Frame Support

[rat427chev]

My 71 chevy pickup is the first of many long bed to short bed conversions I am wanting to do. I am wondering what would be the best way to make the frame stronger were the cut is? Keeping in mind I do not want to see anything from the outside of the frame rail. So the frame looks as stock as posable.

[Dave Severson]

Streets told ya right, if you want to be double sure, you could box the inside with a peice of flat the same thickness as the original rail and about 12" long.