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

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2 жыл бұрын

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In this video Dave takes on a step-by step walk through shortening a long Bedside to make it a short Bedside for any 1960-66 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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@jesseford7231 2 жыл бұрын

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

@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with a longbed!

@oldblueshhrchannel1847 2 жыл бұрын

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!!

@TheReinoPaasonen 2 жыл бұрын

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

@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV 2 жыл бұрын

Its our pleasure! Thanks for watching!

@robertemmons2260 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@lazyhoundracing9621 2 жыл бұрын

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

@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV 2 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

@prnd21turbo 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

Long beds are cool too!

@sixinarow1 2 жыл бұрын

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

@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV 2 жыл бұрын

Coming soon!

@vorhese 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback!

@chennemeyer 2 жыл бұрын

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

@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@JimmyMakingitwork 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

@snoopu2601 2 жыл бұрын

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

@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@GMCTIM 4 ай бұрын

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

@aroundlinemen 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job , thanks for sharing David

@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@RCbasheracer 2 жыл бұрын

Keep the videos coming 👍💨

@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV 2 жыл бұрын

Will do!

@bobbrinkerhoff3592 Жыл бұрын

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 6 ай бұрын

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

@1965clement Жыл бұрын

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

@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

@@BROTHERSTruckPartsTV thanks man i found it

@johnhurtme Жыл бұрын

@@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.