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Originally Posted by ursus
Years ago I recall seeing a lot of coupes that had been converted to pickups, either by using kits sold for that purpose or by cobbling up something to suit the owner's needs. Most of these had seen very hard use, would be a challenge to restore back to coupe status, and were sold cheap, if a buyer could be found. I seldom see these pickup or ute conversions these days and wonder what happened to them - were they scrapped for parts or hot rods?
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Dunno whether it's true but I've read many of those conversions were done during WW2 when gas was rationed and "trucks" qualified for a higher allotment. Anyway, I'd guess most were restored, rodded or scrapped.
When coupe trunks grew larger later in the 30s, some makes had models with factory truck beds - some even slid in and out like drawers.