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jetboat · 01-20-2008, 01:53 AM

The frame is "clipped" on the back of my 68 and I am just going to use the truck as a toy anyway so, I want to finish trimming the frame to the rear hangers and flat bed it. I want to add a roll bar setup with spare tire carrier, basically going for the offroad "Im going to drive over you look". So here is where I come to the delema, The first pic is the look I like but, thats on a little Toyota and mine is far from little an a LWB...what can I do to make it look good???

Heres my truck as it sits:

bowtier · 01-20-2008, 04:25 AM

Yukon Jack's the guy to talk to. He has a sweet flat bed. Check it out in this thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ad.php?t=14468
Wouldn't be too hard to use something like his for the bed & add roll bars/fender flares as needed. I've been kicking around making a flat bed too, my bed's about to fall of as it sits.

jetboat · 01-20-2008, 05:26 AM

originaly I was going to go with a bed like Yukon's....then I found this one...

**Yukon Jack** · 01-20-2008, 06:28 AM

Here's a link to an album that shows lots of detailed pics of my bed - not sure if any of that will help with the type of bed you are planning.

westcoastflatbedder · 01-21-2008, 05:25 PM

What kind of bed is on yukons truck,or is it home made?I just got a 6 ft hillsboro flat for my 72 K10,soon to be k20,shortbed.Pics to come soon.Almost done and so excited I cant wait.

vtblazer · 01-21-2008, 08:56 PM

Your gonna need more lift and bigger tires to achieve the 'look' your going for.

Nother version of a Yota flat bed.

**Yukon Jack** · 01-23-2008, 12:16 AM

My bed was made by a local flatbed fabricator, Fabtech. No longer in business though.

jetboat · 01-25-2008, 02:13 AM

Yukon's bed was the 1 that made me want to go flatbed in the first place but, I wont be using the truck as much for work as for play (thanks for that link to the extra pics, those will be helpful). I am starting to think that I might combine Yukon's Bed with the roll cage setup from the Toyota bed I had first posted... The problem I have...my welder died so eitehr Im going to have to buy a new 1 or have the bed built, might just be cheaper to have it built.

vtblazer · 01-25-2008, 03:16 AM

...maybe but if you buy a new welder, ya got if every other project after that.

jetboat · 01-25-2008, 03:56 AM

thats the problem...Im trying to get away from "projects" Like the Dune buggy in teh garage that has to be finished if/when i get a new welder or all the other little things I dream up

01-20-2008, 01:53 AM	#1
jetboat Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: romeoville il Posts: 59	Flatbed suggestions/help The frame is "clipped" on the back of my 68 and I am just going to use the truck as a toy anyway so, I want to finish trimming the frame to the rear hangers and flat bed it. I want to add a roll bar setup with spare tire carrier, basically going for the offroad "Im going to drive over you look". So here is where I come to the delema, The first pic is the look I like but, thats on a little Toyota and mine is far from little an a LWB...what can I do to make it look good??? Heres my truck as it sits:

01-20-2008, 04:25 AM	#2
bowtier Nobody rides free Join Date: May 2005 Location: PA Posts: 1,076	Re: Flatbed suggestions/help Yukon Jack's the guy to talk to. He has a sweet flat bed. Check it out in this thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ad.php?t=14468 Wouldn't be too hard to use something like his for the bed & add roll bars/fender flares as needed. I've been kicking around making a flat bed too, my bed's about to fall of as it sits. __________________ '71 C10 LWB 400SB/350TH '86 K2O LWB 350SB/400TH-6" tuff country lift, Shackle flip - plow truck '06 HHR - wifes wheels '01 Blazer - daily driver "It's better to burn out than it is to rust." -Neil Young

01-20-2008, 05:26 AM	#3
jetboat Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: romeoville il Posts: 59	Re: Flatbed suggestions/help originaly I was going to go with a bed like Yukon's....then I found this one...

01-20-2008, 06:28 AM	#4
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,683	Re: Flatbed suggestions/help Here's a link to an album that shows lots of detailed pics of my bed - not sure if any of that will help with the type of bed you are planning. __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

01-21-2008, 05:25 PM	#5
westcoastflatbedder Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: JAMESTOWN, TN Posts: 34	Re: Flatbed suggestions/help What kind of bed is on yukons truck,or is it home made?I just got a 6 ft hillsboro flat for my 72 K10,soon to be k20,shortbed.Pics to come soon.Almost done and so excited I cant wait. Last edited by westcoastflatbedder; 01-21-2008 at 05:26 PM.

01-21-2008, 08:56 PM	#6
vtblazer Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Vermont Posts: 8,538	Re: Flatbed suggestions/help Your gonna need more lift and bigger tires to achieve the 'look' your going for. Nother version of a Yota flat bed.

01-23-2008, 12:16 AM	#7
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,683	Re: Flatbed suggestions/help My bed was made by a local flatbed fabricator, Fabtech. No longer in business though. __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

01-25-2008, 02:13 AM	#8
jetboat Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: romeoville il Posts: 59	Re: Flatbed suggestions/help Yukon's bed was the 1 that made me want to go flatbed in the first place but, I wont be using the truck as much for work as for play (thanks for that link to the extra pics, those will be helpful). I am starting to think that I might combine Yukon's Bed with the roll cage setup from the Toyota bed I had first posted... The problem I have...my welder died so eitehr Im going to have to buy a new 1 or have the bed built, might just be cheaper to have it built.

01-25-2008, 03:16 AM	#9
vtblazer Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Vermont Posts: 8,538	Re: Flatbed suggestions/help ...maybe but if you buy a new welder, ya got if every other project after that.

01-25-2008, 03:56 AM	#10
jetboat Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: romeoville il Posts: 59	Re: Flatbed suggestions/help thats the problem...Im trying to get away from "projects" Like the Dune buggy in teh garage that has to be finished if/when i get a new welder or all the other little things I dream up



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