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Old 04-26-2011, 05:13 PM   #8
lakeroadster
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Re: 1966 long box sides to short box sides

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Originally Posted by jac70ss View Post
FWIW, the wheel openings on a short bed are about 3" shorter than the W/O on a LWB. ( I learned that fact last week and measured the two trucks i have, it was news to me)
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Originally Posted by wutnxt View Post
Oh thats intresting.......

Now i am going to have to measure a couple of mine to see what i find out...thanks for the heads up
There's a thread for that too. Click here: Wheel Openings Are Different!

Makes perfect sense that the opening would be longer if you think about it:
Bigger truck, more capacity, bigger wheel well openings for bigger diameter tires.
Those bigger wheel well openings look cool on a short bed if you are running big diameter rear tires!

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