I'm posting to just put up the idea of a proper short-bed for the D-Series at least in the sense of a half-ton pickup that would have existed in the later years of the D-Series as it spans. To be exact a 5.5 foot bed, it's shorter behind the cab and I think slightly behind the rear wheels as well. I've attempted to make my F-150 out of the D-Series as close as I can at times over the years and it just comes out looking funny. I didn't really pay it much mind (just lost interest sooner then I'd like) till more recent and realized even with mods that shorten the bed and look a little bit more correct to an early 21st century half ton none of them (at the very least that are up to date) cut the length behind the cab. I'm actually surprised to an extent that the bed length/frame in question is not in game by default At the very least pertaining to later model variants of the D-Series. So if not the devs noticing this post and adding something to the game officially. Hopefully a someone makes a mod.
Look at the section of the bed just behind the rear wheels. On the Crew-cab there is less space between the cab and the rear wheel well then on the Regular-cab. This allows for more cab space, and still got a decent amount of bed space with not to much sacrifice of ground clearance, ease of parking, etc... Yet in BeamNG if you want a Crew-cab, you get the same space is in front of the rear wheels (with no option for say a shorter bed (in front of the rear wheels) Crew-frame) as the Reg-cab resulting in a much longer truck with a longer wheel base then what you generally find in real life. It's just that area behind just the cab I'm looking for official content, or mod at least, to address. Also I guess anything else (if there is anything) that might need to go along with it to make it work.
the d series is a much older truck and tbh this is kind of a stupid idea to make a truck this way two 80s f250s for comparsion
they already kind of do this with the post-facelift being the only crew cab to get the current "short" bed, every other crew cab exclusively has the long bed: and realistically, it was only ford who had the extra short bed at this time, with chrysler and GM adopting it later. if anything, this would be one of the few good features to distinguish an entirely new modern pickup from the D-series.
Yes if they ever make an official new(er) full-size pickup this would definitely be something I'd expect to see. Even so I'm still mildly surprised with the shorter bed mods I've run across over the years not one does it the way I've mentioned. They only ever cut/shorten the bed/frame behind the rear wheels.
