1963 Stylside Parts
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1963 Stylside Parts
Hello everyone. I am new to this forum and doing my first frame off restoration. In researching for things I ran across this forum and have enjoyed reading it the last couple days.
I am open for any advice and hope you can help with my first roadblock. I am not having much (any) luck finding parts for my short bed stylside. I need inner fenders, bed floor, tailgate and possible a front bed section. I have posted starting pics in my album. Any ideas?
I am open for any advice and hope you can help with my first roadblock. I am not having much (any) luck finding parts for my short bed stylside. I need inner fenders, bed floor, tailgate and possible a front bed section. I have posted starting pics in my album. Any ideas?
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Ford used the same beds from 57'-63' if it has the correct styleside. The body lines don't match, I guess they had alot of extra beds. 64' was a new style like the 65'-66'. My son has a 64' with that bed and was not original. welcome aboard. I was looking at your pics, it has a 64' grille.
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If you need that many parts, you really need another bed. If you have the dopey looking 'boxer' bed on yours that doesn't line up with the cab lines, now is your chance to get the better looking 64-66 bed. However, the short beds can be a little tougher to find, since everyone wants them.
You can also put a stepside on it. They reproduce those completely!
Edit: after looking at your photos, you have a 1964 truck and bed!
You can also put a stepside on it. They reproduce those completely!
Edit: after looking at your photos, you have a 1964 truck and bed!
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My 64 looks exactly the same. I have run into several of the stepside beds. My parts truck is a stepside also. I have yet to see another styleside, so good luck. I think I did see the tailgates listed in a parts catolog. Good luck, stock up on asperin, getting parts can get frustrating. Not like a new car where you just go to autozone and they have most everything for it. They scrap yards have crushed a lot of the parts cars/trucks since steal prices have gone up. Just means you have to look a little harder.
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I wish you the best on finding bed parts. I have looked for years and nobody seems to want to support those wanting to keep those beds up. The 61-63 years the bed looked like it did not belong on the cab because the lines did not match up and most are upgrading to 64 or later to match them up. Ford was using up their old beds and spending their time and money on the ill-fated unibody and those wanting a regular pickup got second pickings. I was lucky enough to find a '60 with a decent bed and tailgate for my '63 but those are getting harder and harder to find. If mine lasts much longer I plan to put a newer bed on it just because they are easier to locate. Let me know if I can help you with yours....I have had mine since 1984 and maybe I can save you some time or effort.
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The support at this forum is unbelievable! It makes this new adventure even more exciting. I am trying decipher exactly what I have. My bed seems to line up good with the cab so maybe a previous owner had changed it out. It does have some blue on the front of the bed so I am suspecting it has been. I have noticed in my research that the bed styles seem to vary. Some galleries of 63 stylsides seem to have the rear fender flared just around the wheel opening while others are flared all the way back to the rear of the bed. Mine is all the way to the rear. I have posted a tech album but I am not sure if that is for all to view or just me. I am still learning my way around here. I appreciate all the encouragement from everyone. I placed a big order with blueovaltruckparts.com to get me started. Larry from there has been incredible to work with.
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Regardless of how your truck is titled, from the photos you posted, the grille and bed both indicate the truck is a '64. If you post all your door data plate info we can probably figure it out for sure.
Aside from the 61-63 bed (aka, the 57-60 bed) looking 'wrong' from the side, the entire ***-end is different. The old beds look like this. I don't think that's what you have.
Aside from the 61-63 bed (aka, the 57-60 bed) looking 'wrong' from the side, the entire ***-end is different. The old beds look like this. I don't think that's what you have.
