Unicorn spotted.

"Rainbow" (rainbeaux) 02/01/2016 at 10:08 • Filed to: None

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Yes, that’s a stepside. No, that was never a factory option. I’m still not sure what the donor bed comes from. I’m thinking an early-mid 2000s Silverado?

Matt Nichelson > Rainbow 02/01/2016 at 10:12

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I think the tail lights look a bit more F-150 to me. Could be completely wrong though.

Edit - yeah I am wrong. The tails were much smaller on an F-150.

KatzManDu > Rainbow 02/01/2016 at 10:12

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Fords had stepsides in that era.

Rainbow > Matt Nichelson 02/01/2016 at 10:15

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The lights are from the Ram itself. Both Ford and Chevy had those weird, rounded, square-ish, lumpy taillights on their stepsides from that era.

Rainbow > KatzManDu 02/01/2016 at 10:16

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The tailgate itself looks extremely Chevy to me, though. It doesn’t quite match the era of the sides of the bed, though, if that’s the case.

Matt Nichelson > Rainbow 02/01/2016 at 10:20

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Yep, spot on. Going off the style of the bed, I think you are right with it being GM.

AkursedX > Rainbow 02/01/2016 at 10:21

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It looks like the bed of the last generation of the Dodge dakota

Gone > Rainbow 02/01/2016 at 10:27

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Those are Dodge 2002-06 tail-lights with a Chvey/GMC 1988-98 tailgate.

The bed itself is harder to figure out. Only OEMs are:
1997-2003 F150
1988-07(?) GM trucks
It’s definitely not the Tundra bed.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Rainbow 02/01/2016 at 10:47

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Toyota stepside is best stepside

The Ghost of Oppo > Rainbow 02/01/2016 at 10:48

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I thought the unicorn was about to be a R36 B6 Passat

PWRandSPD > Rainbow 02/01/2016 at 11:03

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With the blending at the cab, I might venture to think possibly Ford.

PWRandSPD > Rainbow 02/01/2016 at 11:17

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Also, the Chevy’s of that era were plastic flares, which made them very durable but I think would be more problematic to make this one off. My brother had a 1997 z package truck with the step side.(not his truck imaged, but for reference)

PWRandSPD > PWRandSPD 02/01/2016 at 11:20

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But I would say Chevy tailgate. I have a feeling this is a hodgepodge of all the big three.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Rainbow 02/01/2016 at 11:38

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Tailgate is gmt400 (88-98), those boxes had fibreglass sides you could remove and then weld brand x sides on to. hard to tell from the pic, but it looks like ram box sides (hence the tail lights fit) Wish I thought of it. had to build mine from scratch.

PWRandSPD > Rainbow 02/01/2016 at 11:42

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Found more like it...

GasolineLollipop191 > Gone 02/01/2016 at 12:18

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Its a modified F-150 bed.