Altering wheelbase

63BIGWINDOW · Post by **63BIGWINDOW** » January 8, 2008, 8:07 pm

I have been kicking around the idea of moving my lwb unibodys rear wheel openings forward,and removing some of the bed at the rear most body seam,and shortning the frame to match,kinda in between a swb and a lwb unibody,was wondering what a swb unibody wheelbase is,and has anyone done it yet,I would like to have the only medium wheel base unibody on the planet,anybody good at photoshop?

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » January 8, 2008, 8:27 pm

swb 114"
lwb 122"

Bill · Post by **Bill** » January 8, 2008, 8:52 pm

I think blackagatha did his mods using photoshop. looks like he knows what he's doing. A mid length Uni would be cool.

Gritsngumbo · Post by **Gritsngumbo** » January 8, 2008, 10:37 pm

Sounds like a lot of work for a 4" shorter (if you split the difference) bed. Not even sure how noticeable it would be?

Post by **Greg D** » January 8, 2008, 10:43 pm

There was a thread where Kid and I were kicking this around. He suggested going all the way to a short though, anyway you slice it alot of fab work. Bed bed endcaps are different on a swb Uni, would be tough to find them.

oldtrucks · Post by **oldtrucks** » January 9, 2008, 3:21 am

Greg D

What are the differences between a short Uni and a long Uni bed caps. Do you have pictures showing the differences.
I would like to know because I am going to look at a long bed Uni soon and I own a 62 short bed Uni.

Garbz · Post by **Garbz** » January 9, 2008, 10:00 am

The body line is lower on the long bed caps.

Thats all...

And there out there NOS just expect to pay through the nose.

Rick Colemans uni was hit in the back side and he shortened the bed using a set of my NOS caps.

Garbz

The Big M · Post by **The Big M** » January 9, 2008, 10:54 am

I found this pic on the HAMB. I believe this truck had 8" taken out of the bed length. It doesn't appear to have had the wheelbase changed though...
[albumimg]2220[/albumimg]

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » January 9, 2008, 10:57 am

On the Hamb? Does it have a Buick Nailhead?

dotcentral · Post by **dotcentral** » January 9, 2008, 1:35 pm

Johnny Canuck wrote:On the Hamb? Does it have a Buick Nailhead?

Good one.

Comet · Post by **Comet** » January 9, 2008, 2:46 pm

Garbz wrote:And there out there NOS just expect to pay through the nose.

Rick Colemans uni was hit in the back side and he shortened the bed using a set of my NOS caps.

Garbz

Garbz,
Do you have a source for the short uni end caps?

bluebolt · Post by **bluebolt** » January 9, 2008, 4:48 pm

The Big M wrote:I found this pic on the HAMB. I believe this truck had 8" taken out of the bed length. It doesn't appear to have had the wheelbase changed though...
[albumimg]2220[/albumimg]

I like the looks of that, the long bed has in my opinion too much overhang behind the rear wheels. My fantasy solution was to build a club cab uni with a long bed and move the rear wheels and rear wheel arches back a few inches.

blackagatha · Post by **blackagatha** » January 12, 2008, 6:07 pm

Bill wrote:I think blackagatha did his mods using photoshop. looks like he knows what he's doing. A mid length Uni would be cool.

yeah I did... Actually, I am just a hacker on Photoshop. It's fun though.

blackagatha · Post by **blackagatha** » January 12, 2008, 6:10 pm

BTW, BigWindow, if you post a larger pic or link to one, maybe I'll do a little photo mod on it just for kicks...

Altering wheelbase

Altering wheelbase

Mid bed