Partial shortbed??

[j_cst_10]

I have issues with both long beds and short beds in terms of their proportions. On the one hand I have always likes longer, smoother vehicles but my eye seems to catch something it doesn't like when I look at my long bed.

Short beds, while looking great in pictures, seem to be very short, stubby trucks in person to me. It looks like it has the same overall length as a ford ranger compared to my long bed.

Then I was thinking, why not remove 6-8 inches of a long bed where the eye catches something funny. I did this real quick in paint -thanks to Jcentsr6 for his truck pic.

Tell me what you think. Anybody with photoshop can have at it.

[67chevy2wd]

The second one looks good but I think you really need to see the pickup as a whole before you can be sure. The top box looks longer than normal but that could be because it is a picture of just a box.

[j_cst_10]

I agree, though the top pic is kinda what my eye catches when I look at my lwb. I guess I would like the length of the truck to be more full size muscle than compact muscle like a 65 chevelle vs a 67 nova in terms of overall size.

[energiesource]

i think youd need to cut a bit off both ends, before the wheel well and after, otherwise it'd look odd. but why not, go for it. i definitely wouldnt shorten my frame just for a few inches though.

[j_cst_10]

I am pretty much trying to copy the short bed proportions (bed in front of the wheel centerline, bed behind the wheel centerline), but in long bed form.

If that makes any sense??? Maybe I smelled something funny at work today or something.

[j_cst_10]

I did some paint work.

[67chevy2wd]

I like the way the second pic looks.

[j_cst_10]

yeah I think its so subtle that it's one of those things your not supposed to pick up, all you really pick up is that it looks good.

I might actually do it on my truck, it would solve my dilemma and I need a new drive shaft anyway since I'm throwing a 4 spd in. On top of that by bed sides need some patching so what the hell right.

[oldblue1968chevy]

sweeet i like it alot wanna do mine to see what it looks like

[im tha best]

not tryin to bs here but, my truck almost looks like the second picture. even though it is a long bed, it doesnt look as long as other long beds, yet it doesnt look as short as a short bed.

that...or i might be crazy

[special-K]

I think these truck are perfect as they are in both long and short bed.I think the second picture makes it too stubby.It`s not as graceful as the General`s work.

[Willys47]

I did this but I am not done yet

[oldblue1968chevy]

hey i like that perfect how much did u shorten it

[au03z71]

I personall like the look of having the bed in front of the wheels short and behind the wheels long.

[Willys47]

I shortend it one foot,that way if I didn't like it I could shotend the back 8'' and I would have a short box. The box minus a foot is about the same lengh as the cab.

[68gmsee]

I agree with the statement that short beds look kind of stubby and long beds look a little too long.

The second pic in the last set is about right for looking proportionate. The bed looks more balanced and does not have the "wagon" look.

Either way, I would hesitate to cut up a good frame and bed on these trucks. Now on a beater I might do it, though.

[j_cst_10]

Well I did some crude scaling and proportions to come up with about 8.5 inches of bed removal to make the truck look like the pic I modified.

That seems about right after I mocked it up with a piece of cardboard on my truck.

What are we going to call this - '70 Chevy short long wide?

[Willys47]

Originally Posted by j_cst_10

Well I did some crude scaling and proportions to come up with about 8.5 inches of bed removal to make the truck look like the pic I modified.

That seems about right after I mocked it up with a piece of cardboard on my truck.

What are we going to call this - '70 Chevy short long wide?

What are we going to call this how about a long short box

[oldblue1968chevy]

somebody can do my truck... just gotta finish it

[70 Suburban]

I have been thinkin of this also..

[j_cst_10]

Well its nice to know I'm not all the way crazy.

[Dynomutt]

I'm with ya on this too. It's all about symetrics. The panel in front of the tire should be approximately the same length as the panel behind the tire. I think it would be a cool mod. Fitting the trim oughta be fun.

[Sinisterspeed]

haha, I went the other way. added 8" to the front of a long bed.... well I didn't. As special-k said the General's work. Now its 133" wb....

btw. these perportions are mainly due to color. Thats why vehicle painted different colors look different.

Lighter the color shorter it looks. Thus, darker looks longer.
Trim moldings or any horizontal lines make it look longer, without it looks shorter.

so try a short bed with trim and a long bed without trim
experement with white or yellow vs black, red or dark blue.

this happens much as the same Light colored or usually White trucks look like they hide body work or small dings.

White and yellow don't show a reflection onto the surface they show more on surfaces around them. vs. dark, especially black reflects everything around it in the paint and thus why you see more flaws in black paint jobs.

just my .02

[67ChevyRedneck]

Since I've seen so many cut down vehicles on here, it made me wonder what would it would look like if a bed was cut down 8" in front and 6" in the back.

[Hubscrub]

Good idea it's time for something (different)