i was hella bored, so i busted out the sketch pad and pencil and sketched a few doodles, one thing led to another and i have a prototype of an 84 firebird pickup. It looks sweet on paper, and hopefully i can scan it and post it soon! sound like a good idea? looks like a mini truck but remove the hatch, weld in a back window setup from an s10 or something like it, i think i could do it with lots of time, but should i? Also keep in mind i have an extra parts firebird in the back yard that will get tossed eventually.

 

I believe GM had the same sort of idea, this car that was called the "El Camino"

 

considering the location of the fuel tank, and if you have no intentions to move it. I can see a whole 8 inches of depth for the bed.

John

 

Truthfully its a waste of a good Fbody & if u want to do something like this... try to get an EL Camino & the front of a junked bird.... it'll make your life much better & u have the good bird left to show off with.

 

That would be almost as bad as the guy around here that turned a perfectly good 65 Mustang into a truck. Don't get me wrong, it was done very well, and looked stock (i think he used the back end of a falcon/ranchero), but to cut up a cherry Mustang like that....it's just plain wrong! Same as with an f-body.

 

I remember a while back someone had a link of a guy who turned his firebird into a pickup truck. It was pretty gross.. good waste of a third gen. Maybe someone will remember what I'm talking about and post a pic.

Dont ruin a good third gen, get an el camino or an S-10.

 

I'd say somethign but everyone esle beat me to the punch

 

i believe there is a kit you can buy for an el camino to make the front end look like a thirdgen

 

i have seen one of those before. i think it might still be around here where i live. it was an el camino with an iroc front end. looked ok i guess. if i knew where it was, i would get a pic of it. havent seen it in awhile.

 

How about a 3rd gen... wagon! j/k

 

It's not like he's cutting up a pristine TTA here, guys. I still think it's a waste of time (like that kid in my town who lifted a station wagon), but what the hell, do whatever you want.

 

Actually there is a company that makes a replacment rear hatch that turns it into an elky. Its made of fiberglass and bolts on. I remember it from Car Craft or Chevy Hi-Performance a few years ago. I remember It looked pretty good IMHO.

 

Exactly!He'll be cutting up an '84 Firebird not something like a GTA,Formula, or A Firehawk.Just a Firebird.I think that I saw the same article or ad that Prime had seen.They took off the rear hatch and interior panels and inserted a fiberglass bed and a window in that area's place.It looked ok to me but it's more form than function though.

 

 

You mean this?? This was done by a guy in Germany I think...

 

Bill,
that's...umm...different.

Actually it looks like the rear was lengthened about 6" I also noticed that it looks like they removed the rear side markers...

John

 

heres another pick of the same bird.

 

No offense to anybody but that car is ugly from the back

Deffinitly not worth the time and effort

 

I think its definately for those people who say, "I NEED a truck, but I will only buy a Trans Am..."

I think the car is done "ok" But from what I can see it looks a little hacked up.

Definately not a show stopper.

John

 

 

 

That's not what I was talking about but anyway that looks like crap.The one I was talking about was done by an aftermarket company.Like I said in my previous post this company sells a truck bed box and rear window that fits in place of the hatch and the interior panels back there.

 

Dare you do this???


Dare I hit this huge *** blunt your smokin?

 

 

That red GTA wagon is different. I wouldn't do that to it myself but for someone that wants it- its tastefully done IMO

I just don't like that back window glass. It looks too much like the back of a pickup cap. :nono:

 

The Red GTA station wagon, believe it or not, was originally a GM (Pontiac) concept vehicle, thats been done to Vette's and even 4th Gens.

John

 

yea, i've seen pics of those vettes and 4th gens, and i will honestly say they look all right, no I would NEVER do it to my car, but they look decent for a hybrid...

 

A kid in my town once took the back hatch window off his Berlinetta as a joke. He called his car the "El Camaro". It just looked funny. I know they make IROC-style noses for the El Camino, but I've never seen one with a Firebird nose. As for that pic of the Firebird pickup, file that next to that 6-wheeler 'Bird. Wierd, man!

 

go here:

it is the second gen ta wagon prototype made by gm


http://www.sells.freeserve.co.uk/pro...ypek/typek.htm

 

Go for It

 

everyones taking a hit of this, some good $hitt huh

 

hey guys, it's not "cutting up a perfectly good thirdgen" belive me, it's a huge POS 6 banger in my backyard thats rusty and beat, i just have it cause it was given to me for free, and i figure, whats the worst that could happen, seeing i'm just gonna donate it to the local fire dept. when i'm done and they'll burn it. just an idea, your all so hostile, oh pennyless, quit Bogartin that blunt, i wanted half

 

I'm reposting part of my earlier post again.:lala:

 

NOTHING WRONG WITH FIREBIRDS!! (dont put them down) 178,XXX miles and still kickin!

 

I'm not putting them all down.I mean they're not really worth anything right now,it's an '84.There were a lot made so it's not like that's the last one or the most desirable model. Not every single kind of 3rdgen is something special.

 

every car is special... mostly a 3rd gens.. because honestly theyre isnt that many nice ones around... or atleast in tx most are junkers i say restore them not truck them lol

 

So I guess that that kind of customizing is dead or not allowed nowadays.

 

just a firebird?
If it wasn't for the base model firebird there would be no (higher end model cars....T/As, GTAs, TTAs, etc...) and then you'd all be driving base models...

back before my time (the 70s & early 80s), I can imagine people thought the same way about the 1st gens, but would you even think about cutting one up now? I don't think our 3rd Gens will ever have 1st gen status.....but we shouldn't just tear them apart because we are bored (and are likely to quit the project 1/2 way through)...if one was to make an attempt at this conversion, they should do it because they want too....just something for you all to think about.

I would not be against making the Firebird into a "truck" as long as it was done well....we don't need anymore trashed up, torn-apart 3rd gens on the roads....

 

Oh jeeze,ya'll are acting like he was cutting up a 1stgen Firebird or a Lamborghini. Oh yes,all firebirds are crap,1st,2nd,3rd and 4ths.That's exactly what I was saying so do what you want with them. You totally misunderstood what I said.

 

you also have ***** bouncing...

 

Nice.Aren't they.

 

Now this IS WRONG!

 

Now that's a f'd up hack job there.It would have been cool if it were done right.

 

That thing looks like some 9 year old took a power saw and nail gun to it.... I sure hope there arn't to meany others like that around

 

THAT's for those who need more traction...

John

 

I'm kinda expecting to see a gun turret and an anti-aircraft setup on that thing...

 

Here's a scary picture for you guys to laugh about !!

 

Well you guys gotta check out this beauty then...

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/att...&postid=444052

Local idiots car

 

You shot yourself right there... obviously the base model needed improving thus spawning better versions of it making the base model the turd of the bunch....

 

Damn, everyone is hitting this joint, there won't be none left for me