Long Bed to Short Bed Conversion Part 2! - Ls Powered 71 C10: Perches, Shocks and Cab Supports 

Thanks for watching guys! Leave a comment and any advice you have.

I had a 68 C-10 with a 396 and 4 spd with "granny gear" I moved cross country in that. It didn't look like anything special but I smoked so many cars from the green light! I was actually bummed when I got rid of it. Being just out of high school, I explored a lot of this country in that truck, she never let me down. Good memories. I really like the way yours is turning out.

Nice to see someone who can actually speak without repeating himself with every sentence ie: Bad Chad !! Great video man showing how you can do things outside of the "Box" lol

Looks like a good 71

Keep up the good work!!!

Hey Dan, your latest C10 video really shows how lucky the next guy is. You put in all the late-night full of Labor night after night week after week most of the times month after month to come up with a nice safe car. And the next guy, well, he looks at the car decides he wants it pays for it turn the key and drives it away. You know after building many cars I think I want to be the next guy from now on.🤓

Never seen it done this way , only thing I can think i would have done different, if I was going to do it that way is to hang new bed sides and center rear axle before cutting!

Going to be a nice looking truck.

Truck is coming along nicely. I like the way you shorten it. 👊✌

Like what you did with the leaf spring mounts. You can cut those little bump stocks off. Like you said give that rear and some more travel. Good job.

Trucks looking good, going to have to put your garage logo on the door.

👍 good call with the mount...

i live in Oregon we get a lot of rust free trucks my neighbor just sold a 68 short box all good metal just no engine and trans for 1500 i got a 68 chevy 1/2 ton and a 68 gmc 3/4 ton and a 70 1/2 ton got all for free building the 68 using the others for parts got a stroked 454 steel crank heavy rods and pushrods high flow heads with a 400 turbo with the bigger pump heavy clutches stage 1 shift kit only 6000 miles on it got it free plus still have the 327 and 400 turbo that came with the 68 1/2 ton chevy but starting to put money in it putting a 1000 into the interior only have 300 in the running gear all rebuilt and painted need to pull the 454 and dress it up but wanted to check out the engine first runs perfect got a new 850 holley in box for free put a serpentine belt on it from a 94 chevy made it look stock like it was met to have it put twin electric pusher fans just incase i need it got it free off a motor home fit perfect bolt right in . did u know that most motor homes have ho 454 450 hp at 485 torque crate engines so far i have got 3 of them with the heavy duty 400 turbo 6000 miles , 38,000 miles , 47,000 miles on the engines all run perfect the last one came out of a really nice one sold the motor home with no engine or trans for 2000 bucks got it for free same with the rest of them

Good job looks easier than the way most people do it. Not that it was easy. On to the T.

Step one can mounts

New spring perch's, spiffy!

Looking great man. Coming along nicely.

Ya know if you keep the C10 it would make a SWEET tow vehicle for the pullin DRAG T to the strip !!

Dan,you are the best there is best wishes!!!😁😋😊😀😃

Dan it's coming along nicely there. If I was you I'll have a hard time selling. Wish I would have known how to make it a short bed out of a long bed with out cutting it in the middle frame out when I was building my 74 Chevy C10. I would have done it without question. Well it looks like I missed a live chat with you enter net wasn't working over the weekend because of the bad winter here. Well I'll be looking forward to seeing the next video keep up the great work. 😎🤟

Don't make it too easy or everyone will do it. Looks good. Might throw some of the primer behind the cab as no one sees it anyway. Next week mid, should pass muster. I saw a production no., on these an unbelievable. Way over the million mark so shouldn't run out of them soon. I figure that maybe a few are still in areas that have the most in their wrecking yards. keep going and best wishes

DD speed shop nice progress on the C-10 short wheel just an FYI about your auto body filler don’t let it stay in the garage and freeze it’ll become junk when you do body filler make sure you get constant heat for at least 12 hours or the body filler won’t dry right,,,,, and then you’ll have to grind it out,,,,,, learn that the hard way over here in New England,,,, take care hey by the way what day is the Queen‘s birthday I know she’s a Libra I’m the ninth Of Oct

Nice method with the T Lol I kind of do the same thing to get my car into the garage every weekend.

