dirt track racer 81

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Has anyone shortened a long bed frame down to fit a short bed?

Found a single cab long bed truck pretty damn cheap and buddy found a truck I can get a straight bed off of and any donor parts that ill need..

Whitecrewcab

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Check out Stacy David's gearz. They did exactly that on the show.

ZR1 DREAMING

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Richard, BigTex on here, did as well.

BigTex

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Yeah, I did mine. Was a pretty easy task overall. The rear section of the frame slips into the front half and is welded around the edge. I cut out the factory welds, slid the rear frame section out, chopped off some of the front frame, slid the rear section back in and welded it up.

Here is before:



During: Notice how all the rear support braces and main suspension components are located on the rear frame section. That all just gets moved forward.



And after:


In the last pic you can see I removed the front spring bracket. After this pic, I moved the bracket forward on the frame about a foot (and up as far as I could to lower the rear more).

I had to adjust the front bed mount tabs a couple of inches. Brake lines and emergency brake cables were too long afterward, but that was an easy fix. Spare factory tank from a shortbed truck strapped right in.

outlawz2004

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custm2500 did as well, not a good example to follow though. LOL

03sierraslt

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Check with CAGRacing. Lol.

I bet he will provide a tutorial.

Mangled03gmc

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I can not believe you out of all people asked that question Tyler. LOL

Phantom

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**** factory framerails.

Backhalf ftw

dirt track racer 81

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Hmmm.. I bet that's my best bet to on how to get information..

dirt track racer 81

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Just tryin to get an idea.. Either that or just back half it..