1923 Ford Model T "Ranchero"?

[retriever]

This model was built using the AMT 1923 Delivery Van and modifying it into a "Ranchero/El Camino" style pickup, assuming that the owner needed a vehicle with an open bed.  So he converted his old delivery van to suit his needs rather than buy a new truck......  A couple of coats of paint and ......

Hope you like it

Tony

[Dave Darby]

I like it. 

[espo]

Great looking conversion. Kind of an extended cab of the day.  

[Eric Macleod]

Pretty neat.  I lile the idea.

[unclescott58]

That works. Lots of real cars and trucks were converted to other things like that, back in the day. 

[Dave Van]

I like it all!!! Color, idea....craftsmanship...

[misterNNL]

Did you lengthen the frame,or just shorten the cab?

[bbowser]

I can totally see someone doing that to the "old truck".  Great idea and execution.

[donb]

Very cool.

[retriever]

17 hours ago, misterNNL said:

Did you lengthen the frame,or just shorten the cab?

The frame is the stock length.  I just removed a portion of the van sides and top.  Then used the rear doors to close off the cab. 

Here's a progress shot:

[misterNNL]

Thanks. I picked up a couple of these kits at "Ollies" recently for $ 7.00 each and am considering making it model TT semi with one of them. Have a great holiday season and thanks for posting the extra photo of the work in progress.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Looks cool!!!!

Love the giant Testors paint bottles next to the Ford, LOL!!! 

A Dealer here in Brasil had a custom made truck a lot like this one for their "Assistência Técnica" service. Just spent about an hour trying to find the picture on my computer. But I will, when I'm not looking for it...

[El Caballo]

El C-cabino?

[Art Anderson]

So nice, I can close my eyes, hear the wooden body creaking as this one rolls down a dirt road!

Art

[DumpyDan]

Well done, looks real good

[DustyMojave]

Cool! And nicely executed.

Ford was the 1st Auto manufacturer to offer a pickup truck, in 1925. Before that all pickups were coach builder or home modified from passenger cars.

This being a Ford truck with a long cab, it would be a "Super Cab". Another Ford 1st. With the cab and bed in one piece body,  it would be a "Ranchero". Yet another concept that was a Ford 1st. Chevy came along later and copied Ford and called theirs "Extended Cab" and "El Camino", even going so far in copying Ford as to use a Spanish name like Ford did. Another Ford term for a pickup truck with the cab and bed in one body is "Integral Cab", like my '61 F100.