<VV> Flat Floor, Why?

[Tom Berg]

As Hank says, a flat floor is handy for carrying long irtems, like pieces of 
lumber. I once had a '61 Rampside whose previous owner had cobbled together an 
all-wood flat floor using inverted U-shaped 4x4 frames and 1/2-inch plywood as 
the deck, all nicely screwed together. 


I removed it, thinking the deep well was more usable, which it was on occasion. 
But I probably would've re-installed the floor if I had kept the truck longer. 


--Tom in Ohio



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From: "kaczmarek at charter.net" <kaczmarek at charter.net>
To: Vairtec Corporation <Vairtec at optonline.net>
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Fri, June 17, 2011 11:39:56 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Flat Floor, Why?

Bob makes the correct statement and reasoning.  I saw one of Ray 
Hatchell's Rampys with this option. Since it is removeable, it makes the 
best use of the truck. Hank


On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Vairtec Corporation wrote:

> 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.
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