Re: Extended pickups (was: Re: '82 going convt???)

["Chris Chemidlin" <spredhaus@hotmail.com>]

>Chris Chemidlin wrote:
>
>> There's a guy somewhere in PA (I think) Who took a rabbit 2 dr, and a
>> pickup and put them together. The kick is- he cut the rabbit about6"
>> into the rear side windows so he'd have little side windows like a
>> 'real' crew/king cab.  It was really cool, the wheelbase was 
outrageous-
>> but the guy said it didn't handle all that bad.
>
>Yeah, I've seen that one and talked to the guy...  that's the second 
one
>he and his dad built.  I believe they actually used a Jetta front half,
>but not sure.  I personally would be happy with a pickup with the 
longer
>doors from a 2 door car, don't need the extended cab/extra window deal. 
>Just need to make room for my belly!  :)   (and no comments necessary
>from the peanut gallery)
>
>John

Now that you mention it, I think it was a Jetta I front clip.

The whole conversion doesn't look that complicated.  If you drilled out 
all the spow welds on the PU's floors, and where the roof meets the back 
wall, you could cut the sills and weld the new car up. The strikers from 
the PU would still be used...  Maybe a 1.5" square tube 'rail' welded 
under the truck to be safe- like a bug 'vert... 

My friend just restored a PU at work. They put an entire floor section 
in it, new wheel wells, and a round headlight conversion! Lots of work!



                       CHRIS CHEMIDLIN

          NEW MUSIC!         http://www.spredhaus.com

          58 Type1 Ragtop, 84 Jetta GLi, 87 Foxwagen


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