Halfass'dfabricator Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 First off, let it be stated that I have no clue as to what I am doing :blink: I am going to cut and hack up a perfectly good little truck and do bad things to it cause....... well, thats what I do. I am a 4x4 kinda guy, mainly into rock crawling. I build trucks and then beat the dog piss out of them. However, I decided recently that I needed to try something new. I've always liked mini trucks. I was over at a friends house awhile back and he had a '72 regular cab shortbed 620 sitting there. No motor, body was a little ruff, and the c notch was kinda a hack job...... I decided I needed it :D Well, its mine after agreeing to do some fab work for him on another truck, I just haven't gone a picked it up yet. Sortly after that another buddy of mine aquired a '74 regular cab long bed 620. I decided I needed that one too. Traded a Ford Tempo, derby car that cost me an $82 Best Buy gift card, for it. This is the one I am working on at the moment. I am not sure exactly what direction I am going to go with this truck. I was planning on just lowering it, cleaning it up, maybe painting it, and then just drive it. I have a problem with keeping things simple though, I always end up doing things the hard way for some stupid reason :rolleyes: This is how it looked when I got it home. Fairly straight, no huge dents....... just in need of a little minor body work here and there, and a windshield of course. Quote Link to comment
Wide14u Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 i like it and every one love a long bed. welcome keep us posted with it Quote Link to comment
Halfass'dfabricator Posted June 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 I can't just keep things simple........ so I decided to do something stupid. I decided to bring a little bit of the rock crawling world to the mini truck world, it seemed like a good idea at the time. I have a tendancy to do things before I put the proper amount of thought into something, this being a perfect example. In rock crawling we look for a really good departure angle for when we drop off of rocks and stuff, that way way we don't get hung up on the bed or bumper. To achive this we bob our beds....... once again, it seemed like a good idea at the time :P For anyone who does not quite know what bobbing a bed consists of, well..... here are some pictures. Playing with tape so I could figure out how much to take out. I just wasn't feelin' the whole long bed thing. The point of no return.... I was commited now. 19 1/4" gone. Lots of tacking. Here is when I was starting to wonder what the hell I had just done...... Quote Link to comment
Halfass'dfabricator Posted June 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 i like it and every one love a long bed. welcome keep us posted with it Yeah, about the long bed thing........ :unsure: Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 It reminds me of the 70s ford truck. the super long wheel base for campers... Its cool man. Good job on creativity and getting in there and doing shit. Who cares what anybody thinks. its YOUR truck. Keep it up! 2 Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 It doesn't seem like a horrible idea, but it does have a funky looking wheel to bed location now. Quote Link to comment
Wide14u Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 well that went out the window but it looks good Quote Link to comment
Halfass'dfabricator Posted June 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 So that is where I'm at. After I put the tailgate back on and tacked the lower section back on I wasn't quite as freaked out about what I had done. Still not sure about my brilliant idea. I need to lower it and build a rollpan, maybe then it won't be so bad. Worst case I can convert this one to 4 wheel drive and go get my short bed and build it. Tell me what you think..... feel free to tell me I am a retard :D It wouldn't be the first time and won't be the last. Here is what I am used to working on. One of my other current projects. Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Neat. It looks a little goofy now, but it's yours. If your plan is to lower it, and you're worried about sliding off rocks enough to cut your bed, makes me question the size of the speed bumps/potholes where you live. But welcome to Ratsun. Have fun with it. If you don't dig it you could always find another longbed in a yard somewhere. Quote Link to comment
Siqx20 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 I was thinking the other day how a cut off bed would look. thought about doing it maybe. you have since changed my mind lol o well tho. wish it wasnt a long bed u cut up as they are a little harder to find but o well! lower the bitch and maybe it will look a little more in proportion. food luck and keep the updates rolling in! Quote Link to comment
Halfass'dfabricator Posted June 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 I just wasn't feelin' the whole long bed thing at first...... now I'm kinda missing it. I was going for something different and I think I might have cut a little too much off :huh: It looked cool when I chopped it on MS Paint...... oh well. I'm still going to hold out hope that I can make this work somehow. Man, I keep looking back thru the pictures and I can't help but laugh and wonder what the hell was I thinking. I think I may have just come up with another brilliant idea!!!! This is gonna be all bad :P Okay, I might have more surprises in store. I'm off the go play with MS Paint again....... wait, thats how this all went bad in the first place. Anyways, thanks for the welcomes to the forum. 1 Quote Link to comment
wildmaninid Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Fuck...I would give a bunch for a clean bed like that........oh well :( Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 I just wasn't feelin' the whole long bed thing at first...... now I'm kinda missing it. I was going for something different and I think I might have cut a little too much off :huh: It looked cool when I chopped it on MS Paint...... oh well. I'm still going to hold out hope that I can make this work somehow. Man, I keep looking back thru the pictures and I can't help but laugh and wonder what the hell was I thinking. I think I may have just come up with another brilliant idea!!!! This is gonna be all bad :P Okay, I might have more surprises in store. I'm off the go play with MS Paint again....... wait, thats how this all went bad in the first place. Anyways, thanks for the welcomes to the forum. Dude. You must have lost your Marbles! :P Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Kinda has a VW Caddy look to it now... Quote Link to comment
RedBanner Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Dually axle that thing, or tub it out, I think if you had an extended cab it would look gooder, but I dont hate it. Welcome Quote Link to comment
Siqx20 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Dually axle that thing, or tub it out, I think if you had an extended cab it would look gooder, but I dont hate it. Welcome Yeah way gooder. ;) Quote Link to comment
pharouh Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Fuck...I would give a bunch for a clean bed like that........oh well :( X2! Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 I think that the only way that you are going to be able to pull off having that look good now is to turn it into a crawler. A set of 37" MTR's with some Dana 44's from a wagoneer will certainly make it look better. :D Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 What he said ^ :D Quote Link to comment
Jersey Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 I kind of like the truncated look...it's unique and interesting! Quote Link to comment
hvyd Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 welcome. i wish i had the balls to try something like that but oh well. have fun with your new purchases. Quote Link to comment
Steroid Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 There was an awesome 620 rockcrawler built in Bullhead City, AZ. I didn't take any pics of it last November when I saw it but the owner/builder told Me it was going to be in an upcoming issue of Crawler magazine. Maybe by now it has been published. To describe: The tailgate/bed was narrowed from the front to about as long as Your bed is to just the tailgate letters, which He kept. The cab was stock. The front fenders were shortened and narrowed to the frame width up front. I have no idea what running gear he used but it was not Datsun. He mentioned something like it having 16 gears. Something like that. i really wished I had've had My camera that day. Quote Link to comment
GOLSETH Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 GUNNA GET SICK... GUNNA VOMIT... Quote Link to comment
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