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forestb · 08-30-2020, 07:41 PM

I have dumped a lot of time and money into my 62 step side and have realized that step sides are ugly. I even bought my truck because it was a step side. But they only look good from 3 angles. The 3/4 front view, the directly from the rear view and straight on from the front view, (which I don’t know if that even counts sense you can’t see the bed at all. It really pains me to say this but every time I see my truck from the side I get depressed. If anyone disagrees with me I understand. If you are a Fleetside owner out there and like step sides more p.m. me.
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**mongocanfly** · 08-30-2020, 07:47 PM

Grew up with stepsides, so I've got a fondness for them... but I have to agree that the 60-66 shorts look better as a fleet...
Just the way the bodylines flow..

**nsb29** · 08-30-2020, 07:55 PM

I’m prefer fleet never liked step in these trucks but love the Blue paint

**Clyde65** · 08-30-2020, 08:50 PM

I have had both, even both beds on my current truck. Step sides were more prevalent than the fleets, short or long. Most folks just wanted the basic needs to get the job done. I like both about the same I guess
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**LostMy65** · 08-30-2020, 09:20 PM

You have a great looking truck from all sides.
But the paint is really new, so get yourself a short fleetside bed and paint it to match.
I mean, why not? If that's what you want, just do it.

roll_the_dice · 08-30-2020, 11:23 PM

I prefer step...and I prefer LWB. Both are more unique...you see fleet all the time and on new trucks as well. I like the curves of the fenders on the step also. The step side to me is better looking, but we each like different things and different vehicles.

I like your truck a lot...and if it were a fleetside...it would be a nice truck to me, but not capture my attention like it has. Love everything about your truck...color, wheels, and the fact it is a step side. Embrace being different with the step side.

**LostMy65** · 08-30-2020, 11:50 PM

Post your truck here:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...light=Stepside
Also, please add a rear view.

SkinnyG · 08-31-2020, 12:15 AM

My first thought is either lower the front an inch or two, or raise the back an inch or two. I think that might correct "the look" a bit. Can you photoshop that?

'63GENIII · 08-31-2020, 12:33 AM

Yeah, the '63 Steppers are especially ugly. You ought to spare yourself the pain and send her up here to me

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All kidding aside, I like the uniqueness of the Step Sides.

When I got my Long Stepper, the plan was to make it a Fleet. After a while, the look of the fenders, the use of the steps kinda grew on me.

I had a 62 and 64 fleet side trucks before this one. No way I'd switch back.

If I had a paint job like yours on my '63 (maybe a red - black, red - cream), man I'd be in business. I think your truck looks pretty slick...everything is proportioned right and that paint, damn, that paint makes it pop!

**The Rocknrod** · 08-31-2020, 08:11 AM

I like the first one cause I'm a beauty ring fan.

**Ol Blue K20** · 08-31-2020, 08:23 AM

I think it looks good any way you look at it. Nice truck.

**VictoriaHardware** · 08-31-2020, 10:33 AM

Fleetsides do have lines that flow from front to rear and I like them. But I also love the stepside "fat fender" look.

forestb · 08-31-2020, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by SkinnyG

My first thought is either lower the front an inch or two, or raise the back an inch or two. I think that might correct "the look" a bit. Can you photoshop that?

It already has a pretty good rake. You just can't tell in that photo because it is on a slope

forestb · 08-31-2020, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by LostMy65

Post your truck here:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...light=Stepside
Also, please add a rear view.

post #114. You even complemented me on it

forestb · 08-31-2020, 04:41 PM

Old color but this photo shows the rake a little better.

roll_the_dice · 08-31-2020, 04:57 PM

Put it this way forestb...I like your truck so much, I am most likely stealing your idea on the wheels with the push throughs on my step side!

SkinnyG · 08-31-2020, 05:31 PM

Ah. It's perfect. I like it. Quit worrying. (grin)

**LostMy65** · 08-31-2020, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by forestb

Old color but this photo shows the rake a little better.

