FC3S Truck Conversion
 

has anyone seen it done? i was thinking about trying it on my parts car to see how it comes out. i was gonna sheet metal off everything and fab a ghetto roll cage together. just wondering if it would look funny or alright

ya i have seen it done too two cars. one was ok and it was very well done but kinda looked weird.

the second one had a porschea rear end and dimond plate truck bed and all kinds of custom shit done to it and it looked bad ass. I wish I had the pics but i dont.

oh thats just wrong

Please, no flame wars. The original poster wants to know what you think, and likely doesn'tw ant to hear insults or smartass comments.

if you model how say an el camion did it. it could work out. i mean, that is just a monte carlo with a bed. so if you do it good, yeah it should work.

He did pretty much ask our opinions, Aaron. I Personally am in the middle, I don't know why you would need an RX7 with a truck bed, But I always give props to people for being different. I have seen a drift Silvia running Formula D that had been converted to a truck, and I thought it was kind of cool, if only for the fact that it was creatively original.

I agree that flame wars are unwanted and unnecessary, but he did all but ask for opinions. I would like to hear what other forum mebers personally thought of the conversion. Lets hear your non-flame opinions.

thanks for the opinions guys. i personally wanted to see if anyone did it already. i dont plan on doing it because of the down time of my FC would kill me. well if anyone ever finds pics of one post em up. i personally dont think it would look nice considering the truck s13 from formula D cut his tail lights in half and only used the top part of the lights. we have huge fat tail lights and i would never cut up mine. thanks everyone

Yeah, that does sound kinda odd. I would like to see one done just to say that I have. But i guess if you still had the fiberglass shell for the compartments in the back, you could make a rear window with lexan and lose the hatch. You could drop a lot of weight like that. Anyone have a link or pics of that s13?

I've seen a Volvo 760 done this way. Looks odd, but go for it!

I've seen a video where they did it to a skyline or atleast I think it was a skyline it looked kind of cool. turning your seven into a truck is one way to be different.

I've seen it done to a s13, skyline, and an 88 supra; all looks pretty nice. I have not seen an FC though, I'm tempted to make an FB mini truck, I'm sure it would be the 1st of its kind.

I think in the end, it will look kinda like a Subaru Brat.

i think it would look weird.......if you have the time, money and fabbing abilities and a spare beater FC then do it.........i thought the skyline and S13's looked kinda cool.............I personally wouldn't do it because i prefer sleepers over showy cars ( look at me cars) nothing beats the face of a smug BMW owner as they are handed their ass by a beat up looking FC.....the only concerns I have are the structural stability of it.

how about someone photoshops one?

Here you go:

http://www.rx-7source.com/showpics/t...ersion_001.jpg
http://www.rx-7source.com/showpics/t...ersion_002.jpg
http://www.rx-7source.com/showpics/t...ersion_003.jpg

that blue rx7 makes me want to puke, but that white one looks pretty good, probably because theres not a 15ft spoiler on the back.

hmm.. From the first few pics it sorta resembles the backend of a vert its just..... solid.

i don't think that's what he meant though.

yeah, i think he means with a functional bed. i'd like to see a functional tailgate someone fabbed up.

That really doesnt look too crazy. JuiceH is right, it does ressemble a convertable RX-7.

I wonder what the weight difference would be from the stock hatch glass, to the "truck version".

If it does remove a considerable amount of weight, it could be something that RX-7 drifters might consider.

Edit: Whats up with that wing???

that was earls car you'll were talking about with the truck bed in his seven, used to use it for drift. theres a few of the more mr2 looking ones like the white one in fiber glass in japan that have appered in hypertek mags.

also if any one sees that fiberglass rear hatch with the more mr2 look tell me

6 year old thread? a fucking 6 year old thread you dig up ?

LOL No kidding.

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6 years and 2 months!!

i heard angry earl was thinking about building a truck bed on his sweet drift fc.

lol atleast he searched !

Yeah no kidding, you start a new thread you get flamed for not searching but oh god help you should outputting search and post in an old thread.

perhaps if some new or actual information was posted

considering Angry Earl has a full write up about his car on this forum, had the car for sale, and now parting it out none of this is news to anyone.