RodneyBad Posted February 13, 2011 Posted February 13, 2011 Just another Idea I'm throwing out there to ad in my ADHD I've had this Van for A long time that I had cut the window into the roof. Decided to rebuild it but How? 1st strip paint, strip paint again and again. Next, cut the hole out of the roof I may just come up with something like this. Eventually Don't remembered who built it but I took the pic at the Portland NNL in 09
Jordan White Posted February 13, 2011 Posted February 13, 2011 Should build something like this: Passenger space of a van combined with the 5th wheel hauling of a pickup.
Rob Hall Posted February 13, 2011 Posted February 13, 2011 Cool...will be interesting to where it goes... One idea that's been percolating in my head a while is to cut down the cab, convert it to RHD, change the grille and do a British Airways Dodge 50 stair truck like the ones I saw at London Heathrow airport about 10 years ago...
RodneyBad Posted February 14, 2011 Author Posted February 14, 2011 Count Chuckula already has the 5th wheel idea going and since I found the other photo. Need to come up with Plan D Gotta Strive to be different
george 53 Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 Rod,Before he had to give it up, my brother used to have a 24hr. heavy truck repair. He would go out and repair semi tractors that had broken down on the roads. He had a Ford van he worked out of, with Arc welders an Welding tanks and stuff. A truck like THAT one would have been a GREAT service truck!. Just an idea..... ;)
whale392 Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 (edited) Remember how Ford had a Unitbody pickup in the early 60s? How about integrating the 'cab' and bed together as one unit; kind-of like making a full-size version of the A100? Edited February 14, 2011 by whale392
crazyjim Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 Sounds interesting no matter which way you go. I'm going to keep watching for progress.
Chuck Most Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 The only thing I don't like about it? I didn't build it first!!!!
mountaindewd Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 Rodney, That Dodge service truck was built buy a guy named Dan(Southgate), I forget his last name. He is a member here. Here is a thread with this truck in it. I don't know if you have to be member on there to view it or not. http://pete389.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ev&action=display&thread=3549
RodneyBad Posted February 15, 2011 Author Posted February 15, 2011 The only thing I don't like about it? I didn't build it first!!!! That's my game, think of something someone else hasn't and it isn't easy here It was alot easier with out the internet. mountaindewd Yup, gotta be a member there. I wish I got more pics of it when I saw it but there was soo much to see there. Maybe Dan will chime in eventually?
RodneyBad Posted February 15, 2011 Author Posted February 15, 2011 Remember how Ford had a Unitbody pickup in the early 60s? How about integrating the 'cab' and bed together as one unit; kind-of like making a full-size version of the A100? I thought about that right after I cut it apart Maybe another project down the road
RodneyBad Posted February 16, 2011 Author Posted February 16, 2011 (edited) Hey! what is it with cutting a hole in the roof of these things???? it's already stripped, and if I cannot (read: am too lazy to) fix the roof to make it a "van", then I have a bunch of other choices, like box van, mini-winnie, pickup, some sort of wild custom or what ever my razor saw feels like creating that day. Because that was the Cool Option back then That is what this van started out as. still got what is left of the rear wing. I still got the Plastic glass that fits that hole (more or less) you can glue it in and fill it but I'm gonna guess it would be brittle. As soon as I find my 2 part Bondo, I'm gonna fix the back half of my roof. Edited February 16, 2011 by Zukiholic
Foxer Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 I really like that body the way you shortened it! It looks like it was made that way .. errr,, it WAS I guess .. just stretched.
paul alflen Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 BACK IN THE 1980S THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER WAS DOING CONVERSION VAN AND VAN BODIED PICKUPS. THEY WE CALLED VAN UP ON THE TAILGATES.THE DEALER WAS CRESTWOOD DODGE IN WESTLAND MICHIGAN. PROBABLY A REAL RARE PIECE TODAY AS A 1/1 VEHICHLE. MAYBEE OTHER MEMBERS CAN CLEAR THE COB WEBS OUT OF MY OLD SCOOL MEMORY? GEORGE53? ED SHAVER? ART ANDERSON? A LITTLE HELP HERE GUYS!!!
george 53 Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 Sorry Paul, Although I remember the TV ads for those conversions by Crestwood Dodge, I never SAW one, only pictures. But yeah, your right they were pretty rare then and probably even rarer NOW!!!! ;) ;)
Terror Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 I like your idea here better than the other styles.keep it up.
RodneyBad Posted February 17, 2011 Author Posted February 17, 2011 BACK IN THE 1980S THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER WAS DOING CONVERSION VAN AND VAN BODIED PICKUPS. THEY WE CALLED VAN UP ON THE TAILGATES.THE DEALER WAS CRESTWOOD DODGE IN WESTLAND MICHIGAN. PROBABLY A REAL RARE PIECE TODAY AS A 1/1 VEHICLE. MAYBE OTHER MEMBERS CAN CLEAR THE COB WEBS OUT OF MY OLD SCOOL MEMORY? GEORGE53? ED SHAVER? ART ANDERSON? A LITTLE HELP HERE GUYS!!! Well Shucks be Darn. Never heard of that conversion so I think I'm gonna run with it then Of course I think the Conversion would be a Slab fill panel for the rear. Ugh!! Bondo still not drying. Set up quick but still rubbery. too much harder?? Not enough? UGH!!
Foxer Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Ugh!! Bondo still not drying. Set up quick but still rubbery. too much harder?? Not enough? UGH!! Sounds like not enough. Since it's a chemical mix I'm not sure how you can fix it.
Casey Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Van-ups or vrucks, I've heard them called both. The above-pictured Ford is a Centurion, which they made with Ford, GM, and Dodge van cabs. I actually think the separate pickup style bed looks better, but it would look great as a whole if you could use the van's lower quarter panels and rear door (the single rear door) and use the pickup's bed to make it flow together evenly.
1930fordpickup Posted May 23, 2012 Posted May 23, 2012 I have watched a few van/trucks pull race cars into Toledo speedway . All different types of beds ,one even a ramp bed .
steve7119 Posted May 24, 2012 Posted May 24, 2012 I really like where you are going with this. Love the look! I remember a van that was cut down after a rollover accident driving around town for a while. Full size ford van with the cab ending behind the drivers seat. Top half of the rest of the body had been cut removed at the body line and finished off. Had chrome bed rails on it. Very different look at the time. Got a lot of looks when the guy was out and about with it. When I worked at a dodge dealership in the late 70s i remember a place in Commanche, IA that we took vans to that did luxo conversions but also 4X4 conversions too. Not too many of them sold around here though
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