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02-16-2004, 03:30 AM
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i have a 71 chevy truck with a bent frame sitting in my front yard, has a good bed on it though i also have a 30 something year old pop up camper that slides into a truck bed i am thinking of cutting the front of the frame off and making a trailer out of it to put my camper in so i can pull it behind my flatbed, what do you guys think, i am just curios as this would do me alot of good for swap meets and stuff, just curios as to if i should cut the frame up or not.
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02-16-2004, 09:15 AM
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sure cut it up and make it into something you can use it's better than a lawn ornament
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02-16-2004, 02:18 PM
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If the frame is bent, go for it!
Would look pretty cool towed behind a '67 GMC 
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02-16-2004, 03:26 PM
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Go for it!
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02-17-2004, 12:03 AM
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Better to recycle it than go to the crusher.....
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02-17-2004, 12:05 AM
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since the frame is bent there is no better use for it
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02-17-2004, 12:16 AM
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Ditto. Go for it, once the snow melts
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02-17-2004, 01:06 AM
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its all about the +6 inches
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That sucker would rock a whole lot when you get in it. I would load it down pretty good for when it's being hauled for the same reason.
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02-17-2004, 01:11 AM
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The trailer idea sound's good but all I can picture in my head with the slide in is san ford and son on the move....LOL..
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02-17-2004, 01:14 AM
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mainly i am thinking of doing this as i cannot put my camper on my flat bed and i plus i want to take this to the board wide meet in Indy if possible, i dont like to stay in hotels
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02-17-2004, 01:20 AM
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I have always wanted to find a truck bed to match my truck and put the same rims, and even bag it, and make it a camper. I thought that would be cool.
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02-17-2004, 04:04 AM
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haha, a tralier would be sweet, why not? its been done many times
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12-27-2006, 01:47 AM
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Re: opinions
Pop up camper, any pictures ?
I'd like to see if it's similar to the one on my 67, my wonderful wife bought me Christmas morning. Thanks jim aka: - 41 - Last edited by fourty1; 12-27-2006 at 01:48 AM. |
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