A tudor to pickup, does this look dumb?

i have been sick for the last couple of weeks, so production has ground to a halt in the garage. all i have been able to do, is stand there and look at my tudor to truck conversion. the more i stand there the more i question if this is actualy going to look right.

does the cab seem too long?
i didn't want the extra side window( extended cab look), i just wanted a little more leg room?
but now i don't want to continue if its going to be an abortion.
i plan on choping it 3" when i get started again, do you think it will look wrong once it is chopped?

any photoshop guys out there that can cut the roof down in this pic for me?
thanks

 

It's not bad. Dare to be different.

 

The picture's a little big. Hard for me to get a good look at it, but from where I'm standing, I think you're on the right track. Not sure what a chop would do to it though. That might squish it outta proportion a little. Just keep eyeballin' it. She'll fall into place.

 

It's ALWAYS going to look "created", not anything that looks natural. The real question is can you deal with the constant inquiries of why did you do this? ,why did you do that? Traditional hot rods were built, for the most part using existing stock body styles. This "mix and match" deal is a relatively new style. I know you can site rare examples of what your doing but I (and a lot of other people) don't consider it traditional. Your call if you decide to continue but be prepared to for the consequences.

Frank

 

It will be a regular cab version of Posie's ThunderRoad.

I like it.

Brad

 

I'll try to shrink the pic

 

Looks pretty good, but it might be a little "thick" behind the doors.

 

The best one I've ever seen was a local rat-rod that was built from a fordor, had little quarter windows, and I wish I'd taken a pic because the proportions were dead on.

That doesn't look bad, though, if I chopped it I wouldn't go too far. 3, 4 inches tops.

 

Actually, there might be some substantial, mostly rural, American tradition behind doing this type conversion. From what I have read and heard, back in the 40's there were financial and fuel incentives for driving pickups versus sedans (lower county taxes and more fuel during WWII rationing). There were quite a few sedans converted to pickups in the bad old days. I've been looking recently at a 31 slant window-to-pickup that was done in the 40's. the guy wants $425 for the cab. I may get it.

 

Here's a picture of my 28 PU that is a shortened Tudor. I would never shorten a Tudor myself, but this one was already done back in the 60's. With the 40+ year old paint on it I think everyone that see's it understands that it is what it is....an old hot rod. Since you've already taken the knife to your sedan, you might as well finish it. Hopefully you can do something creative with it that makes it stand out. And I don't mean cover it with skulls, iron crosses, and black primer.

 

i think if you can reconsruct the lower portion below the beltline to match the upper contour, instead of the lower section curving forward at the bottom. it mite look better. just my .02

 

Don't chop it, don't try to cram a quarter window into it, & make the rear panel run straight down below the beltline & it might work.

The rear panel curving toward the front of the truck as it goes down really screams "I used to be a sedan". If you're building a truck, make it look like a truck.

JH

 

Not dumb at all. It's gonna look fine. I've always thought that a sedan into a pickup is a pretty darned good idea. It gives the added length to let you chop it and maybe even channel it and still have some leg-room. You can't do that with a pickup cab and comfortably fit in it...they're not long enough...unless you're 4'9". Don't worry about the "questions". Do it up! Good luck.

 

Personally I have never been a fan of them. I just could never get over the way the back of the cab looks. I do understand why people did and still do the conversion though.

 

looks like a pumpkin.

 

It doesn't look like a Model A truck, but it doesn't look bad, either. Have faith; the basics are there, you might just need to keep looking at it and refine the look as you go along.

 

It's your Rod.
You are the one doing all the hard work so if it looks right to you then it is.
Either that or just keep it traditionally boring like the other thousands out there.

 

I don't see a problem, Its your ride.

 

Build it. It will be cool and different.

 

CornFed's pic looks pretty *****in! I say go for it screw all the negative opinions.

 

Keep going i like it that what hot rodding is about.

 

I like it.

 

i'd build it! it'll look good once its chopped and molded.

 

i like the idea of bringing the sheetmetal below the beltline down straight, to look like a an actual pickup cab, but then again i kinda like the slight radius in it. you could make a bed that flows into it, or if u plan on running fenders that curve may compliment them, theres a million ways to skin a cat... good luck, and i agree, its your ride, do with it what you will. who is anyone to judge you???

and if u cant photo shop it you can always lay some masking tape on the pillars, mark every half inch, take another picture, print it, then cut the pic and use the marks as a guide to how much to whack out.

 

i was planning on building it fenderless, bobber style.
i like the idea of replacing the sheet metal below the belt line, in fact that might be the easiest way to go. on the other hand, it may look cool having the exposed rear frame follow the angle of the existing shape.

 

Since you want to chop it anyway, cut about three inches out of the cabsides just behind the door opening, and move it forward. From the belt line down, make a new lower car section that contiues straight down. Make sure you hang the doors first, and then section the rear of the cab , so everything lines up right. Do the chop last. If done right, it will look killer when it's finished...

 

It's gonna look awesome! keep us posted on your progress cause I really want to see this one!

 

When I was a kid, a neighbor had a Model A pickup with a plow on it. The cab was a sedan body, shortened up just like you're doing. The bed was also "cobbled" from some other pickup, but he'd canted the front panel to match the angle of the cab. I thought it looked cool (but I was probably 12 or 13!). As I recall, it also had 2 transmissions, and a hydralic set up for the snowplow made from a power steering pump and convertible top cylinders. Back yard, up-north engineering...

 

Do it like you want to...something different.... interesting concept....and keep the pictures coming. Dave