Anyone here done a long bed to short bed conversion?

[NASTY-LSX]

I'm looking for a 87 model short bed truck to make into a weekend warrior..
LS2 with 4L80 trans with gearvendors overdrive. Short bed silverado in ok shape in my area are $5000.00 plus. I can find decent longbeds for $1500 plus all day.
So it got me thinking, it can't be hard to shorten a frame. Has anyone here done this? Or have any info for the steps involved? Looking for a stepside bed also.

[tinydb84]

http://www.73-87.com/7387garage/chas...lwb_to_swb.htm

[NASTY-LSX]

Damn that was fast lol. Thanks.

[tinydb84]

Too bad I dont work on my truck that fast!

If you do a search on here you will find tons of threads on it if you want more info.

[NASTY-LSX]

What did you put in the search bar to get that? I put in long to short bed conversion and all I got was a link to youtube with a idiot bad mouthing the guy that did the write up in the link you gave me. The rest were 60's model trucks.. Thanks..

[tinydb84]

Did you check the box for 67-72 below the search bar?

http://www.google.com/custom?domains...D%3A1%3B&hl=en

[NASTY-LSX]

Originally Posted by tinydb84

Did you check the box for 67-72 below the search bar?

http://www.google.com/custom?domains...D%3A1%3B&hl=en

No, I keep it on web. You have a he'll of a build going on. It's awesome.

[SkinnyG]

This is mine: http://www.gwellwood.com/project-car...ing-the-frame/

[Ziegelsteinfaust]

I helped a friend of my cousins shorten his bed by just taking out the metal from the front of the wheel well.

He ended up with just about a blazer wheel base and a 6 foot bed. I plan to do this my my next truck.

Alot of work but definitely neat. Till he got rearended.

[bluex]

here is Lou and Jared doing one on the show car fix. Season 1 episode 4.

https://youtu.be/LgoB0eJrmIY