Dents?

[Bax]

OK new here. Dent's? What's a dent other than a bashed in fender? I see a few threads about Dent's and can only assume they are a name for 73/79 trucks?

School Me.
Bax

 

[DNFXDLI]

The indent that runs along the upper portion of the body.

 

[Fordzilla80]

Yep. The 73-79 have an indent down the side of the body. The 67-72 trucks have a bump down the side, hence the nickname Bumpside.

Some of the Corvair pickups had ramps on the side, and were often referred to as Rampsides.

 

[Bax]

Got it. makes sense. Thanks

 

[LEB Ben]

Got it. makes sense. Thanks

To be quite honest, I had never heard the reference either until I joined this site. Everytime I wanted to reference the body style as a whole, I just said 73-79, but 'dentside' sounds slicker, IMO.

 

[Mil1ion]

I wish they would change it to INDENTS because that's what it really is.

 

[Alvin in AZ]

I wish they would change it to INDENTS because that's what it really is.

Yeah ...and "outdents" too! :/


Butthead in AZ

 

[Alvin in AZ]

To be quite honest, I had never heard the reference either until I joined
this site. Everytime I wanted to reference the body style as a whole,
I just said 73-79, but 'dentside' sounds slicker, IMO.

Funny I was the other way around, I didn't know the year ranges but
described them by the "dent" "bump" "ridge in" "ridge out" etc from way
back when I first got mine. Man I didn't want a dent side, but for some
dangged reason, Ford didn't see a need to make me a bump side in '75. :/



Bumps are the coolest looking pickup body style ever, IMO. YMMV

Alvin in AZ

 

[taxreliever]

I've never known my rig to be known as anything but a dent as I researched the years and looked for the one I wanted to buy. It is a sexy name.