show your c/20 c/30 flat beds

[pat 70/71]

I"m thinking of building a new truck for my shop and would like some ideas . the truck is a c20. frame off restoration po spent six years and a lot of money on the truck full paint /Running motor/ 700/ trans. six months ago, he brought it to his place of work (gated) and covered it. in that time the truck was stripped! dirt bags would take parts off it at night and just put the cover back on so in the morning, everything looked normal. real sad! anyway, its at my shop now. I'll post pics soon as I can thanks, Pat P.S. LETS SEE THE FLATBEDS!!

[Shyguy]

I think there was a thread on here not long ago. Here are a couple of saved of other's trucks.

[RUSHNBOBO]

Rushnbobo's 1968 C30 Dually (check other threads on 1 tons) there's already one about 2 pages worth ....maybe an administrator can help find it for you.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Good Luck.......... Dan AKA "Rushnbobo".................

[gssmith89]

Bad ass truck! I've decided on my next project. What are you runnin' under the hood rushnbobo?

[pat 70/71]

hey thanks guys! just what I'm looking to do! Dan, your truck is fantastic ! is the bed 8' ? I love how low your bed is. Mine will have boxes under the bed for tools for installing cabinets etc, can"t see buying a new $40,000.00 throw a way truck. when I could build one exactly the way I want! thank you for the pics and your time! cheers, Pat

[pat 70/71]

SHYGUY, thanks for chiming in I found the tread on the flat beds great nice trucks thanks again. cheers, Pat

[RUSHNBOBO]

Originally Posted by pat 70/71

hey thanks guys! just what I'm looking to do! Dan, your truck is fantastic ! is the bed 8' ? I love how low your bed is. Mine will have boxes under the bed for tools for installing cabinets etc, can"t see buying a new $40,000.00 throw a way truck. when I could build one exactly the way I want! thank you for the pics and your time! cheers, Pat

Hey Pat,
I wrote this up on another thread ..hope it answers most of your questions


The way u see it now it measures 6'6 x 8'
-Since this is the "short" wheelbase version 1 ton it came with a 7' x 9' bed exactly like Tim Meyers SLOMOTION in this thread ..if u look closely you can see from the side that his bed overhangs the axle 12 inches more than mine.
Since he had committed himself to preserving a original appearance due to the rarity of his truck leaving the bed in its original proportions was smart. If I started with his truck I would have built it the same ...even the 292 inline!!

My goal from the start was a "restomod" so I looked at building more of a street rod appearance. The bed was definatly not going to work with my vision in its original proportions.....so first order was to reduce the bulky overhang, and i settled on 8 ft. by cutting out 12 inches and welding back together. The frame was now sticking out the back by around 6 inches so more cuttting.

Now it's close but still didn't look quite right.....it was the width, overhanging the tires .....more cutting. Took a section (about 6 inches from the rear center) and tacked it up....stood back and ...that was it!!!!!.....ALMOST

Look at Tim's bed height....and compare....mine sits about 2 inches lower on the frame which helps make it look like it's not floating to high above the frame....this was done with removing all the oak framework and building up the structure with channel iron in its new lower position.

This is an original Chevy bed (look for the rounded corners and detail in the bed sides). It did not come on all 1 tons trucks BTW ...it could also be ordered as a chassis only which is also done today on 1 ton and up trucks. Before '73 Chevy did not build a fleetside bed w/fender extensions as is common place today as 1 tons changed into dual purpose commercial and personal use.

Pre '72 1 ton and larger were considered commercial vehicles hence no reason to fab up a fleetside dually. One exception was camper coach builders in which the chassis was sent to another factory to add the camper back ...pretty rare ...there's at least 1 on the forum.

The motor is a 10:1 350
Camelback heads
Comp cam XE268
Speed Demon 650
TCI Super Street Fighter turbo 350.....

[pat 70/71]

Dan, thanks for the information your truck helped me make up my mind up. I'm going flat bed ! What a great way to build my next truck! I'm a general contractor who does high end cabinet work and millwork check out my site, patrickcarrollconstruction.com the truck will also be hand built and a great calling card for my business. I will post pics when I start. thanks again for your time . love your truck! cheers, Pat

[68gmcdually]

72MARIO has a gorgeous truck with a aluminum flat bed that he built himself out of a '67 c20 that he bought off of 72FREAK in Georgia. I don't have a picture of it but if I find one I will edit this post. Good luck with your project.

[pat 70/71]

thanks, James! can't wait to post pics of my new truck with the story! Its unreal cheers, Pat