RPU Club lets see them

I dont own a RPU yet but I figure I could scrape enough parts to make me a model A RPU some day.
I like them a lot and since they were really only made for a few years I was wondering who one and what they had done to it.

The RPU owned by dirtbag13 looks tidy unit on his avatar which got me kinda thinking about this body style.

They dont just have to be Fords but I doubt there is much else out there!

 

Could once have been considered an RPU

 

Looking good buddy, I followed a lot of your build thread.
Keep up the good work.

 

Hmmm, Its stalled at the moment. Not by choice but I'll be back at it as soon as I can. Summer is nearly here.

 

Summer is almst gone here. I hate you in a jealous non threatning kind of way. Nice truck

 

here hows this one

 

thanks fiftyv8, i will try to get to my shop this week & take some pics to post on here with some info !

 

How about some RPU in progress photos, working on flushing the doors, its my first project.

 

Work in progress is fine by me, they could be helpful to folks like me who would like to put one together some day.

 

RPU body on mine. Does it count ?

 

No. Absolutely no relevance here at all

Thanks. Well you know in 6 months we're gonna be reading about you guys ramping up again and we'll be getting depressed all over again. I don't actually mind the way we are opposite. In the summer we can read about all the cool work happening in your garages and in the winter we can watch all your cool event coverage and look forward to our own summer again.

Pete

 

Here is my 29 RPU. First rod attempt.

 

Started with a rough '33-'34 style Mopar cowl(actually an early '35 truck
cowl).

Added patch panels, built the rear of the body and floor, and hung some doors.

This is where I stopped before robbing the chassis and bed for the Ugly Truck('41 dodge cab in the background).

Build thread:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=145423

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=155872

 

Here's a cheap but cool build ,no box but the used a Toyota Previa floor pan for the "modified" roadsters back panel
clicka da link : http://www.canadianrodder.com/Spotlight/2005/poncho/poncho.htm

 

how it was when i got it. lot more solid than it looks, no current pictures though.

 

Here is my RPU...

 

Heres my '29 "Six Pack To Go", just sold it...doesnt look like this anymore...the bed is made from a 1940's trailer....~E

 

i now have a new favorite car(truck), i stumbled across it the other day, BAD ASS, PERIOD!!!!

 

Here is mine. '27 T with a model A engine.

 

Thanx, where were ya a couple a weeks ago...truck has been for sale since Aug...

 

I was gonna' post pics of my old RPU, and my current RPU, but, somehow, I don't think they're the style you are looking for.

 

Here's a few of mine.

 

I like the direction you took with this one. How much did it cost you to put together that engine?

 

My work in progress

 

here is my pops 29 rpu.....

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Here's mine

 

Man, I always see you drivin around the circle, looks like fun, sounds great too!

 

WRONG!!!!! There is no "better" style than your pickups Dean. In style FOREVER- while I could post examples from each of the last decades since you started of things that were "hotter" ('70s, '80s, '90s) but we wouldn't want to revisit any of those today. Stay timeless Dean- your a hero to many of us. And go ahead and post them pictures!

 

Here's one I did for a guy a couple of years back. They picked it up like this and finished it. It's flattie powered. Started with some rusty cowl parts and a repro bed.

 

heres a 23 I built last year and the 26 Im doing this year