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I was looking at this truck, a 49 chevy, but the bed looks like one from a 55-57 chevy,
with the flat rails and taller tailgate, rather than what I think it should be, with the slanted rails and shorter tailgate, found on all 47-53 Chevy pickups that I've seen.

The owner tried to tell me this bed was option in 49.

55-57 Chevy bed on a 49 Chevy pickup?

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Your BS filter is working just fine . . .

It is not original but not necessarily a bad thing. Nice looking truck. Depends on what you want. IMO the flat sided bed is more useful but if you want originality this aint it.

Good call on you KY...

I believe the stepside bed (other than stamped fender embossing on the sides) was similar up until 1987.

If you don't need 100% originality, then GO FOR IT!! You could always change the bed out for an original or repro later. That's a nice lookin' black truck-I'd be pleased to be it's keeper.

Regards,
Wannabe

I've got the very same thing. This truck was given to me because no one else wanted to tackle it. Mine is a 51 with a task force bed on it. I think she might have served her country. I found OD green paint behind the cowl vent and on the floor in the cab. Maybe even started out life as a flat bed? I haven't exactly figured how I'm going to deal with this. Thought about just replacing the fenders and runningboards to make it like a 54-55 1st or replacing it entirely with either a flat bed or the correct 47-53 bed. First thing though is to get a motor and rewire it then after its running I'll worry about the bed issue. I'd probably get that truck if it were me. But I would let the owner know that I know that he's feeding me a line.

Thanks for the replies. I passed on the truck. Looks nice don't it? Til you get up close and drive it. Lots of stuff wrong with it, but really made me walk away was the owner not knowing what he was talking about.

Where in Ky are you???