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#26 |
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Location: Mobile, Al.
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Re: Why does everyone LWB to SWB?
I like long steps, go for it and post the build.
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Location: Ftw, TX
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Re: Why does everyone LWB to SWB?
Wow, I wasn't expecting so many responses. Thank you everyone for answering my question
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#28 |
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Lizella, GA
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Re: Why does everyone LWB to SWB?
Man, I feel your pain. I bought a 67 LWB stepside a few weeks ago. I was going to chop it up for the front clip and cab for a SWB 67 I already have in progress. Brought it home on a trailer. Turns out the thing runs like a sewing machine. Everything on the truck works accept 2nd gear. Paint and body looked good. This weekend I washed it and it turns out the body is in great shape, paint even shines. Now what do I do? I feel terrible if I tear it apart. Heck, I think the whole truck is original. Has a 250 with a three on the tree. I think I'm going to lower it, slap on some rallys with wide whites, fix the trans and drive it. It may take a while, but I'll post some pics when its done.
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#29 |
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Location: Tinley Park Il.
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Re: Why does everyone LWB to SWB?
to me it is like a 2 doors vs 4 doors old car.
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SLOW BUT SURE,BUT CLOSER
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Re: Why does everyone LWB to SWB?
The only thing I'm haulin' in my SWB is the cooler!!!!! LOL!!!
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#31 |
I have a radical idea!
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sweet Home Alabama!
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Re: Why does everyone LWB to SWB?
It all comes down to preference. I prefer shorties overall, but I also love some of the LWB's out there and on this board. My problem with actually spending a lot of money on a LWB is because of the difference in finished value. SWB trucks are always worth more if they are comparable in condition and options to a near exact LWB truck and they always will be. This is true with all years and all makes, not just these trucks. The reason is that there are many people out there that won't give a LWB a second look. There's a guy here in town a few years back that had very nice, clean original 68,000 mile '71 Cheyenne LWB that he tried to sell at local Jeep dealer for about a year and half. He wanted $4500 for it for and it never sold. He rounded up a pretty fair SWB bed (not near as nice as the rest of the truck) and cut the frame under the cab and made it a shorty. He marked it up to $5000, and it sold in less than 2 weeks. He told me he paid $400 for the bed and paid a guy $300 to cut the frame, so he technically lost $200 off his asking price, but he said he was getting was $2000 and $2500 offers for it as a LWB. That was kind of a wake up call for me, and I've hoarded SWB's since then!
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Re: Why does everyone LWB to SWB?
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I'll give you this one. My damaged brain was saying VIN when I knew that was wrong. There isn't anything in the VIN to say what it was before it was cut, or stretched. It's only on the SPID that there would be a style number to indicate what it was before. So, nothing in the VIN says anything about what you have. Thanx for keeping me straight.
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Location: The West
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Re: Why does everyone LWB to SWB?
Not everyone wants a SWB. True, many do. Why, I guess they just want to fit in or to follow the crowd. Too be safe. Or they are completely focused on "what will it be worth in the end".
If everyone thought that way we wouldn't even be driving a truck. We would all drive a Camry or Accord. That would be the end of the story. And how boring life would be. Myself, I like the LWB. Not only that but I like the C20 LWB fleetside. It has been a long road building it but fun. We (my son and I) had it notched and bagged (courtesy ChiefRocka) and it is now a smoking foundation. Yes, we retained the 8 lugs. Long and lowwwwwww. To go along with the heft of the 3/4 ton frame we added a 14 bolt rearend w/discbrakes and a custom built watts link. Drivetrain will be an LQ9/4L80E. NOW THAT IS BEEF. This will be our show/tow/ and go working vehicle. When we pull into any car show I guarentee it will stand out among the hundreds of look alike SWB out there. And that my fellow board members is in my opinion what this hobby is all about, being different from every other guy and having fun...... |
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: Why does everyone LWB to SWB?
Alot more people drive long beds, I think that would make them more popular, the Shortbed's supposed superior value is a result of the supply and demand since fewer were built not because they are more popular. If they truly were the "most" popular truck GM would have built them in larger numbers right?
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I have a radical idea!
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I have a radical idea!
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'67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club! |
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Re: Why does everyone LWB to SWB?
They're all awesome, just build one. And please post pics, thanks
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Location: Newton , Iowa
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Re: Why does everyone LWB to SWB?
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I have a radical idea!
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Re: Why does everyone LWB to SWB?
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'67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club! |
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#43 |
its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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Re: Why does everyone LWB to SWB?
bob... you are still 6 inches shy of a real truck!
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#44 |
72 Chevelle Club
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Newton , Iowa
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Re: Why does everyone LWB to SWB?
Here's mine Long and Low and I wouldn't trade it for a ShortBed !!
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#45 |
72 Chevelle Club
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Newton , Iowa
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Re: Why does everyone LWB to SWB?
I have my eye on a Longhorn 50th that I can't get the guy to part with yet. If he gives it up I will own it !!! Bob
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#46 |
its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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Re: Why does everyone LWB to SWB?
THAT would make you cooler than me!
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#47 |
Im afraid of purple hangers..
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Central Cal
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Re: Why does everyone LWB to SWB?
Its in the eyes of the beholder....... I owned a 70' swb . But now i own 1- 70' gmc LWB and 1- 72' Chevy LWB both C20's
In my humble opinion, The swb trucks i see are not used for anything but show here in Cali. But if you find a lwb he uses it for what it is a TRUCK. I was at a home depot doing a drop for work. I watched a guy pull up in his c20 lwb and they threw stuff into the bed. But it was clean, and had that used but cared for look. So its all up to what the owner is looking for and what he wants to do to his truck. |
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#48 |
Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires
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Re: Why does everyone LWB to SWB?
I like them both but prefer the looks of a shortbed over a longbed. A shortbed truck looks more "proportional" to me.
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#50 |
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Calgary, AB
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Re: Why does everyone LWB to SWB?
I like my truck bed like I like my womans legs.. long.
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