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dion · 02-24-2003, 11:33 PM

Excuse me but I need to vent, WHATS WRONG WITH LONG BEDS???? All I see are people saying that they are worthless and too long and ugly etc...I think they are just right. I love all old trucks and would never say "Oh, it's only good for a work truck" about any of them. I had a guy tell me something the other day, he said that he thought it was really cool that someone was restoring a longbed since everybody and thier mother these days has a dropped short bed with ralley rims and why would anyone want to have the same exact truck as the next guy down the block? Don't get me wrong, I really like short beds but I decided to get a long bed after looking at them all. Worthless? It all depends on what is put into them, I see long beds going for 15K and I've seen shortys going for $1200 I'm really getting sick of this bad mouthing of a classic truck just because it's a long bed. I really try to keep my opinions to myself but lately I've been seeing some damn ugly trucks and if the future of the 67-72 Chevys is flourescent green with 22 inch rims then I'm selling my truck and buying an old car.

67cst · 02-24-2003, 11:37 PM

dion---you brought up some good points, i admit i like shortboxes more then longboxes IN MOST CASES but not all, ive seen the odd 71-72 cheyenne with a bb and all the good options and id rather have that over a pain jane 6 cyl swb....

bigjimzlll · 02-24-2003, 11:40 PM

I know what you mean...I had some guy said "boy that sure would be a sweet truck if it was a short bed" then I layed 100 feet of smokin black marks..screw em all...I like what I like and to hell with the rest of them

**Joesjunk** · 02-24-2003, 11:41 PM

Longbeds all the way!! Some shortbeds are cool though. Notice I dont own a shortbed??

Snowbound · 02-24-2003, 11:43 PM

I think it's just that the long beds are just more common, therefore not as desireable to some. I really like the long beds and longhorns, but they are everywhere around here. I like to be different, so when I found a short bed at a good price I scooped it.

I agree with you on the trend of slammed, wild colors and 20" plus wheels, as I prefer a more subtle sleeper look. But others have different tastes.

Old cars are cool too ( I wasn't looking for a truck when I found mine) but cars are WAY over priced these days.

Here's to long ones! Uh, that didn't sound good.

*Gee_Emm* · 02-24-2003, 11:46 PM

I see a long bed club starting up in the near future

frost89434 · 02-24-2003, 11:47 PM

I own a shortbed. But I would also own a longbed. I think that they are all great looking trucks.

70c10 · 02-24-2003, 11:48 PM

bigjim, I can definitely see you doing that too with your hopped up motor. Dion, your truck is awesome man, alot of people would love to have your truck. I love my truck but I admit I think it would look better if it it was a short fleet. I like em' all!!!!

weasel29gm · 02-24-2003, 11:58 PM

Dion, I think you have one of the better lookin' lwb trucks on here. I had 72 lwb and loved it. As far as price if its clean & straight I don't see a big deal in the$$$$. I perfer swb's but someday I want another lwb. In fact looked at 68 lwb Sat. to rough for me. So I'm with you bro glad you you got a lwb!!!!

Slammed67 · 02-25-2003, 12:03 AM

Some people don't like long beds and some people don't like "flourescent green trucks with 22 inch rims". To each his own. Mine used to be a long bed, but I definalty like it better as a short bed. It's like the difference between a 2-door and a 4-door '57 Chevy. Sure the 4-door's are cool, but the 2-doors are much cooler (in my opinion). Just a matter of taste. I wouldn't let it bother you. All that matters is that YOU like it.

Although I think yours would be cooler if were a short bed!

(just kidding)

imdarren · 02-25-2003, 12:12 AM

Dion,
I am just getting into these old trucks.
I looked and looked for that perfect truck.
I looked at short beds and long beds.
I chose a 67,C10 LONG BED!!
I love it.
I think it's how well they are kept / rebuilt.
A perfect looking long bed (LIKE YOURS!!) turns my head much quicker that a beat up truck that someone lets go to he!!
Just so you know....
My dream truck is a 72 3/4 Ton 4X4 LONG BOX Cheyenne Super with AC, Tach, Tilt, and all the options!
With no rust of course. And original paint!

You have one of the DAMN NICEST TRUCKS ON THE BOARD!!

