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Old 01-08-2008, 08:52 AM   #1
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converting long bed to short?

I was woundering what is involved in this and am considering doing it to my 67. I have seen a few people doing this on this forum and was woundering if they could share some pics and thoughts on this. I think converting my long box to a short would be cool and worth the time it would take to do so.
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Old 01-08-2008, 08:59 AM   #2
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Re: converting long bed to short?

I found this for you; contains some really good information:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=123624
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Old 01-08-2008, 09:23 AM   #3
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Re: converting long bed to short?

thanks, that really helped.

Now the only other thing i have to consider is bedsides. If i purchased new ones from lmc im looking at close to $1000. The probability of me finding used bedsides around here are very unlikely so i was thinking about cutting my long bedsides and shortening them. anyone ever done this? would i only have to take length out of the front part of the bed or would i have to cut some off the back aswell? how much longer are the long bedsides compared to the short?
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Old 01-08-2008, 10:02 AM   #4
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Re: converting long bed to short?

Look up "LFD's Low Buck Truck Build" in the project section. It has all the info you are needing with pic's.

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Old 01-09-2008, 08:03 PM   #5
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Re: converting long bed to short?

well tommorow im going to call about a short bed that is for sale in the area and hopfully go through with this on my truck. thanks for the help.
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Old 01-09-2008, 09:32 PM   #6
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Re: converting long bed to short?

I had to buy a complete SWB donor truck when doing mine for the bed... also had a few other nifty parts. Good luck with it, short fleets are the way to go IMO.
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