Yes, that's the one, the guy that built it did a real nice job on it. It was really unique looking, I think that's why it stands out in my mind so much. I had a hell of collection of magazines at one time but lost most of them in a fire. That's one I'd like to find again
Here's one i saw in Elk City ,Okla. today. Sorry for the phone pic's. First i thought somebody had sectioned a pickup then i realized it had been a car. Some guy kept getting his finger in the way.
The shape of the ass end of the original car leads me to believe that it was originally a sedan delivery..
There are many pics on my photobucket page but here are some that may be worth seeing: One of the quarter before: The bondo thickness from the "repairs before I got it: Making patches Grinding the bondo out of the doors and welding shut Similar work on the fenders... Cut the roof off and tucked under to figure chop lines
Another view- had to wipe bondo on exposed metal for rain coming thru-smart guy forgot to get some primer for himself A little progress hooking it all together Making the rear corners come to the tailgate ( off some other old car) and modifying gate to fit "fins" beginning to build "rails" Rails in- on to tying bed together Tailgate top made- coat of epoxy primer after striping to bare metal AAbout 2 days of blocking and modifying the bed area and I can clean up the top and then do the basic bodywork on the rest....
I bought this not long ago. One of the POs chopped the rear off and built a wooden box for the back. Im going to take that a step further and make it into a 5window model A pickup. With either a Merc flatty or an A banger engine.
Good Evening, I am Eddie Wood from North Carolina. I am a bit of an odd fellow with regard to unique vehicles. I have saved several magazines that have car to truck conversions over the past 30 years or so. I looked through my magazines and found the GTO that you asked about. It was featured in STREET MACHINE magazine vol.1 no.1 1975. I am posting a few photographs that may be of interest to you. The NOVA stake bed was built by Bill Stull and was featured in vol.3 no.1 of Truckin' magazine 1977 and the BUICK pickup was featured in SUPER STREET TRUCKS dated November 1992. Best Regards. Eddie Wood
The 55 does appear to be a Nomad donor for the conversion. I used a 2door 210 Wagon when I built my 56 conversion. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/some-pics-of-my-friends-1956-elcamino.399170/
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