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11-15-2013, 08:06 PM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
I have a few
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11-15-2013, 08:09 PM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
Krylon cool..
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11-15-2013, 08:12 PM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
Carried the theme inside as well
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11-15-2013, 08:14 PM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
Bed now..
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11-15-2013, 08:39 PM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
Nice improvement
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11-16-2013, 12:30 AM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
Yep...............Those flames were pretty darn Pimped all right.
you did a pretty nice just cleaning it up.. I loved the 7 foot bed on it.... it was only shorten in the front I think not the back
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12-05-2015, 01:48 PM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
Anyone have any links to 'how to' videos for shortening a fleetside?
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12-05-2015, 06:28 PM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
Not trying to hijack this thread but I wonder what a 7 foot stepside bed would look like?
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05-04-2016, 07:36 PM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
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12-05-2015, 07:33 PM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
7 foot bed
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05-03-2016, 07:28 AM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
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it looks much better than factory . |
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12-06-2015, 04:22 PM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
I found this on Craigslist.
It's a company that shortens beds. I would imagine they do other stuff too. 
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06-19-2018, 11:57 PM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
Made this a medium bed.
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06-21-2018, 12:31 AM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
For reference :
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09-03-2018, 08:43 PM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
This likes another medium bed
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01-17-2020, 12:43 AM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
I'm still considering doing a 7 foot bed, but I guess I never really noticed before that the shortbed isn't a 6 foot bed, but rather it's a 6 foot 6 inch bed. So, if it goes from 78 inches to 98 inches, an 88 inch bed would be splitting the difference.
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01-17-2020, 08:09 PM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
I would like to see a long bed cut down behind the wheel by 8" or 12" basically a "bobbed" version. This would leave the frame and wheelbase in tact, which would be a lot less expensive. I started a thread on it a while back and there were few responses. I personally don't like the huge overhang of any long bed.
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01-17-2020, 08:14 PM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
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09-28-2020, 09:16 PM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
12 inches off the front portion of the bed only - none off the rear portion.
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10-03-2020, 11:43 PM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
7 FOOT BED looks juuuuust right.
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10-04-2020, 08:39 AM
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Re: Shortening a long bed fleet to 7 foot question
ALERT-Unpopular opinion time.
Long beds look better and if your going to shorten it go to normal length short bed so a cap,tonneau cover etc fit. Years ago there was guy in my area that took all the length out from behind the wheelwells on a 67-72 so he didnt have to cut down the frame\brake lines\ driveshaft etc, it looked odd at first but kinda got used to it after seeing it few times. |
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