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iluvmy72 · 06-14-2003, 06:18 AM

Here are my plans and I've finally made up my mind and even like this idea more and more when I think about it.....I plan to move my body over to a short bed frame.....however.....I will be using the longbed sides......reason being I feel the shortbed is too short and the long bed is too long......I will shorten a section twards the front of the bed by about a foot or a foot and a half or so or whatever the amount so the wheel wells line up correctly....but I will keep the extra length in the rear to make it longer.....plus it looks really awsome with the longer rear behind the wheels.......anyone else tried this or seen it?.......I know I'm not the only one that thinks the short beds are too short and the long beds are too long.

72MARIO · 06-14-2003, 07:27 AM

Frigin Wicked Idea Dude !

I thought of doing that but I did not have enough time. You might be best to cut down a long box frame to fit the medium box.

Longhorn Man · 06-15-2003, 12:43 AM

The normal long beds aren't long enough!
^5 to my longhorn brothers out there!

iluvmy72 · 06-15-2003, 01:55 AM

hey longhorn........I know some guys that agree with you 100%.....and I know guys that say that their short beds are not short enough......trucks are like pants......everyone wears them to their own liking...........some like it loose......and some like it short.......some like it long......some like it tight(that's what she said)....by the way.....is the caddy engine runin yet?

Longhorn Man · 06-15-2003, 02:00 AM

Well, I'll say I love my short bed just as much as I do the Longhorns. Although, I am starting to see the "stubby" that all the long bed people talk about.
As for the caddy engine, I've fired it up, but I wouldn't call it "running" per-say.
Still at about the same point I was a couple weeks ago (look for thread named Andy said let there be torque) Needing a rad, exhaust, getting a broken bolt out of passenger side manifold (that's an update to the thread) and need to put the drive shaft together and a cooler plumbed.
After that I could drive it and work out bugs that I have not found yet. With no pipes or rad I have only fired it up a few times and only for a couple seconds at a time.
I have noticed I have a charging problem though.

iluvmy72 · 06-15-2003, 02:38 AM

Well longhorn......the stubby call is correct....it looks like the rest of the rear has been cut off......but look at this pic.....this truck isn't mine and belongs to another guy on this board.....but I shortend the front of the bed by a foot and this is what mine will look like to fix the "stubby" issue"....

iluvmy72 · 06-15-2003, 03:36 AM

pic:

hanssolo · 06-15-2003, 07:57 AM

I got a truck to haul stuff. You can put a lot more in a longbed. If I wanted a hotrod I'd buy a car. But then, thats me. Different strokes for different folks. No offense to shortbedders.

1969 GMC · 06-15-2003, 11:45 AM

that would be cool!

why does that truck have red vent windows??

Longhorn Man · 06-15-2003, 11:54 AM

They were filled in.

iluvmy72 · 06-15-2003, 12:03 PM

hey Solo.....It's only one foot that I'm taking out.

70 Jimmy · 06-15-2003, 12:16 PM

That doesn't look right to me. I would cut a longbed down to the length I wanted, cutting the same percentage out of each side of the wheelwell. As an example: Cut 4" (50%) out of the back quarter and 6" (50%) ahead of the wheelwell. Those numbers may not be correct. They're based on a 8"/12" cut Longbed to Shortbed. Just my opinion, but your welcome to it.

iluvmy72 · 06-15-2003, 12:23 PM

Jimmy.....it has to come from the front of the wheel well because the wheel wells have to lineup.

jewels. · 06-15-2003, 02:24 PM

yeah - i'd agree. if i were a guy (i'm not), i would definitely go with a long bed, or something a little bit longer than a shortbed. but since i'm a girl

, i tend to think that the shortbed is "kinda cute" --- there i go bein girly again --- (of course, i own a shortbed)

no offense to all you shortbedders out there, but i think shortbeds are 'kinda cute'

jewels.

**68 Stepside** · 06-15-2003, 04:53 PM

Jewels, not all steps are "cute"

Here's mine as I left it in Illinois, when I moved to Florida....I wouldn't consider it "cute" LOL

Longhorn Man · 06-15-2003, 05:18 PM

68step, you are absolutly right...your truck is anything but 'cute'...at least you dumped the mustang seats at Randy's place last year.
Even though I am starting to see the shorties as stubbies, I still say they make better hot rods...esp if your talking about a short step.

Iron-Butt · 06-15-2003, 05:27 PM

its not for me. I think it looks funny.

krue · 06-15-2003, 05:41 PM

Anything looks better than a long step!

GMC 3 · 06-15-2003, 07:09 PM

how about this. I am transferring to a swb frame and have a long bed. was thinking of dissassembling bed and cutting the floor and reassembling with short fleet sides.

Longhorn Man · 06-15-2003, 09:30 PM

GMC3, that is almost common. It's been discussed here a few times, but with the search disabled, finding them can be a b!tch.

