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Title: Stepside Bed Will Bolt Up To Factory Fleetside Frame Correct?
Post by: Chevynut73 on March 23, 2023, 08:36:32 PM
Sorry if this is a stupid question but i've never done this before.

Stepside and Fleetside both bolt up pretty much the same way to any factory frame right?  (having trouble finding a bed so if i can use either one, it should help my chances of finding one or the other).

Thanks
Title: Re: Stepside Bed Will Bolt Up To Factory Fleetside Frame Correct?
Post by: JohnnyPopper on March 23, 2023, 09:22:36 PM
Is the fleetside a shorty?
Title: Re: Stepside Bed Will Bolt Up To Factory Fleetside Frame Correct?
Post by: Chevynut73 on March 31, 2023, 04:43:45 PM
No but will be when we get through with it.
Title: Re: Stepside Bed Will Bolt Up To Factory Fleetside Frame Correct?
Post by: Swampyankee74 on March 31, 2023, 05:44:57 PM
It should bolt up. I have a 74 shortbed stepside that I know a fleetside bed will bolt right to. The frame is exposed right now. If you need any dimensions please ask. More than happy to measure something for you.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230331/def0be6b4b975f95f5f18e09e7eed41d.jpg)

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Title: Re: Stepside Bed Will Bolt Up To Factory Fleetside Frame Correct?
Post by: JohnnyPopper on March 31, 2023, 05:51:42 PM
Pry the better question is: Is your truck frame a shorty?
Title: Re: Stepside Bed Will Bolt Up To Factory Fleetside Frame Correct?
Post by: Swampyankee74 on March 31, 2023, 05:55:21 PM
Yes it is
Title: Re: Stepside Bed Will Bolt Up To Factory Fleetside Frame Correct?
Post by: Swampyankee74 on March 31, 2023, 05:56:24 PM
Oops, not my turn to respond 😬 hahaha
Title: Re: Stepside Bed Will Bolt Up To Factory Fleetside Frame Correct?
Post by: Captkaos on April 05, 2023, 10:06:55 AM
There is nothing different in a SWB for mounting a fleetside versus stepside, the same is true of a longbed (long bed stepsides also existed)
Title: Re: Stepside Bed Will Bolt Up To Factory Fleetside Frame Correct?
Post by: JohnnyPopper on April 05, 2023, 02:35:38 PM
Just wondering if the OP knows that steps and fleets came in two sizes. As did truck frames.
Title: Re: Stepside Bed Will Bolt Up To Factory Fleetside Frame Correct?
Post by: Chevynut73 on April 07, 2023, 11:52:03 AM
Swampyankee 74

Wow, what a great looking project you got going there!

Thanks for the reply.

What I have is a long fleetside that we are fixin to cutdown, bolt/weld up to make her a short stepside.

Thanks 
Title: Re: Stepside Bed Will Bolt Up To Factory Fleetside Frame Correct?
Post by: JohnnyPopper on April 07, 2023, 09:16:07 PM
WhoooHooo!