Any of you guys cut down a longbed of this era? I may have found an excellent parts truck for my '57, I want to use the cab and front clip off of it, and the bed as well, but its a longbed.

I was wondering if it was as simple as cutting off the end nearest the cab a few inches, and putting it all back together, or does a little need to come off each end? I'm not talking about framework, but that might be interesting to see as well.

I don't have the trucks next to each other, so I can't visualize, but looking at pictures on the 'net it looks like maybe just cab end of the bed needs to be cut.

Thanks guys!

There's some recnt thread about this a bit down on the page.

BTW, I'm about 40-45 miles from Livermore and have a decent shorbox, as well as some shortbox bedsides and the shorter steps as well. Might save you some work.

If the longbed chassis is the same as the '54, my mom wants one(If you don't cut it). I know that the '54 chassis differs from the '47-'53(from experience). Not completely sure why/when GM switched. My mom has a sb '54 Chevy pick up, but wants a long bed. She has the bed sides, just not the chassis. P.M me if you're interested or know if it would work.(Are you in SF?) Thanks, Daniel U

I'm pretty sure the '54 frame is narrower than the 55-59's.

So the 54-551st series truck frames were unique to that model production? Hmmmmm? Makes getting aa longbed chassis for my mom tougher then.

I don't know about that Daniel, you may find more info on the "ole-trucks" list. If you don't want to subscribe, let me know and i'll post the question for you.

If memory serves we well some of the 3/4 ton models had longer beds in the late 40s early 50s trucks

Gene Sharp

I don't know about that Daniel, you may find more info on the "ole-trucks" list. If you don't want to subscribe, let me know and i'll post the question for you.
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