Just a note. A step side bed was usually 7 1/2' long, but a 9' long step side bed was available off and on through production, the 9' beds are pretty rare.
The short box, non-step side bed is 6' long and the long bed is 8' long. The short bed standard bed, and the 'short" step side bed are different lengths. The frames are different, the bed to frame mounting points are different, and the position of the. Gene
If this is true how was I able to bolt a sweptside bed off of a 1977 dodge truck onto the frame of a 1977 step side?
Though this may be true for much earlier trucks I'm pretty sure it is not accurate for 1973 - 1980.
I even believe there were additional step side bed offerings in the earlier years.
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