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Old Sep 21, 2005 | 01:59 AM
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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
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Old Sep 21, 2005 | 02:05 AM
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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 **** done to it and it looked bad ***. I wish I had the pics but i dont.
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Old Sep 21, 2005 | 02:18 AM
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oh thats just wrong
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Old Sep 21, 2005 | 08:43 AM
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Please, no flame wars. The original poster wants to know what you think, and likely doesn'tw ant to hear insults or smartass comments.

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Old Sep 21, 2005 | 09:01 AM
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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.
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Old Sep 21, 2005 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by RE TurboII
...just wondering if it would look funny or alright
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.
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 10:10 PM
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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
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 10:20 PM
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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?
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 10:22 PM
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I've seen a Volvo 760 done this way. Looks odd, but go for it!
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 11:14 PM
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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.
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 11:47 PM
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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.
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 11:50 PM
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I think in the end, it will look kinda like a Subaru Brat.
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 12:02 AM
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 01:19 AM
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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 *** by a beat up looking FC.....the only concerns I have are the structural stability of it.

how about someone photoshops one?
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 11:09 AM
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 11:12 AM
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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.
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 11:14 AM
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hmm.. From the first few pics it sorta resembles the backend of a vert its just..... solid.
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 11:17 AM
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i don't think that's what he meant though.
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 12:13 PM
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yeah, i think he means with a functional bed. i'd like to see a functional tailgate someone fabbed up.
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 12:38 PM
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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???
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Old Dec 9, 2011 | 04:29 PM
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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.
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Old Dec 9, 2011 | 04:30 PM
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also if any one sees that fiberglass rear hatch with the more mr2 look tell me
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Old Dec 9, 2011 | 04:47 PM
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6 year old thread? a ******* 6 year old thread you dig up ?
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Old Dec 9, 2011 | 06:19 PM
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6 year old thread? a ******* 6 year old thread you dig up ?

LOL No kidding.

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Old Dec 9, 2011 | 06:49 PM
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