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Old 08-07-2009, 11:06 PM   #1
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successfully converted from lwb to swb!

pretty much what the title says, i chopped 14 inches out of the frame starting 1 inch after the first bed bolts holes. welded the frame back together after everything was ground square. then moved rear cross member up to the next set of hole, chopped 6 inches off the bak of the frame rails, re drilled bed bolts holes, bed is almost perfectly squared to frame.im happy it worked!
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Old 08-07-2009, 11:09 PM   #2
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Re: successfully converted from lwb to swb!


i wanna see
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Old 08-07-2009, 11:21 PM   #3
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Re: successfully converted from lwb to swb!

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will do. ill get some tomorrow when i go to the garage. the only problem is that i didn't take any pictures of the frame when it was under construction. i'll only be able to get some pictures of the finished project.
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Old 08-07-2009, 11:40 PM   #4
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Re: successfully converted from lwb to swb!

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Old 08-08-2009, 12:23 AM   #5
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Re: successfully converted from lwb to swb!

Sounds like you did a good job. Congrats
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Old 08-08-2009, 12:35 AM   #6
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Sounds like you did a good job. Congrats
thanks man! im pretty happy the way it turned out, all the body lines match up perfectly
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