'73-87 GM pickup long bed?

[ABC Auto Industry]

Hi, i was wondering if anyone makes a long bed in resin for 1973-87 Chevy/GMC pickup kits? I've seen some model kits of Fleetside pickups, but they're all shortbeds, so I was wondering if I would have to cut up 2 short beds to make a long bed for one of these trucks.

[Nick Winter]

Hi, i was wondering if anyone makes a long bed in resin for 1973-87 Chevy/GMC pickup kits? I've seen some model kits of Fleetside pickups, but they're all shortbeds, so I was wondering if I would have to cut up 2 short beds to make a long bed for one of these trucks.

There was aa guy on Ebay that sold them in resin, for building a proper Fall Guy GMC, not sure if he still sells them.

[Rob Hall]

I got a resin one off ebay a while back..it's pretty rough, but better than nothing.

[Terry Jessee]

You mean like this one?

Actually, you could do this.

Terry

[Aaronw]

Thanks for posting that, I've heard it was out there but never found the article before.

[Sixx]

I got a resin one off ebay a while back..it's pretty rough, but better than nothing.

I got that one from ebay, total GARBAGE!!!! Like it was covered with sand!! Bowed at the cab end, to narrow at rear. I got stung on that one!!

[Ben]

I got that one from ebay, total GARBAGE!!!! Like it was covered with sand!! Bowed at the cab end, to narrow at rear. I got stung on that one!!

Scale Productions out of Austria, had a resin transkit to make a correct "Fall Guy" pickup. The kit included the long bed, better/longer decals, photo etch side trim, new roll bar, the second fuel tank, the rear half of the chassis that is to be spliced onto the kit chassis to make it the correct length, a piece of flat metal that you fold into an "L" shape to make the hideaway box in the bed and a bench seat. This kit is of excellent quality!! The bad news is that they are no longer for sale. I think I bought one of the last kits produced. If you can find one, jump on it!!!!!

Edited May 21, 2010 by Ben

[jeffs396]

Sounds like an easy project for one of our resident resin casters...

[Art Anderson]

As Terry Jessee points out, making your own long Chevy/GMC pickup box from that era is simply done, with two beds. The difference between the short bed and the long one in real life is exactly 18" (18mm, or .720" in 1/25 scale) divided thus: 12" (12mm or .480" in 1/25 scale( ahead of the rear wheel arch, 6" (.240" or 6mm) behind the rear wheel arch. The latter stretch is actually best made about 1/4" behind the rear wheel arch, as this allows much easier blending of the bottom edge (which angles upward toward the rear), the front part of the stretch will need no such adjustment. One of the beauties of the MPC tooling is, that it's incredibly precise, as perfectly identical side to side as any pickup box has ever been done.

I found when doing mine for resin casting master use, back in 1990, that it was far easier to cut the entire floor away, thin down the bottoms of the inner wheel tubs to leave just a thin flange around them (already shows there in the kit bed,BTW) and then replace the kit floor with a sheet of Evergreen 3/32" ribbed siding stock, that is an almost perfect replacement, and will require no splicing whatsoever. Simply replace the rear sill with your own, or salvage the sill from the kit bed section that you will otherwise discard, either way works. Just pay attention to alignment, make sure the bed sides are straight (this is where extreme care in making the cuts for splicing as square and true as possible--the old Carpenter's advice works here--measure twice, cut once!). With due care in making the cuts and splices, only a bare minimum of putty work will be needed to hide the splices (I actually reassembled my long bed conversion using gap filling CA glue, a few licks with a needle file, a bit of block sanding with 400-grit, a touch of polishing, primed it, perfect!).

Of course, the chassis will need to be extended 12 scale inches, which to be accurate, needs to be done just aft of the frame kickup (that starts right behind the rear wall of the cab) in the level area. As a reminder, 12 scale inches in /125 scale is .480" or 12mm), and the drive shaft & exhaust system need to be lengthened by that same amount.

One of the easiest, and quickest conversions I ever did in my life!

