topless full size???
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From: NW Mississippi
And if you're reeeeeeeeeeeealy bored this winter...
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Same as above w/ custom steel topper joined to cab, panel wagon style, lower cab Ranger trim extended full length of topper.
It should really have SS trim around the topper glass too but I gotta go to work.
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Same as above w/ custom steel topper joined to cab, panel wagon style, lower cab Ranger trim extended full length of topper.
It should really have SS trim around the topper glass too but I gotta go to work.
spots
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From: sun valley ca
I would say that boxing the frame and adding more bracing to the frame to help eliminate flexing would be a start. Here are some pics of my truck when I was doing the chop, kinda gives you a look at how it would look 
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This is a short bed, just looks longer due to the bed being stretched into the cab. Do you want it shorter than a swb? Sectioned in front or behind the rear axle? And If I remember correctly that truck had lowering i-beams and dropped shackles so it's already lowered. You want it slammed?
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After I shortened it it looked just like a full sized bronco. So I kept going.
Chopped 4-5 inches shortened 10-12 inches in front of rear axle, partially shaved and lowered about 8-10 inches from stock.
Now it kinda looks like an F-100 Nomad.
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Chopped 4-5 inches shortened 10-12 inches in front of rear axle, partially shaved and lowered about 8-10 inches from stock.
Now it kinda looks like an F-100 Nomad.
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After seeing the pics, eliminating the bed gap just doesn't look right. I do like the convertible idea. With some enginuity you could make it a two peice retractible top with the help of some Mercedes mechanicals. I have seen the Chevy Blazer-turned-Truck customs and they look good. It would have been cheaper to buy a El Camino.
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From: Cow Town, CA
also on the convertable idea just watch the moive "The Road Warrior" with Mel Gibson made in 1981...there is an orange bump with the roof off and a short wind screen...
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From: Anchorage, Alaska
I always had plans (dreams?) of making a removable hard top with frameless glass for the side windows. I wanted to make a mount in the bed (under the tonneau) for the roof so it could be along for that rainstorm. I didn't figure a way around the fact that it would be too heavy for one person.
Then I got a ragtop 5.0 so my hair can blow....guess that satisfied my itch a bit.
Then I got a ragtop 5.0 so my hair can blow....guess that satisfied my itch a bit.
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From: Prairieville, La
I went to the folks house today to move some trucks around. The weather was lousy. We did not really get to do much. I will try to see if My dad can get a couple of pics this week. I will be going back on sunday to try again.
I am very sorry about the weight.
I am very sorry about the weight.
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international scout anyone. or a jeep scrambler, both pretty close
there is actually an early 90s dodge dakota running around town that someone made a convertable. They left the doors but cut the roof from the top of the windshield back, and made a small cloth convertable top. Ive never seen it with the top off though.
there is actually an early 90s dodge dakota running around town that someone made a convertable. They left the doors but cut the roof from the top of the windshield back, and made a small cloth convertable top. Ive never seen it with the top off though.
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international scout anyone. or a jeep scrambler, both pretty close
there is actually an early 90s dodge dakota running around town that someone made a convertable. They left the doors but cut the roof from the top of the windshield back, and made a small cloth convertable top. Ive never seen it with the top off though.
there is actually an early 90s dodge dakota running around town that someone made a convertable. They left the doors but cut the roof from the top of the windshield back, and made a small cloth convertable top. Ive never seen it with the top off though.