Darren

mikep · 02-25-2003, 12:17 AM

I wouldnt say its the difference between 2 and 4 door 57 chevies. I mean the 2 doors are stylish classics and the 4 doors ...arent. It all depends on where your'e at too . We almost never see short fleets around here . I saw the first short fleetside I have seen in several years in a parking lot the other day . I had to stop and turn around to get a better look. To me it looked all out of proportion . Almost like a big Nissan or something. 80% of the 67-72's I see around here are 3/4 ton long fleetsides and to me thats the way these trucks are supposed to look. Anything else is a novelty . This is truck land . Most of the vehicles you see on the road in this area are trucks and the bigger and longer the better. I guess I'm just used to being bigger and longer.... the truck.

krazy_texan · 02-25-2003, 12:18 AM

the way i look at it a truck is a truck and some are better than others, but the way i look at it you want a sporty truck make it a sporty truck if it is a longbed make it sporty and be different, i am still in highschool and go to school with a bunch of rich kids whos daddies buy them these nice little shortbeds like ford lightnings and stuff but i still put up a good fight with my 3/4 ton longbed and actually beat some of them and i love every bit of it

crazy longhorn · 02-25-2003, 12:20 AM

I like Extra loooooong chevies! Nothing wrong with a longbed truck......the longer they are, the smoother they ride. crazy longhorn

Slammed67 · 02-25-2003, 12:27 AM

Awwww.... You don't think my fo-doh five-seven is stylish????? That really hurts....

brad2 · 02-25-2003, 12:28 AM

I think they are all cool. Besides how much fun would it be if we all drove short beds with 22'S.......boreing!

BLAZERMAN · 02-25-2003, 12:29 AM

Tell people you own a long stepside and see what kind of greef you get.

67cst · 02-25-2003, 12:34 AM

LOL BLAZERMAN

mikep · 02-25-2003, 12:39 AM

Hey man I'd be diggin on that 1 ton long step 4WD . Reminds me of the trucks my dad used to bring home on the weekends when I was a kid when he was out working on big TVA construction projects all week. Bridges , Nuke plants , dams and stuff. Red Mud! They'd always have a few long step one ton 4wd's around the motor pool.

1971 Cheyenne · 02-25-2003, 12:41 AM

LONGBEDS ALL THE WAY! I actually used to be obsessed with shortties, good thing i couldn't find one and bought a longbed. Longbeds have really grown on me, and i wouldn't trade my old beauty for one of em ever!

'71

Chevy Wrench · 02-25-2003, 01:02 AM

I think that Chevy trucks are cool. Not just shorties, my 40 Chev truck isnt either. They didnt have short or long beds back then. Afterall, trucks are for...er...work, right?

Bowed · 02-25-2003, 01:06 AM

Some trucks look better in long bed length .

hecticblasts · 02-25-2003, 01:08 AM

There's nothing like the sound of my tailgate shutting after I loaded 5 or 6 sheets of plywood on the bed.

HF

Gene · 02-25-2003, 01:10 AM

I prefer shorbeds wide or step, I like them all. Long, short, tall, low..etc...

Mine used to be a longbed, I cut the frame and put a shortwide bed on it. My first truck was a longbed and I loved that truck! To each his own, I would never dog a longbed because its long. I have seen longbeds that put my shortbed to shame.

Theres always gonna be some idiot that is jealous of what you have and tell you theres something better out there

, but as long as you like your ride thats all that matters.

ckhd · 02-25-2003, 01:36 AM

I prefer an 8' bed. I've had the '69 K10 swb for a long time (umm, 15 or 16 years). I wanted a K20 lwb for a long time before I found the one I wanted. There was even a time I would have traded someone my swb for a lwb.

02-24-2003, 11:33 PM	#1
dion 72 Cheyenne Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,086	I need to get something off my chest Excuse me but I need to vent, WHATS WRONG WITH LONG BEDS???? All I see are people saying that they are worthless and too long and ugly etc...I think they are just right. I love all old trucks and would never say "Oh, it's only good for a work truck" about any of them. I had a guy tell me something the other day, he said that he thought it was really cool that someone was restoring a longbed since everybody and thier mother these days has a dropped short bed with ralley rims and why would anyone want to have the same exact truck as the next guy down the block? Don't get me wrong, I really like short beds but I decided to get a long bed after looking at them all. Worthless? It all depends on what is put into them, I see long beds going for 15K and I've seen shortys going for $1200 I'm really getting sick of this bad mouthing of a classic truck just because it's a long bed. I really try to keep my opinions to myself but lately I've been seeing some damn ugly trucks and if the future of the 67-72 Chevys is flourescent green with 22 inch rims then I'm selling my truck and buying an old car. __________________ Burnout Idle 1972Cheyenne 1966/67Stouts

