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I got an idea... easy mid bed
It's probably been done here before so I was wondering
With lots of people converting their long beds to short beds with all that work and ending up with a bouncy lil truck why doesn't a person just cut a foot off the back of the bed behind the wheel? Wouldn't be much easier than chopping a foot out of the middle of the frame/bed? The truck would still ride nice, have a decent amount of cargo room in the bed and not look so much like a freight train. Who has done it and how did it turn out? |
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Re: I got an idea... easy mid bed
That would look kind of strange, don't you think?
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Re: I got an idea... easy mid bed
I've seen it done on some 67-72's and it looked OK. seems like it would be good for someone wanting to tow, but wanted the shorter bed. I'll see if I can find some pics.
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Re: I got an idea... easy mid bed
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I will be towing my boat and will sometimes haul my scooter in the back An swb wouldn't cut it and besides I'm not that energetic to take the whole truck apart ![]() |
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Re: I got an idea... easy mid bed
I saw a 60-66 shortbed on here once that had a foot cut off the end so it was a 5 foot bed... looked ok but not my style, i like the long fleets
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Re: I got an idea... easy mid bed
Take some Vitamin B-12, then do it the right way.
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Re: I got an idea... easy mid bed
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My question would be what is so wrong with a long bed that people feel the need to cut them up? |
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Re: I got an idea... easy mid bed
I know the short beds are the sexy pick when doing a build, I personally like the short beds better in the square bodies. I love the long fleets in this body style though. Especially when they are lowered down they just look so slick to me.
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Re: I got an idea... easy mid bed
There was a picture posted somewhere on the net of a long fleet with the section behind the tires removed and the tailgate & bumper moved forward. IMHO it looked goofy. It didn't look like a pickup truck any longer, more like a special purpose tow tug or something you'd see at an airport or an oil refinery that had a special reason for being built that way.
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Re: I got an idea... easy mid bed
I would pass on that mod.
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Re: I got an idea... easy mid bed
I just know somebody here can photoshop that mod in about 30 seconds so we can all have a look. Anyone?
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Re: I got an idea... easy mid bed
Well it's no photoshop... I hope the owner of this pic doesn't get mad.
More chop??
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Re: I got an idea... easy mid bed
Kinda reminds me of some of the F**ds that have the longer wheelbase. Looks a little odd IMO
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Re: I got an idea... easy mid bed
Well I did that on my computer with a random internet pic
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Re: I got an idea... easy mid bed
the only way that look works is for a tractor puller!
check this one...
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Re: I got an idea... easy mid bed
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit...
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Re: I got an idea... easy mid bed
Wow.. tough crowd here today.
For what it's worth the ones I saw I liked. But I am not a me too kind of guy. I have a picture of a back chopped '65 fleet, but I can't find the link? The photo below is a digital picture of a printed photo... quality sucks but you get the idea. This guy stated it was a back chopped long bed, but it looks to me like some was taken off the front of the bed also? Last edited by lakeroadster; 12-07-2010 at 01:18 PM. |
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Re: I got an idea... easy mid bed
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![]() Looks to me like something was taken off the front or maybe even a shortbed with some chopped off the back? |
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Re: I got an idea... easy mid bed
Here's a newer one but I'm going down not up
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