Quick question

[mudslut79]

I dont know what side my truck is is it a fleetside flareside or a styleside?. Cause im ordering parts and dont know what it is.

 

[LEB Ben]

Quick answer, well not really...where's the pic of your truck...a styleside is like the truck in my sig. I believe fleetside is the chevy term. Flareside is the term for for the trucks that have the indented bed with the 'flare' over and around the tires. Don't forget to factor in that both stylesides and flaresides came in either the 6.5' or 8' bed.


Edit: Here's a flareside-

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/1970-1979-ford-trucks-47.jpg

 

[SuperCab]

Correct Ben.

Ford had Stylesides and Flaresides

Chevrolet had Fleetsides and Stepsides

GMC called them Wideside and Fenderside

IDK what Dodge called them...

 

[mudslut79]

Well i orderd one of the parts was the bedside was the fleetside 96 inches long i ordered under the ford section so im assuming its going to be the same as ford version.

 

[LEB Ben]

Well i orderd one of the parts was the bedside was the fleetside 96 inches long i ordered under the ford section so im assuming its going to be the same as ford version.

So you needed to order a bedside for a styleside (like the red truck in my sig)...right? And it's a long bed right? If so, then you ordered the right dimensioned bed side. I have to ask though, which side was it for? Because on the driver's side, there were different gas tank filler door options available, so you gotta make sure you got the right onw for your truck. Also, where did you order the parts from?

 

[bucks77ford]

I wonder what happened to the original tooling to make bedsides. You'd think DC would have jumped on that. That would be a nice option to have because the aftermarket stuff is hit or miss.

 

[SuperCab]

Ah, just for the record, I found that Dodge called them Swept-Line and Step-Side...

 

[mudslut79]

Yeh its like the red truck in your signature this is a bedside for a longbed its got the round gas whole stock. I ordered the one with the square gas whole cause thats the only one they had. I ordered the stuff from www.cooltruckparts.com

 

[Old Ford Blue]

Jeep called theirs Townsides. I can't remember their "flareside" name, I'll look it up...