[truckboy61]

I have a 61 Chevy long bed I've been thinking about trying to shorten significantly unless I cut the chassis I was thinking about finding a shorter chassis I could place cab on and cut bed? I can get a 88 s10 for 100 bucks would it be possible to mount ?

[Underground]

why dont you just cut your frame down? It has ALL the mounts that you are going to have to fab if you use the s 10 frame. You said you can get an s10 frame for $100. Use that $100 on something esle. Your frame you ALREADY have is FREE. And besides, isn't an s-10 frame to narrow in the front? Your tires would stick in WAY to far and look pretty goofy.

[truckboy61]

If I cut my chassis and move back wheel base forward what effect would that create for handling ? If I just cut the bed behind the back wheels it still is longer then I'm shooting for.

[Underground]

You cut the frame and bed in front of the wheels. Cutting the frame will do nothing to effect the handling in a bad way UNLESS you do it wrong. The bed will get cut in front of and behind the wheels. You should be able to find a short stepside bed cheap enough.