The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk Needed: magician to make shortbed out of longbed..

I just got the truck. A 55 3600. It already has the bed and cab off so I can get to the frame to do an almost-frame off restoration. like I said before, not for a museum but for me to drive every day and not feel lazy for not taking the opportunity to clean up while it was without body and bed. Anyway. Back to the long short conversion and all of the measurement info. The guy I bought the truck from gave me what he called a manual from mars written by aliens with no mechanics english. I now own THE ASSEMBLY MANUAL!!! This book is the bible for anyone that needs a spec measurement or reference for a welded area on the truck from factory. EVERYTHING you need to restore a factory dimension on the cab, bed or frame is all in there. This whole post can be summed up with anyone that has a chassis measurement should get a copy. They are all over e-vilbay for around 30 bucks shipped. I HIGHLY recommend this to any task force owner. Thanks again to everybody who gave input. Anybody that has the resource to scan one, please put one online for public viewing.