<VV> Flat Floor, Why?

[Vairtec Corporation]

On 6/17/2011 10:54 AM, Mike Jacobi wrote:

1.  Is this a real "Option" from dealer or from Chevrolet?  Or just optional
on the part of the owner to "self create"?

I now reply:

Mike, it was a real option from Chevrolet.  However, it was a 
"dealer-installed" option, not a factory-installed option, and it 
consisted only of the various brackets and support pieces.  The dealers 
were instructed to obtain locally the plywood from which to fabricate 
the floor.

This may account for it being so uncommon today.  I can see dealers 
discouraging customers from ordering this option, so that they (the 
dealers) did not have to cut and fit the plywood.

Mike continues:

2.  What would be the advantage of creating a "flat floor"?  Seems like it'd
be giving up a good deal of bed capacity.

I reply:

With the flat floor, items could be loaded from the tailgate and moved 
all the way forward without falling into the center section.  Items 
could be loaded over the sides without the need to reach alllll the way 
down into the center section.  And items could be hidden from view under 
the level floor section.