Is there a reason my '87 Power RAM W150 looks lifted?

[Hagar1]

I hear ya,im a short sob and she will be getting nerf bars in a few months

We ain't short! We are vertically challenged!

 

[Badger 13]

Yes, my 85 was a short bed.

 

[Hardracer]

I like that look a lot. Mine doesn't have that look. Is that a shortbed? I think the relative length might be fooling my eye when I look at other trucks online, and then find out they are the shortbed version.

I had a similar query back in the day..had an '88 dakota..put a 3"body lift on it(all that was available at the time).and some 33x 12.5s.my FIL owned a couple chevron stations and always did the work on it.
One day he and a couple guys were looking at it and wondered how much of a lift was on it..I told him and they eventually came to the conclusion it was the leanth of the bed..single cab 8ft bed that made it look higher than it was.thats a pic of it in the garage.