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General Site Info => General Discussion => Topic started by: ca180 on February 21, 2015, 05:57:27 pm
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Does anyone have info on a company that created a three door conversion from a long bed C10?
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almost want to say it looks like someone took a crew cab and swapped the rear doors to make it a "suicide" door. never seen that before
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That's what I thought, too. I'm just curious if there was any other info on it. Like, maybe a company that did conversions? It looks interesting, but I'm concerned about it possible being a hack job with TONS of bondo...
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It kinda looks like the conversion extended cabs that a company in texas used to build. But they never did any with doors that I know of. First extended cab with a working door that I've ever seen.
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I kind of wonder if it was a typo and that it's a 4 door with a suicide conversion... Hmmmmm....
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It kinda looks like the conversion extended cabs that a company in texas used to build. But they never did any with doors that I know of. First extended cab with a working door that I've ever seen.
i dont see a conversion company taking the time to stretch a regular cab for the size of a crew cab. to me it looks like a crew cab read door
(http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m387/rebel_cowboy_83/Chummins/20140918_175650_zpsdulwixjk.jpeg) (http://s333.photobucket.com/user/rebel_cowboy_83/media/Chummins/20140918_175650_zpsdulwixjk.jpeg.html)
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Just called the guy... Apparently it was a custom job with 3 doors! And apparently the rear seat would slide down in to a bed. Unfortunately, he traded it already to someone else. Interesting none the less!
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Irish, neither do I. Infact it does look like it probably WAS a crew cab rear door, but it's about 1/2 - 3/4 the size of a crew rear door. Also, it's probably the RIGHT rear stuffed onto the left side, the door handle is in the wrong place and the edge that meets the front door doesn't match the contour of a left rear door. It looks like there might be a lock cylinder in the middle of the yellow stripe too.
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i have heard of a conversion for the crew cabs. this conversion involves making them crew+ extended cab so you can put the fold down bench in the rear. would love to see better/more pictures. also the bed has been cut down also
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i do see the lock cylinder in the rear door. but not one in the front? also i think i only see 5 lugs up front for a ½ ton
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So like a 6 door cab, 4 full size doors and 2 half size doors?
Saw the bed and no cylinder in drivers door and the lug nut count. Good eyes.
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So like a 6 door cab, 4 full size doors and 2 half size doors?
nope, 4 door with the extended cab added on no doors like ziegs truck but will 2 more doors before the side rear window
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Oh ok. So you get 2 full size front doors, then 2 half size extended cab doors, then just a extended cab no doors before the bed.
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(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh203/choptop76/86%20Extended%20Crew/DSC08927.jpg)
Click here (http://conversiontrucks.net/Forum/index.php?topic=6.0)
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Oh whoa, wow. Nice.
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that person is a member on here also under the same name "oldyeller"
http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?action=profile;u=3072
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Well that is one odd creature...someone with "some" skill & a bunch of effort had a pile of parts & went to work cutting & welding. Several things I see were already mentioned & some that weren't: I feel fairly certain that there is a weld seam in the frame...the truck is too long to be a standard long bed truck & too short to be a full 4 door frame. There is at least most of the width of a cab corner between the Two doors (unlike the 4 door that has a narrow post at the top & none below the window area. I think they left the original cab corner in place & sliced it from top to bottom, then took another cab corner from the Right side of a donor truck, sliced it & welded the Two together.
There is definitely a lock cylinder in the REAR door, but none in the front. Why would a person go to all that trouble, close up the front lock cylinder & leave the rear? Go Figure. I believe that door is just the back of a Left door & the back of a Right door welded together...it is way short compared to a 4 door rear door. Somesort of hinge deal put on the back post...suicide type kit. Looking closely, I see a shiny "dot" in the center, near the bottom of the rear door glass (just like the vent window has)...I'm thinking that area is the pop-out window, seal & surrounding door metal from a Chevy van door? I believe this dictated the width of that rear door...maintaining the same size frame around the glass to look correct.
They should have started with a 4 door cab or Suburban to get the proper roof, ect. Something tells me, it isn't only covered with leaves! It sure is interesting to see some of the "dreamed up" versions people have made with the pile of parts.
For the record..That Red ex-cab in the background in the photo of the Gray truck is about as perfect as it gets in my opinion! Lorne
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Oh cool. Haulin, I think it's safe to say that if it can be mass produced, then it can also be mass mutated haha.