Business Coupe To Pickup Conversion

[Frank Elder]

It says Dodge on the tailgate...........

Never seen it before.........I have no other pictures sad to say.

[Bobacuda]

I saw one like that and one made from a '56 Plymouth (looked like it started off life as a wagon).  They were both former "flower cars" for a funeral home in Arkansas.  In Tennessee, I saw one made from a Cadillac, in use as a "flower car."  I assume that some custom shop took the order and the car from a dealer and made the conversion.

[ferdball]

big in Australia - called the "coupe-ute" google that. 

 

There were also plenty of home made versions as families needed a family car but dad needed a truck. Best of both worlds!

[Don Coatney]

Hard to believe that a funeral home would select a lowly Plymouth for a flower car.

[doctordave]

Aussie coupe utes were based on sedan bodys, our 53-56 dodge and desoto sedan body's were based on the 53-54 plymouth

shells.

 

Apparently during WW2 a lot of coupes were converted to utes for more petrol rations and yes that "dodge" was obviously built after WW2 but i dare say thats where the idea came from.

 

And just for kicks here's a couple of Aussie coupe utes.