New guy to the forum

[basketcase0302]

427stang,

from Florida!

That is one h@ll of a story for sure.
High fives for bringing her back to life again!
I have plans to go a 460 route in my bump if all goes as planned.
Would like to know more on how to punch em' out to 557!

Basketcase

[FormerMarine1981]

Awesome story and truck. Seems like they always mean more when they have been in the family.

[RedneckTexan]

Howdy from the backwoods of TEXAS! Could you please tell me how you shortend the frame on your truck I've been wanting to convert my truck to a 4x4 for awhile. I've been wanting to SAFELY shorten a lwb 4x4 frame and put it under my shortbed stepside.

[AlleyCat]

Howdy from the backwoods of TEXAS! Could you please tell me how you shortend the frame on your truck I've been wanting to convert my truck to a 4x4 for awhile. I've been wanting to SAFELY shorten a lwb 4x4 frame and put it under my shortbed stepside.

Hey John, you might run a search thru past threads.This subject has been posted before.I remember writing a fairly long how to post on at least one of those threads.

[RedneckTexan]

Howdy from the backwoods of TEXAS! Could you please tell me how you shortend the frame on your truck I've been wanting to convert my truck to a 4x4 for awhile. I've been wanting to SAFELY shorten a lwb 4x4 frame and put it under my shortbed stepside.

Hey John, you might run a search thru past threads.This subject has been posted before.I remember writing a fairly long how to post on at least one of those threads.

Thanks clay, I'll search for it BTW, what area was it in (i.e. 4x4 & off road, suspension and brakes, etc...)

[AlleyCat]

Howdy from the backwoods of TEXAS! Could you please tell me how you shortend the frame on your truck I've been wanting to convert my truck to a 4x4 for awhile. I've been wanting to SAFELY shorten a lwb 4x4 frame and put it under my shortbed stepside.

Hey John, you might run a search thru past threads.This subject has been posted before.I remember writing a fairly long how to post on at least one of those threads.

Thanks clay, I'll search for it BTW, what area was it in (i.e. 4x4 & off road, suspension and brakes, etc...)

Try the body paint forum

[RedneckTexan]

Thanks

[cghstrojan08]

Nice truck dude

[4x4x4crewcab]

Welcome My427stang I sure you know by know this is by far the best site and people you will find.

If anyone has any info on the "Heavy Duty Special" I'd be very interested, the tags look like Camper special badges, but say Heavy Duty.

As for the emblems you may want to check out my website
www.onceuponapart.com

[FormerMarine1981]

Howdy from the backwoods of TEXAS! Could you please tell me how you shortend the frame on your truck I've been wanting to convert my truck to a 4x4 for awhile. I've been wanting to SAFELY shorten a lwb 4x4 frame and put it under my shortbed stepside.

They just did an episode on trucks recently that showed how to shorten the frame of a cheby and shorten the bed to factory swb specs. Might be able to go online and search for past episodes, or just wait for the re-runs

[My427stang]

We have done a ton of lengthening and shortening. The way I did mine was to cut about a foot behind the cab. I did the cut at a 45 degree angle and v-ed it out good on the outside of the frame and made sure I got good penetration. I then ground it smooth to hide the cut

However, doing that, it wouldn't be strong enough, so I plated the inside. Basically I welded the inside again and ground it flat. Then made a plate that overlapped the weld buy 3 inches or so and was shaped sort of like this <>

That gave me a bridge and the points on the end gave me more surface are to weld and more strength from different axis

Its overkill, but its all inside the frame where you cant see it, and its been through drag races, towed everything from cars to tri-axle dump trucks back to the garage and even pulled a few truck pulls.

When I get the bed back off I will take some pics

However, remember some lessons learned

1 - Measure 10 times cut once
2 - The 67-72 require two cuts, one in front of the wheels and then one at the bumper
3 - When measuring and fitting, measure length and parallel, but also measure across corners to make sure the frame is square

[71 LONG BED]

Great story! If you wanna go big with the motor, I say go for it!

[RedneckTexan]

Thanks for the great info My427stang I like plating the idea.