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RAT1968 '68 Cab/'71 Parts
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Coarsegold, CA
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Bed Swaps
I know some people will slap me for this, but I want to make the long bed fleet a short bed. I have an opportunity to get a cherry '87 short-stepper bed off of a GMC for $50.
After the frame mods, is this do-able? Anybody done it before? If I could find a short fleet for a 60-66 that is as cherry as this I'd jump on it. Pretty sure it wouldn't be fifty bucks, right? Thanks. ![]()
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1961 crewcab
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: missoula, mt
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Re: Bed Swaps
It will work. however some stuff that you should prepare for...
you might need to redo/fabricate brackets to bolt it to the frame. the 73-87 fendes are completely different, so in order to use the correct 55-66 fenders you will have to weld up all the 73-87 holes, and put new ones in for the 55-66 step fenders. |
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Gwinnett GA
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Re: Bed Swaps
Not sure on the track width of the 73-87 trucks, but I am using a 72 step bed on mine.... If the 87 and 72 have the same track width, then it will be a bolt-on affair. The four bolts will line up perfectly.
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: turlock CA
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Re: Bed Swaps
i did this on a 63 a few years back and the steps on the 73- whatever are different. i had to fabricate a filler peice to connect the 60-66 steps to the bed. and re fit the fenders as mentioned in the previous post. unless your going to keep it as it is.
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Its Deja Vu time again
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Marysville, North of Seattle WA
Posts: 815
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Re: Bed Swaps
Heres a few photos from this build of the frame mod so you know what you will be getting into shorting the bed.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=333241 As for the slapping Ive thought about it a few times and then decided the Chevrolet Gods made it long and its going to live it long. ![]() Last edited by kizer; 04-08-2009 at 01:54 PM. |
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Registerd User
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 2,118
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Re: Bed Swaps
Another shlong bed is going to die.
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RAT1968 '68 Cab/'71 Parts
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Coarsegold, CA
Posts: 2,375
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Re: Bed Swaps
Probably not. It is what it i$.
If I had a bigger budget and some more skill....Or is someone threw a bed my way. The guy w/ the $50 cherry stepper bed hasn't written. Maybe that's a sign. I like fleets. My other truck is a stepper. I miss my '72 fleet. With friends, I built her. No biggie, but she made the Feb (I think) '04 issue of Classic Trucks in the Reader's Rides section. Actually, a pretty nice spread for that section with all the stats and a little story. Alas, I put about $26,000 into her and untold hours. Sold for $12,000 when funds were needed. But the hours I had were about 90% fun...5% driving...and 5% pure hell.... ![]() ![]()
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Its Deja Vu time again
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Marysville, North of Seattle WA
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Re: Bed Swaps
Wow that is a clean truck.
You know I was just flipping you some grief about the steper. ![]() |
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RAT1968 '68 Cab/'71 Parts
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Coarsegold, CA
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Re: Bed Swaps
Sure. No problem. Love the comments...
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Gwinnett GA
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Re: Bed Swaps
I was on a parts run and a guy had a '71 that looked JUST like that truck..... Had a 250 under the hood though.....
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