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diehardrider · 07-07-2002, 08:39 PM

SWB 4x4 are next to impossible to find in my area. Im looking into finding a Long bed 4x4 and cutting the frame. How difficult is this? Is it as simple as it seems? Ive search the forums and cant find anything.
thanks:

Mudder · 07-08-2002, 12:09 AM

You'll be cutting some from the middle of the frame and some off the back. Lots of measuring. Can you find a bed?

>X< · 07-08-2002, 12:12 AM

i ahve a swb frame for sale, not 4x4, but if your gonna talk cuttin frams a conversion would prob be easier, i ahve a swb fleetside bed too, cheap, the floor is crap but the sides are ok, i 've kinda started body work on them but didnt have time to finish, the swb frame is in the 67-72 parts section

chevy72402 · 07-08-2002, 12:22 AM

I've got a 1984 short box 4x4 with a GM crate 350 with 330 hp I would sell. It needs a new box and core support. I have already done the cab corners and rockers and they are still in primer. edlebrock carb, rebuilt tranny about 5,000 miles ago, engine still has factory warranty on it. new battery last year, american racing nitrous rims and Goodyear wrangler AT/S 31/10.50R15 tires Email me if interested chevy72402@hotmail.com

diehardrider · 07-08-2002, 01:37 PM

Im trying to find someone who knows where and how much to cut.
72402 thanks for the offer but i want a first gen
sean where are you and what do u want for the bed

>X< · 07-08-2002, 07:26 PM

i am in baton rouge louisiana, i want, uh, hatever you'll give me for teh bed, itwas off of one of my parts trucks, i'l send you some pics tomorrow

diehardrider · 07-12-2002, 02:33 AM

i just bough a shortbed 71 so i wont be doing the conversion but thanks for the help

srhart71 · 07-26-2002, 10:58 PM

I have gone through the conversion from a long to a short box frame. I believe that I had to take 12 inches out of the center and then 8 inches off the back. I have read articles where it was suggested that you z-cut the frame(cut straight up half the frame thickness, straight back 10-12 inches. and the up the rest of the way), but I made my cuts so they were on an angle and wound up being 18 inches from front to back. I haven't entered any toughtruck or rock crawling competitions; but I don't baby my truck either; and I haven't had any problems in the last five years. I was converting from 2wd with coils to 4wd with leafs so I had the shortbox frame for reference during cutting and welding.

07-07-2002, 08:39 PM	#1
diehardrider KEEP IT PINNED Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Hanford ,CA Posts: 111	LWB to SWB SWB 4x4 are next to impossible to find in my area. Im looking into finding a Long bed 4x4 and cutting the frame. How difficult is this? Is it as simple as it seems? Ive search the forums and cant find anything. thanks:

07-08-2002, 12:09 AM	#2
Mudder Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: East Central, MO Posts: 11,336	Can u cut and weld? You'll be cutting some from the middle of the frame and some off the back. Lots of measuring. Can you find a bed?

07-08-2002, 12:12 AM	#3
>X< registered IWATA user Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Baton Rouge Posts: 4,481	i ahve a swb frame for sale, not 4x4, but if your gonna talk cuttin frams a conversion would prob be easier, i ahve a swb fleetside bed too, cheap, the floor is crap but the sides are ok, i 've kinda started body work on them but didnt have time to finish, the swb frame is in the 67-72 parts section __________________ -'63 Ford Fairlane 500 coupe, v8, auto, faded and rusty. awaiting built roller 302 and some flat black -'99 Honda Prelude. vtech/5spd. no pipe, no intake, bone stock. awaiting new top end. -01 GMC Yukon SLT 5.3 dented and scratched with a noisy tranny. Take off that Von Dutch hat before i stab you with a 000 Mack.

07-08-2002, 12:22 AM	#4
chevy72402 FARMER/RANCHER Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: SD Posts: 597	I've got a 1984 short box 4x4 with a GM crate 350 with 330 hp I would sell. It needs a new box and core support. I have already done the cab corners and rockers and they are still in primer. edlebrock carb, rebuilt tranny about 5,000 miles ago, engine still has factory warranty on it. new battery last year, american racing nitrous rims and Goodyear wrangler AT/S 31/10.50R15 tires Email me if interested chevy72402@hotmail.com __________________ 1972 chevy super, long box, 402 big block (2,000 miles on rebuild) 2wd tach, tilt, tool box on bedside, a/c, sliding rear window, orange and white. 1972 Chevy Blazer 2wd, tach, tilt, a/c, my first engine overhauling experience, Orange, with white top 2006 Gmc Sierra, XM, Z-71, dark blue, onstar, leather, rear entertainment (audio only) heated seats, (the wife loves that feature) upgraded tires immediately after purchase to Goodyear Wrangler AT/S (hate those rock throwers that come from the factory) BWC

07-08-2002, 07:26 PM	#6
>X< registered IWATA user Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Baton Rouge Posts: 4,481	i am in baton rouge louisiana, i want, uh, hatever you'll give me for teh bed, itwas off of one of my parts trucks, i'l send you some pics tomorrow __________________ -'63 Ford Fairlane 500 coupe, v8, auto, faded and rusty. awaiting built roller 302 and some flat black -'99 Honda Prelude. vtech/5spd. no pipe, no intake, bone stock. awaiting new top end. -01 GMC Yukon SLT 5.3 dented and scratched with a noisy tranny. Take off that Von Dutch hat before i stab you with a 000 Mack.

07-08-2002, 01:37 PM	#5
diehardrider KEEP IT PINNED Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Hanford ,CA Posts: 111	Im trying to find someone who knows where and how much to cut. 72402 thanks for the offer but i want a first gen sean where are you and what do u want for the bed

07-12-2002, 02:33 AM	#7
diehardrider KEEP IT PINNED Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Hanford ,CA Posts: 111	i just bough a shortbed 71 so i wont be doing the conversion but thanks for the help

07-26-2002, 10:58 PM	#8
srhart71 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: China Grove, NC Posts: 147	cutting frames I have gone through the conversion from a long to a short box frame. I believe that I had to take 12 inches out of the center and then 8 inches off the back. I have read articles where it was suggested that you z-cut the frame(cut straight up half the frame thickness, straight back 10-12 inches. and the up the rest of the way), but I made my cuts so they were on an angle and wound up being 18 inches from front to back. I haven't entered any toughtruck or rock crawling competitions; but I don't baby my truck either; and I haven't had any problems in the last five years. I was converting from 2wd with coils to 4wd with leafs so I had the shortbox frame for reference during cutting and welding.



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