Hey, I'm glad you Don't put airbags on everything like some people we see on old cars and trucks

I love that your just like %90 of us that have to work all day and come home to our little garage and work with what we have. Not like the or all the other big restoration shops I am glad there are people like me out there keep it up love your work. ✌️

Could use blocks to slowly lower the T. But that will take too long lol.

Nice work!

Love you work we’re do you get replacement panels from I’m in Saskatchewan thanks

I’ve totally destroyed my hero 8 from welding sparks, you could put an old camera uv lens filter over the front, just blutac it on or something

Great job Dan , You honestly lost me when you were explaining your bed ideas etc , then you show the after result , I was like that’s what he meant 🤣🤣🤣. Cheers

Shouldn't at least one of the shocks be mounted in front to help prevent leaf spring coil up under acceleration , which pulls the front of the diff. up and misaligns the drive shaft. That also over works the leaf springs like bending a wire back and forth to break it.

I wonder what it would take to mount leafs on a LWB coil spring truck, and then shorten it like you did?

I'm still kind of thinking I would have wanted to leave that one overload spring on there and just take out the broken one above it and its mate on the other side. It's not really carrying anything unless you bottom out the springs and only costs you a 1/2" in rear ride height, that you might actually want. I'd rather have it sitting a little tail-high than tail-low. I know you said the truck would never carry another load, but I'm still thinking I like the overload spring and I think it kind of mated with the axle better with it. Just my 2 cents. Great job!

Just picked up a running 1971 c30 dually for $300 for my next project! This truck is coming along nicely love the vids and keep up the hard work it's well worth it.

I like the leaf spring hanger bracket! Keep on keeping on!

Hard work is paying off it's looking good !.... setting the rear end straight & even I'm sure took a little measuring& now to measure for a Drive shaft to be cut is coming up?...The Rat Rod looks like a Fun long project lol...

Nice forward progress. Thanks for sharing, Dan.

Moving the leaf springs the way you did, how did you shorten the driveshaft?

My 8 year old son caught the last bit of your video and said you look like a guy from the pirates of the Caribbean...lol. Great job on the progress.

Nice progress!

Thanks for the videos. Got a 69 GMC to shorten. This will be a good help.

great job dan thanks for the videos

One of these days, longbeds will become in demand, and these guys that are doing shortbed conversions will be regretting it.

Truck's going to be sweet! Looking really good, I don't know man, this may be a keeper when you get it done.

It having leaf springs saved a lot of work on the conversion

Enjoy watching your videos glad I found you

I do almost everything by myself. It takes some figuring but I like it that way. This truck is coming along very well. I am jealous. Well a little anyway.

Maybe a touch unconventional, but I appreciate the ingenuity! I'm definitely interest to learn how it drives once it's finished. Keep it up!

Very nice, neat, solution for the hangers in front !

Nothing beats owning a old truck bro I had a 62 Chevy with a 283 in it at one time an a 79 Ford at another time now I own 87chevy 3/4 ton square body an a 57 Chevy big back window. An my next truck goin to be a 56 Ford f100 big back window when I'm done with the 57chevy so Keep on Truckin!!! 👍👍👍

you make it look easy nice work its not as easy as you make it look .your a talented guy

Seriously i can't tell you enough, you're such an inspiration. Can do attitude, normal garage thats like the rest of us, you film everything, so thanks man.

Love the build. I think a lot of people are gonna borrow your idea to shorten the frame. Also, coat the frame in some por-15 please.

I missed the live feed...

looks awesome

Like the way you reinforced the spring shackles!

Big TWO THUMBS UP from us! Spring is getting closer, just think how great it will look outside when you can walk around it and see it from all the angles.

