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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: romeoville il
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Flatbed suggestions/help
The frame is "clipped" on the back of my 68 and I am just going to use the truck as a toy anyway so, I want to finish trimming the frame to the rear hangers and flat bed it. I want to add a roll bar setup with spare tire carrier, basically going for the offroad "Im going to drive over you look". So here is where I come to the delema, The first pic is the look I like but, thats on a little Toyota and mine is far from little an a LWB...what can I do to make it look good???
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Nobody rides free
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Location: PA
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Re: Flatbed suggestions/help
Yukon Jack's the guy to talk to. He has a sweet flat bed. Check it out in this thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ad.php?t=14468
Wouldn't be too hard to use something like his for the bed & add roll bars/fender flares as needed. I've been kicking around making a flat bed too, my bed's about to fall of as it sits. ![]()
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Re: Flatbed suggestions/help
originaly I was going to go with a bed like Yukon's....then I found this one...
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Re: Flatbed suggestions/help
Here's a link to an album that shows lots of detailed pics of my bed - not sure if any of that will help with the type of bed you are planning.
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: JAMESTOWN, TN
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Re: Flatbed suggestions/help
What kind of bed is on yukons truck,or is it home made?I just got a 6 ft hillsboro flat for my 72 K10,soon to be k20,shortbed.Pics to come soon.Almost done and so excited I cant wait.
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Central Vermont
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Re: Flatbed suggestions/help
Your gonna need more lift and bigger tires to achieve the 'look' your going for.
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Re: Flatbed suggestions/help
My bed was made by a local flatbed fabricator, Fabtech. No longer in business though.
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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Re: Flatbed suggestions/help
Yukon's bed was the 1 that made me want to go flatbed in the first place but, I wont be using the truck as much for work as for play (thanks for that link to the extra pics, those will be helpful). I am starting to think that I might combine Yukon's Bed with the roll cage setup from the Toyota bed I had first posted... The problem I have...my welder died so eitehr Im going to have to buy a new 1 or have the bed built, might just be cheaper to have it built.
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Re: Flatbed suggestions/help
...maybe but if you buy a new welder, ya got if every other project after that.
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: romeoville il
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Re: Flatbed suggestions/help
thats the problem...Im trying to get away from "projects" Like the Dune buggy in teh garage that has to be finished if/when i get a new welder or all the other little things I dream up
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