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You know what I've learned from this board? Opinions are great but following too many opinions leaves you with someone else's truck parked in your garage. There's absolutely no shortage of long beds that will raise or lower the value of these trucks in the foreseeable future. SWB is cool, and LWB is cool, but what's not cool is your hard earned $ in a LWB when what you really wanted was a SWB, or vise versa. Best of luck with your decision!

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If you decide to cut up this pickup it's almost guaranteed that you will wake one mourning and stare at yourself in the mirror and say "Lord knows i've done and said a lot of things in my life, but cutting up this pickup takes the cake"

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Cut it. Leave it. Who gives a rip what anyone else thinks? It's your truck, do whatever YOU want.

If you cut it the only people that will whine about it are people on message boards. In the real world you will get nothing but thumbs up and "Do you want to sell that truck?"

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What is it with everyone wanting to cut up Long beds, just my .2 cents leave it the way it was made..You want a SWB? Go buy one

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Every time I see a comment that says if you want one "just go buy one", I picture them looking like the man on the motorcycle from those insurance commercials with money just shedding off them by the second.

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Made me laugh Lefty !!!

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Guess I'm stupid Too .

Really , retarded ?

I don't really understand the short and long debate . It is however clear that some are not understanding that if the OP buys this truck it is his to do with as he wish's . He did ask weather or not it was a rare truck . The stupid and retarded comments are not wanted here .

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Great post! Spot on.

In most cases, those asking for opinions are usually very happy to hear them, whatever they may be. That's why they are asking.

It's the respondents providing their opinions who sometimes "take issue" with other opinions posted that don't comport with their own, and debate ensues.

But the open debate often helps the OP define and clarify their wishes.

In the end, all is good. As long as it's kept civil. And on this forum, most of the time it is.:metal:

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Chalk me up to the idiot crowd as well then. I have a "stupid" truck as well. Oh, wait, I guess I have two. One original 4x4 Short and one .....wait for it.... stretched blazer frame into a short bed..... oh my... I must be on my way to just plain insane!!!! Funny thing is, no one seems to notice until I mention it. At least I have one short 2wd 72. Maybe not a total idiot.

Oh, I guess all those new trucks must be "stupid" also because way more of them are short beds than long beds these days.

I say find someone who can do it right and cut away. Don't worry about what it might be worth later down the road. Very few people buy classics to try to make any money off of them. We buy and drive them cause that's what we like. I would recommend buying a different box though instead of trying to cut that one down.

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exactly ... does "T-72" mean anything to anyone out there (other than "72 truck")?

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Soviet/Russian T-72 tank. Maybe the PO was a commander, gunner, loader, or driver .
http://www.militarypictures.info/d/664-3/t-72.jpg

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It's very simple. Taking a lwb and converting it into a swb is very difficult and expensive. I'm just trying to help. I say things in a mean way but it's true. 95 out of 100 guys on this forum have no idea what it takes to do the conversion. So just because you did the conversion doesn't mean you should talk other people into doing it.. I bet a lot of kid's started hacking up their pickups because there are just following the lead and realized how bad they messed up. Lastly, i will never understand why you would cut up a lwb when you just go buy a swb. Hopefully the editor doesn't come down on me.

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Here is a shop that charges $700 to shorten the frame, and $700 to shorten the bed. Pretty reasonable in my opinion.

http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/cto/4404948247.html

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I like any of these old trucks...mines long an low LOL

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Waste of my money in my opinion.

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Yeah well that's YOUR opinion :smoke:

Why do you care so much about what someone does to THEIR truck?

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Everyone has an opinion, unfortunately we cant stop people from spreading theirs :lol:

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Yeah, government wrote that on a piece of paper a long time ago.

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This thread has run its course . We will have to agree to disagree