Hooniverse Asks – What Car Would You Flatbed?

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Perfect for carrying tea, crumpet, and detonated Triumph Stag engines!

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.

The spiderweb improves cooling, makes the car go faster, and annoys Doc Ock.

 
The beauty of front-wheel drive!

 
The French would never be so bourgeois to use a pickup truck. Also, because they don't build pickup trucks.

 
 
Rear-engined T4 with Porsche power! From the "only in Germany" files.

 
Nevada's Official State Car.

 
Flatbed El Camino. IT ALL COMES FULL CIRCLE.

 
Aaaand, a Morris Oxford milk truck. Because why not?

[Sources: Flickr (1, 2, 3), Custom Classic Trucks, 442.com, VW T4 Forum, Biglorryblog (1, 2)]

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  1. acarr260 Avatar
    acarr260

    Mercedes made one to haul around a certain rather famous racecar…
    <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2703/4467541307_d898573b77.jpg&quot; width="500" height="375" alt="Race Car Hauler" />

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    1. IronBallsMcG Avatar
      IronBallsMcG

      That FC is so effin' F it's gotta be hard to C.

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      1. Black Steelies Avatar
        Black Steelies

        Only hard to 'C Forward' because your eyes are GLUED to that magnificent beauty in the rearview.

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    2. Paul_y Avatar
      Paul_y

      Ultimately, the best possible answer here is "a Ponton Benz."
      Discussion over.

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      1. Paul_y Avatar
        Paul_y

        ….and while Binz did build Pontonaminos, I can't recall ever having heard of a flatbed.

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        1. Paul_y Avatar
          Paul_y

          …or would they be Pontonpages, having later owned Chrysler?

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  2. Alff Avatar
    Alff

    HHR

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  3. dwegmull Avatar
    dwegmull

    I think one could replace the engine cover on most mid-engined cars with a flat bed… Payload would be tens of kilograms!

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  4. buzzboy7 Avatar
    buzzboy7

    VW beetle, especially with the Royce front end.
    <img src="http://www.priceofhistoys.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/vw-truck-rolls-3.jpg&quot; width="500">

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    1. Peter Tanshanomi Avatar
      Peter Tanshanomi

      HDR: you're doing it wrong.

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    2. Smells_Homeless Avatar
      Smells_Homeless

      Anybody know what that thing behind the Bug pickaRolls? Or where I can get one?

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      1. Peter Tanshanomi Avatar
        Peter Tanshanomi

        That's a Brubaker Box. http://www.rodster.com/articles/BrubakerBox.htm

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        1. Smells_Homeless Avatar
          Smells_Homeless

          Enjoy your day as my hero. Thanks!

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  5. FuzzyPlushroom Avatar
    FuzzyPlushroom

    <img src="http://www.trollhattansaab.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/1433086097_31a13de8d2_b.jpg&quot; width=600>

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    1. Black Steelies Avatar
      Black Steelies

      A flatbed Saab with what appears to be a boat loaded on the back and they DARE abscond it from view!?

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  6. Jim-Bob Avatar
    Jim-Bob

    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.

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  7. Slow Joe Crow Avatar
    Slow Joe Crow

    I frequently joke about cutting a Prius into a flatbed to carry dirtbikes, just to see if it makes the treehugger's heads explode.

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  8. Peter Tanshanomi Avatar
    Peter Tanshanomi

    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"&gt;

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    1. BlackIce_GTS Avatar
      BlackIce_GTS

      You're nuts, I love it.

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    2. Deartháir Avatar
      Deartháir

      Damn… I really like the look of that! It kinda pains me to admit it.

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  9. Seth_L Avatar
    Seth_L

    Not quite flat enough:
    <a href="http://www.sosemarketing.com/wp-content/upload/red-bull-…” target=”_blank”>www.sosemarketing.com/wp-content/upload/red-bull-…
    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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    1. Peter Tanshanomi Avatar
      Peter Tanshanomi

      (Courtesy Embed)
      <img src="http://www.sosemarketing.com/wp-content/upload/red-bull-car_3593-web.jpg"&gt;

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      1. Seth_L Avatar
        Seth_L

        Many thanks!

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  10. Peter Tanshanomi Avatar
    Peter Tanshanomi

    I've posted this before, but it belongs here…
    <img src="http://www.tanshanomi.com/temp/pics239a.jpg&quot; width="500">

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    1. Deartháir Avatar
      Deartháir

      WHY DON'T I ALREADY OWN THAT!?

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  11. ptschett Avatar
    ptschett

    It's not just a car, it's a Caravan-carhauler.
    <img src="http://www.automk.com/media/2008/08//carcamel_01_opt.jpg"/&gt;

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  12. mdharrell Avatar
    mdharrell

    <img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5060/5515673416_50dbb58a57.jpg"&gt;
    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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  13. skitter Avatar
    skitter

    <img src="http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt237/jskitter/hooniverse/AMX-GT.jpg"&gt;
    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

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    1. OA5599 Avatar
      OA5599

      Pacer hauler guy agrees.
      <img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_AovfzNXgQ/TBUPI0nc_8I/AAAAAAABNNQ/eliDXU09Mbw/s1600/AMC+Pacer+car+hauler.jpg&quot; width=500>

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      1. Peter Tanshanomi Avatar
        Peter Tanshanomi

        That's creepy. In the creepy-awesome way, not the creepy-bad way.

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      2. Paul_y Avatar
        Paul_y

        This is hurting my brain.

