SPEIRMOOR Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 Being in the building trades it is pretty important to me. Especially back in the day when there were no hot shot deliveries, there were bigger minimums that were often a week out and no boom trucks, so you might have to dump a 36' straight truck and then have to bump tons of material by hand (back around the house, for example) Why is there both Styleside and Flareside bed variations? I'm guessing it was construction based ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Why is there both Styleside and Flareside bed variations? I'm guessing it was construction based ? Are you asking why Ford had Stylesides and Flareside? Because people would buy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Why is there both Styleside and Flareside bed variations? I'm guessing it was construction based ? Traditionally we have beds that fit between the wheel wells. They could be made in a press brake and you only needed a stamping die big enough for the fender around the wheel. A mechanical die press 8' long was very, very expensive and the number of reject parts would be high. With a step in front of the wheel farmers could stand high enough to shovel out the bed. And there are no wheel wells (nor the inside corners) for dirt or horse poop to get caught in. But the family farm was getting rarer post WWII. Vehicles in general became more stylized in the jet and rocket ages. Flowing body lines were the future, and form took a front seat to function. Huge hydraulic presses sat idle after the war. Millions of young men weren't going back to the farms they were born on. By the '60's we had styleside pickups, and ute's like the Ranchero that took a Torino's body lines all the way to the tail lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEIRMOOR Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 Traditionally we have beds that fit between the wheel wells. They could be made in a press brake and you only needed a stamping die big enough for the fender around the wheel. A mechanical die press 8' long was very, very expensive and the number of reject parts would be high. With a step in front of the wheel farmers could stand high enough to shovel out the bed. And there are no wheel wells (nor the inside corners) for dirt or horse poop to get caught in. But the family farm was getting rarer post WWII. Vehicles in general became more stylized in the jet and rocket ages. Flowing body lines were the future, and form took a front seat to function. Huge hydraulic presses sat idle after the war. Millions of young men weren't going back to the farms they were born on. By the '60's we had styleside pickups, and ute's like the Ranchero that took a Torino's body lines all the way to the tail lights. Never knew that, thanks for the background 👍👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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