topless full size???
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topless full size???
has anyone ever seen a full size removable top early truck kinda like the chevy c10 blazer? kinda curious as to what one would look like with the bed mated to the cab and no top. dont bash me.... just curious if anyone has ever done it and what it looked like.
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I did it to a 1966 short bed. I put a factory style rollbar in the bed and filled the doors where the windows were. I cut the window cranks out and replaced the space with 6 inch marine speakers.I also put a boat radio cover in the dash to protect the cd player. I built a small stainless box in the bed with 2 6x9's and a amplified 8" bazooka tube. My uncle recovered my seat in marine vinyl. It looked like the first broncos , just bigger.
The only thing is the cab started to sag in to the doors about a year later. People loved it. Women wanted to ride an flash in it all the time. It was great . I still have it ,but it is apart. I think a unibody would be the best to do this with.
The only thing is the cab started to sag in to the doors about a year later. People loved it. Women wanted to ride an flash in it all the time. It was great . I still have it ,but it is apart. I think a unibody would be the best to do this with.
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i remember an old trucks show on spike where they had a clear roof and back section for trucks, you cut out your roof, back window, and this plastic thing would be able to fill it back. was a nice idea, but 1 piece that big would be hard to move by yourself, and where would you store it when you took it off. you could do a softtop, but it would be custom.
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well.... i thought boxing the frame and then bracing and mating the cab to bed as a one piece deal may be enough reinforcement. but exactly what would be the best way to reinforce the joining of the two? and would it be wise to make solid body mounts to reduce flex or use the regular ones? i have never seen a c10 blazer up close so i wouldnt know how they did it. any thoughts/knowledge?
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I thought blazers were their own animals. Kinda like full size Broncos. Not just a matter of welding the bed sides to the back of the cab but removing the back of the cab and tying the bed floor into the floor of the cab too and everything in between. Do-able I guess and it would be 1 of a kind but you'll wear out a mig and a few miles of wire in the process.
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As far as how to make one from scratch, I'd probably start with a LWB and shorten the frame behind the cab. That way you could use the excess bed material to fill in the gap rather than chopping up a 2nd bed. And rather than making solid body mounts it might be better to add rubber mounts under the modified bed. Even with solid mounts these cabs will still flex some.
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i didnt say i was seriously considering it but it has crossed my mind. if i am thinking this correctly the cab corners would have to be eliminated and the bed brought forward to the rear door jam. the underneath of the bed and cab could be strengthened enough but the bed sides to cab is what i would question as far as strengthening. and only Foose or the likes would be able to make a top look decent enough to look right.
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I'll use my favorite example vehicle again, 67 SWB, bed extended, rear cab intact, filler neck removed, trim would have to come from a LWB...
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