anybody unibodied a 64-66?

Macdave06 · Post by **Macdave06** » December 31, 2008, 3:22 am

I thought I had run into someone doing a unibody 66 before but I cant remember where I found the thread. anybody on here know? I'm considering doing it myself later on because I want to shorten the bed and I figure why not take it a step further?

if anybody has experience with supporting the weld joint and stuff feel free to share. It's an idea I've been pondering but I wouldnt know where to even start with bracing and such.

Truckfarmer2 · Post by **Truckfarmer2** » December 31, 2008, 8:39 am

My suggestion would be to box the frame so it won't flex anymore. If the frame flexes, the bodywork welds and filler would crack.

deviant1 · Post by **deviant1** » December 31, 2008, 12:11 pm

Are you planning on grafting in the bed sides to the cab like a real unibody, or will you shorten the bed as usual, then fill the gap between the two? You have a cool idea if you can keep it rigid enough so it will look good for many years.

deviant1 · Post by **deviant1** » December 31, 2008, 12:28 pm

I do not know if this will work...since you will be shortening the bed sides, just leave the extra length and take it up to the door jamb area. This would require cutting the cab sheetmetal just behind the doors, but it would reduce the amount of added metal and body filler. Just a thought.

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » December 31, 2008, 1:53 pm

if i was doing a twin i uni, i would cut the uni behind the seats and at the roof seam above the back window, shorten the wheelbase and weld the bed and window section to a 65/66 2wd cab.
that way you would not need to fight with cab mounts and steering mods.

Garbz · Post by **Garbz** » December 31, 2008, 2:01 pm

You need to also look at the body line fall. there are only two points where a long bed or a short bed will match up. Wheel base needs to be adjusted to accommodate this...

JC can you snag the picture on F T E of the suicide crew and post it i cant link it from the puter i am at.

Garbz

Macdave06 · Post by **Macdave06** » December 31, 2008, 4:21 pm

Truckfarmer2 wrote:My suggestion would be to box the frame so it won't flex anymore. If the frame flexes, the bodywork welds and filler would crack.

It'll at least get boxed. knowing myself I'll probably start off just boxing the frame, and end up with an entirely redone frame. I'm gonna need to move the back half forward anyways to line up the wheels and such. It's gonna be a job, thats for sure. But what's the fun in hotrodding if you do everything easy?

When I was doing the frame for my toyota, I was just gonna move the gas tank to the rear, swap to a bigger rear and re route the gas lines. I ended up doing a full 4 linked rear end with coilovers, and front converted from torsion bars to coilovers, which I had to have custom control arms made for.

Macdave06 · Post by **Macdave06** » December 31, 2008, 4:33 pm

ICEMAN6166 wrote:if i was doing a twin i uni, i would cut the uni behind the seats and at the roof seam above the back window, shorten the wheelbase and weld the bed and window section to a 65/66 2wd cab.
that way you would not need to fight with cab mounts and steering mods.

my whole thing behind this is to keep the body lines of a 64-66 bed while still having a unibody. rather than it just looking like a factory unibody.

FORDMANLCRACKEL · Post by **FORDMANLCRACKEL** » December 31, 2008, 10:15 pm

Mac are you talking about taking a 64-66 wide bed and 64-66 cab and making a uni from it, not i uni bed from a unibody and putting it on a 64-66. If you are talking about the first part i have thought about it, and might do it one day, but i dont think it will look right.

Lonnie

jwh f-100 · Post by **jwh f-100** » December 31, 2008, 11:01 pm

I would think if a guy connected a long bed to a 115" shortbed truck the a$$ would be too big. I would think the best combo would be to add a 64 - 66 (129") long bed to a 62-63 (120") long bed truck..

Heres my photochop of my truck.

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » December 31, 2008, 11:17 pm

jwh f-100 wrote:I would think if a guy connected a long bed to a 115" shortbed truck the a$$ would be too big. I would think the best combo would be to add a 64 - 66 (129") long bed to a 62-63 (120") long bed truck..

Heres my photochop of my truck.

needs more cowbell. lol

that looks pretty cool really

DCarr · Post by **DCarr** » December 31, 2008, 11:32 pm

Thanks for the cowbell line.

Macdave06 · Post by **Macdave06** » January 1, 2009, 1:06 pm

FORDMANLCRACKEL wrote:Mac are you talking about taking a 64-66 wide bed and 64-66 cab and making a uni from it, not i uni bed from a unibody and putting it on a 64-66. If you are talking about the first part i have thought about it, and might do it one day, but i dont think it will look right.

Lonnie

exactly what im talking about.

Macdave06 · Post by **Macdave06** » January 1, 2009, 1:08 pm

jwh f-100 wrote:I would think if a guy connected a long bed to a 115" shortbed truck the a$$ would be too big. I would think the best combo would be to add a 64 - 66 (129") long bed to a 62-63 (120") long bed truck..

Heres my photochop of my truck.

I may shorten the bed in the process. the long bed gives me extra material to work with so there's the option open.

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » January 1, 2009, 2:34 pm

Garbz wrote:Y
JC can you snag the picture on F T E of the suicide crew and post it i cant link it from the puter i am at.

Garbz

Dave here are all your Unicrew pics. Upload them to your photobucket account

jwh f-100 · Post by **jwh f-100** » January 1, 2009, 2:42 pm

Garbz, Is that truck still in PA?

Macdave06 · Post by **Macdave06** » January 1, 2009, 5:38 pm

this is my super pro mspaint rendering of what I'm shooting for as far as the look.
shorter, chopped a few inches, lowered like a foot.

Garbz · Post by **Garbz** » January 1, 2009, 6:48 pm

Yes it is in York, Bought by a member Jim Fiurst (flag Truck at SS06). He planned to finish it.

I have my old drive here with many pictures on it of the build from the frame up. Chassis is set up with all new parts N pieces and for a 385 series engine/C6 combo.

I had a lot of time redoing the cab and making the uni split bed. Also has a full over head center console that housed the radio, lights, power outlets and a flip down DVD player.

Garbz

eaglefan · Post by **eaglefan** » January 1, 2009, 6:51 pm

My buddy and I were down in Omaha,Ne about 1 year ago buying a lwb 65, I got into a conservation with the bodyshop owner and he said that he had just welded up a 65 or 66 for a young guy down there and that it looked really cool. I've been kicking around the same idea for my 66 but it's a very straight slick and I don't want to chance it not working out. But I do have an old 65 short and a extra long box....mmm maybe!! Later Randy

jwh f-100 · Post by **jwh f-100** » January 1, 2009, 7:02 pm

Garbz wrote:Yes it is in York, Bought by a member Jim Fiurst (flag Truck at SS06). He planned to finish it.

I have my old drive here with many pictures on it of the build from the frame up. Chassis is set up with all new parts N pieces and for a 385 series engine/C6 combo.

I had a lot of time redoing the cab and making the uni split bed. Also has a full over head center console that housed the radio, lights, power outlets and a flip down DVD player.

Garbz

Looks great! How did you get the lines to match up? I would guess the line on the back of the front door would be lower then the front of the rear door.

This type of work really interests me. My Dad has a '42 international sitting behind my garage that has given me the idea of building a "delivery".

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