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freebeard · 10-06-2023, 11:31 PM

The last faint echo of the pontoon fender era. I blame the Willys MB.

Short term, the box shape led to Ford kicking their postwar design to the French and going to the Shoebox Ford. But on a longer scale, the CJ got it's fender flares.

edit:
An interesting case is the 1950 Studebaker truck.

hymanltd.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/5270.jpg

Earlier models are clearly a stepside. Is this a stepside or slabside bed?

10-06-2023, 11:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 27,766 Thanks: 7,799 Thanked 8,607 Times in 7,088 Posts	The last faint echo of the pontoon fender era. I blame the Willys MB. Short term, the box shape led to Ford kicking their postwar design to the French and going to the Shoebox Ford. But on a longer scale, the CJ got it's fender flares. edit: An interesting case is the 1950 Studebaker truck. hymanltd.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/5270.jpg Earlier models are clearly a stepside. Is this a stepside or slabside bed? __________________ . .Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster ____________________ . .Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do. Last edited by freebeard; 10-06-2023 at 11:37 PM..