86 C10 SHORT BED UTILITY BODY SWAP.

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I HAVE AN 86 C10 SHORT BED. THAT I HAD KEPT SINCE HIGH SCHOOL. OVER THE YEARS IT WAS TAKEN APART TO HAVE PAINTED. THAT WAS PUT ON HOLD DUE TO DECIDING WHAT I WANTED TO DO WITH THE ENGINE. I AM NOW LOOKING TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AND I HAD FOUND A UTILITY BED FOR IT. I KNOW IT HAS TO BE SHORTENED TO FIT CORRECT DUE TO IT BEING AN 8 FOOT BOX. I HAD WENT TO A JUNK YARD IN THE HOPES TO FIND A UTILITY BED IN GOOD SHAPE FROM THE 80S. THANKFULLY I DIDNT HAVE TO SEARCH TO LONG. I WENT IN THE NO TOOLS SECTION OF THE YARD AND WALKED AROUND FOR ABOUT 20 MIN. WALKED TO THE MOST RIGHT REAR CORNER (ALOT OF OBSTACLES TO GET THERE)! AM I GLAD I DID THAT. I FOUND THE BODY WITH ALL DOORS. NO ROTTED FLOORS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. NOW THAT I HAVE THE UTILITY BODY IM LOOKING TO SEE WHAT A SHORT BOX BED GOES FOR. I AM NEW TO THE SITE AND NOT TO SURE HOW TO NAVIGATE. ALSO LOOKING TO SEE IF THIS HAS BEEN POSTED UP BEFORE TAKING A LONG BED BOX UTILITY BODY AND CUTTING IT TO FIT A SHORT BED.
 

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I’ve never seen a shortbox utility bed. This is just something you want to do for the “look” I presume?
Most of the length would need to come off the front. Scrap the front compartments and reattach the front to the sides and bed the same way it’s attached now? Probably have a short blank panel on the sides where the front doors used to be.
 

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YES, AND BECAUSE ITS WHAT I CURRENTLY HAVE. I WAS MEASURING UP THE BED IT LOOKS LIKE ROUGHLY 13.5 INCHES NEEDS TO COME OFF OF THE FRONT IN THE DOOR SPACE. IF IT WAS WELDED BACK AT THE DOOR IT WOULD BE ABOUT A 13INCH DOOR. IM GOING TO CONTACT A LOCAL BODY SHOP BUDDY I KNOW, AND SEE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO HAVE IT SHORTENED.
 

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Better measure distances from the wheel openings and see if you can take all off the front and still have the rear wheels where they should be??
 

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YES, AND BECAUSE ITS WHAT I CURRENTLY HAVE. I WAS MEASURING UP THE BED IT LOOKS LIKE ROUGHLY 13.5 INCHES NEEDS TO COME OFF OF THE FRONT IN THE DOOR SPACE. IF IT WAS WELDED BACK AT THE DOOR IT WOULD BE ABOUT A 13INCH DOOR. IM GOING TO CONTACT A LOCAL BODY SHOP BUDDY I KNOW, AND SEE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO HAVE IT SHORTENED.
:welcome: Why are you yelling? :rotflmao:
 

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Look for some videos and articles on making long bed trucks into shortbed trucks. There are a couple of companies making kits and I've see 2 ways of shortening the bed,but they weren't both the same but both were shortened front and rear. I'm sorry I wish I could remember more.
 

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