How did I miss this one posted at the Cohort by Tim Finn a while back? It must have been during my “retirement”. This is double awesome, as not only is it of course a Toyota van converted into a pickup, but it’s…nickel plated. As in the coin.
I wasn’t kidding…
When I first saw this shot, I thought maybe the back bed was lined with nickels too. Not so.
Keeping Portland weird.
When I was a kid there was a bridge with a five cent toll. This one could just snap off a nickel and toss it in the basket. Exterior coin holder.
How many nickels would it take to cover the whole thing? $300-400 worth?
This amuses me and I can see doing this to a copper coloured car like a mid 00’s Chevy with pennies…it’s gonna take a lotta gum to make them stick!
“If I had a nickel every time someone said that, I’d like…have all these nickels!”
The owner probably charged a nickel to everyone who ever asked him/her why in the holy *$#* would you do that to a Toyota van.
Would the nickels add to the market value of the van?
The owner of this rig once saw Roy Rogers’ Pontiac, and a light went on. Unfortunately, he didn’t have enough nickels to rub together and the project had to be abandoned…
Not sure what adhesive the owner is using, it could determine if he/she gets a face full of coins in the case of an accident.
I thought that was a van from my town in Indiana at first and then I noticed the nickles. Our local one must be the base model. It has no nickles, is flat black and only has one rear window.
The van-to-truck conversion is remarkably well done… they finished off all the would-be exposed bits and the tailgate even appears to be operable if you zoom in on the lead photo. Looks like something Toyota might have offered in the home market or abroad.
Plus, it looks like the back windows pop open.
I wonder what those windows were originally from. Port windows from an American van?
Assuming the other side is as well done, I would remove the nickles and give it a proper re-spray in the original colour.
Interesting these come as a cab chassis from the factory called limeade put a topside tray on and your good to go no seawall required
Man, these things had little enough weight over the rear axle when they still had rear metal, glass and seats etc, I can’t imagine how scarily front-heavy it is now…! I speak from experience, my parents had a Townace Super-Extra (the JDM version) people-mover from 1991-5, and heavy braking in it would almost lift the rear off the ground. But having said that, this is a surprisingly reasonable conversion, and quite handy no doubt!