The Project Havoc....

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Hey guys, the healing is going slow, but the life at home is how do you say, watch alot of soap operas, wow, what a life i have now. Anyways, later guys.

Originally Posted by hartleymetalworks

Aight... im completly new to this site and this thread, great job on the truck by the way. i have a 72 lwb fleetside and i was browsing the internet, looking for any lwb to swb conversions, and then BAM i found you! i have a question when it comes to shorting the bed itself: there is a body line that is just below the top rail of the bed. this line runs down towards the rear of the truck. (in other words its not parallel with the top of the bed.) it seems to me if you cut and remove a total of 20" from the bed, that this body line would no longer line up. is this so? and what do ya do about it?

Hello, and thanks and also welcome. Anyways as for the body line, the front one lines up rather well when cut, a total of 8 inches is cut near the rear and the front has a total of 12 inches knocked out of it. that body line needs a but of help. but nothing a body hammer and dolly or a block of wood or a small lead shot back can not fix. it took me about 20 min to have the lines line up. not bad at all. they are very forgivng and will work jus fine. When they are cut and lined up you will see that they are out by about 3/16th of an inch not bad at all. just take your time and go slow. also, the bottom one at the back needs some attention also. anyways later. James