ford a stepside.
Exactly my point. Terms have become so generic that no one remembers they are Chevrolet. Small block/Big Block...Chev only not even Pontiac, Olds or Buick used those terms. Now all Ford engines are actually Chev 350 small blocks All with a grain of salt...
When Stylesides were introduced in 1957, Ford began calling the other bed a Flareside.
So Bill, since I was only 6 when the Stylesides came out, I’m curious what Ford called the Flaresides before that. Probably they were all just pickups, since only one type of bed was offered. Did I just answer my own question?
So Bill, since I was only 6 when the Stylesides came out, I’m curious what Ford called the Flaresides before that. Probably they were all just pickups, since only one type of bed was offered.
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All with a grain of salt...