Oh wait, I forgot..
I like this color better.
Go back to that and make it a 3/4 ton longbed 4x4.
I tease...
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It is funny how our tastes can change.
When I originally bought my 65 in the early 80's, it was a long bed fleetside. And I thought nothing wrong of it. Then I started noticing stepsides, and thought I'd really like mine to be a short bed stepside. So when I totaled it in the 80's, I built it back up as a short bed stepside as it is still today.
But now, I'm thinking of putting it back to a long bed fleetside so it's more practical as a truck.
The bottom line is they all look good and have their are pluses and minuses.
I wonder whatever happened to member MisterC? He had a beautiful short bed fleetside bed and wanted to trade it for a nice stepside bed. I think he's in California somewhere.

AcampoDave · 08-31-2020, 06:46 PM

I don't know how old you are Forrest, but in California in the 80's it was the Chevy stepside that was the most sought after. We loved them slammed with Tru-Spokes, and T/A white letter radials. I, on the other hand, drove a 6 cyl 1965 Mustang (not a chick magnet)....and I just knew if I just had me one of those stepsides..... seriously though, your truck is absolutely beautiful just as it is...from any angle.

forestb · 08-31-2020, 07:13 PM

Thanks everybody for all of the complements and suggestions.

**LostMy65** · 08-31-2020, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by AcampoDave

I don't know how old you are Forrest, but in California in the 80's it was the Chevy stepside that was the most sought after. We loved them slammed with Tru-Spokes, and T/A white letter radials. I, on the other hand, drove a 6 cyl 1965 Mustang (not a chick magnet)....and I just knew if I just had me one of those stepsides..... seriously though, your truck is absolutely beautiful just as it is...from any angle.

Yep, mine was a long fleetside. There was hotrodded short step in town that I drooled over whenever I saw it. All white, rally wheels, bigger in the back and a rear up in the air. This was the early 80's. The kid who owned it wrecked it. I got the bed and it's on my 65 til this day.

forestb · 08-31-2020, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LostMy65

Yep, mine was a long fleetside. There was hotrodded short step in town that I drooled over whenever I saw it. All white, rally wheels, bigger in the back and a rear up in the air. This was the early 80's. The kid who owned it wrecked it. I got the bed and it's on my 65 til this day.

I was born in the early 80's so maybe it was my density. Oh I mean destiny.

**LostMy65** · 08-31-2020, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by forestb

I was born in the early 80's so maybe it was my density. Oh I mean destiny.

McFly!

jchav62 · 09-01-2020, 09:55 AM

Nice truck! I like all 3 angles...

63burban · 09-01-2020, 06:40 PM

Thats a good looking truck except the Caddy tail lights look out of place. A nice rear bumper and step side tail lights would do the trick. It's supposed to look like a truck, fleetsides are nice but step sides are cool work truck tough look

08-30-2020, 07:47 PM	#2
mongocanfly Post Whore Join Date: May 2015 Location: Alabama Posts: 14,600	Re: Only good looking from 2 angles. Grew up with stepsides, so I've got a fondness for them... but I have to agree that the 60-66 shorts look better as a fleet... Just the way the bodylines flow.. __________________ Mongo...aka Greg RIP Dad RIP Jesse 1981 C30 LQ9 NV4500..http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=753598 Mongos AD- LS3 TR6060...http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...34#post8522334 Columbus..the 1957 IH 4x4...http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...63#post8082563 2023 Chevy Z71..daily driver Last edited by mongocanfly; 08-30-2020 at 08:08 PM.

08-30-2020, 07:55 PM	#3
nsb29 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: new smyrna beach fl / 29 palms cal Posts: 1,727	Re: Only good looking from 2 angles. I’m prefer fleet never liked step in these trucks but love the Blue paint __________________ Hand made A/C vent manifolds for 64-66 trucks adapts any aftermarket A/C to OEM vent

08-30-2020, 08:50 PM	#4
Clyde65 1965 Chevy C10, 2005 4.8L/4l60 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: DFW Texas Posts: 8,540	Re: Only good looking from 2 angles. I have had both, even both beds on my current truck. Step sides were more prevalent than the fleets, short or long. Most folks just wanted the basic needs to get the job done. I like both about the same I guess Posted via Mobile Device

