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Old 04-09-2012, 01:53 AM   #1
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55-9 Longbox stepsides?

Anyone got pics of nice ones?? I have a line on a decent 56 I might be able to pick up cheap, and use as a parts chaser.
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Old 04-09-2012, 01:07 PM   #2
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Re: 55-9 Longbox stepsides?

Heres a few found online (Google Images)
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Old 04-09-2012, 11:05 PM   #3
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Re: 55-9 Longbox stepsides?

My '57 'Ruby' red 8' box stepside... -Doug

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Old 04-09-2012, 11:41 PM   #4
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Re: 55-9 Longbox stepsides?




Mine, nothing special here, Start of a very long term, slow, project. '57 3600 longbox
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Old 04-10-2012, 12:36 AM   #5
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Re: 55-9 Longbox stepsides?

Nice looking trucks guys
Longbeds make the best work trucks

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Old 04-10-2012, 05:32 AM   #6
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Re: 55-9 Longbox stepsides?

I'm biased towards long beds, maybe because I have one shown in my avatar.
Here's a couple of others for a variety of differnent tastes.
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Old 04-10-2012, 03:45 PM   #7
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57 GMC Napco
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Old 04-10-2012, 04:02 PM   #8
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57 GMC Duelly
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Old 04-10-2012, 04:10 PM   #9
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Old 04-10-2012, 07:44 PM   #10
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Re: 55-9 Longbox stepsides?

Nice truck but those tail lights just look out of place

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Old 04-10-2012, 08:35 PM   #11
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Re: 55-9 Longbox stepsides?

g&r is your truck a 7 ft box?
do the 7 and 8 ft boxes have the same step with a foot added behind the fender?





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Old 04-10-2012, 08:43 PM   #12
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Re: 55-9 Longbox stepsides?

i also like how the fender mounted spare hangs a little lower on the long beds



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Old 04-11-2012, 02:01 AM   #13
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Re: 55-9 Longbox stepsides?

Ogre, both of mine are 92" beds or 7'6" inside. The red one above looks like a 9' bed.

Late '57 they came out with the 96" bed. I believe the the step for the 92" and 96" beds are the same. The 9' bed most likely is different.

Rude Dude, Function is what I was after with those stop / tail, signal, back up lights.
I just had stop / tail lights when I installed a turn signal/4 way flasher switch.
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Old 04-11-2012, 02:07 AM   #14
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Short bed 6'5"
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ultra short bed 5'6''

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maxi-short bed

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Here's another nice long bed.
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Ogre, I love you Maxi-short bed even better
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Re: 55-9 Longbox stepsides?

I know you asked for nice ones, but here's a few of mine too.



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Old 04-23-2012, 09:22 PM   #20
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Here is my 57.
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Here is my 57.
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Old 04-24-2012, 09:05 AM   #22
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Re: 55-9 Longbox stepsides?

Not trying to hijack the thread, but I have a long bed question after looking at these pictures. When I get around to fixing my truck I was considering lopping off the long portion of the bed that extends past the rear fender to shorten it up a little as I'm not crazy about the look of that area as is. In the above pics it looks like that is how some of those trucks already are, having different lengths of the bed past the rear fender edge. Were there different model long bed configurations or have these trucks been modified? I would guess the frame would have a be a little shorter too?

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Old 04-24-2012, 03:33 PM   #23
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Re: 55-9 Longbox stepsides?

I think there were 8' and 9' longboxes, as well as the short box.
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Old 04-24-2012, 10:28 PM   #24
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Re: 55-9 Longbox stepsides?

Here's mine. Sorry for the lousy pictures.

It's an original 8 foot box truck. The bed came from a '63 Forest Service pickup and the fenders were originally about 7-8" farther back with a longer step to match. I thought it was a 9' bed at first glance.
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