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[Steve Milberry]

 

 
You're still not getting it Steve. The fenderwells need to be moved forward, not rearward. The Camper Special's fenderwells are 7 inches farther rearward than a normal 8 foot or 6.5 foot bed. Whether one is building a regular 8 foot bed or a 6.5 foot bed, the fenderwells on the AMT Camper Special bed must be moved forward to be correct.

Your right Roger, I'm not gett'n it. I can see you need to move the openings forward 7" if you want to make a standard 8' bed.

Say you've done that. Now you have a standard bed with the openings in the correct place. ,,

IF you want to make a shortbed you need to take 12" out of the front of the bed ,,OK,,

Now you also need to take 6" from the back of the bed.

I just don't see the need to move the openings back if you're just gonna cut most of the move back out of it after you're done.
 

[plowboy]

You're thinking of a Chevy Steve. Please look up a '78 "Camper Special" and a short bed. I tried to post photos of them, but the site wouldn't let me. If you can't see the differences after that, I don't know what to tell you. After looking at my '77 F350 kit, I'm not sure the fenderwells will need to be moved forward a full seven inches. They don't look like they are quite as far back as on the real truck. I can take measurements on my real '78 short bed and find out exactly how much they need to be moved. Also, I'll do a quick measurement on the actual length. IIRC, a Ford short bed is longer than 6.5 feet.

[Steve Milberry]

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree Roger. I'm just not seeing what you're saying. I know the box is longer than 6.5, the brochure says it's 6 3/4 or 6.75 feet.

Yes, knowing exactly how much sheetmetal is between the opening and the back if the bed on the real truck would be helpful.

[mikemodeler]

I could wait for the Mobieus kits to come out later this year- there will be a shortbed and longbed and something tells me that they will be correct. IIRC, the frame on the all new 67 model year was used up into the 90s, so the measurements could be had from those kits.

[plowboy]

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree Roger. I'm just not seeing what you're saying. I know the box is longer than 6.5, the brochure says it's 6 3/4 or 6.75 feet.

Yes, knowing exactly how much sheetmetal is between the opening and the back if the bed on the real truck would be helpful.

 

Disagree all you want. Facts are facts.

 

Camper Special

 

 

Short bed

 

 

A '78 Ford short bed is 82" long. That measurement is from the front of the bed to the rear of the bed floor. Which means there is only a 14" difference between it and a long bed. ALL of the length is taken from the front. A Ford bed is not shortened in the same manner as a Chevrolet.

[Steve Milberry]

OK, I see now Roger. The pics speak for themselves.

But, DANG, that makes it a lot harder to do.

Is that your shortbox? ,, that's sharp !