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QKENUF4U · 08-04-2009, 10:49 PM

yes it is one of our SHORT BEDS in actually really nice shape being used as a junk trailer... 3rd or 4th one ive seen lately

this one was on the way to vegas going up outta hoover dam area... the tailgate was STRAIGHT WITH NO BOW !!!

Dino11 · 08-04-2009, 10:56 PM

lame. i bet they would sell it cheap. or probably trade it for a standard trailor

tdave00 · 08-04-2009, 11:07 PM

Saw a 68 in a guy's yard a year or so ago and pulled in the drive because I noticed he had a trailer like that beside his fence. I wanted to buy the "trailer". Caught him at home one day and asked him about selling it, but he didn't wanna part with it. It was a pretty nice shortbed and he was using it as a trailer??? I totally get where you are coming from.

BAGNDRAGIT · 08-04-2009, 11:47 PM

its a very saddening picture. i see way to much of this in phoenix.

red71c10 · 08-04-2009, 11:52 PM

They are fairly common out here too.

newagecustom · 08-05-2009, 12:03 AM

I bought a 66 shortbed trailer like that from Dino to get a bed for another truck i am building.

BAGNDRAGIT · 08-05-2009, 12:05 AM

hey newage, where abouts in the solar pit are you?

72BlckButy · 08-05-2009, 12:19 AM

It's always amazing to me what some people will do, but I guess to each their own.

**special-K** · 08-05-2009, 04:27 AM

Just hope they don`t beat them up as they continue to preserve our beds for us.

big_al_71 · 08-05-2009, 06:56 AM

How does the say goes?
Another mans trash is a mans treasure, prime example here!!

Mordachai · 08-05-2009, 08:54 AM

^ yep, and at least it wasn't sent to the crusher...
I'd love to rock a trailer like that though... longbed, shortbed, w/e!

cdowns · 08-05-2009, 11:03 AM

as much as you complain about it how many of those usefull trailers have you tried to buy and rescue?

**gerfunken** · 08-05-2009, 11:08 AM

Not one to stir things up too much, but, I'd love to have a lwb trailer to match my lwb truck...... but, I know that you guys are all looking at the elusive swb...

70rs/ss · 08-05-2009, 12:53 PM

I have one made out of a Blazer tub!! I bought it just for the elusive rust free Blazer bedsides!! No repops and NOS will run you $2500 for a pair!! I got the trailer for MUCH LESS than that!

Buy em if you can otherwise they are just a trailer!?

Frizzle Fry · 08-05-2009, 01:21 PM

Back when I had my 69 short/step and wanted to convert to fleet I used to try to buy every one of those I found. There are a LOT of them around here. Unfortunatley every owner I talked to either didn't want to sell or knew what he had ...$$$

**Stocker** · 08-05-2009, 04:50 PM

OK, someone has to play Devil's Advocate here...

What's the likelihood that someone had access to a wrecked 67-72.... cab, fenders, entire front end smashed to smithereens but rear half of the truck intact? Got handed lemons and made lemonade in the form of a very serviceable trailer, incidentally one that would look fantastic towed behind a 67-72 truck. I'd bet at least a few of these trailers came into existence under similar circumstances.
Sorry, I don't share the outrage....

Dino11 · 08-05-2009, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Stocker

OK, someone has to play Devil's Advocate here...

What's the likelihood that someone had access to a wrecked 67-72.... cab, fenders, entire front end smashed to smithereens but rear half of the truck intact? Got handed lemons and made lemonade in the form of a very serviceable trailer, incidentally one that would look fantastic towed behind a 67-72 truck. I'd bet at least a few of these trailers came into existence under similar circumstances.
Sorry, I don't share the outrage....

i know where there is a 68 chev total front clip including the cab in very good condition... just missing a bed... and i know where 3 good beds are .

**Stocker** · 08-05-2009, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Dino11

i know where there is a 68 chev total front clip including the cab in very good condition... just missing a bed... and i know where 3 good beds are .

Project time!

69GMCLonghorn · 08-05-2009, 05:05 PM

And really?? You guys are all heartbroken about this?? I've seen a THOUSAND things on this forum that p*** me off a LOT more than that... What about the guys bastardizing long beds into short beds?? 3/4 tons into "5 lug half tons", and other ways of just completely taking the "truck" out of the truck?! My feeling is, you have a 3/4 or 1 ton truck that is tough as nails. Don't take the tough out of it. Others feel they are doing the truck justice by doing this. It's all opinion.