08-30-2020, 09:20 PM	#5
LostMy65 But Found Her 25yrs Later! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Oregon City, Oregon Posts: 10,507	Re: Only good looking from 2 angles. You have a great looking truck from all sides. But the paint is really new, so get yourself a short fleetside bed and paint it to match. I mean, why not? If that's what you want, just do it. __________________ I lost my 65 - Found it 25 years later: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=426650 66 C20 Service Truck: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=428035

08-30-2020, 11:23 PM	#6
roll_the_dice Registered User Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Manlius, NY Posts: 1,698	Re: Only good looking from 2 angles. I prefer step...and I prefer LWB. Both are more unique...you see fleet all the time and on new trucks as well. I like the curves of the fenders on the step also. The step side to me is better looking, but we each like different things and different vehicles. I like your truck a lot...and if it were a fleetside...it would be a nice truck to me, but not capture my attention like it has. Love everything about your truck...color, wheels, and the fact it is a step side. Embrace being different with the step side. __________________ 1965 C10 LWB Stepside 1964 GMC 1 Ton Dually Instagram #notaratrodnotashowtruck

08-30-2020, 07:41 PM	#1
forestb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 3,584	Only good looking from 2 angles. I have dumped a lot of time and money into my 62 step side and have realized that step sides are ugly. I even bought my truck because it was a step side. But they only look good from 3 angles. The 3/4 front view, the directly from the rear view and straight on from the front view, (which I don’t know if that even counts sense you can’t see the bed at all. It really pains me to say this but every time I see my truck from the side I get depressed. If anyone disagrees with me I understand. If you are a Fleetside owner out there and like step sides more p.m. me. Good Good Ugly Attached Images

08-30-2020, 11:50 PM	#7
LostMy65 But Found Her 25yrs Later! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Oregon City, Oregon Posts: 10,507	Re: Only good looking from 2 angles. Post your truck here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...light=Stepside Also, please add a rear view. __________________ I lost my 65 - Found it 25 years later: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=426650 66 C20 Service Truck: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=428035

08-31-2020, 12:15 AM	#8
SkinnyG Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Beautiful BC, Canada, eh?! Posts: 2,189	Re: Only good looking from 2 angles. My first thought is either lower the front an inch or two, or raise the back an inch or two. I think that might correct "the look" a bit. Can you photoshop that? __________________ 1961 Apache: "Grabber Orange" Shortboxed, pancake, step-notch, air-ride, boosted-LS 1977 Silverado: Shortboxed & dropped, potato-potato V8 Pontiac Firefly (Chevy Sprint): The ultimate engine swap: 5.7L in a 1.0L bag Lotus Super 7 Replica: Scratch-built street-legal rollerskate

08-31-2020, 12:33 AM	#9
'63GENIII Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: San Carlos, Ca. Posts: 3,048	Re: Only good looking from 2 angles. Yeah, the '63 Steppers are especially ugly. You ought to spare yourself the pain and send her up here to me . All kidding aside, I like the uniqueness of the Step Sides. When I got my Long Stepper, the plan was to make it a Fleet. After a while, the look of the fenders, the use of the steps kinda grew on me. I had a 62 and 64 fleet side trucks before this one. No way I'd switch back. If I had a paint job like yours on my '63 (maybe a red - black, red - cream), man I'd be in business. I think your truck looks pretty slick...everything is proportioned right and that paint, damn, that paint makes it pop! __________________ Chris '63 k15 long step Vortec 7.4 - L29 Blackbear tune, Five 0 Motorsports injectors, Chris Straub Cam, NV4500, divorced 205 52" front and 63" rear spring swap D44 / 14bff - disc axles Milemarker 9K and 10.5K hydraulic winches 63" & B52 Spring Install http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ng+swap+thread NV4500 Reverse Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=reverse+build L29 - 7.4 Vortec Build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...&highlight=L29

08-31-2020, 08:11 AM	#10
The Rocknrod Moderator Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: China Spring, TX Posts: 7,280	Re: Only good looking from 2 angles. I like the first one cause I'm a beauty ring fan. __________________ Master Chief, US Navy, Retired 1964 C10 Step-side Short Bed - In Progress 2009 2500HD Duramax LTZ 1948 GMC Panel 1956 Big Window Stepside 1953 5 Window Chevy Stepside 1932 Coupe New Seat Foam for Bench Seats?

