Alain
I am not sure what chassis will work but to answer a few of your other
questions....
You can still have a fender mounted spare tire with a short box, the fender
has a cut out.
Resale value is significantly lower for a long box as they do not seem
nearly as desirable. But if your goal is to haul full sheets of plywood with
the truck then having a shortbox doesn't work.
Check out www.mar-k.com and see if reproduction long boxes are even made. I
just bought a complete short box (sides, front, cross sills, tailgate, oak
bedwood, with stainless hardware) from Scott's Super Trucks in Penhold AB
for around $2500 CDN.
It comes down what you like and want to do with the truck. If it is going to
be a truck you drive on sunny sunday afternoons, then I would look at making
it a short box.
Blaine Dumkee
59 GMC 9314
Fort Smith NT
Canada
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Alain Leclerc
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 4:39 PM
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: [oletrucks] long box/shortbox
just a quick question..
I'm about to start looking for a rolling chassis for my truck ('56 Chevy 1/2
ton, longbox) and I'm leaning towards a s-10 chassis... this is where I have
to decide if I want to keep my longbox (fender mounted spare)or if I want to
shorten it and have the shortbox look... Obviously I gotta figure this out
before I find the right chassis. So my question.. what are the
advantages/disadvantages to both sized boxes? Probly fairly
straight-forward but I was never good at physics.
Any advice/experience is greatly appreciated, I'm still just putting my plan
together so all input is taken into consideration.
Thanx in advance.
Alain
'56 Chevy TF 1300
Manitoba, Canada
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