Let them have their trailers. They're a lot better than a store bought utility trailer and will last for 200 years...

jbristo67 · 08-05-2009, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QKENUF4U

yes it is one of our SHORT BEDS in actually really nice shape being used as a junk trailer... 3rd or 4th one ive seen lately

this one was on the way to vegas going up outta hoover dam area... the tailgate was STRAIGHT WITH NO BOW !!!

Follow him home....... Wait on him to unhook...... hook up and haul A$$

**special-K** · 08-06-2009, 06:30 AM

I have bed parts gathered to build a Stepside trailer mate for my K/30 swb Stepside.I promise I won`t bang it up.

08-04-2009, 10:49 PM	#1
QKENUF4U Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: SUNNY WARM BIKE RIDING COTTONWOOD ARIZONA Posts: 2,097	ive seen this to much now !! yes it is one of our SHORT BEDS in actually really nice shape being used as a junk trailer... 3rd or 4th one ive seen lately this one was on the way to vegas going up outta hoover dam area... the tailgate was STRAIGHT WITH NO BOW !!! Last edited by QKENUF4U; 08-04-2009 at 10:49 PM.

08-04-2009, 10:56 PM	#2
Dino11 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: princeton, ky Posts: 63	Re: ive seen this to much now !! lame. i bet they would sell it cheap. or probably trade it for a standard trailor __________________ 72 c-10 lwb: mild 350 , turbo 350 w shift kit, 3.73, drop spindles and rear drop springs, e-fan, relocated fuel tank, roll pan, Progressive wheels, 02 silverado buckets&console

08-04-2009, 11:07 PM	#3
tdave00 Restoring a 68 SWB Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 1,068	Re: ive seen this to much now !! Saw a 68 in a guy's yard a year or so ago and pulled in the drive because I noticed he had a trailer like that beside his fence. I wanted to buy the "trailer". Caught him at home one day and asked him about selling it, but he didn't wanna part with it. It was a pretty nice shortbed and he was using it as a trailer??? I totally get where you are coming from. __________________ My Build Thread: Lucy - My 1968 SWB - Shop Truck Style North Nashville Concrete Contractor

08-04-2009, 11:47 PM	#4
BAGNDRAGIT Just Not Low Enough! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 525	Re: ive seen this to much now !! its a very saddening picture. i see way to much of this in phoenix. __________________ NEED ELECTRICAL HELP? ASK ME! 67-72 Full Wiring Diagrams Lots Of Info, TAKE A LOOK 1967 Chevy C-10 Shortbox Bagged 327 4spd Previous: 1971 Chevy C-10 Short Sep I6 Auto (Traded) 1973 Chevy C-20 THE REDNECK BATTLE TRUCK 2001 Chevy Silverado 2Dr 5.3L Shortbox. R.I.P. 1969 Volkswagen Bug This is my first meeting, I have a horsepower problem.

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red71c10 The Red Menace Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Roseburg, OR Posts: 577	Re: ive seen this to much now !! They are fairly common out here too. __________________ 1971 Custom 10 - 350/350TH - Pwr steering, gauges, Chrome front bumper, Chrome hubcaps, Door edge guards, HD rear springs (current) 1968 C-20 Custom Camper - 350/350TH (orig 327), Pwr steering & brakes, gauges w/tach (former) 1968 C-20 - 307/3sp column (Dad's when I was a kid) "Driving is like coloring. Things get messy if you can't stay inside the lines."

08-05-2009, 12:03 AM	#6
newagecustom c10 Chop Artist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: az Posts: 481	Re: ive seen this to much now !! I bought a 66 shortbed trailer like that from Dino to get a bed for another truck i am building.

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BAGNDRAGIT Just Not Low Enough! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 525	Re: ive seen this to much now !! hey newage, where abouts in the solar pit are you? __________________ NEED ELECTRICAL HELP? ASK ME! 67-72 Full Wiring Diagrams Lots Of Info, TAKE A LOOK 1967 Chevy C-10 Shortbox Bagged 327 4spd Previous: 1971 Chevy C-10 Short Sep I6 Auto (Traded) 1973 Chevy C-20 THE REDNECK BATTLE TRUCK 2001 Chevy Silverado 2Dr 5.3L Shortbox. R.I.P. 1969 Volkswagen Bug This is my first meeting, I have a horsepower problem.