02-24-2003, 11:37 PM	#2
67cst i love summertime Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kelowna BC Posts: 4,302	dion---you brought up some good points, i admit i like shortboxes more then longboxes IN MOST CASES but not all, ive seen the odd 71-72 cheyenne with a bb and all the good options and id rather have that over a pain jane 6 cyl swb.... __________________ 1967 shortbox stepside Chevy, 365 hp 327, th400. GLOVE BOX LIGHTS FORSALE, click link for info http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=273724

02-24-2003, 11:40 PM	#3
bigjimzlll Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Redding,CA...USA Posts: 4,736	I know what you mean...I had some guy said "boy that sure would be a sweet truck if it was a short bed" then I layed 100 feet of smokin black marks..screw em all...I like what I like and to hell with the rest of them __________________ It's called "drag racing" if they called it "tic..tic..WHAM!..BANG! F*&K!!!", they'd have to keep the magazines under the counter with the other men's publications click the clicky to join the site.... http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/payments.php 67 lwb..first hotrod in 25 years..540 best ET is 9.45 @ 141.44 Anderson,CA

02-24-2003, 11:41 PM	#4
Joesjunk Senior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Independence MO. Posts: 7,709	Longbeds all the way!! Some shortbeds are cool though. Notice I dont own a shortbed?? __________________ 72 3/4t Custom Deluxe 402/auto 66k Original paint 71 3/4t 4x4 Custom Deluxe 10k original miles Original paint 71 3/4t Cheyenne 402 70k original paint 72 3/4t 4x4 Custom deluxe 72 3/4t 4x4 Custom deluxe 91k original paint 72 Cheyenne/30 Dually 69 Camaro SS396 4-speed 13 GMC 2500HD Duramax I bought new 05 Jeep Wrangler "Willys Edition" 12k miles (I bought new) 85 3/4 ton 4x4 Scottsdale 33k miles original paint 86 1 ton 4x4 SRW Silverado 454 restored 80 1 ton 4x4 SRW Silverado 9,434 original miles!! original paint 95 GMC 1 ton dually 4x4 my dad bought new 95 GMC 3/4 ton 4x4, regular cab 454, 31k original miles 2002 2500HD 4x4 regular cab 6.0L 67k miles 2002 2500HD 4x4 regular cab 8.1L 28k miles 2003 GMC 2500HD 4x4 regular cab Diesel 93k miles 67-72 Parts for sale

02-24-2003, 11:43 PM	#5
Snowbound Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Westbank, BC Posts: 403	I think it's just that the long beds are just more common, therefore not as desireable to some. I really like the long beds and longhorns, but they are everywhere around here. I like to be different, so when I found a short bed at a good price I scooped it. I agree with you on the trend of slammed, wild colors and 20" plus wheels, as I prefer a more subtle sleeper look. But others have different tastes. Old cars are cool too ( I wasn't looking for a truck when I found mine) but cars are WAY over priced these days. Here's to long ones! Uh, that didn't sound good. __________________ 1965 Chevy Short Box Stepside, 230 - 3 speed, 4:11 gears, original paint rust free survivor. Now sporting a 383 SBC and TKO-600

02-24-2003, 11:46 PM	#6
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 3,991	I see a long bed club starting up in the near future

02-24-2003, 11:47 PM	#7
frost89434 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: sparks, NV Posts: 1,141	I own a shortbed. But I would also own a longbed. I think that they are all great looking trucks. __________________ 68 short fleet with 71 front clip 2wd jaguar blue 99 chevy ext cab shrtbed z71 loaded 99 chevy swb fleetside(daily driver) Sparks, Nevada

02-24-2003, 11:48 PM	#8
70c10 67-72 Addict! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The TAX State! Posts: 7,856	bigjim, I can definitely see you doing that too with your hopped up motor. Dion, your truck is awesome man, alot of people would love to have your truck. I love my truck but I admit I think it would look better if it it was a short fleet. I like em' all!!!! __________________ Jim 1970 C/10 Fleetside w/Ghost Flames Lowered 4.5" front and 4" rear (Raked) 355/350 Turbo w/shift kit 10" Redneck Performance Verter w/2500 stall Hooker Super Comps part#2808-1 Performer RPM Air-Gap 12 Bolt w/3:73 gears- Eaton Posi Comp Cams XE262 with 1.6 Crane Energizers, Road Demon 625 and Brodix IK 180 heads

