By Hooniverse
El-Caminoizing a car is for wusses. No, what real manly men do is cut up an unsuspecting car, preferably a unibody, from the B-pillar backwards, then shoehorn a diamond-plate dump bed (giggity), perfect for hauling knockoff David statues, stolen motorcycles, and barrels of gasoline that always explode in action movies. So what strange car if you were going to start an impromptu pedal car towing business? Photoshops not only encouraged but welcome. Answers on a postcard, please.
Click through the jump for some more flatbed inspiration.
[Sources: Flickr (1, 2, 3), Custom Classic Trucks, 442.com, VW T4 Forum, Biglorryblog (1, 2)]
Jeff Glucker
Mercedes made one to haul around a certain rather famous racecar…
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That FC is so effin' F it's gotta be hard to C.
Only hard to 'C Forward' because your eyes are GLUED to that magnificent beauty in the rearview.
Ultimately, the best possible answer here is "a Ponton Benz."
Discussion over.
….and while Binz did build Pontonaminos, I can't recall ever having heard of a flatbed.
…or would they be Pontonpages, having later owned Chrysler?
HHR
I think one could replace the engine cover on most mid-engined cars with a flat bed… Payload would be tens of kilograms!
VW beetle, especially with the Royce front end.
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HDR: you're doing it wrong.
Anybody know what that thing behind the Bug pickaRolls? Or where I can get one?
That's a Brubaker Box. http://www.rodster.com/articles/BrubakerBox.htm
Enjoy your day as my hero. Thanks!
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A flatbed Saab with what appears to be a boat loaded on the back and they DARE abscond it from view!?
Ferrari Daytona. Why? Because it would cause very strong negative reactions from the elitist Ferrari purists and all art should cause strong emotions. Why would it be art? Because it would exist solely for the reasons of aesthetics and provoking thought and not really be practical for anything else.
I frequently joke about cutting a Prius into a flatbed to carry dirtbikes, just to see if it makes the treehugger's heads explode.
The first thing that popped into my mind was "Element SC."
Don't ask me why, but it did.
So I figured it was worth a slapchop.
<img src="http://www.tanshanomi.com/temp/element_sc_flatbed.jpg">
You're nuts, I love it.
Damn… I really like the look of that! It kinda pains me to admit it.
Not quite flat enough:
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Anyone know where I can get a set of wheels like the Turbines on that Camino? I want a set for my Cooper.
Edit: Intense Debate still hates me.
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Many thanks!
I've posted this before, but it belongs here…
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WHY DON'T I ALREADY OWN THAT!?
It's not just a car, it's a Caravan-carhauler.
<img src="http://www.automk.com/media/2008/08//carcamel_01_opt.jpg"/>
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Impromptu pedal car towing business, you say? Strictly speaking, the Type 52 is electric, but the clear choice for hauling a couple of genuine Bugattis is another genuine Bugatti.
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I'd start with a V8 Gremlin remade into the AMX-GT.
I'd convert the rear axle to a second steering axle, and shift the drive to two more axles out back.
Then I'd top it with a roof-level stake bed
Pacer hauler guy agrees.
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That's creepy. In the creepy-awesome way, not the creepy-bad way.
This is hurting my brain.
I always wanted to chop the back off of my old Gremlin.
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I did this to see if it could be done.
<img src="http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd356/rover8002000/ferrari-456m-gt_sidecopy.jpg" width="500/">
And then realised that no, it couldn't.
Hey, the French DO make pickups. The 504 was made until 2000's in China.
<img src="http://www.vehicledynamicsinternational.com/images/gallery/peugeot_504_large/504pickup_1984.jpg"/>
504 + pickup bed = Dreamy!
… + China = nightmarish.
There's also this thing.
<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0EyuN6FegKM/TB7mRCB3NeI/AAAAAAAACXA/tX-5sC2Es2s/s400/Peugeot-Hoggar-2011.jpg"/>
I don't know if it's made in Brazil or Argentina but it must beat China right?
Ute be right to assume that.
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cadillac cts-v sedan
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A flat bed could be the next step in Vettamino evolution.
The obligatory Citroen SM
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…which is modeled after a real SMamino and land-speed car.
…and I'm glad googling "SM world" wasn't that scary.
http://www.infoweb.nl/smworld/
If I recall correctly, the trailer has hydropneumatic suspension as well.
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So is this godess-on-godess action?
A delivery truck.
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Hey it's better than one and a half men and a coked-out trainwreck.
Ok, I hope to God that is the last Sheen-induced joke I have to endure.
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Because a 911 isn't rear-heavy enough.
Looks like some sort of rocket/jet blastpad, or one of those military rocket launchers.
Maybe it's just an exceptionally powerful airbrake.
It kinda does, now that you mention it. Expect massive understeer when launching something while taking a corner!
But it's actually a dump-style flatbed found off a two-ton chevy of some kind.
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Kind of a flatbed and not photoshopped!!
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There is remarkably much wrong with that.
But certainly not the step ladder to the roof.
Really? Because I tried for about five minutes and all I got for my efforts was a sprained brain.
I spent a lot of time underneath a forward control '66 Chevy Handi-Bus, so I have a conceptual head start.
I was going to photoshop a flatbed Lotus, but I think someone beat me to it…
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The supercharged GMs would be very good for this application. Tons of torque and nothing of interest behind the B pillar.
I think you mean "behind the A-pillar"…
Heh. Ya have to sit somewhere.
Probably my favorite underrated movie car of all time. I mean it's a friggin' Buick!
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imcdb
…in an underrated movie, at that.
Touche. Plus the whole zombie-destoryer bus/train sort of takes away from my hearse-amino.
Okay, I'm stumped. What film is this?
Land of the Dead. I'm not a big zombie movie fan but the machines in the film are epic as all get out.
An LH flabed would be pretty decent. I know that somebody made a Chrysler LHS/Concordepage that ended up looking like a 4th-gen Camaromino, so a flatbed isn't out of the question. It's a big, sort-of-comfortable car with a decent compact powertrain. Those things are just asking to be flatbedded.
Nissan 240SX "Siltruck" conversion:
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