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Old 05-06-2007, 11:17 PM   #1
Frizzle Fry
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Talking Joined the Short Wheelbase Club *69 Tahoe Project*

Well, I knew I had a small window of opportunity to do this before my 61 takes residence in the garage, so it was now or who knows when...

After countless photochops to play with the proportions, I ended up using the longbed-to-shortbed conversion dimensions. For those who aren't familiar, it's -12" in wheelbase and -8" from the back end for an overall reduction of 20" (that's a LOT of garage space)

This is the rendering that really sold it for me:


I would have posted pics in process but I literally had two weeks to get this done and it ended up taking three...

Here's the final pic of the Sub life; the before pic:


Here we go...
Tear Down:

Gates off

That's gonna have to go...

These were nice while they lasted... I'll make new ones



Roomy...
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