converting long bed to short bed

[smoke]

buying a 88 1-ton 4wd.single rear wheel.wanting to put a short box on it.any pointers or tips in doing this?even if it is negative.let me hear it.thanks

[Fordeatinz71]

if you search a bit, Vile Zambonie just did this to his '74 GMC C1500.  he posted good pics and even a video of the truck afterwards...

as far as positives/negatives?  well, positives is that it looks cool to see a 1-ton 4x4 shortbed (i'm gonna have one soon), as a negative, you lose bedspace, the ride will be a little worse due to the shorter wheelbase...you can't really haul a gooseneck trailer anymore (if you did to begin with)...otherwise...it's not really that bad...if you want it, GO FOR IT!



BTW, welcome aboard!

[Captkaos]

Mount the SWB bed, mark the frame front/rear and start hacking....  See the thread in the Projects section with this title.

[chevy754x4]

1 ton 4x4 would be cool. as far as shortening the frame, it isn't as bad as it sounds.....just remember to measure, measure, measure

[DnStClr]

Good luck with your project smoke.I think the fuel tanks might be different aren't they?

[smoke]

ya thanks guy's.i will measure twice cut once.found the post about cutting it down.so i do need to mount the bed first?there isn't a magic number to cut out?also the gas tank is already in the back in the frame.so shouldn't have to really mess with that.