trucks built from cut down sedans.

Just met a guy, that's building one of these out of a 48? sedan and 50 F-1

 

There's a nice gentleman here on the hamb that I met that has converted a '46 Chevy into a truck.
Here's a pic.
I had thought of converting my ugly '48 Chevy Tudor into a pick up too.

 

The rear 1/4 panels are made out of SV21 Camry wagon roof skins. The gate is a VL Commodore ( Aussie only ) bonnet skin. Not real traditional, I know. But it fools most of the people most of the time....

 

This truck started life as a Prefect.

 

Wow very nice. Now that is what I call a custom.You actually custom fabricated the back half from scratch.The word custom really means fabed from nothing . These guys that chop a top,smooth up the body, install different lights call there cars customs don't have anything over you. I like it, Nice job man!

 

Thats really cool..do you have any build pics you could share with us?

 

Heres my take on a $50.00 more door 48 Chevy...had it on the road for about 2 grand

 

Have yet to finsh it but it will be a gasser when it is done.Started out a a 4 door Hillman minx then someone tried to make a coupe out of it.this is when i got it and cut it up and used cab corners from a Fargo cab,back window and rear roof from a mid 40`s chevy truck and the back from a S10. Toddc your not the only one using sheet metal from other cars.

 

I've seen it a few times at the Golden Super Cruise in Golden, CO when I lived there. It is absolutely beautiful.

 

Sweeeeeeet.......

 

This is a 29 Essex, Been a truck since 1961. Me and Boydwho have a corner on the Essex Truck Market. Lookin for other members to join.

 

Coupe built from cut down truck..........

 

Hey!! I built one from 37ford4 door 53 chev. bed built side panels for bed to mount car fenders,used back half of truck cab&part of top.WEST VIRGINANS can DO IT!!!!!

 

You might want to do your homework first. Cadillacs fall under the term 'Classics' and with the right car can be worth a lot of coin. A '38 Convertible sedan went thru B/J at $335,000! I don't care what you do with it, but it might be worth dragging the old girl to Hershey or Carlise to sell her as is.

 

Didn't the Downs glass 37 start out as a sedan / coupe? For some reason I can't post a photo... Gary

 

When i read the title I thought, "man haven't we seen enough good '30's sedan bodies turn into belly dragging pos cobbeled together crap!" But then I read what you have in mind. I gotta say WOW, that sounds like a neat idea! I hope you'll do a build up thread, I'd love to see it going together.

 

really???? wow..thats neat!

 

My Austin A40 Countryman needs the same treatment ( roadster ute ) that toddc gave to his 4door. Some nut replaced the roof with a VW kombi roof

 

...guess this kinda fits in here; here's a 34 Ford tudor model I'm turnin into a pickup...

...I've always wanted to build a truck from a car in 1:1 scale.

 

This ones built on a car platform. We believe it's been a colonial coach built pickup all it's life though, and have it's rego history from new in NZ in 1936. One thing thats different from the cut down cars I've seen are the belt lines on the doors. Car ones go right through and these ones end in a spear.

 

Well I wanted a 4 door English B.
I bought one blind when I got it the back was toast... so I made a truck.
I didnt want a round back, instead of moving the rear panel up I mostly hand made a cab back. The rear window frame is the top of one of the rear door frames. The roof I got of a mate no idea what its from but a bit of cutting and it worked I think it worked out OK
Pete

 

My 41 started out as a 2 door business coupe.

 

Neat !ya got any build pics??

 

If you haven't seen the build thread on this truck cab turned coupe, you most definetly need to check it out, the craftsmanship is outstanding

 

37 4door turned truck!!!

 

Do you have any photos of the build???

 

Do you have any photos of the build?