Swept side?

As a kid, growing up in the 50's, my uncle had a Swept Side, very similar to the '59 pictured above. It was a Red and white one, he purchased new. He was a car clubber back then, and I remember some of the guys in his club, claiming that it was a great looking truck, but it couldn't "work".
He disproved that opinion by not only using it to pull his camper trailer, but also by hauling plumbing parts in it. He owned a whole sale plumbing fixtures house, and sold to retail stores.
I remember he made a plywood insert (bed liner) for the bed, and it was lined, on the outside with carpet, as not to scratch the bed. The tailgate piece of the plywood liner was slightly taller than the rest of the box, so that it would cover the entire tailgate when the gate was lowered.


....and yes. The quarter were removable as they were bolted on. If you took them off, you could also bolt on a set of regular fenders and add the necessary hang-on tail lights and license plate bracket. The only issue with doing so was the extraneous holes in the bed sides.

These were great trucks, I wish I had one of the originals.