02-24-2003, 11:58 PM	#9
weasel29gm SLOW BUT SURE,BUT CLOSER Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: eleanor wv usa Posts: 3,097	Dion, I think you have one of the better lookin' lwb trucks on here. I had 72 lwb and loved it. As far as price if its clean & straight I don't see a big deal in the$$$$. I perfer swb's but someday I want another lwb. In fact looked at 68 lwb Sat. to rough for me. So I'm with you bro glad you you got a lwb!!!! __________________ 69 C-10, OWNED 38YRS... 350 over 30, 350 Turbo, 3:73 Posi P/S, P/B Black with red and black int. ''LOVE THESE OLD ''TRUCKS.......

02-25-2003, 12:03 AM	#10
Slammed67 Progress = 0% Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 2,108	Some people don't like long beds and some people don't like "flourescent green trucks with 22 inch rims". To each his own. Mine used to be a long bed, but I definalty like it better as a short bed. It's like the difference between a 2-door and a 4-door '57 Chevy. Sure the 4-door's are cool, but the 2-doors are much cooler (in my opinion). Just a matter of taste. I wouldn't let it bother you. All that matters is that YOU like it. Although I think yours would be cooler if were a short bed! (just kidding) __________________ Jason - '67 GMC swb \| '57 Bel-Air 4dr hardtop \| '56 210 4dr Wagon \| 2000 GMC Sierra

02-25-2003, 12:12 AM	#11
imdarren Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: SW Washington Posts: 1,006	Dion, I am just getting into these old trucks. I looked and looked for that perfect truck. I looked at short beds and long beds. I chose a 67,C10 LONG BED!! I love it. I think it's how well they are kept / rebuilt. A perfect looking long bed (LIKE YOURS!!) turns my head much quicker that a beat up truck that someone lets go to he!! Just so you know.... My dream truck is a 72 3/4 Ton 4X4 LONG BOX Cheyenne Super with AC, Tach, Tilt, and all the options! With no rust of course. And original paint! You have one of the DAMN NICEST TRUCKS ON THE BOARD!! Darren __________________ Washington State 1967 Chevy C10 LWB Rodstoration In Progress. 1972 K20 Cheyenne Super

02-25-2003, 12:17 AM	#12
mikep Used to have a truck Join Date: May 2002 Location: port orchard WA Posts: 1,552	I wouldnt say its the difference between 2 and 4 door 57 chevies. I mean the 2 doors are stylish classics and the 4 doors ...arent. It all depends on where your'e at too . We almost never see short fleets around here . I saw the first short fleetside I have seen in several years in a parking lot the other day . I had to stop and turn around to get a better look. To me it looked all out of proportion . Almost like a big Nissan or something. 80% of the 67-72's I see around here are 3/4 ton long fleetsides and to me thats the way these trucks are supposed to look. Anything else is a novelty . This is truck land . Most of the vehicles you see on the road in this area are trucks and the bigger and longer the better. I guess I'm just used to being bigger and longer.... the truck. __________________ No truck :-(

02-25-2003, 12:18 AM	#13
krazy_texan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: West Des Moines, Ia Posts: 3,233	the way i look at it a truck is a truck and some are better than others, but the way i look at it you want a sporty truck make it a sporty truck if it is a longbed make it sporty and be different, i am still in highschool and go to school with a bunch of rich kids whos daddies buy them these nice little shortbeds like ford lightnings and stuff but i still put up a good fight with my 3/4 ton longbed and actually beat some of them and i love every bit of it Attached Images __________________ Krazy Texan My Trucks are made with Wrenches not Chop Sticks 1967 GMC 3/4 ton "Johnny Cash" 1990 v1500 suburban 1967 Ford f100 Swb 4x4 "green bean" GOD BLESS JESUS, JOHN WAYNE, AND THE ALAMO

02-25-2003, 12:20 AM	#14
crazy longhorn Fabricate till you "puke" Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ill Posts: 9,402	I like Extra loooooong chevies! Nothing wrong with a longbed truck......the longer they are, the smoother they ride. crazy longhorn __________________ 69 longhorn,4" chop,3/5 drop, 1/2 ton suspension/disc brakes,1 1/2" body drop,steel tilt clip, 5.3/Edelbrock rpm intake/600 carb, Hooker streetrod shorties,2 1/2" exhaust/ H pipe/50's Flows , 6 spd Richmond trans,12 bolt/ 3.40 gears....