Stroker · 06-15-2003, 10:58 PM

Something about it just doesn't look right with the wheels centered in the bedside. It may just be that I'm used to seeing them with the wheel located further back. A lot of times new things grow on me the more I see them. There was a time I didn't really care for lowered trucks but now I like them slammed. If you like it and have the skills to do it I say go for it.

Hardrock2 · 06-16-2003, 01:43 AM

Ya know, I can't keep from rolling back up to take another look at it. I think I like the look! Kinda makes people want to do a "double take"!
I've seen guys shorten long bedsides(skins) into short versions, and even seen a few long 4x4s "bobbed" to shortys BEHIND the axle to reduce overhang on the trail, but this mod kinda looks interesting!
Just for grins, somebody photoshop that same truck, only with a 6" bob behind the axle! He,He!

Later!

**Palf70Step** · 06-16-2003, 05:40 AM

68 Stepside....
I think yours fall higher on the cute scale than the ole farm truck!

Some day though....but we have to find something other than "cute". Just doesn't fit the testosteron thing!

70 Jimmy · 06-16-2003, 08:20 AM

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Jimmy.....it has to come from the front of the wheel well because the wheel wells have to lineup

My bad

, I thought cutting the frame was an option for you. If you don't have the skills/tools/time, stick to the bolt on stuff. Longbed or short bed, not inbetween bed.

iluvmy72 · 06-16-2003, 10:56 AM

Hey Hardrock2......so when I do this I'll be the first eh?!.....that's ok.....it will give me too things......extra lenth in back to make it more complete and not having it too long at the same time with having the short wheelbase.

06-14-2003, 06:18 AM	#1
iluvmy72 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Springville, UT, USA Posts: 1,010	Strange Idea but here it goes....... Here are my plans and I've finally made up my mind and even like this idea more and more when I think about it.....I plan to move my body over to a short bed frame.....however.....I will be using the longbed sides......reason being I feel the shortbed is too short and the long bed is too long......I will shorten a section twards the front of the bed by about a foot or a foot and a half or so or whatever the amount so the wheel wells line up correctly....but I will keep the extra length in the rear to make it longer.....plus it looks really awsome with the longer rear behind the wheels.......anyone else tried this or seen it?.......I know I'm not the only one that thinks the short beds are too short and the long beds are too long.

06-14-2003, 07:27 AM	#2
72MARIO Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Huntsville Ontario Canada Posts: 4,051	Frigin Wicked Idea Dude ! I thought of doing that but I did not have enough time. You might be best to cut down a long box frame to fit the medium box. __________________ 1968 Suburban numbers matching all original truck now equipped with 6.0/4L80 on Accuair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=625017 1967 C/20 6.0/4L80 Roofing Truck 1990 V2500 Suburban "Plow Truck" 2005 TAHOE DD

06-15-2003, 02:38 AM	#6
iluvmy72 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Springville, UT, USA Posts: 1,010	Well longhorn......the stubby call is correct....it looks like the rest of the rear has been cut off......but look at this pic.....this truck isn't mine and belongs to another guy on this board.....but I shortend the front of the bed by a foot and this is what mine will look like to fix the "stubby" issue".... Last edited by iluvmy72; 06-15-2003 at 03:18 AM.

06-15-2003, 03:36 AM	#7
iluvmy72 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Springville, UT, USA Posts: 1,010	pic: Attached Images

06-15-2003, 07:57 AM	#8
hanssolo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: central Ill. USA Posts: 447	I got a truck to haul stuff. You can put a lot more in a longbed. If I wanted a hotrod I'd buy a car. But then, thats me. Different strokes for different folks. No offense to shortbedders. __________________ 69 C10 longbed: 357c.i. /TH400/3.73s/AC/ beige primer/saving $ for paint ______________________________

06-15-2003, 12:43 AM	#3
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	The normal long beds aren't long enough! ^5 to my longhorn brothers out there!

06-15-2003, 01:55 AM	#4
iluvmy72 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Springville, UT, USA Posts: 1,010	hey longhorn........I know some guys that agree with you 100%.....and I know guys that say that their short beds are not short enough......trucks are like pants......everyone wears them to their own liking...........some like it loose......and some like it short.......some like it long......some like it tight(that's what she said)....by the way.....is the caddy engine runin yet?

06-15-2003, 02:00 AM	#5
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Well, I'll say I love my short bed just as much as I do the Longhorns. Although, I am starting to see the "stubby" that all the long bed people talk about. As for the caddy engine, I've fired it up, but I wouldn't call it "running" per-say. Still at about the same point I was a couple weeks ago (look for thread named Andy said let there be torque) Needing a rad, exhaust, getting a broken bolt out of passenger side manifold (that's an update to the thread) and need to put the drive shaft together and a cooler plumbed. After that I could drive it and work out bugs that I have not found yet. With no pipes or rad I have only fired it up a few times and only for a couple seconds at a time. I have noticed I have a charging problem though.

06-15-2003, 11:45 AM	#9
1969 GMC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Rubber City Posts: 5,498	that would be cool! why does that truck have red vent windows?? __________________ 1969 GMC K2500 1996 Honda Accord 2007 Kawasaki KLR 650

06-15-2003, 11:54 AM	#10
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	They were filled in.

