Ute-ing a car

[OlberJ]

Anyone here ever gone through the process of chopping a car and making it into a pick up?

I cannot find the right pick up for my needs so fancy making one.

The way i see it, take one car, remove the rear roof, seat bench and glass, the boot lid and cut the rear firewall away. Add rear half roll cage for strength and plate the rear to make into a useable pick up style base. Add in some rear window glass and surrounding metal from something of a similar size.

The rear lights and drop panel would probably need to be a custom setup but easy enough to do.

Anyways, anyone ever done this themselves? What sort of problems did you come up against with MOT's etc?

I'm assuming it is allowed, have seen minis etc done like this but will it need an IVA?


Cheers,

[Silent1]

Nothing to add but i saw a black 850 T5 like this the other day, looked the bks

Are you sure a Maloo wont fit your needs?

[Chapppers]

OoOoOoOh good idea, yeah Volvo T5 Ute ftwtbhlol.

ETA:



Although I think an 850 would work equally well.

Edited by Chapppers on Thursday 12th August 23:42

[MGZRod]

That looks ANGRY. I want.

[Big Rod]

Just stumbled on this............

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=re...

Yumph!!

[OlberJ]

Silent1 said:

Nothing to add but i saw a black 850 T5 like this the other day, looked the bks

Are you sure a Maloo wont fit your needs?

Fits my needs but not my wallet. Can you get them over here in RHD?

I'm thinking something fairly similar though.



Would need to be the V8 version. And probably with an R154 manual box too.

[Chapppers]

The problem is, you need to start with a 5dr estate or they end up looking weird because the 2dr doors will be too long to get the proportions right.

Skyline R34 GTR ute using Stagea and a bit of creativity?



An imported Maloo will be RHD because Aussies also drive on the proper side of the road.

Edited by Chapppers on Thursday 12th August 23:50

[Chapppers]

also : http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1355277.htm

[sc4589]

OlberJ said:

Silent1 said:

Nothing to add but i saw a black 850 T5 like this the other day, looked the bks

Are you sure a Maloo wont fit your needs?

Fits my needs but not my wallet. Can you get them over here in RHD?

Maloos are from the Australian market, and their cars are RHD...

They're also absolutely awesome, are the the Ford FPV Tornados.

http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor.nsf/story2/...

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1355277.htm

[rudecherub]

How about a Jaaaaaag pick up

V12 xjs, for pennies, grinder... t'da!

[jbi]

It's easier on a vehicle with a full frame... take this land rover discovery for example



Also with a full frame vehicle it will not need any inspection if the chassis is not altered beyond simply chopping a bit off the back.

Edited by jbi on Friday 13th August 00:06

[OlberJ]

I did consider the XJS but not really gaining much room.

Proportions look pretty good to me :

[sc4589]

OlberJ said:

I did consider the XJS but not really gaining much room.

Proportions look pretty good to me :

Nice model car. Not sure it would be so easy in real life..?

There's a storming Ford P100 in the PH Classifieds...

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1653419.htm

Unfortunately 'tis sold, but it looks great, and would certainly go well with the (stereotypical) Cosworth lump fitted.

[rudecherub]

OlberJ said:

I did consider the XJS but not really gaining much room.

Proportions look pretty good to me :

I'd imagine you'd get similar bed length to crew cab pick up? I'd have to break out the tape measure.

nice model, but I like the way the italian wine merchant kept the distinctive sweep of the b pillars in his real world conversion, seeing that made me think of reasons to have a ute.

[Merp]

Stuart Appleby the Australian golfer had an M5 Ute. One of the nicest I've seen!

http://m.jalopnik.com/5060168/stuart-applebys-bmw-...

[Silent1]

OlberJ said:

Silent1 said:

Nothing to add but i saw a black 850 T5 like this the other day, looked the bks

Are you sure a Maloo wont fit your needs?

Fits my needs but not my wallet. Can you get them over here in RHD?

I'm thinking something fairly similar though.



Would need to be the V8 version. And probably with an R154 manual box too.

What about the base spec Holden ute(rus) then? Still available as a v8 and they're pretty cheap over here because the British don't understand the idea

Edited by Silent1 on Friday 13th August 00:32

[MGZRod]

Merp said:

Stuart Appleby the Australian golfer had an M5 Ute. One of the nicest I've seen!

http://m.jalopnik.com/5060168/stuart-applebys-bmw-...

Every time I see that I fall in love more. Must be rather tail happy?

[rudecherub]

rudecherub said:

OlberJ said:

I did consider the XJS but not really gaining much room.

Proportions look pretty good to me :

I'd imagine you'd get similar bed length to crew cab pick up? I'd have to break out the tape measure.

nice model, but I like the way the italian wine merchant kept the distinctive sweep of the b pillars in his real world conversion, seeing that made me think of reasons to have a ute.

assuming the proportions of that model are correct you'd end up with around 1.5 M bed

[samuelellis]

Every time I look at a mk3 Mondeo hatchback i think that would be a damn good car to Ute

Weld the rear doors up, cut everything out behind the b-pillar above the windowline, weld the flat bit of the boot lid back in to give you the back of the ute

Then build a metal/glass divider behind the b-pillar (think the same way the back of a series3 landie curves round) to separate the load area from the cabin. It would be a pain with the curtain aribags etc but it could look quite good

[Silent1]

samuelellis said:

Every time I look at a mk3 Mondeo hatchback i think that would be a damn good car to Ute

Weld the rear doors up, cut everything out behind the b-pillar above the windowline, weld the flat bit of the boot lid back in to give you the back of the ute

Then build a metal/glass divider behind the b-pillar (think the same way the back of a series3 landie curves round) to separate the load area from the cabin. It would be a pain with the curtain aribags etc but it could look quite good

I take it you mean saloon. But I don't agree, the mondeo is utilitarian, not a thing of beauty.