Anyone seen a pickup w/ the cab cut open?

[Stomis]

I had said a couple months ago I was strongly going with a GMT400 platform. I was just sitting on the computer looking at trucks and remembered something I had always liked and wanted to do.

http://www.trail-gear.com/videos , Video number one has a few good shots of the truck Im talking about. Its a 4runner with a flatbed. I was thinking about hacking open the back of the cab, and building a flatbed around the opening.

Im really dicey on where Im going with the truck but this thought this second was that $100 in metal and I could totally change the shape of the truck.

 

[76zimmer]

I think Chalet 2506 just put up some pics of his crashed truck, cut open recently.

 

[Stomis]

More like so. Red would be a definite remove, taking out all the back glass (yellow) would be a possibility.

Id then design the flatbed around that area being open so you could pass through. Possibly like the allpro toyota flatbead.

I would frame the cut opening out with some 3/4in box tube so its not just floppy sheet metal. Id make some sort of frame and it would wear a bikini top off the back of the cab. Id also make some sort of twist locked snap on cover for the inside to seal the cab back off.

 

[dremu]

That second pic is totally what was done with the CUCV M1010 ambulances. Their cab opens into the box on the back.

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[496truck]

At this point I have to ask, why not just build a K5? Open cab to the cargo area, no fabbing need apply.

Last I checked you wanted to run a smaller bodied rig and set it up for more of a x-country type wheeling. Did this change?

 

[Stomis]

At this point I have to ask, why not just build a K5? Open cab to the cargo area, no fabbing need apply.

Last I checked you wanted to run a smaller bodied rig and set it up for more of a x-country type wheeling. Did this change?

If I switched over to a GMT400 this would be the goal. If I kept the 87 I would just be building a day wheeler trail rig.

I really dont see the point to switching everything into a k5. If I went to a k5 I would want to ditch the bed and tube it out so opening up my pickup cab to a flatbed is pretty much the same thing.