63 stepside longbox
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to be honest your truck is a 120 inch wheel base the same wheel base used from 61 trough 65 in 66 u could get a 115 in witch was the short bed or 129 witch is the long bed but the step side and the fleetside from 61 trough 65 was the same bed from 57 and up does that help
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35,963 F100 Flareside 2WD pickups were produced in 1963.
Ford doesn't break down the short/long beds from the productions figures.
btw: A Flareside is a Ford, a stepside is a Chevrolet / a Styleside is a Ford, a fleetside is a Chevrolet.
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thanks
Thanks for the info/correction. I got this truck from my Dad when he passed away (and he got it from an uncle who used it as a farm truck for years.) I'm still new at this and can use all the help I can get.
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One of the members of our local chapter has a 1966 F100 long bed Flareside. It was at our March GTG.
After inspecting it, I believe it was a first call fire truck, or maybe a fire truck used by small fire department, airport, or? It's in spray can black primer now, but originally was red.
EDIT: There are pics of this GTG under the SoCal/Hawaii Chapter Forum. I'll see if I can find and bump them (dunno how to post links).
EDIT (again) Found the pics, but there's only one pic that shows this truck. Only a partial view of the front end is visible.
On both bedside running boards are holes for some sort of apperatus, with holes above in the bed sides. There are holes in the roof center, possibly for an antenna or mebbe a siren. It also has a spotlight.
A friend has a similar setup on his 1954 short bed red Flareside, this truck still has the clamps on the boards for the cannisters used to contain the chemicals, or whatever. It has dual spotlights with red bulbs.
After inspecting it, I believe it was a first call fire truck, or maybe a fire truck used by small fire department, airport, or? It's in spray can black primer now, but originally was red.
EDIT: There are pics of this GTG under the SoCal/Hawaii Chapter Forum. I'll see if I can find and bump them (dunno how to post links).
EDIT (again) Found the pics, but there's only one pic that shows this truck. Only a partial view of the front end is visible.
On both bedside running boards are holes for some sort of apperatus, with holes above in the bed sides. There are holes in the roof center, possibly for an antenna or mebbe a siren. It also has a spotlight.
A friend has a similar setup on his 1954 short bed red Flareside, this truck still has the clamps on the boards for the cannisters used to contain the chemicals, or whatever. It has dual spotlights with red bulbs.
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in the '60s the flairside were popular with farmers and municipalities and other goverment
in '64 you could buy a shorty with 6 cyl standard with horn and headlights for less than $1600
in '64 you could buy a shorty with 6 cyl standard with horn and headlights for less than $1600
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Used car salesmen hated them (at least out here in LA LA Land), because they were hard to sell. The resale value compared to a Styleside was far less.
I remember one dealer I worked at (1976/86) had a 1973 shorty sitting around for 3 years.
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