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    2. ZomBee Racer Avatar
      ZomBee Racer

      I always wanted to chop the back off of my old Gremlin.
      <img src="http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/199041_1915161403292_1369652107_2222756_4523411_n.jpg&quot; width= "500" />

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  14. Rust-MyEnemy Avatar
    Rust-MyEnemy

    I did this to see if it could be done.
    <img src="http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd356/rover8002000/ferrari-456m-gt_sidecopy.jpg&quot; width="500/">
    And then realised that no, it couldn't.

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  15. Syrax Avatar
    Syrax

    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"/&gt;

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    1. Peter Tanshanomi Avatar
      Peter Tanshanomi

      504 + pickup bed = Dreamy!
      … + China = nightmarish.

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      1. Syrax Avatar
        Syrax

        There's also this thing.
        <img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0EyuN6FegKM/TB7mRCB3NeI/AAAAAAAACXA/tX-5sC2Es2s/s400/Peugeot-Hoggar-2011.jpg"/&gt;
        I don't know if it's made in Brazil or Argentina but it must beat China right?

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        1. Black Steelies Avatar
          Black Steelies

          Ute be right to assume that.

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          1. Syrax Avatar
            Syrax

            <rescue attempt!>

  16. jeremy Avatar
    jeremy

    cadillac cts-v sedan

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  17. scroggzilla Avatar
    scroggzilla

    <img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SCOXc26jDJI/AAAAAAAArrI/DISLvQsRqXg/s400/Corvette_C4_7.jpg"&gt;
    A flat bed could be the next step in Vettamino evolution.

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  18. BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ Avatar
    BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ

    The obligatory Citroen SM
    <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_leoGYAeiH44/SOw0XDqXevI/AAAAAAAADDc/ECBdmlzfwEI/s1600/SM_Pickup_Trailer_Record.jpg"&gt;

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    1. Paul_y Avatar
      Paul_y

      …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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  19. Juliet C. Avatar
    Juliet C.

    <img src="http://hooniverse.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/519608532_7c66e5db91_o-720×540.jpg"&gt;
    So is this godess-on-godess action?

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  20. OA5599 Avatar
    OA5599

    A delivery truck.
    [youtube _-n0NqJKse8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-n0NqJKse8&feature=related youtube]

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    1. Black Steelies Avatar
      Black Steelies

      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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  21. Lotte Avatar
    Lotte

    <img src="http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2328/porscheflatbed.jpg&quot; width="400">
    Because a 911 isn't rear-heavy enough.

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    1. Black Steelies Avatar
      Black Steelies

      Looks like some sort of rocket/jet blastpad, or one of those military rocket launchers.
      Maybe it's just an exceptionally powerful airbrake.

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      1. Lotte Avatar
        Lotte

        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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      2. OA5599 Avatar
        OA5599

        [youtube Vwp3S4MLec8&feature=player_embedded#at=34 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwp3S4MLec8&feature=player_embedded#at=34 youtube]

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  22. longrooffan Avatar
    longrooffan

    Kind of a flatbed and not photoshopped!!
    <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-m5YaybF4Fec/TXlUKmqz_FI/AAAAAAAAO-4/Bq7_XkYvPgg/s1600/vw-vancake_1.jpg"end&gt;

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    1. Peter Tanshanomi Avatar
      Peter Tanshanomi

      There is remarkably much wrong with that.

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      1. Black Steelies Avatar
        Black Steelies

        But certainly not the step ladder to the roof.

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  23. Smells_Homeless Avatar
    Smells_Homeless

    Really? Because I tried for about five minutes and all I got for my efforts was a sprained brain.

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    1. Peter Tanshanomi Avatar
      Peter Tanshanomi

      I spent a lot of time underneath a forward control '66 Chevy Handi-Bus, so I have a conceptual head start.

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  24. HycoSpeed Avatar
    HycoSpeed

    I was going to photoshop a flatbed Lotus, but I think someone beat me to it…
    <img src="http://gregtuft.com/lotus/Lotus_Europa.jpg"&gt;

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  25. Smells_Homeless Avatar
    Smells_Homeless

    The supercharged GMs would be very good for this application. Tons of torque and nothing of interest behind the B pillar.

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    1. Deartháir Avatar
      Deartháir

      I think you mean "behind the A-pillar"…

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      1. Smells_Homeless Avatar
        Smells_Homeless

        Heh. Ya have to sit somewhere.

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  26. Black Steelies Avatar
    Black Steelies

    Probably my favorite underrated movie car of all time. I mean it's a friggin' Buick!
    <img src="http://imcdb.org/i014532.jpg"&gt;
    imcdb

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    1. Paul_y Avatar
      Paul_y

      …in an underrated movie, at that.

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      1. Black Steelies Avatar
        Black Steelies

        Touche. Plus the whole zombie-destoryer bus/train sort of takes away from my hearse-amino.

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    2. Rockford_Brodie Avatar
      Rockford_Brodie

      Okay, I'm stumped. What film is this?

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      1. Black Steelies Avatar
        Black Steelies

        Land of the Dead. I'm not a big zombie movie fan but the machines in the film are epic as all get out.

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  27. Paul_y Avatar
    Paul_y

    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.

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  28. Hoonda Avatar
    Hoonda

    Nissan 240SX "Siltruck" conversion:
    [img <a href="http:// ]http://ll.speedhunters.com/u/f/eagames/NFS/speedhunters.com/Images/Rod09/Misc/sil-truck.jpg[/img]" target="_blank"> <a href="http://]http://ll.speedhunters.com/u/f/eagames/NFS/speedhunters.com/Images/Rod09/Misc/sil-truck.jpg%5B/img%5D” target=”_blank”>]http://ll.speedhunters.com/u/f/eagames/NFS/speedhunters.com/Images/Rod09/Misc/sil-truck.jpg[/img]
    Totally forgot how to embed.

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