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Old 10-02-2014, 06:40 AM   #1
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1960-1962 vs 1963-1966 fleet side bed differences

What is different about the fleet side bed cross members from a 60-62 truck vs. a 63-66 truck? Most of the parts catalogs list them separately. I'm converting my 63 step side to fleet side and I'm not sure what year fleet side bed i have.
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Old 10-02-2014, 07:11 AM   #2
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Re: 1960-1962 vs 1963-1966 fleet side bed differences

The location of the cross supports are different for one. The 66 I have has the early bed strips in it from Mar-K and some of the holes dont line up. When I redid the wood it took a bit to figure that out.
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Old 10-02-2014, 12:03 PM   #3
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Re: 1960-1962 vs 1963-1966 fleet side bed differences

The frames are wider on 60-62. So the frame holes would be wider, especially the rear most one with angle perches. Goto faq section lots of info and threads on this.
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Old 10-03-2014, 08:25 AM   #4
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Re: 1960-1962 vs 1963-1966 fleet side bed differences

the 63-66 frames are the same. the 60-62 are the same. I believe the 60-62 are 42" wide and the 63-66 are 34" wide, I will double check that tonight.
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