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From: So. Jersey
O.K. I'm done, really.
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From: Sweet Home, OR
No no no.
That's ugly right there, I don't care who you are, that's ugly right there.
I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder
I have a '95 Dodge crew cab, many people know it is custom made but A LOT of people stare at it trying/wondering why it doesn't look right.
Everyone is so used to seeing CrewCabs it takes them a while to realize they are looking at something they have never seen before.
I've seen pictures of a lot of "custom cabbed" trucks but there is a guy in Central Oregon that has a six-door Ford and it really sticks out in a crowd.
That's ugly right there, I don't care who you are, that's ugly right there.
I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder
I have a '95 Dodge crew cab, many people know it is custom made but A LOT of people stare at it trying/wondering why it doesn't look right.
Everyone is so used to seeing CrewCabs it takes them a while to realize they are looking at something they have never seen before.
I've seen pictures of a lot of "custom cabbed" trucks but there is a guy in Central Oregon that has a six-door Ford and it really sticks out in a crowd.
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From: Faibanks Ak.
Ok guys this bed is 6' 11 to the inside of the tailgate. So this is not a longbed, but wasn't a standard shortbed 6', if so what the devil do I have did the crews have a different bed.
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From: Nutter Fort, WV
As I remember over the years the short beds have always been a bit over 6 feet long.
My measurement, a sheet of plywood goes in, lays flat on the floor and the tail gate shuts.
If that don't happen, the bed is to small.
My measurement, a sheet of plywood goes in, lays flat on the floor and the tail gate shuts.
If that don't happen, the bed is to small.
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From: Ottawa, Ontario
Aha! I was right 
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LOL had to say that!
Kind of weird though, just an inch shy of 7'. Never heard of that size box before. I did see some but didn't know they were 6'11" one thing is for sure there not longbed just by looking at it.
I know some Chevy's back in the 70's had 9' boxes.
John 1, star 0
LOL had to say that!
Kind of weird though, just an inch shy of 7'. Never heard of that size box before. I did see some but didn't know they were 6'11" one thing is for sure there not longbed just by looking at it.
I know some Chevy's back in the 70's had 9' boxes.
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From: Campbell River, B.C.
Some of the boxes are under 5'. Knew a guy there that had a toyota hilux crewcab and if he used it for camping, he had to leave the tailgate down.
Only boxes I saw that came close to a full 8' was either car based utes like the falcon ute, or medium duty snub cab trucks.
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Post Fiend
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From: Faibanks Ak.
LOL It followed the supercab every time I turned is all I can tell you. In the 70's fords turning radius was tighter than chevys, I suppose the crews were no different.
I think since it has a weird size bed on it I will just have crew turn it into the six door.lol
I think since it has a weird size bed on it I will just have crew turn it into the six door.lol
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From: Faibanks Ak.
I like it. I actually put a couple grand down on a 6 door stroke a few years ago but got busy and never went and picked it up.lol One of my better ways of throwing money away.
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From: Faibanks Ak.
LOL I did that too already. A few years ago I bought a dually welding rig with a miller big40 on it off ebay. The next day I got a call to be on a job in utah and had no internet service, so I lost contact and the truck. lol