Been thinkin on this for a couple years, looks like it may come to pass , I would like to take a mini import pickup and convert it into a little Hot Rod heres a model I threw together , it started as a stock truck and I converted it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thinkin once the white car if a runner and tyhe shops all cleaned up I should start on it , already have the truck lined up to get its a 86 Dodge d-50 m( mitsubishi) has a cracked head, I have a bronco 2 V-6 I could use and a 32' Ford front rad grill and lights

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I wish I could snap my fingers and get things done, got all these ideas in my head and very limited time to get them done

Thats actually a pretty cool concept model, if you clean up the firewall on the Dodge or bled the cowl into the '32 hood nicely it will look sharp! I have to suggest V-8 power though, just cuz I have a hate issue with Bronco II engines... Needs a keg for a fuel tank though I like it

-Bill

Thats actually a pretty cool concept model, if you clean up the firewall on the Dodge or bled the cowl into the '32 hood nicely it will look sharp! I have to suggest V-8 power though, just cuz I have a hate issue with Bronco II engines... Needs a keg for a fuel tank though I like it

-Bill

 

 

I have a old 26' model T truck cowl that is pretty flat may use parts of it for the shape, I want to build something that has a high fun value and a low price, years ago I had a model A coupe and it needed everything, I figure if I start with a modern vehicle most the works already done for me and the price is right,

 

 

similar to this cowl / firewall

 

 

 

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Thats actually a pretty cool concept model, if you clean up the firewall on the Dodge or bled the cowl into the '32 hood nicely it will look sharp! I have to suggest V-8 power though, just cuz I have a hate issue with Bronco II engines... Needs a keg for a fuel tank though I like it

-Bill

 

I don't know about the engine, but I'd use a different tranny if you can adapt one. They're notorious for being unreliable, and my dad can vouch for that. One tranny per year that he owned his BII.

I don't know about the engine, but I'd use a different tranny if you can adapt one. They're notorious for being unreliable, and my dad can vouch for that. One tranny per year that he owned his BII.

 

Then again...it's not like this will be a commuter.

i have been thinking about rat rodding my next subie.cut the front off and make a subframe for it.then do a hood/cowl.was thinkin about it with the hatch, then it became the monster it is...........

 

 

it would not take much to turn a subie into a rod........cool model.cheers, brian

I looked at the real thing today its the same as the model Dodge D-50 Mitssubishi Dark blue and guess what its a 4 wheel drive with a new weber carb , the engines shot and it parts so its perfect for the project :banana::banana:

Im actually quite interested to see this project come to fruition

 

On a side note, why not adapt an H-6 motor to the stock Dodge trans/t case combo? I would love to see a 3.3 or 3.0 with a trifecta of 2bbl carbs on it nothing says hotrod like mulitple carbs and open headers

-Bill

Im actually quite interested to see this project come to fruition

 

On a side note, why not adapt an H-6 motor to the stock Dodge trans/t case combo? I would love to see a 3.3 or 3.0 with a trifecta of 2bbl carbs on it nothing says hotrod like mulitple carbs and open headers

-Bill

 

that sounds nice, Im trying to do this on a low budget of Money and time would be nice to run it this summer , I have the ford v-6, would like to save the stock tranny transfercase of the D-50 as it already there and hooked up and its tucked up nicely in the frame, I wish I had a worker that could help me on these things as my time is limited but my ideas are not SJR

Heres the fresh canvas ready to turn into art just brought it home

 

 

and yes its 4 wheel drive,

it has begun

 

Nice lookin pickup there, Scott! Are you also gonna paint about the same as the model?

Nice lookin pickup there, Scott! Are you also gonna paint about the same as the model?

 

probably keep the back this blue color and paint the front a lighter color

 

with old school scallops , and a number 13 on the door, I do need some paint advice from you as I am ready to start on the frame mods and I want to paint the frame as I go

 

similar to this

 

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probably keep the back this blue color and paint the front a lighter color

 

with old school scallops , and a number 13 on the door, I do need some paint advice from you as I am ready to start on the frame mods and I want to paint the frame as I go

 

similar to this

 

 

Oooooh, I like the scallop idea! Probably hammerite for the frame, same paint as on my wheels. Por15 is better, being epoxy paint, but mail order only as far as I know. With rubberized undercoating to absorb most of the shock, ham. would be just fine at $12/ qt.

photochopshop

 

 

I realy like it

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HEY! those are my old wheels if im not mistaken looks like a cool project i still have the shifter parts just need to get the coupe running better

HEY! those are my old wheels if im not mistaken looks like a cool project i still have the shifter parts just need to get the coupe running better

 

 

you are correct . I love those rims

im glad you like them

 

Rob.

heres a update

 

 

looks like this thing just might morf into a wheeler

Just the tire swap, or any other mods planned?

Just the tire swap, or any other mods planned?

 

tires all 4 the same diameter , also I used your paint looks great on the frame , also picked up a good engine so I have all the parts , with a weber and header

That's great, then you could always throw on the street tires for crusin'.

progress

 

got the engine mounts all welded up , now to design the frontend , might end up looking like a old WW2 Army Truck