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"Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder" (pabuuu4) 01/11/2015 at 14:46 • Filed to: DIY, ideas

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How hard is a pick-up conversion?

My idea is to take a cheap car like:

A beat up Alfa 156

Astra Station wagon

Or cheap Lancia

And just cut the roof and trunk and make a pickup? The car will be lighter, more unique and maybe more fun to drive?

Like this guy:

The only problem with this is having it inspected so it is legal. The things they are looking at is safety and structural rigidity, is that hard to regain after cutting the roof?

How hard can it be?

jkm7680 > Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder 01/11/2015 at 14:47

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Pretty damn hard.

It would be/result in:

A. Being leaky as a motherfucker.

B. Having sharp ass edges.

C. Being so structurally unsound it wouldn't even be funny.

D. Lots more.

Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder > jkm7680 01/11/2015 at 14:49

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Why would it be leaky?

sharp edges can and must be removed.

Structural problems are the only ones I can think of.

jkm7680 > Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder 01/11/2015 at 14:51

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Because you've just cut a good portion of the roof off.

promoted by the color red > Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder 01/11/2015 at 14:54

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Cutting it is easy, keeping it from leaking and folding up like a taco will be difficult.

Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder > promoted by the color red 01/11/2015 at 15:00

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How would you make it more secure? some sort of rollbar?

DrScientist > Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder 01/11/2015 at 15:10

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i hate that two of may favorite car designs ever were turned into these, but i do appreciate the effort.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder 01/11/2015 at 15:47

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I've seen it done. It's less work with a body-on-frame vehicle, because the body isn't so structural. I've seen unibodies fold in half. There's some redneck as shit stuff on the Tubes of You.

promoted by the color red > Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder 01/11/2015 at 16:08

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Reinforcing the unibody or adding some kind of roll cage. You've just chopped part of the structure off, so you'll need to make up for that, much like a convertible.

fishtankwog > Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder 01/11/2015 at 18:32

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Hard to keep the style....