My crew cab is finally a short bed
 

after a few months of searching for a guy here in Co to do the frame on my crew cab I found board member skchevota who was a great guy to deal with and also gave me an awesome deal. I dropped it off a couple weeks ago and added a few things for him to do and he got it all done in the time he said he would !!!!! He shortened, boxed and fishplated the frame, c-notched/boxed, removed the rear overloads and 1 leaf, and removed a bunch of brackets frome the PO's 5th wheel hitch.

I'll pick it up sometime this week but here is a shot of it finished and loaded on his trailer. I hope to get it to the body shop by the end of April.

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b.../shortcrew.jpg

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:metal:

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VERY NICE!
Are you keeping all the side trim? (please say yes,...)

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lookin good:metal:

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Nice work Adam!

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That looks sweet Adam. I know the short bed CC's have been the rage lately. I think your will stand out from the crowd with the rounded line clip.

Keep the trim....:metal:

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Thanks guys. Yes I will be keeping the trim and I will probably repaint it the stock color too.

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Are you keeping the 3/4 ton suspension? I think that would be cool and there are a ton of wheel options for eight lug wheels. And I think it would be very cool with the factory color and trim.

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looks like you got off to a great start. looks good.

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Well technically it's 1 ton but I did remove a rear leaf and I will probably have to lower the front one more inch and will use 3/4 ton springs since I don't think anyone makes a 1 ton lowering spring but it will stay 8 lug. Wheel selection is great if you like rivets and want your wheels to stick out past the fender, I think I found a wheel with a simple and clean look though. I'm not sure if I'll go 20 or 22" but I think I'm leaning toward 20" so I can have a little more sidewall since it will be a semi-daily driver

https://www.bigbrandwheels.com/ShowI...=800&ySize=800

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looks good

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Looks good. Check out DJM I think they make lowering springs for the 3/4 and 1 ton trucks.

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Nice, welcome to the club.:metal:

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Looking sweet man! I am glad you are keeping the trim...and even the color! Your CCSB has the porential to be the best one I have seen...mainly because you have an old one. I like them all, but enuff of the 81+ models, lets see an old one done up right and be a little different. :)

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In case you havent noticed , I am partial to the 73*80 trucks because of the trim so this is one of my favorite CCSB builds . Truck is coming along nicely .
Frank

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keep the stock wheel and hub caps and put it on air that would be cool

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looks good

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what wheelbase did you wind up with?

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I"m not sure what the exact measurement is, I'll measure it and get back to you

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I would roll with the hub caps with a lower pro tire, looks goos man..

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I believe you take 14" out of the frame in front of the axle so it would be whatever a CC WB is minus 14"?
Too lazy to look up what a CC WB is so you might try 73-87.com as he has a lot of info there.

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really nice work. wish there was a board member around here to do my patch work.

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Finally?!?!?!
I would hate to show you how far I got on mine last weekend...

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Really? I have always hated the dog dish caps although it would save me a ton of money. Too bad the wheels are 16.5 or I could find a set of used tires cheap to see how it looks

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Could do something like this for rims.