Art

[mjsjr]

I just found this post will it work for the gmc with plow kit from revel with it being in 1/24 scale or are the measurements different

[disabled modeler]

I need one of those too so I can make a replica of our truck but need the resin Chevy grille too ours is a 84 Chevy 4x4 long bed.

[Fabrux]

I just found this post will it work for the gmc with plow kit from revel with it being in 1/24 scale or are the measurements different

The full size measurements are the same, but scaling down to 1:24 is a bit different. You will need to add 0.5 in (12.7 mm) ahead of the front wheels and 0.25 in (6.35 mm) behind.

[mjsjr]

thanks I tried just adding to the front and didn't ad to the back then I fond this post back to the drawing board I guess

[JS23U]

While we are at it, does anyone make a CHEVROLET tailgate for this one? Kit parts are GMC...

[mjsjr]

I know this is not correct but I like what I have got done on it so far

never mind this post cant post picture to it

Edited June 15, 2014 by mjsjr

[Swanson handyman]

I have a 72 GMC pickup long wheel base with a granny 4 speed and I'm wondering about the truck bed I need to get a different one do to mine having rust and I'm waiting to know what all pick-up truck long size beds are interchangeable from years to what type of truck thanks anything will help on information 

[Fat Brian]

7 hours ago, Swanson handyman said:

I have a 72 GMC pickup long wheel base with a granny 4 speed and I'm wondering about the truck bed I need to get a different one do to mine having rust and I'm waiting to know what all pick-up truck long size beds are interchangeable from years to what type of truck thanks anything will help on information 

There is a 72 Chevy truck out now in 2 versions and both have a long bed. There is the Coke version and the Racers Wedge version which has an optional rear body but also the stock long bed. There is also a 72 Jimmy kit out now you could get your grille from.

[Can-Con]

15 hours ago, Fat Brian said:

There is a 72 Chevy truck out now in 2 versions and both have a long bed. There is the Coke version and the Racers Wedge version which has an optional rear body but also the stock long bed. There is also a 72 Jimmy kit out now you could get your grille from.

I think he's talking about an actual 1/1 truck, Brian, not a model.

[Fat Brian]

25 minutes ago, Can-Con said:

I think he's talking about an actual 1/1 truck, Brian, not a model.

I have no idea, I figured if I put something out there we might get more info.

[R.J]

Try madmodeling.com    look under bodies and transkits 73 to 87 Chevy/GMC long bed. I have one and it is a pretty nice piece to me.

[leafsprings]

On 12/22/2022 at 5:39 PM, Fat Brian said:

There is also a 72 Jimmy kit out now you could get your grille from.

Right, and also the tailgate.  However, has the deluxe molding trim on it, the base model GMC fleetside tailgate has never been done AFAIK.  Probably would have been better to start a new thread on GMC conversions.

Edited December 26, 2022 by leafsprings

[Can-Con]

OK, again, the guy has a real truck with a rusty box and wants to know what other boxes will fit on it. 

" I'm wondering about the truck bed I need to get a different one do to mine having rust and I'm waiting to know what all pick-up truck long size beds are interchangeable"

Model truck beds rarely rust.

[leafsprings]

Well, the guy was on a modelcarsmag forum, and zeroed in on aftermarket truck resin 3D, most would assume he probably wants to replicate his rusty GMC in model form. Seems most plausible, but again, who knows.

[Can-Con]

2 hours ago, leafsprings said:

Well, the guy was on a modelcarsmag forum, and zeroed in on aftermarket truck resin 3D, most would assume he probably wants to replicate his rusty GMC in model form. Seems most plausible, but again, who knows.

Well, since he's never posted any response one way or another, yea, who knows.  Depends how you read it, I guess. 

[ABC Auto Industry]

On 12/25/2022 at 11:24 PM, R.J said:

Try madmodeling.com    look under bodies and transkits 73 to 87 Chevy/GMC long bed. I have one and it is a pretty nice piece to me.

I saw that one. However, the description said it was intended for the MPC '84 GMC. I have the Revell GMC plow truck, and I just wanna make sure that the two trucks aren't too far apart in actual dimensions.