So I have a camper special rotting on my property
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They sell them in LMC and other catalogs are those junk? I just didn't buy a new one cause they seemed pretty expensive. I was thinking close to $40 shipped.
I kind of rebuilt mine. I used window screen and hot glue to fix the openings. Mine had all broken out so it wasn't doing much catching of debris.
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Oh You're talking about the plastic grill over the top, right. I meant the steel cowl only seen on '81 and up.
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Yep to the plastic.
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I have one of those rotting into the ground alongside my garage I pulled because I didn't know they were different then couldn't use lol.
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I feel like that would be a good topic for its own thread, just because ehat you are saying sounds like you would need to do a good amount of cusotm work to make it so. I feel you would need to have a long bed frame, so 2 feet not cut off for the short bed conversion, but then a cab thats only 2 feet longer. Or move your drive train, which sounds like more work and custom stuff. D
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I was thinking i could retain my frame and use a short bed and add another cab rear to the existing cab and sheet metal over the new side openings. This is not the 4wd camper special so i didn't see much harm in cutting it up. i have seen some shortened to std cab short bed but i like the overall length of the truck as it is.
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I used this one. Fit in pretty good. I can take a pic of you want.
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Yea I have seen them on eBay and a few places. I am cheap. So I was trying to save that $30-40 ish dollars. I am actually really happy with the results. Looks like a hot glue mess if you look in, but I don't care. Keeps leaves out and my truck is not a show truck. When this one gives up finially I will buy a replacement. Thanks for another source. Good price, wonder what their shipping is?
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They’re always running coupon codes ( that’s a big deal to me). I usually wait till I need a few things and use the code then it makes me feel like it was free. Usually it’s free shipping plus 15%. So I feel good about the purchase.
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