08-31-2020, 08:23 AM	#11
Ol Blue K20 Proprietor of Dale's Corner Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Vacaville , CA Posts: 15,871	Re: Only good looking from 2 angles. I think it looks good any way you look at it. Nice truck. __________________ "Some Days Chickens And Some Days Feathers" Dale XNGH ECV Sam Brannan 1004 R.I.P. 67ChevyRedneck R.I.P. Grumpy Old Man

08-31-2020, 10:33 AM	#12
VictoriaHardware Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Southeast Michigan Posts: 782	Re: Only good looking from 2 angles. Fleetsides do have lines that flow from front to rear and I like them. But I also love the stepside "fat fender" look. Last edited by VictoriaHardware; 08-31-2020 at 08:59 PM.

08-31-2020, 04:41 PM	#15
forestb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 3,584	Re: Only good looking from 2 angles. Old color but this photo shows the rake a little better. Attached Images

08-31-2020, 04:57 PM	#16
roll_the_dice Registered User Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Manlius, NY Posts: 1,698	Re: Only good looking from 2 angles. Put it this way forestb...I like your truck so much, I am most likely stealing your idea on the wheels with the push throughs on my step side! __________________ 1965 C10 LWB Stepside 1964 GMC 1 Ton Dually Instagram #notaratrodnotashowtruck

08-31-2020, 05:31 PM	#17
SkinnyG Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Beautiful BC, Canada, eh?! Posts: 2,189	Re: Only good looking from 2 angles. Ah. It's perfect. I like it. Quit worrying. (grin) __________________ 1961 Apache: "Grabber Orange" Shortboxed, pancake, step-notch, air-ride, boosted-LS 1977 Silverado: Shortboxed & dropped, potato-potato V8 Pontiac Firefly (Chevy Sprint): The ultimate engine swap: 5.7L in a 1.0L bag Lotus Super 7 Replica: Scratch-built street-legal rollerskate



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08-31-2020, 06:46 PM	#19
AcampoDave Registered User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: central California Posts: 2,730	Re: Only good looking from 2 angles. I don't know how old you are Forrest, but in California in the 80's it was the Chevy stepside that was the most sought after. We loved them slammed with Tru-Spokes, and T/A white letter radials. I, on the other hand, drove a 6 cyl 1965 Mustang (not a chick magnet)....and I just knew if I just had me one of those stepsides..... seriously though, your truck is absolutely beautiful just as it is...from any angle.

08-31-2020, 07:13 PM	#20
forestb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 3,584	Re: Only good looking from 2 angles. Thanks everybody for all of the complements and suggestions.

09-01-2020, 09:55 AM	#24
jchav62 1962 C-10 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Las Vegas, New Mexico Posts: 4,978	Re: Only good looking from 2 angles. Nice truck! I like all 3 angles... __________________ Joseph Chavez "See the USA in a Chevrolet!!" ......................_____ .........________//__{\_____ ,,,,,,,/__(O)___//___/__(O)_/ 1962 C10 Shortbed Fleetside 327/th350 GV overdrive 1974 C10 Longbed Fleetside 350/th350 "The Trash Truck" 1999 Chevy 2500 OBS, Longbed 5.7/4L80E 4x4 2015 GMC Sierra SLE 1500 4x4

09-01-2020, 06:40 PM	#25
63burban Chevy addict Join Date: May 2012 Location: Iron Ridge, WI Posts: 1,085	Re: Only good looking from 2 angles. Thats a good looking truck except the Caddy tail lights look out of place. A nice rear bumper and step side tail lights would do the trick. It's supposed to look like a truck, fleetsides are nice but step sides are cool work truck tough look

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