Customs Cars made into Pick-ups

Not a great pic I'm sorry, but this is one of the few that I've seen where they really got it right. '58 Ranchero roof I believe.

 

I don't "get" a lot of what Bad Chad does, but he did a great job on this one.

 

DOES YER BUDDY OWN A TAVERN ?

LIKE BOB SLOAN OR SOME NAME LIKE THAT? ?

 

in my mind this is the winner of this thread. Chrysler should have built these.. they could have easily redefined the back window more like the 59-60 El Camino and kicked GM's butt.

this looks like a Dodge, but imagine a 57 58 Chrysler 300 version.

how much of this car is photoshop?

 

I don't have a matching velvet suit and a pimp hat with a feather, so I could never drive this one.

 

it needs a water bed and wine rack in the back... though, the suspension might have the bed part covered.

 

Russ and Summer Eggleston of Iowa built this wicked gasser. Found in a pile of rust and wrecks, pulled out, to the shop to assess what they got, see what was there to work with and turned this 39 Willys sedan into a sweet gasser pickup. I've got a lot of admiration at what they turn out of their shop, Eggleston Kustoms. Not a lot of fancy machines, tools, equipment but waaaaay makes up for that with a ton of vision, patience and skills. I grabbed these pics from their facebook page ...

 

Have been going thru my photos, did find 2 more, first a Opel Kapitän and then an Lincoln

 

Follow up to post #27.

 

Would be remiss without including Joe Bailon's '49. Interesting that they made them downunder. @X38 post #71.

 

A lot of these don't work.

 

I like this one.

Ben

 

I'd drive this Buick.

 

This loosely fits the category, a 1962 Studebaker Champ.
In 1960 when Studebaker wanted to restyle their truck line they were broke. So, instead of spending bucks on a redesign they took the 4dr Lark bodies and cut them down to truck cabs and mounted them onto the same truck chassis that they used since 1949. For step sides they retained the prior body style beds, for wide beds they bought the tooling for the beds that Dodge used from 58-60. They were somewhat mismatched as the beds were a couple inches wider than the "cabs"

 

That's a stock Chevy Ute body. Built by Holden. Uses same front doors as a 4 door sedan, since those were also built at same time. Here is picture of my 52 Ute, note it's the same body as your picture.

 

You guys in the US can talk about this all you like, but no one does utes like us Aussies & Kiwis.....
We're all over it down here.

 

I'd be all over them myself

 

Factory Aussie Utes are not cars made into Pick-Up, this thread is for cars converted Post Factory. JW

 

I guess a lot is in the eye of the beerholder, lol.

 

I like this.

 

LOL. Yep, sure is. Has always been thus.

Ben

 

I pulled this off my cousin's property in the early 1970s.



It's a 1928 Dodge Victory Six four door sedan that was cut down to move a family from New York to New Paltz, NY in the 1940s.

 

Did I miss something? where does it specify Post Factory?
I admit, the Australian Utes don't quite fit the category of cars made into pick-ups, since they were definitely a designed "utility" vehicle, but there are several "factory" built cars that fit the category. While some of the factories might not be the Big 3, there were definitely factories making trucks out of cars. Most of the coachbuilders that built hearses and ambulances would also build a "flower car" where they basically put a bed on any of the big sedans of the time.
A Google Image search for "flower car" will pull up tons of interesting pics

 

I photo shopped one of my Rambler Americans to see what it'd look like as a Rambchero. It's a natural!!
Shoulda done it.

 

Good thread !!

 

1949 chevy 4 door turned into a pickup