How about some pics of '73-'87 Short Beds

[watahyahknow]

most bodyshops here use mig welders , there special sort of migwelder though they bring less heat intoo the material and use a different wire think it has some tin in it , the current superthin sheetmetal and special aloys require use those types of welders

tig welding is wonderful but the metal needs to be verry clean to be able to lay a nice weld and repairing a run off the mill pre 80's rustbucket with a tigwelder......... i'm afraid it brings you more pain than gain .

havent seen the state of youre truck when you had done the metalwork and before it went to paint but i might rather first grind out the filler pull out dents and work on my planischingskills before taking good metal out with a grinder and tigweld it

its good practice and when it doesnt work you can allways grab the grinder and take the darn piece out

[Ryan87]

We use a tig & planishing hammer so we don't have to grind hardly anything, & we don't have to use any plastic fillers like most bodyshops do! Almost all the premier shops out there do it this way.

[Smoke_Dog]

Finally got a chance to take a good picture, since the truck got restored!

[joe231]

nice rides!!

[Smoke_Dog]

I know that this is a truck site, but I just had to do it!

[joe231]

yeah man!
nice chevelle!!

[grinch4om]

beautiful truck, 72 and the puppy!!

[kevinmfduane]

hey, check out my new 82 shortbox and my old 70 long bed that i just swapped it for.





It has a 307 with a cam, intake, dual flowmasters , a turbo 350 with a agressive shift kit (worthless) and 4 brl edlebrock. best of all it has ZERO rust.

[jchav62]

Nice truck, Kevin MF Duane. Welcome to the board from Santa Fe, MFNM.

[vern350]

heres my 81 shortbed

[Square84]

Originally Posted by Smoke_Dog

Finally got a chance to take a good picture, since the truck got restored!

hey smoke what size tiger paws you runnin on that truck?

[Smoke_Dog]

Stock 15x8 with 60's,just like they did back in the day in North Carolina!!!
Nothing like 1970-1981 cars and trucks!!! I wish that I could find those old PLAYBOY Bunny air freshners. They were the BEST ever.

Originally Posted by Square84

hey smoke what size tiger paws you runnin on that truck?

[Tony_SS]

Smoke Dog, are those 275/60's?

[SBTork]

hey vern350, where did you get that windshield decal? Very nice truck too.

[killthewabbit]

Originally Posted by bricky69us

looking for someone to slam my 84 gmc. I live in Savannah tn would like to find someone close

I used to pass through Savannah a lot on my way to Memphis. Very pretty down there. Plus you guys have one of the best civil war sites I've ever visited.

Lucky for you, you're about an hour west of one of the best truck fab shops in the country.

Here you go:
http://www.friendlychopshop.com/

Beware - it ain't cheap.

[vern350]

SBTork, I got the decal from the woodward dreamcruise in Detroit. Gm was handing them out left and right at their boths. This last cruise (2008), they did not hand them out. I got one 2006 and 2007.

[Smoke_Dog]

YES!!!
275 r 15 107s m+9

Originally Posted by Tony_SS

Smoke Dog, are those 275/60's?

[Tony_SS]

Originally Posted by Smoke_Dog

YES!!!
275 r 15 107s m+9

So what's the speed rating and tread depth on those?

[spr85gmc]

Originally Posted by killthewabbit

I don't have any experience with them, no. I know they've gotten a few magazine features, though. Considering all the mini-trucking going on up here (huge show in Nashville every year, lots of minis but not just minis) I'm sure they do quite a bit of business. The same rules apply to small trucks as big ones. S10s are very close to the same suspension we have.

My advice would be to buy a dropmember and put it in if you're looking to spend that amount of money, though. I have a link to a square body build on another site (that competes with this one), but you don't have PMs enabled for me to be able to send it to you.

then send them my way

[bmeredith]

here's a couple pictures of one of my early chevys.
a couple weeks ago at greenhorn

pissing on my 38x13 after i put the 39.5 on

[DirtyLarry]

Got a fresh picture of mine yesterday.

[Smoke_Dog]

Originally Posted by DirtyLarry

Got a fresh picture of mine yesterday.

Man that back ground give me the CHILLS from when I was stationed in Wyoming and South Dakota. Nice truck though!!!

[Nukes16]

Hey guys, I'm new to the forum and Canadian...try not to hold that against me. I thought I'd try to post a picture of my 81 big block.
Cheers

[flamingbig10]

Nice truck nuke, I like flames, if you can tell from my truck I like flames

[Nukes16]

All right I'll try to post a couple of more pics.
Smokedog, I believe you a right, as far as a I can remember those are Stealth rims 20x8.5. They are a couple of years old now so I had a difficult time finding one more for a spare, but I did in the end. Hopefully one day there will be rear discs shining through!