Did they ever make short bed 3/4 tons?
 

Just curious as I spend hours looking on craigslist for old trucks. :lol: Did they ever make the short bed in 3/4 ton? I know they never made a 1 ton...but were they limited to half ton only?

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don't think I've ever seen one...

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Nope. Short box was only available in the half ton.

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nope but i had one, it was a short bed with all 3/4ton drive train, turbo400 with a np 205 and tons of parts from oru. oh yea it was on 40s.

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Closest thing they had was a Big 10 or Heavy Half shortbed, which is a half ton with 3/4 springs and brakes and a host of other heavy duty goodies. Still 5 lug with a half ton rear though. Somewhere between a 1/2 and 3/4 ton.

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Hmmm...there might be a 1 ton short bed poping up in Oregon sometime soon then. :lol:

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and some even had big blocks

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but they still had crappy half ton rear axles.

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Not factory. Big 10 is the closest it came.

454 in a 2wd shortbox truck, that has to be sick to drive. My 4wd with 35s/4.10s is a blast to drive.....

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they are a blast, 2wd or 4wd.

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Special order only---the Santa Fe railroad used to get them in our area. 3/4 ton axles on a short bed truck. Back in the days of real dealerships and manufacturers, the farmer or company could order what he or they wanted and actually get it.

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I thought they made K30 in crew cab short bed configuration? I know the question was if they made a K20 shortbed... but I had to throw that out there!

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crew cab shorts didn't come out till late 90's

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I've seen some custom ones then that looked correct, but then again I never looked at them that close.

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They have them in mexico. I have seen them. I am not sure about the weight rating diffrences.

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Thinking of turning mine into one 14bolt, th400 and a LT1 lol