long to short bed cost

[forestb]

Does anybody know how much I can expect it to cost it have a long bed fleet side cut down to a short bed? Just the bed not the frame.

[Chance72]

Why not just buy a original shortbed for the truck? There's someone out there that needs a good longbed, and if you cut it then it's gone. IMO it'd be cheaper to buy a shortbed than put all the money into cutting? But still shortbed all the way!
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[forestb]

I have a short bed step side right now and I was thinking of turning it into a fleet side. I have not come across a fleet side short bed but plenty of long bed's.

[donthekawguy]

Shortbeds are rare and finding one will be next to impossible so cutting down a longbed makes sense. Call a few body shops and ask or find a decent welder that can cut it down and then have a body shop finish it later. That way you can be on the road until you can have it finished. Or you can buy a welder and practice on it. Good thing about metal is anything can be fixed if you screw it up too bad. lol

[Chance72]

Originally Posted by forestb

I have a short bed step side right now and I was thinking of turning it into a fleet side. I have not come across a fleet side short bed but plenty of long bed's.

Same here, thinkin of changing my 65 to a short fleet. AANNNDD there just so happens theres one up the road from me! Woohoo!

[jimmydean]

The bed of a 60-66 is wicked easy to cut down. I like them long, but a short is easy to do and if you can't do it yourself, I would think it would be cheap to pay someone.

[tincan1966]

Originally Posted by jimmydean

The bed of a 60-66 is wicked easy to cut down. I like them long, but a short is easy to do and if you can't do it yourself, I would think it would be cheap to pay someone.

Not so sure I would call this a cheap process. Altho not overly complex, getting the cheapest work done you can get may end up being a nightmare later. I am sure any old hack can cut and weld it back together, BUT is it going to be heat warped and require alot more bodywork and bondo?

Good welders and bodymen are worth every penny they get, because the ones that do good work normaly get very little credit.

[Chevy Fleetside]

I have two short fleets and one long bed. The two shorts are beat up a bit and the long it nice. Have not been able to seel the long bed and it is nice. Was thinking about cutting down for my truck, but then I could just get patch panels for the short beds. I need both short beds because I have two short fleet trucks. At leas I can cut and weld and even do some body work.

[1966FLEETSIDE]

i did the same to mine ,mine was a 66 short stepside,found a longbed and got it cut.