some ideas for the new project - e30 Pickup truck! Poll

[F34R]

I personally LOVE LOVE LOVE the e30 pickup. I think the s50 would be best because of losing all that rear car weight.

E30 trailer, totally gay.

Fixed

[freeride53]

Do one with diving boards. Much more durable-looking/cheaper to mess with

[carlb]

HELLYES.
*photoshoped, but no fvks given.

winning

[Constantine]

i would say a late V8

[Niek]

Great idea, like them.

I think the one on the first picture you posted is the best.
I like the 'window' behind the door.

[Pudmunkie]

I think I like the proportions starting with a coupe gives over a sedan. Sure the bed may be smaller, but it's not really going to be used for intense hauling anyway...

The yellow one started as a coupe didn't it?

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[ohthejosh]

I think I like the proportions starting with a coupe gives over a sedan. Sure the bed may be smaller, but it's not really going to be used for intense hauling anyway...

The yellow one started as a coupe didn't it?

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iirc 2dr and 4dr e30s are the same size. 4drs are not bigger.

[LJ851]

iirc 2dr and 4dr e30s are the same size. 4drs are not bigger.

The front doors are different lengths.

2 door has longer doors to ease rear entry (ahem)

[ohthejosh]

yea i knew that just stating that the length x width of 2dr and 4dr are the same. so to make a e30 pickup a 4dr would be more benefitial with the shorter doors.

[LJ851]

^ Yes, i agree.

Sorry, i misunderstood your comment.




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[Thizzelle]

Euro Bumpers on a late model with working tail gate & back glass that moves up and down.

[walktheboard]

i love love love the idea of 4wd and turbo diesel
m21+ix drivetrain+LOTS OF BOOST?

[A Sucked Orange]

I vote iX hatch.

[Simon S]

Well shit – if you’re fishing for input on an e30 truck – I’ll just kinda think out loud here..

I like the idea of an ix platform – but going down that route adds expense to the drivetrain maintenance/refreshing. On the other hand – I think you’d be limited to an m20 engine – so that would even out the expense of s50/v8 swap. All said – an ix truck would have some cool factor.

re: working tailgate – A lot of times, I’ll think in terms of “is it worth it” – and when it comes to a working tailgate on an e30 truck – I just don’t see it. Unless the mission was to load/carry a motorcycle – I wouldn’t bother to go through the cost and expense of sacrificing rear structural rigidity – because that’s exactly what you’ll be doing.

For some reason, putting a chebby motor in an e30 truck seems weird to me – and an s50 seems like refined overkill – for something that is already going to be light in the rear – and fighting for traction regardless. For this, an m50 feels more appropriate – and a turbo m50 if you really wanted to go crazy.. but if this is a vehicle you plan to sell later on – then the complexity of a turbo system wouldn’t be something I’d want to be liable for in a vehicle I’d plan to sell.

All that said – for a showy vehicle you might want to sell, my ‘dream’ vote is for a healthy m50 powerplant in an early model with eurobumpers and an MT1 body trim w/ a fixed tailgate. To me – that approaches something “that the factory should have done” – and therefore – something that would sell.

[Pudmunkie]

yea i knew that just stating that the length x width of 2dr and 4dr are the same. so to make a e30 pickup a 4dr would be more benefitial with the shorter doors.

The truck is probably going to be a cruiser or very light hauler. The 'space' gained by the smaller front door is not that important.

A coupe door would give better proportions (not overall size like you assumed). The longer doors give it the ute feel

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