73-87 Chevy GMC Squarebody Truck / How To Shorten Bed Sides / Make your Longbed Sides Short

Website: www.brotherstrucks.com/
In this video Dave takes on a step-by step walk through shortening a long Bedside to make it a short Bedside for any 1973-1987 Chevrolet or GMC Pickup. The process of cutting your bedsides will take some time, but with Dave's help this job will be something you can do at home! Dave Welch is a classic truck Specialist and he's got plenty of tricks for nearly every project on your classic! Find Dave's videos and more for your classic at www.brotherstrucks.com
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Bed Hole Filler Panel: bit.ly/3o0H3PF
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[@dennis6325]

This was one fine instructional video. I so appreciate Dave W.'s no B.S. "can do" attitude.

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Thanks for watching!

[@johnwaynebrooks]

Give this dude a tv show.

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Agreed!

[@aquino6964]

Love this! Long to short 58 to 59 Fleetside Apache please... 🙏🙃

[@hawkynz]

David has never wore an earplug in his life. Love the videos.

[@TheReinoPaasonen]

This so far the most detailed ”real life tech and how to” chanel ever in youtube. Thank you so much for excellent content. I will bay all my parts from you because of this channel.

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Thank you for watching!

[@jacemusgrove3073]

Really appreciate the fine details in your explanations! Gives me the confidence to try things like this!

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Right on!

[@lazyhoundracing9621]

You guys are awesome. Great info and you didn't even sell anything. Thank you for your time.

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Our pleasure!

[@oldblueshhrchannel1847]

Excellent information, David ! Your information about warping the metal , using clamps and tape was very interesting. Great video, thanks to the production crew also!

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Our pleasure!

[@SAUOrtiz-jf6lc]

Finally someone who explains well. Tomorrow I start my project.👏👏👏

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Good luck !

[@jackiecobb1414]

Keep the great help for us going. Awesome job 👍

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Thanks!

[@Alejandrojy6yd]

@brotherstruckpart love this video! Your going to make me broke with all the stuff I’m buying from you 😀 Keep these long bed to short bed (73-87) videos coming!!!

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Thanks man!

[@vorhese]

tis cool man! Glad that David reminds us he is human at the end. :)

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

LOL

[@jerrygonzalez6643]

Yes we needed this

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Excellent!

[@robertemmons2260]

Thanks for another great video! I'm looking forward to a video that does the short bed conversion on a 67-72 LWB. I've already found one link, but I'd like to see you cutting one down in a video, just because of your expertise and knowledge, and also love and dedication to our older trucks.

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Thanks Robert

[@theosiegers6980]

I would love to see that to. I'm gonna tackle it on my 72

[@peteman400]

Some here!!!

[@JohnW1711stock]

Nice work.

[@arcekreations]

EXCELLENT VIDEO

[@aroundlinemen]

Great job ,nice work .thanks

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Thanks for watching!

[@richc79]

Great video, very detailed.

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Thank you!

[@malbrandow7382]

Excellent tutorial!

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Thanks for watching!

[@peteman400]

Can’t wait for the 67-72 cut also!!

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Coming soon!

[@peteman400]

Cool!!! Love all y’all’s videos!! Wife has to tell me to get off phone all the time!!😅😅

[@2nickles647]

Awesome David. I'm sub 😊

[@iddddaduncan]

I'm an early ford guy and wish there was a kit to do this, also great video and excellent instruction!

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Thanks!

[@Northwoodschickenchaser]

I was going ask about the difference in price but you addressed that with in the 1st minute lol ill be buying a new bed side

[@CrankAddict]

Great video. I have no intention of ever cutting a long bed down, but you do make a great video. thnx

[@robertemmons2260]

For many years now I didn't either, but lately I've been seriously considering it.

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Our pleasure!

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

@@robertemmons2260 👍

[@chicali-626-martinex5]

Nice Love watching your Channel, Help Me A lot in my Own Trucks..👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽☝🏽👌🏽💯

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Thanks for watching.

[@TheBmco99]

Good job love watching petthat know what there doing

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Thanks for watching!

[@garynewman4908]

Awesome man

[@garynewman4908]

Do you have a video on cutting the bed floor? Thanks, I love the knowledge you pass on

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Not yet, but we're working on one.