02-25-2003, 12:27 AM	#15
Slammed67 Progress = 0% Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 2,108	Awwww.... You don't think my fo-doh five-seven is stylish????? That really hurts.... __________________ Jason - '67 GMC swb \| '57 Bel-Air 4dr hardtop \| '56 210 4dr Wagon \| 2000 GMC Sierra



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02-25-2003, 12:28 AM	#16
brad2 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: edmond, ok Posts: 1,056	I think they are all cool. Besides how much fun would it be if we all drove short beds with 22'S.......boreing!

02-25-2003, 12:29 AM	#17
BLAZERMAN Currently Blazerless Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: St. Joseph Mo. Posts: 4,828	Tell people you own a long stepside and see what kind of greef you get. __________________ 1972 C/30 133" W.B. C&C 1970 GMC 3500 157" W.B. single wheel C&C

02-25-2003, 12:34 AM	#18
67cst i love summertime Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kelowna BC Posts: 4,302	LOL BLAZERMAN __________________ 1967 shortbox stepside Chevy, 365 hp 327, th400. GLOVE BOX LIGHTS FORSALE, click link for info http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=273724

02-25-2003, 12:39 AM	#19
mikep Used to have a truck Join Date: May 2002 Location: port orchard WA Posts: 1,552	Hey man I'd be diggin on that 1 ton long step 4WD . Reminds me of the trucks my dad used to bring home on the weekends when I was a kid when he was out working on big TVA construction projects all week. Bridges , Nuke plants , dams and stuff. Red Mud! They'd always have a few long step one ton 4wd's around the motor pool. __________________ No truck :-(

02-25-2003, 12:41 AM	#20
1971 Cheyenne Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Bellevue, WA Posts: 1,480	LONGBEDS ALL THE WAY! I actually used to be obsessed with shortties, good thing i couldn't find one and bought a longbed. Longbeds have really grown on me, and i wouldn't trade my old beauty for one of em ever! '71 __________________ Brian Pal 1971 Cheyenne 10 454/th400-Undergoing a full frame off resto. 1972 Chevy short/step 2wd, 350/th350 1983 M1009 CUCV Military K5 Blazer 1981 Dodge 1 ton 4x4 dually flatbed

02-25-2003, 01:02 AM	#21
Chevy Wrench former desert rat Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: salt lake city, utah Home of the 3 M's Mormons, methlabs and minivans Posts: 320	I think that Chevy trucks are cool. Not just shorties, my 40 Chev truck isnt either. They didnt have short or long beds back then. Afterall, trucks are for...er...work, right? __________________ 94 Chevy Silverado Ext cab 4/6 drop w/ 18's and 2500watt system (work truck). 67 Chevy swb under const. frame off custom, 20's, bagged and a large rat under the hood,and a 1940 Chevy truck under const.

02-25-2003, 01:06 AM	#22
Bowed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: where it's hot Posts: 1,059	Some trucks look better in long bed length .

02-25-2003, 01:08 AM	#23
hecticblasts Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Concord,NC Posts: 94	There's nothing like the sound of my tailgate shutting after I loaded 5 or 6 sheets of plywood on the bed. HF

02-25-2003, 01:10 AM	#24
Gene Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Muskogee, Oklahoma Posts: 2,914	I prefer shorbeds wide or step, I like them all. Long, short, tall, low..etc... Mine used to be a longbed, I cut the frame and put a shortwide bed on it. My first truck was a longbed and I loved that truck! To each his own, I would never dog a longbed because its long. I have seen longbeds that put my shortbed to shame. Theres always gonna be some idiot that is jealous of what you have and tell you theres something better out there , but as long as you like your ride thats all that matters. __________________ 1971 SWB 4X4 Build BOARD MEMBER #5448 BOOMER SOONER!!!!

02-25-2003, 01:36 AM	#25
ckhd Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: St. Johns, Arizona Posts: 2,660	I prefer an 8' bed. I've had the '69 K10 swb for a long time (umm, 15 or 16 years). I wanted a K20 lwb for a long time before I found the one I wanted. There was even a time I would have traded someone my swb for a lwb. __________________ my 2¢ - t.i.o.l.i. Bowen 1968 K20 fleet 1969 K10 swb fleet 1972 K10 Suburban 1972 C10 lwb step 1992 K1500 'burb 1995 K2500 'burb 1997 C1500 'burb 1999 K1500 2000 K1500 'burb Why do I own so many Suburbans?

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