Car-ups I have seen around town

I saw the recent Volvo car-up being built here and I just thought I would share some of the car-ups I see around town every now and then. Some are pretty crude but every once and a while one looks pretty well executed.

I will be doing this to my Suburban soon so I will be using some of these for inspiration.

This one has been a work in progress for a couple years now. Cant wait to see it painted.

Some you just wonder about

I think this was just in the "First Cut" stages

Still rear engined.

And some people really like to piss off the purists.

At Harbor Freight. Hopefully buying body tools.

Then there were the people who wanted to buy gas every day.

We have a spare foucus wagon at the house we plan on doing a frucks. Similar to a car-ups. 

In reply to MulletTruck :

The 1936 Chevy Coupe Pickup was a factory (dealer?) option available during the depression for farmers

that needed a vehicle to do dual usage similar the the UTEs available in Australia started during the same timeframe.

Usually a business coupe (no back seat), remove trunk lid, attach box. Voila ... Pickup.

All the manufactures had them available. While Australia still has UTEs today, when our economy improved

they were phased out. 

A lot of Sales people had the coupes with the bed option during the war. They were able to buy Gas every day that way not just on odd and even days since it was considered an Agriculture Vehicle. 

mike said:

In reply to MulletTruck :

The 1936 Chevy Coupe Pickup was a factory (dealer?) option available during the depression for farmers

that needed a vehicle to do dual usage similar the the UTEs available in Australia started during the same timeframe.

Usually a business coupe (no back seat), remove trunk lid, attach box. Voila ... Pickup.

All the manufactures had them available. While Australia still has UTEs today, when our economy improved

they were phased out. 

 

In reply to MulletTruck :

That mustang is awesome.

In reply to The0retical :

The first time I saw it I thought it was a Ranchero converted to a Mustang but the more I looked at it it was the other way around. 

I think the mustang is one of the best ones

I agree, that mustang looks very well done, I'd love to spend some time looking it over in person.

At first I couldn't figure out what the hell a car up was. Then I was like, oh, he means utes.

I see an A4 Golf Ute regularly. It may also be bed lined. 

Back in 1966 Beverly Hills Ford built 50 of those Mustangs, they called them Musteros.  https://oldcarmemories.com/1966-ford-mustero-ultra-rare-mustang-pickup/

Appleseed said:

At first I couldn't figure out what the hell a car up was. Then I was like, oh, he means utes.

 

I think of a Ute as something that was made in the factory.

stuart in mn said:

Back in 1966 Beverly Hills Ford built 50 of those Mustangs, they called them Musteros.  https://oldcarmemories.com/1966-ford-mustero-ultra-rare-mustang-pickup/

They did some wagons too

I drive a factory crew cab "car-up", as you call them