Gearz "Build a Short Bed - Episode 2"
 

Saw the Part 2 Gearz episode last night where the new shortbed box was built from all-new LMC parts & wood. Part 1 was the longbed teardown & frame cutting-down that was discussed in a thread a couple weeks ago.

Stacy David must have said about a half-dozen times (or more) something to the effect of: "Don't expect all these repro parts to fit without having to do some tweaking / modification / opening up bolt holes," etc, etc. Forewarned is forearmed, I guess.

Looks really-really fast & easy to do on a 30 minute TV episode...........

He also said the two episodes will be posted on the LMC website, if you missed them. Didn't verify if they were up yet.

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He's right though, it does take a lot of time to properly fit panels.
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It is time consuming for sure. When I did mine, the guys were giving me all kinds of grief regarding the amount of time it was taking.

http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/...pscf03fcc5.jpg

Lot's of this...

http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/...ps771c51f7.jpg

Then this...

http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/...psa2c8aa6e.jpg

And more of this...

http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/...pse77333cd.jpg

Must've had it assembled then apart a half dozen times before everything was good to go.

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RManson,nice shop.

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Thanks! It's actually our tech center for the Rod & Restoration group, Street Rodder, Rod & Custom, and Custom Classic Trucks Magazines all work out of there, amongst others.

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Wait... are you the custom classic trucks guy that just cut down your longbed, the one you've been doing all the tech articles on?

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He's the one.

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Guilty as charged.

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how much money do you guys have in that bed? and how many hours?

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Hours? A couple days given drying times, etc, all my own time mind you so no crazy shop rates.

Money? I don't like to think about it, but it's what I want and how I wanted it and that's all that matters to me! lol

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Hey its copperhead all over again lol stacy david does really good work

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Hi Ryan. Good to see you here.

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Thanks!

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There are drawbacks to everything ya know but oh the things we could do with a tech center of our own. ;)

Good night Gracie