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Old 01-19-2019, 02:02 AM   #12
trac209
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Re: Shortening the bed, literally just the bed

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Originally Posted by special-K View Post
Yeah, it's called bobbed and before all these guys came along looking at trucks purely for style like cars, you'd see real truck guys do this to improve towing capability. You'd see pickup-based tow wagons and hitch tow rigs. Ford built a bobbed (actually extended WB) F350 Camper Special pickup in the late-70s. Your 8-lugger is perfect for this. A SWB 3/4t is a dumb way to ruin a good truck. It's one of those, "If I have to explain, you wouldn't understand" type of thing. In the end, it's your truck. Build it to suit your needs. The others came do what they like to theirs.


How is this possible w/o shortening the wheelbase?

This is a handsome truck/ This is how the newer trucks are made to help get the GVWs they now claim:
It’s not possible without shortening wheelbase that was my point,I would shorten the front half and take 12 out the frame and leave the back if anything.
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