Thanks for the info. The reason I was considering converting to a shortbed was because of a fifties built campershell that I bought and was thinking about using occaisionly. You know when I was a kid, I would only hotrod and drive shortbed trucks. Now that I'm older, the longbed is really more practical. And your'e 100% correct, the 1940 3/4 longbed doesn't look out of porportion. The theme of my truck is going to be kind of a WWII warbird. I've got a B-17 bomber ring sight for a hood ornament, (detachable of course to avoid being stolen), B-17 recognition landing light panel switch and a bunch of other WWII aircraft stuff for the interior. The camper shell that I was going to top the bed with was built by a guying that worked for Boeing Aircraft. The camper is made out of 6061 aluminum aircraft panels with B-52 bomber blueprint imbossed on the inside. Maybe instead trying use the shortbed camper, I thought about using the rivited panels for to do the interior of my truck in keeping with the WWII warbird theme. Thanks again.