Cab mounts?

This one is going to be nice 👍

Man that truck is coming along quickly. U gonna have to slow down and make more vids on it so u can get more views on it lol

Lock washers....

Looking good, looking forward to the next video

Almost as good as new!

It is LOOKING GOOD !!! Like the look it has ! THANKS !

Like the C10 but cant wait for the Ol .T bro always loved rat rods ! Just cant find one here in Texas !

Lots of progress...looking good. And a slick way to unload the "T" on your own!!!

What if i want a medium bed truck?? I can just remove 14” total

Great job and Another great video 👍👍

Does it work with 80-87 Silverado models ?

Love the way you did the front leaf spring perches that was a great Idea kinda what I was thinking.. Awesome work.. Can wait untill the next video... As always keep the wrenches a Turin and the tires on burnin..

it’s coming along great. it’s going to be a solid truck when it’s done

Dan , Where are you getting your sheet metal from? LMC , Brothers , Golden star or Rock Auto ? you may have said and I just missed it? Lookin good

Quick question will it work on a coil spring set up it mite be alittle easier will give my coil spring a try i believe just removing the control arm bar and make it a 4 link may save some time will let you know how it comes Thank for Video.

You are a great motivator. Keep moving forward. Enjoy your channel.

A couple hours each night and before you know it, most of the welding done, suspension & chassis work handled. Ready for the next part. Moving along quickly. Be making noise soon.

Nice video Dan. I enjoy learning things from watching you and others on RU-vid. And it is great entertainment as well. It's better than watching TV for sure. Thanks for sharing.👍👍

Dan the man! Excellent video!

Very cool fab work with the patch panels and preparing for the bed sides... will you prime the patch panels and paint them to match the cab sides?

Looks great big buddy!!! Keep up the good work. Wish I didn't work 120 hrs. A week might could take on a project like yours it be a antique mack.

what happened to the no welding required ? lol

Dude another savage video.... thanks Dan 😈

Hey another great video i sure look forward to them and all the ones to come great work!

Truck is looking good can't wait to hear it fire up with that ls in it

The one thing I've learned watching your videos is don't say "you can't do that" Lol...

hi truck looking very cool

I would fall in live with it too. I would put an nv3500 in it and use it as a daily. Auto is fine to but i have bad luck with them.

Gotto get the Pops to paint match the patina on the box to the cab.....

All your decisions look solid. I hope you don't put plywood in the bed but at least some kind of cheap slats like an original. Spend the money. 👍

Looks great Dan I love the bracket you made keep up the great work

Looking real good 👌 can't wait for more

Nice work! Can't wait to see the truck back together and doing burnouts!

Looking good Dan but are we just gonna ignore the aluminum slot laying on the floor lol man I think a set of those would look good on the C10 instead of the rally's

Last comment sounded harsh. Didn’t mean to be a hater.

Yep..."can do" attitude...next.." and I'm happy" following you..I enjoy hearing that..thanks

Have you considered Por15 on the frame while it's exposed? It rolls on and no sanding or anything.. stops future rust. Nice looking truck, great project

Cool!

Love your content. I first dicovered your chanel when you were doing the 57 Bel Air. Following the progress on the c 10 now

Looks great man.

Lookin' pretty frikkin awesome, Brother! Keep up the good work!

Please do not weld on the edges of your outer rockers, drill the holes and plug weld them like the factory, they will then be correct and also save you tons of filler work. A good practice to get into is to but weld in your patch panels and stay on the flat services away from the formed areas, by using these practices keeps rust away from over lapping the sheet metal and makes finish work so much easier. One other practice would be to only weld up one side at a time to prevent the body from shifting if not welding in support braces so the cab does not shift. These are not criticisms, merely teaching practices or suggestions. Just glad to see you working on your projects. I restore vehicles so they will out last future generations, not just my own generation, I do not know if that is a gift or a curse. Lol