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Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Coal City, IL
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A different approach to a LWB to SWB conversion
Since I needed to pull the bed on my 1970 C20 to do cab corners, I decided to make it a short bed too. My approach is different than the conversions I see most doing on this site. As a metal shaper, we are taught to plan out our cuts and splices to ease fabrication, save time, and avoid frustration later on. So I came up with a better idea to make cuts and seams easier to do and keep the original paint, well most of it. Here is my plan:
Before: ![]() First remove the bed. I just cut all 8 bolts and unplugged the rear harness. ![]() Remove 8" from rear of frame rails and move the slot on top forward too. ![]() Then remove the front most bed mounting bracket. ![]() ![]() Then remove the front rivet of the second bracket and swing out of way. Then mark the cut. I went from the front rivet hole of the front bracket to the front rivet hole of the second brackets. ![]() Then I unbolted the trailing arms from the crossmember, removed all rivets from crossmember and slid it forward 12". I welded in place. Then I cut the frame rails. ![]() To be continued...
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