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re: Spent the day disassembling the box

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Keith, one of the truck magazines (classic truck or custom classic truck) had an article on cutting down a long bed box to make a short bed box. The actually box, not the just the frame. Its been awhile, so don't know if its still online. I have slow AOL dialup or I'd check for you. Results looked good in the article, but they said it was a lot of work.
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Keith,

again, you are the man...
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hey Keith, How much would you charge to build me a new bed? :P
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Keith, here's the article I was talking about:

http://classictrucks.com/tech/cl_0310_oldschool/

Might be helpful.
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ya know, i wonde i a person could remove the sides of the bed, put some re-inforcement under the outside edges, make a cab guard and have a flat bed, that was part of the origional bed?
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That sounds like a cool idea. I like that fabrication thinking-
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re: Spent the day disassembling the box

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Actually, I've kinda been thinking along those lines myself, considering the amount of work I'm going to have to do to my current box. It wouldn't be permanent, but would give me something until I can find a better box to use.
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