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Old Jan 26, 2019 | 11:19 AM
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Need some help figuring if a 91 reg cab short box will fit my 96 club cab short box or not
 
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Old Jan 26, 2019 | 11:20 AM
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this is the box I’m looking at for my truck
 
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Old Jan 26, 2019 | 12:50 PM
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Are both the same length? If not, then not without work.

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Old Jan 26, 2019 | 03:11 PM
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Well for my luck I looked and the junkyard and both they had and extended cab with a short box and a regular cab short box and both beds came up to the same size so I took a gamble want to clear the bed off the other truck and put the white one on top of it and amounts are perfectly
 
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Old Jan 26, 2019 | 11:38 PM
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There are only two bed lengths, 6.5' and 8' and regardless of which cab you have if your truck has the short bed then any short bed prior to 97 will work. It's the same 6.5' short bed for regular cab and extended.

Good luck!

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Old Jan 28, 2019 | 08:22 PM
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nope won't fit. Now tell me where that bed is so I can steal it out from under you....
 
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Old Jan 28, 2019 | 09:53 PM
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Well depending on how far you live away from Virginia like psych already got it both of the rear fenders no rust at all and it is super clean with one dent that can be pulled very easily I’ll be posting more pictures of it very soon
 
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Old Jan 29, 2019 | 12:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Noonbailey501
Well depending on how far you live away from Virginia like psych already got it both of the rear fenders no rust at all and it is super clean with one dent that can be pulled very easily I’ll be posting more pictures of it very soon
Nice job, a good bed is a jewel to find. In my neck of the woods they don't exist. There was a pretty nice LB at the JY not too long ago would like to have had but once they got the loader into it the bed was trashed. They tend to not care about that sort of thing too much, vehicles in and out pretty fast.

Odds are better at finding a good bed if the truck is without the wheel opening trims or 'flares' so to speak.

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Old Jan 29, 2019 | 01:11 AM
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Around me there is zero hope of finding a non rusty bed anywhere. The one on my truck allowed me some practice welding sheet metal but it is awful. When i have a little time I'm building a flatbed.
 
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Old Jan 29, 2019 | 08:45 PM
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yup at the time I got the doors and fenders off the 87 that donated its doors and fenders to my 96 I was wishing that I had a place to store that bed, it was perfect. My 96 isn't the worst bed I have seen., but this one was perfect without having to replace the wheel arch even if I only have to do the 1 side on mine.....
 
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