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Offline Coleman64

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Square body 7 foot or 6.5 bed
« on: August 17, 2015, 02:13:18 am »
Never really seen a 7 or 6.5 foot bed on the 73-87 trucks. Has anyone either sectioned a 8 ft bed to 7ft or extended a 6ft bed to 6.5 on the front end of the bed? Just don't really like having the long bed on my crew it's just too long and the short bed conversions just seem too short. Just looking for something different.
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Offline Irish_Alley

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Re: Square body 7 foot or 6.5 bed
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2015, 02:48:50 am »
The extended cabs have a weird custom bed. Don't know the size but zieg and a couple other members have them

http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=29307.msg245900#msg245900


http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=10017.0
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Re: Square body 7 foot or 6.5 bed
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2015, 03:21:07 am »
The extended cab beds are 6.5' as well
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Offline Coleman64

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Re: Square body 7 foot or 6.5 bed
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2015, 12:39:46 pm »
The extended cabs are long beds with 18 inches sectioned out of the beds they do look a little goofy has anyone every taken out just 12 to make a 7 foot bed?
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1977 k20 sbc350/400 longbed 4x4
1974 Camaro street beast 350/350 1973 body conversion
1997 trans am ws6
1937 dodge pickup cab/bed rat rod dragster tubbed w/ 454/400

Offline Irish_Alley

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Re: Square body 7 foot or 6.5 bed
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2015, 03:54:53 pm »
i havnt seen one. give me a good while (maybe a week) once i find free time i can photoshop one
http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=29167.msg243705#msg243705
here are some beds i messed around with before but didnt just take a set number of inches off







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Re: Square body 7 foot or 6.5 bed
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2015, 09:40:52 am »
ok
8ft

and
7ft
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Offline enaberif

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Re: Square body 7 foot or 6.5 bed
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2015, 10:30:10 am »
I probably won't have time this year as its the weather is depleting fast but I want to do this... The truck is still a LWB but the box gets shortened..

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Offline Coleman64

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Re: Square body 7 foot or 6.5 bed
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2015, 12:04:23 am »
That doesn't look bad at all
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1990 CREW CAB  Sierra 3500 6.2 Detroit diesel 4sp 4x4 on 37s
1977 k20 sbc350/400 longbed 4x4
1974 Camaro street beast 350/350 1973 body conversion
1997 trans am ws6
1937 dodge pickup cab/bed rat rod dragster tubbed w/ 454/400
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