60-66 Chevy & GMC Truck / How To Shorten Bed Sides / Make your Long Bed Sides Short

[@TheReinoPaasonen]

Best tech channel in all internet. Thank you Dave for explainin all 👍👍👍

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Its our pleasure! Thanks for watching!

[@jesseford7231]

Great video. I'm still glad I have my 66 long bed.

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Nothing wrong with a longbed!

[@lazyhoundracing9621]

Nobody is perfect. It's nice that you show the pitfalls and how to fix them. Thank you for your time.

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Our pleasure!

[@oldblueshhrchannel1847]

Easiest but usually more expensive is to just buy a short bed in the first place! The short beds are so popular everyone is cutting down the long bed trucks . Great tips for all the procedures to get great results! Thanks David!!

[@robertemmons2260]

Now I'm wishing that I had a 60-66 gm truck. Oh well, I have a '68 and a '76, so I'm happy. Here's a helpful tip. Cut on the inside lines of the tape. The reason is if you cut on the outside edge of the tape you're removing an additional 1/8" or so of material because of the blade with, also called Kerf. I love that Dave is using a Harbor Freight tape measure, just like us working class guys.

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Agree, but as long as you are cuttng on the same side of both pieces of tape the extra width of the blade/kerf makes a good gap for the panel clamps.

[@vorhese]

I love the welding videos, because they apply to everything. I could watch an hour of just welding tips and tricks honestly. 2 hours even. You've helped me so much on my non Chevy build.

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Thanks for the feedback!

[@sixinarow1]

I love your videos. Can't wait to see how this mid year differs from newer ones.

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Coming soon!

[@prnd21turbo]

I’m working on a 65 long bed C10 . I’m into the long bed . A LS3 ,6 speed , QA1 long bed . Gonna be sweet !

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Long beds are cool too!

[@snoopu2601]

Thank you for sharing there are plenty of nice long bed truck's out there would be nice to shorten the bed.

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Thanks for watching!

[@chennemeyer]

Killer video, really great level of detail and tips from lots of experience

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Thanks for watching!

[@RCbasheracer]

Keep the videos coming 👍💨

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Will do!

[@JimmyMakingitwork]

Basically my options when buying a project truck were shortening it like this and changing out the rear window for the large one, or dealing with a truck that had those options and a little more rust. Smh, budgets. I chose to deal with some rust instead. lol Thanks for the video!

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Our pleasure!

[@aroundlinemen]

Nice job , thanks for sharing David

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Thanks for watching!

[@GMCTIM]

My son has a 68 fleet shortbed & a 66 fleet long bed ! He doesnt want to shorten the bed on the 66 !..... OK 😁👍

[@1965clement]

Maybe i missed it but where is the best place to cut the frame ? Great video's Dave

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

We always use a BROTHERS Conversion Kit when cutting the frame. We have many videos on that kit here on our channel and they have links directly to the product.

[@1965clement]

@@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV thanks man i found it

[@johnhurtme]

​@@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV you say you want to save every truck ever made, but are showing how to cut up a perfectly good long wheel base pickup? I like the long wheel base trucks. My truck isn't a show piece, and I do handyman work all the time for the aging population of my small community. I like to be able to put plywood in the bed of my truck and close the tailgate. Looks like you ruined a perfectly good original bed panel to me.

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

I know I'm late to this party but , why did you cut out 20 inches (12 + 8 ) when there is only a 18 inch difference between long and short beds ? 8 ft. Vs 6 1/2 ft. Thanks .

[@zacharyvought5597]

Why isn’t Dave Welch on this channel anymore? I’m sure everyone is bummed he hasn’t made any videos recently.

[@abeldiaz8162]

👍 Good Job . So David do you recommend 0.23 wire for just patch panel work repair like for example a outer rocker repair

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

.23 works fine for most sheetmetal repair.

[@erion2001]

Isn’t your width off because of the width of the cut off wheel?

[@fernievalenzuela114]

Do you guys produce a 55-59 drop axle ?

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