Any difference in stepside beds through the years?

[WillSquared]

So Im thinking pretty seriously about trying to find a stepside bed for my truck to swap over from fleetside. I just wondered if there are any differences through the years that I should be aware of on the stepside bed designs etc? My truck is an 86 so Id like to find a "matching" bed for it that looks appropriate.

 

[RetroC10Sport]

Fuel caps and round taillights on the early beds.

Fuel doors and rectangular taillights on the later beds.

Other than that, I can't think of any other differences, perhaps someone else will..

 

[bucket]

And besides the fenders and lights, the bed itself and tailgate is the same back to '55. The rear bumper is the same back to '67.

 

[Jarhead79]

If memory serves and it may not be correct but I believe some of the newer year stepside beds did away with the wood and had a metal bed floor, not 100% on that but I had seen one with a metal bed floor, just not sure it was modified to be metal or like that from factory

 

[bucket]

They are wood until the '88-up bodystyle.

 

[RetroC10Sport]

Even in 1988-91 on the squares (yes, you could special order a longbed stepside in those years.) they were still wood.