make a 3 W coupe out of a PU cab

Now that i got rid of a couple things i have a little room in the shop. No one bought my 36 Dodge truck cab so i think i will chop it up into a three window coupe. Day's of planning, 30 minutes of chopping...............no going back.
The roof needs to go down 3" ,rear panel back about 6",rear window moved down to style line and of course fab the whole tail section. These are the first cuts with more to follow. Slow and steady. Should make good yard art. Ray

 

Now this I gotta see. Keep posting.

Frank

 

This should be interesting....I have a couple of 33-34 Dodge cabs that I have pondered this conversion myself. I can't wait to see the outcome!
I always have wanted a 3w but can't afford one....

 

Me too.

 

Can't wait to see where you're going with this one.

 

wow...keep a steady stream of updates and pix coming

 

I'm all eyes... and I have a similar project in the shop.

 

me 3

 

bring on the tallent..i wanna see it too

 

oh yeah we've bench raced this one before, never seen anyone with the stones to execute it. Good luck, I'd like to see it come out nice

 

yep...looking forward to some metal magic. Cool idea.

 

Someone posted a week or so back the same built concept except his thread got deleated because everyone started bashing his hot rod. to be fair though he did call it a rat rod in the title.

 

youve definatly got my attention. cool idea and good luck

 

Hmmm, interesting concept.

 

I've seen it done before....just not well done.

I hope you pull it off.

 

This should be cool! Hope it turns out good!!!

 

likewise, this appears to be headed in the right direction.

 

definitely watching with interest...

 

Poor pictures that have been posted plenty of times before, but if you look closely you can see that this is an American Austin pickup cab brazed to some trunk. I bought this thing on the Austin frame with the Austin running gear in '58 or '9. It had the trunk then. The guy either was going to or had run the thing with a Harly 45 although there was no engine or trans in it when I got it. I removed the body and took the rest to the dump. I could dig up some build pics if anybody wanted to see them. Pretty crude and still small pictures.

 

Day dreaming, night sweats and masking tape!

 

Ohhhh, the night sweats...sshhiivveerr....I've been there many times.....

 

So i did a little more today. I'm roughing it in and then i will sit and stare at it for a while.
I removed the rear style line and droped the rear cab down 3" and srewed it back in. Did a regular 3" chop on the posts and added a 5" filler piece for the coupe look.
I'm going for like a 33 chrysler coupe look which is a little boxy on the back. I don't want it to look like a 5w with the window filled in but it's hard to tell at this stage.
Next i will hang the doors and make a carboard tail to see what the thing may look like. I have a buddy with a glass 32 roadster that i will trace the rear from and start there. My gut say's start welding!!!!! but I wont. Ray

 

How do you walk with balls that big? Lookin' good so far. I'm interested to see how it all comes together.

 

alittle inspiration maybe, cept you might want to start at the bottom and work your way up for it to fit your build.

http://www.posiesrodsandcustoms.com/posies_statements/1932-euroliner/

 

.Don't take this the wrong way,,but I think it might look a little better if the back of the roof was leaned ahead a little so its not so straight up...Mid 30s cars have a bit of slope on the back of the roof and it will make it more like a coupe...just a thought...Its a kick ass start so far though...keep us updated

 

I agree, a little slope will look more coupe like.....

 

ditto here

 

You guy's are right my 36 Plymouth was leaned back and was a rounder swoopy car in general. the truck cab looks more antique compared to the cars and that is why i'm thinking more like this 32 Plymouth....Ray

 

That roof looks like its tipped ahead ever so slightly..could be just my eyes though....

 

I don't know dick about this type of conversion, but it sure looks like a winner so far...keep em' coming