picked up a Cab/Chassis diesel today

[manimal]

well, I should have said I BOUGHT one today. It's an '87 w/6.2,TH400..got it for $500. Let me know what ya think.
Also, has anyone here ever STRETCHED a bed. The wheelbase is 135.5...4" longer than a std longbed...would be kinda cool to have a Square LONGHORN!...a Squarehorn!

[special-K]

I've never stretched a bed,but someone has.

[82ccshorty]

Originally Posted by special-K

I've never stretched a bed,but someone has.

that bed is like 10 feel long i could haul all my toys in that.

[86c20]

i know a kid that did it. but on a ford. said it was not hard just needed the right part from a nother bed to make it look right and lots of welding. i think he did a 2ft?? piece. looked good when he was done

[Eyegore]

In 70-72 I think their was a "longhorn" model that had an extra foot and half, my sons father in law had one a year or so ago.

[Stew_Magoo]

Guy at work had a chassis cab Dodge he made into a long long bed. I thing its 10 and a half feet. Made his own dually fenders for the bed. Pretty bad ass rig. 19.5 alcoas, juiced up cummins.
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[manimal]

Originally Posted by Eyegore

In 70-72 I think their was a "longhorn" model that had an extra foot and half, my sons father in law had one a year or so ago.

Actually it(the Longhorn) was from 67/8-72. But was only 6" longer than a std longbed.
I think a dually bed stretched 4" would be pretty cool. The one Tim posted is REALLY LLLOOONNNGGG!

[special-K]

Longhorn was late-68 to 72. It was built on the 133" SRW 1t cab & chassis frame which gave an extra 6" over the standard 127" longbed pu. I think that one I showed is 12'. It's longer behind the wheels,too. Back in the late-70s there was a guy around here who built a new Chevy 8-lugger with a 12' bed w/ tandem axles. It looked g-r-eat! It was that lime green color with 6 chrome spokes. Not sure what the purpose was or if there was one other than building something different in the height of the late-70s truckin' boom. He owned a liquor store and that's where I saw it.

[manimal]

I will probably sell the flatbed that is on it...truck has a claimed weight of 6200lbs! which makes the weight fee $210 alone! I will remove the flatbed get it weighed and hopefully get it below 5000 lbs...then the weight fee will only be $80. I am planning on building my own LIGHT weight flatbed,lower it and pull the smoker with it.

[manimal]

I just posted over on DuallyScene about lowering this truck and keeping a flatbed on it...Thought it might be pretty cool with a custom bed like this one..

painted up to match my smoker trailer....

any opinions?

[WarBeard]

Replace the flat bed with a smoker

[andrewmp6]

If it was me i would build a extended cab with a normal long bed.Or do the crew cab short bed both will take some time and skill to pull off and look good.

[Car'n'Guitars]

Originally Posted by andrewmp6

If it was me i would build a extended cab with a normal long bed.Or do the crew cab short bed both will take some time and skill to pull off and look good.

I'm liking that idea of a extended cab 8ft bed.

[manimal]

It would only be a 4" extra-cab. The wheelbase is 135.5.

[1BadAction]

Originally Posted by motomech

Replace the flat bed with a smoker

This ^

[manimal]

That would be cool and all, but you dont exactly want 250-325* around your fuel tanks.

[1985-GMC]

I was planning on do this with my K30 C&C but Ive decided to go a different route now, except mine is about 2 feet longer. You just need the front section from another bed and a lot of tack welding.

[manimal]

Yeah, I dont think it will be too hard if I decide to go that route.

[spencer_41188]

i picked up a 1980 gmc k35 a wile ago and its a straight cab 12 foot flat bed im thinking about streaching a bed and putting the engine back there making an intake that sits just above the roof line and cherrybombs straight up mounted right to some block hugger headers turned over

[Hoods69BadBowTie]

Awesome score for the price looks pretty clean to. Cant wait to see it after you get some work done. Sounds like a pretty cool project

[C-10 simplex]

What do i think?

1) Why so cheap? No rust on top of that. (!)

2) i thought some (maybe all) crew cab beds are a foot longer than regular cab beds?

[1985-GMC]

Originally Posted by C-10 simplex

i thought some (maybe all) crew cab beds are a foot longer than regular cab beds?

Umm... No

[andrewmp6]

What are you going to use the truck for tho?There is a lot of things and ways you could build the truck.

[manimal]

Well, I have said this about a lot of the trucks I have owned...but this one for some reason sits very well with my plans. I want to have a multi-purpose truck. I dont haul any gravel or construction equipment,so the current flat bed has to go(TOO HEAVY)...I 'DO" however tow a car trailer and my BBQ smoker trailer. I will carry up to 700lbs of meat plus my sides and other things(all in ice chests,except for EZ-UP and chairs).
I am planning on eventually using oak wine casks for my storage. I will stain them on the outside and burn my company's logo on them. I want to build a custom flatbed after lowering the truck. I dont want to SLAM the truck because it still has to be functional,so probably a 3/4 drop with helper bags in the back. I dont want to notch the frame either.
As much as it's been over played, I still want to paint the truck satin(not flat) black with lime green accents/subtle flames. I will put Alcoas on it but have them powder coated black(glossy for contrast) with the center of the holes green and run chrome lug nuts. The bed I am going to build will be "tubbed" to accommodate the lowering of the truck. The floor of the bed will be a dark stain/varnish for more of a "mission" style to it. And it will have sides so it hides the truck's frame....I will come up with more ideas soon. I wish I could afford for someone to do a rendering of it so I stay motivated. But for now I have to MAKE myself stay motivated.

[andrewmp6]

What about using a normal long bed and building a storage unit between the bed and cab?