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Posted by Eric B. on Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 16:54:56 :
In Reply to: Sweptline, Sweptside, Utiline...? posted by Glenn Reid in CA on Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 14:01:29 :
Utiline is a step side bed, the PW bed is a Utiline, and so are the 2wd and 4wd standard body trucks with the fenders outside the bed.
Technically the pickup beds from 1985 and back (until the early 30s at least) with the fenders on the outside are all Utiline style, even if that name was not used until later.
The Sweptline bed is also known by some as Fleetside (another companies name for that style) and the first time that bed was used on a Dodge was 1959. Dodge still uses that style of bed today.
The 1959-60 Sweptline beds were one style, of bed used on the Power Giant era style trucks.
Starting in 1961 Dodge used a different style Sweptline bed, and over time that era of trucks (1961-71) cam to be known as the Sweptline era, even though not all trucks had beds, and trucks that had beds were not all Sweptlines.
I feel that Don Bunn is mostly the cause of the Sweptline name being used for the 1961-71 era, as lots of the factory literature still says Power Giant until the mid 60s.
As for the Sweptside, that was Dodges answer to the Chevy Cameo, and other high style trucks of that era. It used the bedsides from a Utiline 7 1/2 foot bed, and the rear quarter panels from a 2 door station wagon as fenders.
The Sweptline bed that came out in 1959 was cheaper to make, and it killed off the production of the Sweptside.
I hope this all makes sense, it is a little hard to follow at points, and there are lots of little details to note over the years.
Eric
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