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on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down with Ads! Again, thanks! | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 19 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: May 2005 Posts: 19 | I've got a 66 Short bed and the wheel well arch openings are rusted out and I cut the quaters out of a 65 Chevy Long bed and they are longer than the short bed openings. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 738 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 738 | the 66 is a shortbed fleetside? if it is a shortbed stepside i would not be surprised if it was different. if they are both fleetsides then that is news to me. but i would not be shocked that they are different, seems somewhat odd to me though.
"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." - George S. Patton My Machine | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | I'm suprised - the diff in the long and short fleets is in the length in front of the whell wells, and the inner 'tubs' are the same for either length - sure look the same on all the various ones in the gallery, 65 or 66
Bill | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 19 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: May 2005 Posts: 19 | My Short bed is a Fleetside. They are about a 1" or 2" longer than the shortbed opening. That is just something I learned today. I've got a 66 4WD I'm building/restoring. It might be a plus though because I want to run 33" Tires with no lift. | | |
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