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I was not able to locate one. I rebuilt mine. My break was not log enough to make the needed bends. I fabricated the gussets on my break and had a local metal shop bend the long piece. I then welded the assembly back together. Hopefully you can find a repop but I couldn't. Here are some, not so great pics, of when I did mine.
Last edited by 66with352; Jan 25, 2026 at 09:54 AM.
Google and find a local metal fab shop in your area. Take the old piece in with you and they can bend something up that can do the trick. That's what I did with a 2010 Ranger that also did not have the parts available.
things have toned down a bit in this forum... a few years back i called this style bed a stepside and i was threatened with being kicked off... i was smacked down and told to call it a flareside or else...
things have toned down a bit in this forum... a few years back i called this style bed a stepside and i was threatened with being kicked off... i was smacked down and told to call it a flareside or else...
That's because you're a Yankee, and the OP is from Texas, and well, we all know that its best to not mess with Texas....
Last edited by The Dassler; Jan 30, 2026 at 11:44 AM.
you might be on to something there.... but that has been a few years ago. i know growing up in the south jersey area any bed that looked like that was a stepside.. no one ever called them a flairside and here i am in Tennessee for 35 years and everyone i show my truck to calls it a stepside too... a rose, by any other name, is still a rose
things have toned down a bit in this forum... a few years back i called this style bed a stepside and i was threatened with being kicked off... i was smacked down and told to call it a flareside or else...
You are, of course, just kidding. Only person I've known on here to really take it personally was @NumberDummy and he didn't have the ability to kick anyone off. Tick people off sure, he was good at that. I think he would get a boost from knocking other people down for silly things like that. Anywho...
All of those names - Fleetside, Styleside, Flareside and Stepside are not trademarked names - they are just marketing names. Spell check doesn't even like those names where something like Kleenex is fine since it is trademarked or registered or both.
To get all bent out of shape in either direction over one versus the other is not logical. And it's easy enough to do an advanced search on 'yankee721' and 'Stepside' or 'Step Side'. Only 6 threads meet that filtration. Here's the funniest one to me. You seem to have taken the challenge and run with it in the opposite direction in the thread below. Funny to me because the topic isn't worth the effort to try to prove or disprove to others since there is nothing to gain. And nobody left to argue the point with...
You are, of course, just kidding. Only person I've known on here to really take it personally was @NumberDummy and he didn't have the ability to kick anyone off. Tick people off sure, he was good at that. I think he would get a boost from knocking other people down for silly things like that. Anywho...
All of those names - Fleetside, Styleside, Flareside and Stepside are not trademarked names - they are just marketing names. Spell check doesn't even like those names where something like Kleenex is fine since it is trademarked or registered or both.
To get all bent out of shape in either direction over one versus the other is not logical. And it's easy enough to do an advanced search on 'yankee721' and 'Stepside' or 'Step Side'. Only 6 threads meet that filtration. Here's the funniest one to me. You seem to have taken the challenge and run with it in the opposite direction in the thread below. Funny to me because the topic isn't worth the effort to try to prove or disprove to others since there is nothing to gain. And nobody left to argue the point with...
Anytime someone (who is not deeply into classics as much as most of us are on this forum) asks me what kind of 66 I have, I explain it to them as "one of those 60's trucks with the steps on the sides of the bed". They get that and understand. If I say flareside, most do not even know what I'm referring to. Stepside, they acknowledge and get it. I could care less what they call it, as long as they call it a nice looking truck, I'm satisfied!
I have read a lot of posts from @NumberDummy and am amazed at his knowledge. Chad, I don't know who has more knowledge you, or the Celebrated NumberDummy or you... Maybe you could change your avatar name to "NumberTwo" (reference to Austin Powers movies just in case it needs to be said).
That said, I checked out the Step sides are Stepsides thread you posted, and laughed out loud....for the record, I grew up only really knowing the stepside reference, but then again, I grew up just outside Washington DC, had a vice presidents kids as a classmate, and was more likely to see a Jaguar and or BMW in the parking lot than a pickup truck (I did however drive the blue bomber to school, and that was a 1970 crew cab with a 390 in it....it was loud and beat up, but I thought I was cool).
Thanks folks for making me laugh, I think we all could use a little bit of that most days.
Originally Posted by TA455HO
You are, of course, just kidding. Only person I've known on here to really take it personally was @NumberDummy and he didn't have the ability to kick anyone off. Tick people off sure, he was good at that. I think he would get a boost from knocking other people down for silly things like that. Anywho...
All of those names - Fleetside, Styleside, Flareside and Stepside are not trademarked names - they are just marketing names. Spell check doesn't even like those names where something like Kleenex is fine since it is trademarked or registered or both.
To get all bent out of shape in either direction over one versus the other is not logical. And it's easy enough to do an advanced search on 'yankee721' and 'Stepside' or 'Step Side'. Only 6 threads meet that filtration. Here's the funniest one to me. You seem to have taken the challenge and run with it in the opposite direction in the thread below. Funny to me because the topic isn't worth the effort to try to prove or disprove to others since there is nothing to gain. And nobody left to argue the point with...
of course it is all a joke to me and yes numberdummy was stern in sticking to the technical name.. none of this is very serious and the forum is helpful in my restoration of my stepside.. now, if someone can hook me up with vent window rubber, that would be nice..
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