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So the other day while surfing the web I found a florian.. as im sure alot of you know they are VERY similar to a LUV in the front area... so on another note I had an idea a few months back about making my LUV into a car... now im sure alot of you are thinking NO WAY... Wont work ect ect ect... I would like to get some info people might have in this area...

The general idea is to keep the front end basically untouched, but to shorten the frame and the bed down to make a rear cabin area for seats and essentially the back of the car... I got an idea for the rear appearance, it took me alot of guess and check sketches to get as far as appearance plus i got a drawing that i made about a year ago of a car that i would like to use for a general template for the body design.....

the real questions are things such as, how could I safely attach a rear section to the cab as a kind of cab extention? <--- I have fiberglass skills but not any real welding skills... What kind of issues might I encounter if I attached the bed to the cab? I have done body work before even replaced panels and patched big holes in cars, but as far as accually BUILDING a car, i have yet to do...

BTW anyone thats gonna say this is dumb, dont do it, your gonna ruin your truck, why waist your time ect... ect... ect... Dont waist your time I AM going to do this so please posative input if you could...

Thanks
Dustin

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My LUV - R.I.P. 1979-2009, you will not be forgotten...

would using fiberglass to reform the rear of the body create a problem in anyones mind?

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My LUV - R.I.P. 1979-2009, you will not be forgotten...

to do that metal would be best

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My old but now gone Luv...

that was kinda my thought too... btw here is the pic i drew, i know its a drawing and isnt what i had in mind when i thought of the truck to car conversion, but as for the back end of the car this pic is that i would like to emulate the rear from, its simple and dosent look like it would be too difficult to copy to use as the rear end of the car...

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My LUV - R.I.P. 1979-2009, you will not be forgotten...

almost looks like a capri

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My old but now gone Luv...

I think that's a great idea I would luv 2 do something like that . So I'm wondering if you got it all built and safe could you register it and put it on the road? And if you could what would it be called it couldn't be a luv truck maby a luv car .

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currently working on my 1977 luv truk

as far as i know as long as the car has a vin and all the proper safety equipment in it then you can drive all i know i need from a salvaged vehicle is the salvaged vehicle sticker in the door jamb.. and thats kinda crepy how much my drawing looks like another car that already exhists...

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My LUV - R.I.P. 1979-2009, you will not be forgotten...

you should be able to.. and it just may be under kit or experimental, like planes

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My old but now gone Luv...

Make it into a DeLorean!!

Or maybe a DeFlorian.

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1980 4x4 - Hunt'n truck 9yrs only seen pavement to the gas station. Gets a little spooked when it sees another vehicle.

Oh what a deal this could be . Lets see--take the Florian wagon cut the back off behind the rear door extend the frame or put on a extended LUV frame and weld the back of a LUV cab on add a box with the dually kit and presto a crew cab dually that nobody else has.Toss in a 2.6 5spd. and it would look factory.Umm how do i get one of those wagons

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1978 pro street step/side 455Buick, 4sp,4.11s, 31/18.5s

Thats exactly what I was thinking when I read this post!

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RIP R.J.B.

i know i wanted one to make a delivery van out of one ..(LUV VAN)

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My old but now gone Luv...

is there anything that you guys can think of as far as body flexing and what not, that might cause damage after this thing is in one peice? Also what does anyone know about slightly lowering the front end without hurting camber? I'm kinda on a budget as far as that goes, since most my money will be going into the rear section rebuild...

-Dustin

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My LUV - R.I.P. 1979-2009, you will not be forgotten...

You could graft the back half of a Vega coup or wagon to the cab but it would be work

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1978 pro street step/side 455Buick, 4sp,4.11s, 31/18.5s

in the begginning stages of developement I had that thought about just taking the rear of another car, but upon further thinking i decided that i would keep the sheet metal from the rear of the cab, along with the window and use the cab window for the rear window of the car... and to cut down on cost to try and use as much of the body panels from the bed as i can...

also, would there be problems if i built a roll bar on the inside rear of the rab, and and extended it back along the same lines that the rear of the car will be to support the added body?

heres a little sketch...

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My LUV - R.I.P. 1979-2009, you will not be forgotten...

Or maybe even "LuFlorian"

Import one. It is old enough I would think. All you want is the body right?

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75 Luv, 350 V8, TH350, Camaro rearend. New 1975 Luv Step side. Stock for now.
Grandmaster of the "Shade Tree" way.. I can't see the yard for all the cars. Come on down and we will sit on the porch and watch the grass grow.

Hows about fiting two luv cabs back to back on a modified Luv frame. Somthing like in the pic below.

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1980 4x4 KBD40 ISUZU/Chev Luv
Factory Fitted c190 Diesel Engine, ARB BullBar, Ramsey Winch, Custom Tilt Tray,

I thought of the 2 bas thing and there are a few road blocks, fist of all the body lines would look weird and not flow right, Ide have to remove the dash area and fuse the cabs together and get it to where they were strong, "trunk" area would need ALOT of work to be right, the wheel well dont line up right(ive checked trust me)and would be alot of work to get right, and I really want a coupe, and at the same time I want some one somewhere to say, you know that car really reesembles a luv...

Also how hard would an import be??? i would think that by now they are all but gone...

-Dustin

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My LUV - R.I.P. 1979-2009, you will not be forgotten...