Customs Cars made into Pick-ups

YUCK!

Ben

 

Haha, I think I'd rather have that than a GTO with Jeep fenders. Even if it didn't make it to a magazine.

 

a model I'm workin on...50 Ford

 

Imagine this without the bustle apparatus and a smooth cover over the bed.

 

That is what I grew up seeing in the fifties and sixties, Model A coupes with a pickup bed in the trunk location. As I understand it, this was done to get more gasoline rations during WWII. But these conversions are the grandfather to the el Camino and Ranchero and all the conversions being posted here in this thread.

 

Actually, the Australians with the Utility Coupes (aka Utes) are closer DNA grandfather. My 3 real Utes from AU: 37 Chevy, 37 Ford, and 52 Chevy.

 

And also the 26-7 T Roadster, just unbolt the turtle deck and bolt on a factory pick up box. Mine left the factory as a Roadster. But yes, the Aussie Utes are what you say and also the English made them very early also. JW

 

In the U.S., ration coupons were issued based on your occupation, not what you drove. The pickup bed conversions were available from Sears and Ford or GM dealers (I’ve never seen one on a Plymouth or Dodge, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they were available). They were common in the 30s and 40s because most families could only afford one car.

 

I see this build is being sold at the Scottsdale auction this week.

 

Really like the car.

 

its a car, its a pickup, its a hauler



saw it here https://forums.autosport.com/topic/63980-transporters/page-83

 

Good proportions.

Ben

 

oMo

 

GNRS, '26

 

Craigslist Sioux City

 

Every day I gotta tell myself: No More Cars! No more heavy projects!

 

Easy peasy, get the banger running, air up the tires, presto bingo!