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#325052 01/13/2006 12:44 AM
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i have a 1958 chevy apache. that was a step side, i want to put a fleet side on it. does any one know of a company that sells fleet side bed side panels. i can find whole aftermarket beds for step side , but nonething on fleet sides, need some help here. thanks//////

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no such thing available, but even if you could get the bedsides you'd still need a whole bunch of other bits that would add up to more than an already restored bed would cost - a few years back I did find a pair of 58/9 NOS fleet bedsides at one of the major patch panel wholesalers - they wanted $1000 each! - your only hope is to find a good used bed, they are out there

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#325054 01/13/2006 1:27 AM
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I love the fleetside box and wished that I had one still.

After crusing through ChevyDuty and LMC catalogs this looks like a money making opportunity.

(On a tangent) I wonder who owns the stamps for the fleetside box now? Maybe some South American country bought them and presently make 58/59 Chevy trucks? I know that Equador presently makes brand new 57 Chevy cars.

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I'm sure that most all of the tools to make those bed sides have long been destroyed. Nobody's going to invest a huge amount of money into building new stamps for that bedside.
I've got a nice 58 fleetside standing in the backyard. I'm a fiberglass mold maker and have thought about copying those box sides but I don't think it would be worth the investment.


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mar- k re did the 72 body style fleetside. i wish some one woul do the 58 what about the cameo bed sides has anyone re done those , if so how hard to put a cameo bed together.

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I found this site tonight. It looks like he has some fleetside box sheetmetal there.

http://www.horkeyswoodandparts.com/Chevy%20Index.htm

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naaah, Zeke, they just have the front panel and the angle strips - they tailgate is also available someplace, but not the bedsides - the problem is it's only for 2 years and quite unique

the Cameo fiberglas sides are being reproduced, but some of the other special bits are pretty scarce

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Nuts! I was really hoping that they did sell them.

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well i appericate the help help. i guess ill buy a ney step side from mar-k. i have the truck pretty much restored, i just dont have a bed ,thanks for the posts

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I too like the old fleet beds. Maybe because I still have the one my Grandparents bought new in 1959. Sometimes they have been made into trailers and you can work a deal with the owner. It is just an old trailer to him. I bought a really nice bed (trailer) a few years ago that was full of trash. Before that it had a camper on it and was in good shape. We are glad to sell you a step bed, but if you really want a fleet bed, be patient, look in every bargain shopper you can find, and it will be waiting for you.

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The Cameo box was a 6' stepside box glassed over.

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I have a pair of 58 fleet sides - long bed, tail gate, head board, inner fenders. I will sell it all for $500.00 it all needs a fair amount of body work. You will have to pick it all up in Western Washington . I restored a 58 and changed it all to step side. feel free to call if interested My name is Randy 206.605.0831

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RandyV,

Just wanted to mention here (so this doesn't cause some heart failure someplace) ... this post is okay in here since BIGBLOCK77551 was initially asking about all this. If you were generally "selling" this stuff, it would be listed in the Swap Meet (which I'm sure you know).

Just curious, did BIG want them? grin

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Originally Posted by BIGBLOCK77551
mar- k re did the 72 body style fleetside. i wish some one woul do the 58 what about the cameo bed sides has anyone re done those , if so how hard to put a cameo bed together.
In the Carter truck parts catalog they offer everything to make a Cameo box.


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