They had a short wheel base truck and a long wheel base truck. The short bed truck had a 115" wheelbase. The long bed truck had a 127" wheelbase.
1950 ford
1951 Bel Air
models and wheelbase: 3100 series - 114" 3200 series - 123.25" 3600 series - 123.25" 3800 series - 135"
112"
As long as the customer specifies it to be, up to 45 feet long. A typical OTR fleet truck will have a wheelbase from 220 to 240 inches. A Peterbilt 379 or 389 or a Kenworth W900L typically has a 265 - 270" wheelbase. When you get into specialized trucks and custom trucks with ICT sleepers, the wheelbase can get much longer... for example, I ran a winch truck in the oilfields with a 325 inch wheelbase.
112 inches
According to the Haynes manual: Short wheelbase truck (reg cab with short box, also blazer and Jimmy); 108.3 inches long wheelbase truck (reg cab with long box) 117.9 inches Truck with club cab; 122.9 inches
117.5 longbed is 131.5
Depends on what you want out of it. If you can't back up very well or you have to squeeze into really tight spaces, you probably want a shorter wheelbase truck. If you want a better ride, and more stability on slick roads, you'd want a longer wheelbase.
My sons 1962 Short Bed is 114 inches center to center
well the extended cab short bed s-10 is a good prospect however the wheelbase is 117", as where the the 89-95 ford ranger 's wheelbase is 113.9 inches and the f1 wheelbase needed is 114" you can also lokk at the 1966 ford pickup it has a wheelbase of 115" but why strip the 66' it really depends on the running gear your looking for I myself and 100% ford and the route I have chosen to use on my project is the ranger. Thanks Ford guy