more photoshop fun!!!

heres one for everyone. alright heres my truck (photoshop has been done once for this pic) what im thinking about is making a custom fleetside bed that follows the same shape as the body. lets see if anyone can make something that looks cool. looking for kind of a early cameo style. thanks.





or maybe even a semi-step side. (i dont know. ive got good bed sides just cant find a decent set of rear fenders for less than $300.i am not going to pay that much, i bought my truck back for $500.)

 

actually,,,a buddy of mine took an old panel truck and cut it way up and made a bed out of it...he never finished it,,but...i think some one illustrated something in a magazine years ago too....

 

thats cool. but im thinking something with out rear fenders. anyone want to take a stab?

 

Pretty rough job, but is this what you were after?

 

not quite. makes the truck look like it has a big fat ***.

 

something like this?


LMK. I'll work out something else if you want... its bout 5 minutes in photoshop. If you want a photo quality rendering I can do that too

 

thinking something that just flows with the body. not a whole lot of lines, but i do like the slant on the back of the first one i posted.

 

Exaggerated a bit.

 

Like this ... with a rolled bead where the fender line would go?

 

wow... nevermind....

 

just put a 88-98 fleetside box behind it...thats the look you want right?

 

nope. i want something that looks custom for that era. if i wanted to run a new bed i would just keep the S10 bed.

 

what if you use the back end off a 53 or 54 chevy car?? Or 50 or 51 plymouth???

 

I would look for the sides of a panel truck of the same style. A little more work but in my opinion would give you a better end result. Using a newer bed just looks really out of place(stupid) on these trucks.

 

i thought you sold that truck

 

Jonny,
Evilgenius did a shop on my 51 some time back. How about a bed like this ( and piecut your hood?)

 

brick, i bought it back. sold both of my old cars to get megan a good dependable car. so i got my old truck back and am combining it with my current daily driver a 92 S10.

elplymono, i kind of like the look of that, i was thinking something with out fenders all together, but ive got a set of mid 60's VW rear fenders i could use the fronts of them and do something to the backs of them. anyone up for that challenge?

 

the cab on the 47-54 is narrow...
,if you 'made' a fleetside bed to MATCH the cab,,the front fenders would stick out a foot wider on each side,,,,(or at least look like a foot wider)

there really is no way to have a 'fleetside' bed on a 47-54 without it looking ****ed.

 

Go find a panel truck & do the one piece thing. some times chicks look better in a one ! less metal work too!

 

It appears to me that even with fleetside sheet metal the front fenders will still be much wider than the bed.

I have a set of early 60's Dodge trk rear fenders that might work or could be cut down as desired. I"m not that far from you, if your interested.

 

wow...that is a nasty looking p.o.s.

 

what the **** kind of post is that? ^^^

 

the truth......

 

cool. glad you voiced your opinion. have decided to run rear fenders. realized that with out the rear fenders the front would look a little out there with out anything in the back. thanks for the help. thread done...