08-05-2009, 12:19 AM	#8
72BlckButy Tot Roddin' Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mid-MO Posts: 24,461	Re: ive seen this to much now !! It's always amazing to me what some people will do, but I guess to each their own. __________________ -Nate 1969 CST SWB - Project Blank Slate (4.5/6" ECE Static Drop, 6-lug disc brake upgrade (manual), Billet Specialties Vintec 20x8.5 255/40 (F) 20x10 295/40 (R), 250 I-6) 1960 AMF Skylark - Tot Roddin' (Lowered with custom frame; soon to include custom push bar and interior) 2008 Silverado CrewCab 1LT (5.3L, 3:73, 4x4, LT1, Z-71, Towing Package)

08-05-2009, 04:27 AM	#9
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: ive seen this to much now !! Just hope they don`t beat them up as they continue to preserve our beds for us. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

08-05-2009, 06:56 AM	#10
big_al_71 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South Florida Posts: 11,375	Re: ive seen this to much now !! How does the say goes? Another mans trash is a mans treasure, prime example here!! __________________ Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please!!!!!. Sylvester's build thread >>>http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ht=big+rebuild

08-05-2009, 08:54 AM	#11
Mordachai Fat Fendered Fleetside Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: WPB, S. FL, USA, Earth Posts: 718	Re: ive seen this to much now !! ^ yep, and at least it wasn't sent to the crusher... I'd love to rock a trailer like that though... longbed, shortbed, w/e! __________________ 71 GMC lwb 56 Big window swb 93 GMC Sonoma (dd) radiused fiberglass fender project for 67-72

08-05-2009, 11:03 AM	#12
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	Re: ive seen this to much now !! as much as you complain about it how many of those usefull trailers have you tried to buy and rescue? __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

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gerfunken Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Surprise, AZ Posts: 490	Re: ive seen this to much now !! Not one to stir things up too much, but, I'd love to have a lwb trailer to match my lwb truck...... but, I know that you guys are all looking at the elusive swb... __________________ -Scott 1972 Chevy K20 Picture Gallery Build Thread 1930 Chevy AD Picture Gallery 1929 Ford Model-A Picture Gallery 1975 Triumph TR-6 Picture Gallery

08-05-2009, 12:53 PM	#14
70rs/ss Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Northern AZ Posts: 7,270	Re: ive seen this to much now !! I have one made out of a Blazer tub!! I bought it just for the elusive rust free Blazer bedsides!! No repops and NOS will run you $2500 for a pair!! I got the trailer for MUCH LESS than that! Buy em if you can otherwise they are just a trailer!?

08-05-2009, 01:21 PM	#15
Frizzle Fry Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hillsboro Oregon Posts: 6,449	Re: ive seen this to much now !! Back when I had my 69 short/step and wanted to convert to fleet I used to try to buy every one of those I found. There are a LOT of them around here. Unfortunatley every owner I talked to either didn't want to sell or knew what he had ...$$$



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08-05-2009, 04:50 PM	#16
Stocker 20' Daredevil (Ret) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Jefferson State Posts: 13,722	Re: ive seen this to much now !! OK, someone has to play Devil's Advocate here... What's the likelihood that someone had access to a wrecked 67-72.... cab, fenders, entire front end smashed to smithereens but rear half of the truck intact? Got handed lemons and made lemonade in the form of a very serviceable trailer, incidentally one that would look fantastic towed behind a 67-72 truck. I'd bet at least a few of these trailers came into existence under similar circumstances. Sorry, I don't share the outrage.... __________________ - Mike - 1972 K20 LWB 350/350/205 RIP El Jay

08-05-2009, 05:05 PM	#19
69GMCLonghorn Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Porter Ranch, CA Posts: 978	Re: ive seen this to much now !! And really?? You guys are all heartbroken about this?? I've seen a THOUSAND things on this forum that p*** me off a LOT more than that... What about the guys bastardizing long beds into short beds?? 3/4 tons into "5 lug half tons", and other ways of just completely taking the "truck" out of the truck?! My feeling is, you have a 3/4 or 1 ton truck that is tough as nails. Don't take the tough out of it. Others feel they are doing the truck justice by doing this. It's all opinion. Let them have their trailers. They're a lot better than a store bought utility trailer and will last for 200 years...

08-06-2009, 06:30 AM	#21
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: ive seen this to much now !! I have bed parts gathered to build a Stepside trailer mate for my K/30 swb Stepside.I promise I won`t bang it up. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

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