Art & Inspiration What can you do with a 4 door post?

Thought I'd post a photo of what my friend Kev did with a '57 4 door post rust bucket. He actually turned it into an El Camino Roadster. Just a thought if you have one sitting.



http://kevscustompaint.com/

 

So.... wheres the picture?

 

wanted you to hunt that little link and find it on web page so ill post the pic for him..

 

"4 door post rust bucket"

HAHA-Wheres the rust?I could only be so lucky to have a start with such a clean looking car.
Looks great though btw

 

I like that car! Pretty cool.

 

That's actually not it... he said it was so bad he never even took a photo of the actual car, until it was too late. Found it in a Hog lot by Glenwood Iowa with no suspension underneath it.

 

Hmmm, I have been unable to sell my 4-door '61 F-85. I happen to own a Saw-Zall and have indoor parking. I wonder what hacking the top off a unibody would do? My guess is it would fold like a taco if you open both doors at once without the proper underbody bracing.

 

That's what they make rectangular tubing and welders for... i have just handed Kevin a totally shot 55 4 door Chevy to make me a new version of the same thing with... but it's #4 in line on projects. Maybe next summer.

 

"What can you do with a 4 door post?"

Part it out.

 

You wanted four door posts. here are some. The fire engine is being evaluated on a Tilt table we have at our Fire Apparatus Evaluation center.
Normbc9

 

no fair... pre-war doesn't count.. and the woody... well... you know they are cool, even with 8 doors

 

or you could suck it up and just build a fucking 4 door...

 

my my.... so ... ummmm... testy. Aren't we

 

I've had several more doors....over it!! Unless of course it's a pre-War more door!
I do like a good more door faux roadster though!

 

Make it a 2-door... that's what I did. Just sayin'

 

Shorten it up to 13" ONLY.
Use part of the rear door skin to fill the 1/4 panel.
Section it around 3-4".
Make it a roadster or carson top with windows.
Chop w-shield to hardtop glass height.
With the 102" wheelbase it would be the same proportions and size as a '57 vette or T-bird with a chevy body.
Hotrod Mechanix had a detailed article on doing it with a '55 Pontiac years ago when there was a Hotrod Mechanix Mag except they didn't section it, which I think it would need.

 

Get 2 4drs and make an 8 door limo !!

 

I agree with ol'skool29 lol! My first car was a 65GTO and I got so tired of getting out or leaning forward to let someone out of the back seat. Let them get out their OWN DOOR

"A Door for Every Seat!"

and I love the '57 conversion Kevin did a great job.

One of these days, I'm gonna take a 70 Malibu 4 door and a 70 El Camino and make it into a 4 door "crew cab" El Camino!

 

Im seein a four door post, cut into a two door convert, and its cool, but where does the El Camino part come in?
More pics would be great, we like pics.

 

He's still got this car... am going over to do a photo shoot for his web site and will post a few photos when i get done.