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Originally Posted by SCOTI
I know I'm not the only one that thinks it but the 2020 Chevy trucks aren't exactly an attractive truck vs earlier models so no SWB option prob isn't going to hurt their bottom-line margains.
But, like Cornerstone mentioned, there are several guys out there cutting old LWB trucks down to SWB's & some even do it w/o the tell tale signs. New trucks will be prob be just as easy once the first few are done & a 'kit' comes out of it.
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"Truck Tech" did several episodes on rebuilding a 2003/04 (can't quite remember the year) 2500 HD. It was a RCLB and they cut it down and put a shortbed on it. Looked pretty cool, but I was really hoping they were going to throw a 00-02 HD nose on it.
Edit, found it, "Project Supermax", its a 2003 2500.:
https://www.powernationtv.com/episod...upermax-shrink
I'm sure GM being cheap was the root cause. The RCSB sales have been pretty low since the 2007's came out. Maybe it was a self full fulling prophecy because double and crew cabs are more profitable and that's all they ever seemed to stock on dealer lots. A reg cab, shortbed, manual, WT had little profit in it. A Crew cab 4x4 LTZ probably has 8-10K worth of profit packed in it.
RCSB have their own individual cab and frame. A reg cab long bed shares a frame with a shortbed double cab, etc.