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Old Aug 3, 2022 | 12:03 PM
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'66 Styleside Longbed sheetmetal/Bed

I'm new here, recently bought a '66 F250. I cannot for the life of me seem to find anything in regards to long bed sheet metal or beds, did i unknowingly purchase a truck composed mostly of unobtanium or is there some trick to finding parts for this?

my understanding is the f250 body is the same as the corresponding f100's, just the chassis differs. is there a range of years the body metal for these cars carries through?
 
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Old Aug 3, 2022 | 01:05 PM
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No tricks. Some of it is reproduced some of it isn't. You just have to look at what the re-pop parts sellers have. There are more parts showing up as time goes by and people are restoring rusty trucks. There are more sheet metal parts for Chebby's because they bult less of them and most of the ones left have rotted away. Try some of these places.
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Old Aug 3, 2022 | 07:12 PM
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If you are looking for bed sides I'm not aware of anyone making them. The 1966 F250 2WD bed would be the same as 1964 -1966 F100/F250 2WD and 1966 F100 4WD.
 
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Old Aug 4, 2022 | 12:59 AM
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If you are in need of the bed floor there is a company in Florida reproducing them with the correct rib spacing... Not cheap but good quality... It involves drilling out about 6 million spot welds to get your existing floor out. I am in the middle of the process on my Unibody long bed. Another route would be to try and find a bed that has been converted to a trailer. Check Craigslist and FB Marketplace. I have bought a few beds that were once trailers. Often though the floor will not be much better than the one you have, but you never know.... In FL... Evolutionary Rides LLC.. Joey Montague is the owner. https://www.facebook.com/evolutionaryrides/
 
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Old Aug 19, 2022 | 05:07 PM
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Did F250's ever come with stepsides or were they exclusively stylesides?
 
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Old Aug 19, 2022 | 05:18 PM
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Here are some production #'s from another thread here.... Also make sure you use the "F" word and not the "S" word! Ha...


 
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Old Aug 19, 2022 | 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 7BercMerc
Here are some production #'s from another thread here.... Also make sure you use the "F" word and not the "S" word! Ha...

oh nice, that's cool to know. so i guess the next question is were the stepside's available in a longbed size? and were the F250's longbed only? I had kinda assumed 'no' and 'yes,' respectively.
 
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Old Aug 19, 2022 | 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by g00f
oh nice, that's cool to know. so i guess the next question is were the stepside's available in a longbed size? and were the F250's longbed only? I had kinda assumed 'no' and 'yes,' respectively.
There you go using the "S" word again... F250's were only the long bed so I would say the answer is yes to both... Flareside boxes came in 6.5'(F100), 8'(F100 & F250) and 9'(F350) I believe.....
 
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Old Aug 19, 2022 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 7BercMerc
There you go using the "S" word again... F250's were only the 128" WB so I would say the answer is yes to both... Flareside boxes came in 6.5'(F100), 8'(F100 & F250) and 9'(F350) I believe.....
lol wtf do ford people call them?

edit - oh nvm.
 
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Old Aug 19, 2022 | 05:36 PM
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Actually I mis-spoke... The WB for the F250 was not 128" all years... But they were always only long beds in normal production... I have seen some really short WB special builds like airport trucks etc...
 
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Ok, I was looking through the 66 brochure... Seems like there were 2 different wheelbases for F250's that year... 4x4 was different than 4x2... So, now I am not sure how many different box lengths there actually were....


 
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Old Aug 19, 2022 | 10:19 PM
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so is it generally considered a faux pas to convert from a styleside to flare or vice-versa?
 
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Old Aug 19, 2022 | 10:23 PM
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I would not think so... Do what works for you. I like the Styleside myself but lots of others prefer the Flaresides...
 
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Old Aug 20, 2022 | 08:36 AM
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I think the "S" word is it's for Step side, not Style side. Chevy' made a Step side, Ford's is an "F" because it is a Flare Side. Just saying.
 
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Here you go boys. Read this and get the whole story. Ford NEVER made a 'stepside'! - FORDification.com
 
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