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Pickup Boxes (Beds)

are all long boxes for 72-79 dodge trucks the same style and dimensions???
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d100
Moparts Member
Posts: 239
From: pittsburg, ks.
Registered: Apr 2002
posted 07-08-2002 09:31 PM

yep.
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red on red T/A
Moparts Member
Posts: 122
From: hillsdale,mi,usa
Registered: Aug 2001
posted 07-08-2002 09:43 PM

Thanks looks like i've finally found a tonneau cover.
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MoPar_Jamie
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Posts: 1380
From: Sycamore, KS, USA!!
Registered: Jan 2000
posted 07-08-2002 09:57 PM

BEWARE! Some boxes from '72 and '73 arent cut out for a fuel filler hole. Regualr cabs had their tanks behind the seat. Same with Club Cabs, they had their filler on the left rear, behind the window!
Thats an issue I'm going to have to deal with when I swap on my '79 bed.

But, otherwise, they are the same. Heck, I even saw an 80s box bolted onto a '74-ish Club Cab!
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red on red T/A
Moparts Member
Posts: 122
From: hillsdale,mi,usa
Registered: Aug 2001
posted 07-09-2002 10:09 PM

I was just wondering because im looking for a tonneau cover for my 72 and one was listed as 75-93 for 230.00. Does anybody know anywhere to get them for 72-79 pickups any cheaper????
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d100
Moparts Member
Posts: 239
From: pittsburg, ks.
Registered: Apr 2002
posted 07-09-2002 11:00 PM

when it comes to the 72-79 dodge pick ups you have to improvise as nobody makes anything in the after market for a 72-79. mine has a lund roll pan that the book only shows fitting an 81-93, fits my 74 perfect. also a bed cover will fit 72-93 same dimensions again, we've done it. and the best one yet while building my truck the bell tech book showed nothing for lowering a pre 94 dodge, i lowered the rear with a flip kit for a 73-87 chevy 1/2 ton, fit perfect. heres a pic of the roll pan that is not supposed to fit according to lund and it used to have a covercraft bed cover but we put it on our 85, again a perfect fit.
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red on red T/A
Moparts Member
Posts: 122
From: hillsdale,mi,usa
Registered: Aug 2001
posted 07-10-2002 10:45 PM

So all the beds are the same dimensions from 72-93
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78bbd100
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Posts: 987
From: Medical Lake, WA
Registered: May 2002
posted 07-10-2002 11:00 PM

"So all the beds are the same dimensions from 72-93"
Yes there are fuel filler and tail light differences, but they are the same dimentions and mount to the frame almost exactly the same.
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79powerwagon
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Posts: 6197
From: WI USA
Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-10-2002 11:00 PM

YUP!
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78bbd100
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Posts: 987
From: Medical Lake, WA
Registered: May 2002
posted 07-10-2002 11:07 PM

D100:
is that tailgate original to the 74?
Never saw a raised letter tailgate after 73.

i'm using the one I have off my 72 on my 78 because I hate the flat tailgate
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d100
Moparts Member
Posts: 239
From: pittsburg, ks.
Registered: Apr 2002
posted 07-11-2002 12:01 AM

my gate is off a 72. had to have the "dodge" letters. and the grille is an nos 77-78 piece the truck has a bit of an identity crises.
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78bbd100
Moparts Member
Posts: 987
From: Medical Lake, WA
Registered: May 2002
posted 07-11-2002 12:03 AM

I hear ya

thats the exact reason I'm using it
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red on red T/A
Moparts Member
Posts: 122
From: hillsdale,mi,usa
Registered: Aug 2001
posted 07-17-2002 10:41 PM

Thanks for all the replies i just wish that Summit and all the other companies would get more info so this wouldnt have been such a hassle.
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Cheeto
New Member
Posts: 18
From: Eastern Washington
Registered: Jan 2002
posted 07-18-2002 03:55 AM

'81 to '93 have different taillights and body line on box is different than previous.
Bed cover...www.checkerpro.com very good product (I've got one)
Roll pan...www.mar-k.com about $120.00 I believe.
Lowering '72-'93 www.aimind.com or dooleyandsons.com or Chisholm Enterpr. (800) 848-2333
Any other '72-'93 Q's...www.ramchargercentral.com great people like Moparts but for Dodge trucks.
E-mail me for more info, I don't get in here often.
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