If you love unmolested longbeds, don't look!!!.......or

[Big Block 454]

The Gumby truck is cool.
I built a car named Gumby, abused it for about 15 years then sold it. I have a license plate for your wall if you want it that says C GUMB GO.

[Big Block 454]

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[sleepertruck72]

Thanks for the pics Rene ! Cant wait to see shortie

[C/10 King]

Originally Posted by CC69Rat

Honestly I wouldnt have felt any differently about Gumby.. Id sell a kidney to buy it.
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Thanks Chad, if I ever need a kidney I know who to call.

Originally Posted by Big Block 454

The Gumby truck is cool.
I built a car named Gumby, abused it for about 15 years then sold it. I have a license plate for your wall if you want it that says C GUMB GO.

If you don't mind the plate being repainted black and yellow, I'd like the lower one with the raised California letters.

Originally Posted by sleepertruck72

Thanks for the pics Rene ! Cant wait to see shortie

Thanks, I can't wait either.

[mr48chev]

Oh poo, you guys got me in trouble again when I have spent the past half hour laughing so hard I hurt and had to explain to Jean what the hay I was laughing about.

And after I spent a few minutes finding out that it is 740 miles from my house to A****er Ca I got to page four and found out that he had sold the long bed and after all the whining in the previous pages didn't see one offer from anyone for the near perfect and treasured long bed. It looks like at least two guys will be extremely happy. The owner of the spiffy blue truck that will soon be a short bed and the guy who is gloating because he found a near perfect longbed bed.

To be honest when my aunt gave me my uncles old 71 GMC 3/4 ton my first thought was to turn it into a half ton and then make a short bed out of it. That idea fell by the wayside when I got the 3/4 ton running and it proved to be so handy as a real truck. It hauls firewood, tows my 21 ft sailboat and as of today hauls a camper that matches it age wise.

I've had four or five project 67/72 shortbeds that someone else fell in love with and wanted more than I did over the past 30 years and am on my third longbed which will probably be my last real truck as the 48 will never see real truck duty again.

[Big Block 454]

Originally Posted by C/10 King

If you don't mind the plate being repainted black and yellow, I'd like the lower one with the raised California letters.

You coming down to so cal anytime soon? The Route 66 event is in a few weeks.

[C/10 King]

Originally Posted by Big Block 454

You coming down to so cal anytime soon? The Route 66 event is in a few weeks.

I was just in Corona last week, are you San Bernardino? I have family and friends all over the IE.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by special-K

How much for the black one?

Originally Posted by C/10 King

I'll never tell and Tim, please don't let anyone know about "Gumby's" cut frame secret.

Seriously?? That piece of C/10 King history? You really are an everything's for sale for the price kinda guy,huh? Oh,I'd never expect you to blurt a price out over the interblabber. We'd have to arrange a board type meeting with our lawyers and advisers present to negotiate that one.

Gumby is genuine to the bone. I can tell by the pictures (ha ha,just kidding). But,when you build Pokey,will he be a cut-down job? You sold that last one (real swb) before I got a chance to offer my suggestion to build Pokey. You do know Gumby needs a Pokey,don't you?

[local13hutch]

The reason most people shorten a longbed is price.....long-beds are cheaper and much more common...I had a longbed and shortened it, But I didnt buy a longbed with the intention of changing it..I decided a shortbed was cool and the L/B was already in the driveway and I didnt have much money but a whole garage full of tools.....I paid 500.00$ for the truck to begin with and it was rust free. Try finding a short bed rust free for 500.00$.....and that is my take on it.....

[Gene]

Originally Posted by leddzepp

If you don't want to cut it, do what I did...swap it. I bought a 72 SWB rolling chassis and a clean original paint SWB fleetside bed and "converted" my truck to what you see in my avatar.

It cost LESS for those 2 things than it would have cost to replace the suspension and brake components on the original truck itself (72 3/4 ton).

X2 This is the way I went also.

[Grande Rojo]

before and after pictures of my truck. I cut down the bed too..

i've got a welder and a sawzall....

[Big Block 454]

Originally Posted by C/10 King

I was just in Corona last week, are you San Bernardino? I have family and friends all over the IE.

I'm 10 miles from San Bernardino. You need to bring that truck to Route 66.
Anyways, you should have that plate so we'll figure out how to get it to you. I'll pm you.

[shawno72]

Originally Posted by Big Block 454

I'm 10 miles from San Bernardino. You need to bring that truck to Route 66.
Anyways, you should have that plate so we'll figure out how to get it to you. I'll pm you.

Cool deal

[N2TRUX]

Originally Posted by Boog

Rene, really. You with nice boobs would be, weird.

I have to agree.

[50bomb]

If i had the skills to shorten my longbed I would too. But I would make it a stepside. I think fleetside look best longbed and shortbeds look best stepside.

[KevsClassics]

Originally Posted by C/10 King

Naw! I just wanted mess with everybody.



Man Kevin, you're no fun.

Ok I'll be fun. Tell the how your Blazer used to be a LWB 3/4 ton Panel truck.

[C/10 King]

Originally Posted by special-K

Seriously?? That piece of C/10 King history? You really are an everything's for sale for the price kinda guy,huh? Oh,I'd never expect you to blurt a price out over the interblabber. We'd have to arrange a board type meeting with our lawyers and advisers present to negotiate that one.

Gumby is genuine to the bone. I can tell by the pictures (ha ha,just kidding). But,when you build Pokey,will he be a cut-down job? You sold that last one (real swb) before I got a chance to offer my suggestion to build Pokey. You do know Gumby needs a Pokey,don't you?

Okay, okay Tim and everybody else, I don't know how the pictures came out in the same magazine with Prince Harry ..... But I'm now ready to confess to the world and the photos unfortunately tell the real story about the so-called "Gumby" reduction. At last!!!! Here for everyone to see once and for all...."Gumby was never cut down, it was "Pokey" who had the shortening job and he's handing the downsizing well, don't you think?

[C/10 King]

Originally Posted by KevsClassics

Ok I'll be fun. Tell the how your Blazer used to be a LWB 3/4 ton Panel truck.

No Kevin, not yet, another day another thread.

[C/10 King]

Originally Posted by Boog

Rene, really. You with nice boobs would be, weird.

Originally Posted by N2TRUX

I have to agree.

[Hubscrub]

this thread is starting to bother me alittle.............................

[shawno72]

Maybe it's just me but Gumby does look to be missing something as well....

[Big Block 454]

Originally Posted by C/10 King

I was just in Corona last week, are you San Bernardino? I have family and friends all over the IE.

The check's in the mail. Oh wait, I mean the license plate is in the mail.

[leddzepp]

I'll bet I can guess which dealer frame is going around that plate, lol.
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[Big Block 454]

Originally Posted by C/10 King

Gumby was never cut down, it was "Pokey" who had the shortening job and he's handing the downsizing well, don't you think?

Poor pokey. He has that Chaz Bono thing going...

[AirSpeed]

Originally Posted by C/10 King

Okay, okay Tim and everybody else, I don't know how the pictures came out in the same magazine with Prince Harry ..... But I'm now ready to confess to the world and the photos unfortunately tell the real story about the so-called "Gumby" reduction. At last!!!! Here for everyone to see once and for all...."Gumby was never cut down, it was "Pokey" who had the shortening job and he's handing the downsizing well, don't you think?

That's some funny stuff! Poor Pokey! Why?!! I grew up with Gumby and Pokey, they helped me through some tough times as a kid. I never understood their relationship until now! I can't believe Pokey fell into all that pressure and had the surgery! I will never again be able to refer to him as a male now that he had his poker removed!
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