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Apr 3, 2009 | 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Kahuna

You did not have to special order them.Untill 58 or 59 there was nothing but stepsides long or short.BTW Long bed stepsides were made well in to the 70`s perhaps even until `79.

Thanks for keeping my true. My uncle has a 55 that he wants to restore and he told me that you had to special order the long bed from the factory, so I was just copying his words.

Apr 3, 2009 | 05:20 PM

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You could also try to find a 60`s-70`s 8 foot stepside bed and put the eighties fenders on it.

Apr 3, 2009 | 07:03 PM

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well i got some good news. ny neighbor has a 91 f150 6 foot stepside. hes a umm... private under the table worker

and he needs all the space he can get. he found another flatside bed at a junkyard in NY and he said he'll give me his od one for $50. just gotta get my uncle to stretch it for me cuz hes the one with the bodyshop.

Apr 3, 2009 | 11:54 PM

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Cool, make sure you post pics of the job!

Apr 6, 2009 | 12:17 AM

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um.... im pretty sure ford didnt offer the stepside in 91... mite be an 87 though, same body style.

And remember the stepside will be fiberglass, and that fleetside will be steel. Gonna have tons of fun getting the 2 to match up good.

Apr 6, 2009 | 04:44 AM

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im pretty sure they did. either way, it'll be a fun project.

Apr 6, 2009 | 10:19 AM

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The eighties stepsides are a steel bed with `glass fenders.

Apr 6, 2009 | 06:33 PM

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The eighties stepsides are a steel bed with `glass fenders.

That makes more sense--I was surprised to hear that the box itself was fiberglass, but I can believe the fenders are fiberglas, though I did not know that, either. I like the fact that the fenders are 'glass, in terms of rust, but I would think 'glass box sides would not work out so well. So, IMO, it makes sense that the box itself is steel.