Long fleetside to long stepside?

[Pancholasvegas]

Hi guys, I am fairly new here and new to the chevy pickup scene.. I have a 1969 C10 Fleetside longbox. I am wondering if it is possible to switch it to a longbed stepside? Would it be as simple as pulling the bedsides off and bolting the new ones on? I know that I will have to play around with the wiring and bumper but other than that is it relatively simple? If it is I would really like to go this route. I love how the steppers look, especially long steppers. Thank you.

[Boog]

Not that easy. The fleetside beds are completely different from the stepside beds. Either one will bolt on your frame but no parts interchange between them.

[summitflier]

It's not "quite" that easy. But almost.

Besides the bed sides, you need the bed front, the tailgate, and the fenders.
Different bed cross-members (the metal bars that support the bed).
Likely different tail lights, back-up lights (you can mod the existing fleetsides
if you're a good metal worker).
If you want a wood bed, you'll need different wood.
You'll need the side steps themselves. They aren't hard to find, but the hangers for
these are next to impossible to find. I thought I remembered someone making these as an aftermarket part, but I can't remember where I saw it.

[Pancholasvegas]

So in order to actually perform the swap I would have to treat the truck as though I started with no bed at all? Basically from the frame up?

[GR8-68]

Yes, that is correct. As if you never had a bed.

[special-K]

Whole bed to whole bed swap. You will have a complete Fleetside bed to sell...unless it is trashed.