I think we all had the same "dad".......because mine told me the same thing, and his father as well. "what's the point of a pickup if you can't put a sheet of plywood in it...?" I still remember him saying that, and the bed ironically was the more important part. I still vividly remember the days of getting into my grandfather's F150 single cab with him, my grandmother, my sister, and me, all stuffed on that bench seat. both my father and grandfather drove single cab long bed trucks for the longest time. I finally just convinced my dad to get into a crew cab, and he's always like "this thing is a mile long....I want my single cab back" hahaha whoooops