06-15-2003, 12:03 PM	#11
iluvmy72 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Springville, UT, USA Posts: 1,010	hey Solo.....It's only one foot that I'm taking out.

06-15-2003, 12:16 PM	#12
70 Jimmy aka Crusher, Crushergmc Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,834	That doesn't look right to me. I would cut a longbed down to the length I wanted, cutting the same percentage out of each side of the wheelwell. As an example: Cut 4" (50%) out of the back quarter and 6" (50%) ahead of the wheelwell. Those numbers may not be correct. They're based on a 8"/12" cut Longbed to Shortbed. Just my opinion, but your welcome to it. __________________ "KEEP IT DOWN!" 70 Jimmy 454 2wd 56 GMC Big Window "It's funny till someone gets hurt, then it's freakin' hilarious"

06-15-2003, 12:23 PM	#13
iluvmy72 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Springville, UT, USA Posts: 1,010	Jimmy.....it has to come from the front of the wheel well because the wheel wells have to lineup.

06-15-2003, 02:24 PM	#14
jewels. Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Munster, IN Posts: 1,100	"stubby" yeah - i'd agree. if i were a guy (i'm not), i would definitely go with a long bed, or something a little bit longer than a shortbed. but since i'm a girl , i tend to think that the shortbed is "kinda cute" --- there i go bein girly again --- (of course, i own a shortbed) no offense to all you shortbedders out there, but i think shortbeds are 'kinda cute' jewels. __________________ 68 C10 Red Step 350 my first child & main focus 58 3200 Apache LWB Step the upcoming project

06-15-2003, 04:53 PM	#15
68 Stepside huh? Join Date: May 2000 Location: Washington, Illinois Posts: 5,690	Jewels, not all steps are "cute" Here's mine as I left it in Illinois, when I moved to Florida....I wouldn't consider it "cute" LOL Attached Images __________________ Someday when I'm lonely, Wishing you weren't so far away, Then I will remember Things we said today. RIP El Jay



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06-15-2003, 05:18 PM	#16
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	68step, you are absolutly right...your truck is anything but 'cute'...at least you dumped the mustang seats at Randy's place last year. Even though I am starting to see the shorties as stubbies, I still say they make better hot rods...esp if your talking about a short step.

06-15-2003, 05:27 PM	#17
Iron-Butt 454 club Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,348	its not for me. I think it looks funny. __________________ David 1965 Chevrolet c-10 454 automatic Custom bbw swb. 1965 Chevrolet C-10 swb (Sold) 1963 Chevrolet C-10 6 Cyl automatic with dual exhaust, pb, ps and 17's. R.I.P "I will miss you. 1967 Chevrolet C-10 6 Cyl Custom lwb 1939 Chevrolet Coupe, 350 v8 automatic. 1935 Chevrolet 2 Dr Standard in the works. 2015 Harley Davidson Street Glide. 2023 Chevrolet Stingray Z51 Convertible. I never want to grow up.

06-15-2003, 05:41 PM	#18
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	Anything looks better than a long step! __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

06-15-2003, 07:09 PM	#19
GMC 3 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Philadelphia, pa. U.S.A. Posts: 87	how about this. I am transferring to a swb frame and have a long bed. was thinking of dissassembling bed and cutting the floor and reassembling with short fleet sides.

06-15-2003, 09:30 PM	#20
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	GMC3, that is almost common. It's been discussed here a few times, but with the search disabled, finding them can be a b!tch.

06-15-2003, 10:58 PM	#21
Stroker Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Moore, Ok Posts: 1,149	Something about it just doesn't look right with the wheels centered in the bedside. It may just be that I'm used to seeing them with the wheel located further back. A lot of times new things grow on me the more I see them. There was a time I didn't really care for lowered trucks but now I like them slammed. If you like it and have the skills to do it I say go for it. __________________ 72 SWB parts and pieces Oklahoma

06-16-2003, 01:43 AM	#22
Hardrock2 A$$ deep into trucks Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Central Illinois,USA Posts: 249	Ya know, I can't keep from rolling back up to take another look at it. I think I like the look! Kinda makes people want to do a "double take"! I've seen guys shorten long bedsides(skins) into short versions, and even seen a few long 4x4s "bobbed" to shortys BEHIND the axle to reduce overhang on the trail, but this mod kinda looks interesting! Just for grins, somebody photoshop that same truck, only with a 6" bob behind the axle! He,He! Later! __________________ hardrock2

06-16-2003, 05:40 AM	#23
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,251	68 Stepside.... I think yours fall higher on the cute scale than the ole farm truck! Some day though....but we have to find something other than "cute". Just doesn't fit the testosteron thing! __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

06-16-2003, 10:56 AM	#25
iluvmy72 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Springville, UT, USA Posts: 1,010	Hey Hardrock2......so when I do this I'll be the first eh?!.....that's ok.....it will give me too things......extra lenth in back to make it more complete and not having it too long at the same time with having the short wheelbase.

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