shock size?

[Newbie]

i have a 76 shortbed chevy with a 6inch lift, and it has no shocks on it.. has the shock mounts but i know im gonna have to put longer shocks and wasn't sure on how to find that out exactly?  i plan to put up pics of my shock mounts and all to help out.. sry as u see my name is newbie lol.  i saw that people had made coil kits to fit on the rear end? does that help out a lot? any recommendations? i have a 14bolt in the rear and a 10 bolt in the front..

[Captn. J]

if u wanna order em  , u can tell the tech  they will get u the right ones ... unless u wanna find one yourself u can measure it mount to mount  and look online to see what will fit. compressed vs uncompress and travel

[Newbie]

thanks captn! right now i have a extra pair off of my 2500hd and was gonna fab the mounts so these shocks would mount up if i had to... but wanted to figure out how i would find out if the travel is long enough or so what.. you understand what im talking about?