I got an idea... easy mid bed
 

It's probably been done here before so I was wondering

With lots of people converting their long beds to short beds with all that work and ending up with a bouncy lil truck

why doesn't a person just cut a foot off the back of the bed behind the wheel?
Wouldn't be much easier than chopping a foot out of the middle of the frame/bed? The truck would still ride nice, have a decent amount of cargo room in the bed and not look so much like a freight train.

Who has done it and how did it turn out?

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That would look kind of strange, don't you think?

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nope but I'm not always the brightest crayoin in the box :lol:
I think it would have about the same amount hanging out behind the rear wheel as it does hanging out in front of the front wheel

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I've seen it done on some 67-72's and it looked OK. seems like it would be good for someone wanting to tow, but wanted the shorter bed. I'll see if I can find some pics.

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Thanks!

I will be towing my boat and will sometimes haul my scooter in the back
An swb wouldn't cut it and besides I'm not that energetic to take the whole truck apart :)

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I saw a 60-66 shortbed on here once that had a foot cut off the end so it was a 5 foot bed... looked ok but not my style, i like the long fleets

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There was a picture posted somewhere on the net of a long fleet with the section behind the tires removed and the tailgate & bumper moved forward. IMHO it looked goofy. It didn't look like a pickup truck any longer, more like a special purpose tow tug or something you'd see at an airport or an oil refinery that had a special reason for being built that way.

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I would pass on that mod.

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I just know somebody here can photoshop that mod in about 30 seconds so we can all have a look. Anyone?

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Well it's no photoshop... I hope the owner of this pic doesn't get mad.

More chop??

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Awesome, thanks!

I think it looks good, sometimes I AM the brightest crayon ;)

I wonder how much he took off?

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Well I did that on my computer with a random internet pic

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nice, you think you got about a foot off of it?

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the only way that look works is for a tractor puller!
check this one...

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i don't know.

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There is one in Yuba City that had this done to it... it looked odd to say the least.

My question would be what is so wrong with a long bed that people feel the need to cut them up?

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Take some Vitamin B-12, then do it the right way.

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love the tractor puller!

+1 - the lwb arent that much cheaper PLUS leave them for guys like me and BOH that actualy prefer the long beds!

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Kinda reminds me of some of the F**ds that have the longer wheelbase. Looks a little odd IMO

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I just threw up in my mouth a little bit...

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:lol:

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Wow.. tough crowd here today.

For what it's worth the ones I saw I liked. But I am not a me too kind of guy.

I have a picture of a back chopped '65 fleet, but I can't find the link? The photo below is a digital picture of a printed photo... quality sucks but you get the idea.

This guy stated it was a back chopped long bed, but it looks to me like some was taken off the front of the bed also?

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That's my kind of picture right there :)

Looks to me like something was taken off the front or maybe even a shortbed with some chopped off the back?

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Here's a newer one but I'm going down not up

http://www.stpeteblue.com/Chevy/72%2...03-Chopped.JPG

Re: I got an idea... easy mid bed
 

buy a short bed.

yeesh!

-W