People get it confused a lot, so don't worry about it. But, for the record, a stepside is a Chevy, Fords are known as Flaresides.
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Stepsides
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Here is a pic when I brought it home in 1978.
Here is one 31 years later before we pulled it apart for a redo. Along with its new owner, Son #1 and only.
Here is one in between, mid 1980's. It normally wore 35" Gumbo Mudders, but we were truck pulling this weekend and had the pulling tires on. Bigfoot came over for breakfast, Bisquits and Gravy.
Here is one 31 years later before we pulled it apart for a redo. Along with its new owner, Son #1 and only.
Here is one in between, mid 1980's. It normally wore 35" Gumbo Mudders, but we were truck pulling this weekend and had the pulling tires on. Bigfoot came over for breakfast, Bisquits and Gravy.
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Fords were called stepsides in the earlier days, i think in the '80s or '90s they went to the term flareside.
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in need of flareside bed!
im in southern iowa and looking for flareside bed for my 79' but unfortunately i cant locate one anywhere....so i have been relying on plans to take my long bed flat bed cut it down and put it on my shortbed truck. any ideas of where ones at close or anything? greatly appreciated.
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I had a question about stepside beds that was never answered.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-question.html
What years did the stepside beds have flat top rails and what years had the angled top rails?
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-question.html
What years did the stepside beds have flat top rails and what years had the angled top rails?
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77 F100 Stepside
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C6 with B&M kit/Mr Gasket shifter
DOVE heads
9"/4:11
yes....gold Cragar SSs
pic taken in 1983...wish I could find her today...or maybe I don't.
77 F100 Stepside
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C6 with B&M kit/Mr Gasket shifter
DOVE heads
9"/4:11
yes....gold Cragar SSs
pic taken in 1983...wish I could find her today...or maybe I don't.
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From: Two Rivers, Alaska
You guys are killin' me!
What I reeealy want is a short box flareside dentside... But they're aren't any up here. At all. I've literally NEVER seen a stepside dentside in person, short, or long box....
Currenly I am on the hunt for a step side bed of any brand for my f150 hot rod... I can't afford a custom built/ new replacement bed. You have to be a real conasour of trucks to tell the difference between chevy/dodge/ford stepside boxes, and If I use a ford scripted tailgate,the average joe won't know anything is off...
Its either that, or cut the outer skins off the styleside bed i have(no loss since its rusted ou prety good) so its just the inner box, cut the floor and narrow it, mount flair fenders to the sides, and re shape the bed rail tops... And section the tailgate narrower. But thats one hell of a lot of cutting and welding! No loss if it don't work since I'm scrapping the bed anyway... but still.
G.
What I reeealy want is a short box flareside dentside... But they're aren't any up here. At all. I've literally NEVER seen a stepside dentside in person, short, or long box....
Currenly I am on the hunt for a step side bed of any brand for my f150 hot rod... I can't afford a custom built/ new replacement bed. You have to be a real conasour of trucks to tell the difference between chevy/dodge/ford stepside boxes, and If I use a ford scripted tailgate,the average joe won't know anything is off...
Its either that, or cut the outer skins off the styleside bed i have(no loss since its rusted ou prety good) so its just the inner box, cut the floor and narrow it, mount flair fenders to the sides, and re shape the bed rail tops... And section the tailgate narrower. But thats one hell of a lot of cutting and welding! No loss if it don't work since I'm scrapping the bed anyway... but still.
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it is in a junkyard in central NJ...most likely still there, not many paople know about this one, I was hoping to p/u the cab ...but it would be better if I could get someone who wants the rest and buy the whole thing ... pm me w/ contact info and we can go from there...meanwhile.... maybe there are others who need other parts from it???
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