68 LONG BED to SB Fleet

[67chevy1series]

this truck looks sick nice job on the cut down

[gruveb]

Nicely done. I'll be doing the same soon!

[BOWTIE-BANDIT]

Originally Posted by blakeaz33

Shot of the back matching up the body lines and tack welding and laying out the tape to cut out the section in front part of the bed.

Where exactly did you make your cuts does it matter also how much did you cut out in front/in back
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[jayrod8505]

Originally Posted by blakeaz33

Started cutting on the bed - I am going to shorten the long bed instead of buying a SB. No rust or major dents so I have a good part to start with. I have to give a lot of credit to Rokcrln on the thread on LFD's low buck - I'm basically doing the same thing and being able to follow that work will be a great help.

What measurements did you use to cut the bed down? I'm about to attempt to do 2 trucks in the next few months. If I'm lucky one may turn out half as good as yours did.

[shawno72]

Great info

[roOstersan]

Originally Posted by blakeaz33

I had a local shop make the new driveshaft - I just provided him the measurements and the yoke from the 3 spd and he charged $250.

I might have missed it, but did you have the shop shorten your 2 piece driveshaft front section by 12"? Or did you measure and have the shop build you a new one piece unit?

I think this is the last piece to my puzzle. But of all the SWB conversion threads, the driveshaft isn't typically addressed that I've seen! Thanx for the great write up!