[@simple_man_jkb]

Luckily I just bought a 73 shortbed for $100 the rustiest truck I have ever seen and I have a clean long bead ready to be chopped up

[@miltonfriedman9673]

Great video. If someone wanted to just buy new short bed sides and weld them onto the existing floor and "headboard" would that work as well?

[@ezequielcadena9349]

What does a job like this run my friend ? Both shortening the bed and the frame ! Awesome job

[@willaimwinchell1813]

Great video! Questions, I have a long box, but I would like to make it a short box. Do they sell the panels to just build a short box and do no welding or cutting.

[@longshot153]

Great video 🤙🏼 I’m assuming the floor gets shortened in a similar manner, with 14” in the front and 6” in the back?

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

You could, but that's a big project. We use a reproduction floor in most cases.

[@johnruiz4370]

Do you have any videos on installing the clips to hold the headlights on the 73-87 chevy trucks?

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

We have a video where we swapped out the grill on an '87, that has all the extra details in it too. Check out our channel under our How-To video section.

[@rksanders13]

Will the same measurements work making a swb out of an dually? Am wanting to make an swb crew cab out of my dually

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Nope sorry, different frame.

[@dennis6325]

Question. What about the floor of the bed? Do you have a video showing Dave cutting 14" / 6" out of it?

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Sorry we do not have a video of this yet we had to replace the bed for this vehicle.

[@hamidriyadh6708]

Good evening Brothers.ihave GMC custom b10 Brazilian made pickup model 1987 looks like US C10 pickup of early 80s some body took it for a ride later found out a twist on its Chasse frame at left side under neath engine mounting. can it has any effect how can I repair it.

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Yes, you cam use a wench and pull the frame back into shape, but you will need to take the truck mostly apart first.

[@littlefatbuddy31]

If you were going to delete the stake pockets anyway would that change the way you cut the bedsides?

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

If you want to delete the pockets you could do it the same way and just remove the pockets after the fact and fill the hole. OR, you can just make a straight cut up the panel and then make your measurements without doing the step over cut.

[@76f350]

I'm gonna do this on a Ford. Do you guys only work on GMs?

[@bayarea6464]

Do you have video on shorting the bed floor?

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

I'm sorry we don't have a video of this yet. For this trucks we ended up using a new bed floor.

[@siracusariskmanagement]

Great job, but why not flange the panels before you butt them instead of welded the gap shut? A flange would help in rigidity and not require excessive welding which reduces the possibility of warp age. Flanges also give you that little bit of wiggle room in case you need it.

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Flanged welds tend to promote rust between the layers of the flange itself. We have found over the years that rust can be kept from returning by using a butt weld. As long as proper practices are used, the butt weld works just fine and warping isn't an issue.

[@jasondean7288]

If u cut down the frame with y'all's kit,could u just find a short bed,that was in decent shape and bolt it on,or would their be a difference?

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Yep, any short bed will bolt on

[@jasondean7288]

@@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV thank your very much,for the answer,and very informative videos

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

@@jasondean7288 Our pleasure!

[@1suoiraciv954]

As informative as all this is, you could have had the luck I had when I purchased a new 1978 GMC short bed 4X4 w/ 357ci and Turbo 400-5 speed w/ 4-11 gears back in 1977

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

That was lucky!

[@randyrhine9896]

Has he done this to a 60-66? Does anyone know the measurements? Is it the same? 6” rear and 14” front?

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

100% not the same on a 60-66. We'll be making a video for that soon.

[@randyrhine9896]

@@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV thanks for the response! Looking forward to the next video!

[@LT4Nova]

Wth! Where's the 67-72 bedside video?!

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

Coming soon!

[@LT4Nova]

@@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV Awesome!!! Can't wait. I just shortened my frame with your kit. Super detailed and it went smoothly. I've been waiting to do the bedsides. I'll wait for your video!!!

[@LT4Nova]

@@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV 3 months.....

[@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV]

@@LT4Nova Already shot, just in line for editing. Probably will drop sometime in June.

[@LT4Nova]

@@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV You guys are killing me!. How do you release the most popular c10 model bedside video last?

[@Hirthirthirt]

why would I do that? There are plenty of short beds out there

[@Hirthirthirt]

16th of an inch? PLEASE....stop that shit for good....centimeters and millimeters...thats all that is necessery

[@santiagoivan4968]

Este bato como habla, y habla y habla!!! If he didn't talk so much like a parrot, The video wouldn't be so boring!