found a bed but I dont know

[dumbucket1]

found a really nice rust free stepside shortbed for $100 needs new wood. To be real honest Im not a real fan of stepsides but Im not finding any fleetside shortbeds in my area cheap enough. The cheapest one I have found so far is $650 and needs a little work. So after buying the stepside and replacing the wood, would that put me up there in the $650 range and higher so I may as well just save up for a fleetside? Let me know what you think.

[ssgoodman]

i'd wait, may not be that expensive to put wood in it but stepsides are hideous and pointless i think, and if you dont like the stepside look either i wouldnt sacrifice what you like for what is cheap.

Sutton

[VileZambonie]

i'd wait, may not be that expensive to put wood in it but stepsides are hideous and pointless i think, and if you dont like the stepside look either i wouldnt sacrifice what you like for what is cheap.

Sutton

That's blasphemy! I love stepsides. They can also look better if you lift the bed a little bit off of the frame in relation to the cab. Without pix it's only a guess if it's worth fixing though. How are the floor rails?

[ssgoodman]

i dont like the stepside look on the 73-87, to me that generation should only be a long box fleetside regular cab or a blazer.  not a fan of stepsides, burbans or crewcabs either.  my brother had a 60's dodge pickup with a stepside that looked great as a step side but rubish as a fleetside.

Sutton

[okuma]

i do not like the step side on 73-87's either. ----- But i would like to put a 88-98 stepside bed on my 81 gmc, what do you think on that combo.

i do not mean to take over this post ... but could help dumbucket also..

[hotrod24]

my dad had a 60s stepside and it was cool i wish he would had kept it i would have it i think thay look mean

[dumbucket1]

ya I will have to take a better look at the wood floor on that bed for sure.

as far as a 88 up stepside on our trucks     http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=8103.0

[80stepsideguy]

To each his own on the stepsides ya know what they say opinons are like "bleeps" everyones got 1.You may hate em i think there wicked , put a set of inner fenders from a fleetside on the sides.,cut them down just enough so they match up to the frame and  put bigger meats under there.Thats why i`m building 1 i personally think there cool bu then again thats where the opinons play 

thanks
pat

[VileZambonie]

Pat, Stepsides are bad... That's what got me into these trucks was my buddy's 79 stepside (May he rest in peace). The rest is history.... I'll see if I can find a pic of his truck and post it on here...

[JJSZABO]

Too bad you were not closer dumbucket1, I would have traded you my short bed fleetside for your stepside - I LOVE STEPSIDES

[Captkaos]

If the wood is the only thing wrong with it, you can fix the bed as little as $350 for new show quality wood in oak, or $250 for pine.
If you had the tools, you could use that composite stuff from Lowes and it would never rot...

I love stepsides.  It all is a personal choice though.  What does the bed look like?

As far as the 88-99 stepside beds on a 73-87, I personally don't like them.  None of the body lines match up, and the wheel arches are different, but that is just my personal taste.

[VileZambonie]

This was my buddy's truck that got me hooked on 73-87's

[dumbucket1]

hey vile your changing my mind with that pic, man I love old school grey slot mag wheels

[the_legend_1981]

I like 70's stepside and  80's fleetsides...something about the roundness of the 70's make the stepside look nicer. When i was looking to buy a truck i decided if it were 73-80...it had to be a stepside. 81-87 had to be a fleetside. Just personal preference is all.

[Captkaos]

Here is a red one: