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Old 03-17-2013, 09:44 PM   #1
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72 Shortbed conversion
Starting a build thread on my 72 Cheyenne. Its getting hacked up right now from a longbed. Ill post some progress pics as i receive them from the guy doing the work. Big thank you to Stevo427 for getting me in contact with him. Heres a couple pics of how it looked when i got her.
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Old 03-17-2013, 09:48 PM   #2
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Sorry for the picture size need to adjust the settings on my camera. Hope to get a couple progress pics at some point today.
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Old 03-18-2013, 12:17 AM   #3
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I don't see pics?
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Old 03-18-2013, 01:28 AM   #4
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Old 03-18-2013, 01:54 AM   #5
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Welcome to the board! That truck is the perfect choice to convert to a SWB...I hope it's not a hack job; a lot of projects end up a disaster if it isn't done right. Good luck with your project!
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Old 03-18-2013, 02:08 AM   #6
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Congrats on the new rig! I've seen some awesome conversions here that you'd never be able to detect was a conversion job!
So much talent on here and I'm sure you're going to find a ton of useful threads to help in your build!
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Old 03-20-2013, 07:55 AM   #7
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Old 03-24-2013, 09:46 PM   #8
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Got a couple pics of the bed today. Very excited to have my truck back in a couple weeks.
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Old 04-04-2013, 11:50 PM   #9
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Gettin to the frame tomorrow. Could be all done by sunday at the earliest.

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Old 04-05-2013, 11:35 AM   #10
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Old 04-08-2013, 11:59 AM   #11
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Going to pick my truck up tonight. It looks like he did an amazing job from the pic. Still alot of work left to do but very glad to have a swb again.
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Wow! that looks great.
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Old 04-08-2013, 12:02 PM   #13
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There was a pretty ugly dent he worked out for me. You can tell where it was by the messed up trim.
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Old 04-08-2013, 12:03 PM   #14
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There was a pretty ugly dent he worked out for me. You can tell where it was by the messed up trim.
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Old 04-08-2013, 12:16 PM   #15
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Just cut down a bed I had and cut a extra frame. For an experiment, turned out great and pretty easy. Going to put the bronze Cheyenne on that set up.
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Old 04-08-2013, 02:16 PM   #16
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can you take a few pictures of the inside of your cut bed?? or better yet did you tack pictures as you went on the bed?
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Are there any stickys on this? previous posts / how-tos ? I'm considering cutting one down myself.
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Old 04-08-2013, 07:34 PM   #18
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I had mine done by someone, so the only pics i have are the ones i posted up. Ill try to get some up of the finished product tomorrow morning. On my way now to pick it up.
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And ya theres tons of how tos on the website. Lfds lowbuck build is a great read.
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Ok I will search it thanks and congrats
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Welcome to the forum and I hope ya have fun.
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Old 04-09-2013, 09:02 PM   #22
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Picked up these for my truck, yes they are off a mustang. They look very similar to the 17"torq thrust wheels. Got them for 200 bucks with good tires so another 100 for the adapters i think i did pretty good.
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Dang... another LB bites the dust...

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