Custom 6 door GMC Sierra

Posted by firemansam51@reddit | WeirdWheels | View on Reddit | 40 comments

Dude's family wasn't fitting comfortably in the original Sierra, so he had the cab extended, and an extra row of seats installed. Middle row is a set of front seats, and the doors are a combination of front and rear doors. He also said they often tow a full size Airstream trailer behind it on longer trips. Last pic is compared to my '99 Silverado.

[-]

Forsaken-Badger-9517@reddit

Found this just Skipping thru Google Earth today and I was like:

"WTH, is this some kinda glitch between Frames?!"

But no matter, I felt this couldn't be a glitch because of the Side Rails? But I never seen a truck like this in my life loud in my area?? lol

[-]

MissNashPredators11@reddit

imagine the turn radius

[-]

firemansam51@reddit (OP)

It was atrocious. I think some school busses have better turning radii.

[-]

Environmental-Bar644@reddit

Wouldn’t be any worse than a ford f600 flat bed tow truck. Which is longer, and essentially my daily driver.

[-]

MissNashPredators11@reddit

Also S tier username

[-]

MissNashPredators11@reddit

Wheeze-

[-]

The-reddit-asker@reddit

We’re you at folly beach recently? Googled this because I saw one at folly and your post came up haha

[-]

firemansam51@reddit (OP)

Dude, I wish. I haven't had a chance to go to the beach in years. But also, not my truck, it belongs to a guest of the company I work for.

[-]

GreggAlan@reddit

Out here we call them a Mormon Assault Vehicle.

[-]

DeficientDefiance@reddit

So we've come to this, you now have to awkwardly fuse front doors and rear doors to create middle doors. Get an up to third gen Super Duty, the rear doors on those have the exact same contour on both ends meaning you can repeat the rear doors as many times as you want. Two doors, four doors, six doors, eight doors, doesn't matter, never been a better truck for stretches.

[-]

Drzhivago138@reddit

Excursions had different doors, but that's not a big hurdle, since you can just add the crew cab doors in between.

[-]

Archanir@reddit

I want to see it go over a set of train tracks.

[-]

Drzhivago138@reddit

and the doors are a combination of front and rear doors.

These 6-door builds were a little more common 25+ years ago, when the crew cab doors could be "copy-pasted" with no custom bodywork other than adding additional roof and floor.

[-]

Anach@reddit

It's probably been 30 years since I've seen one on the road.

[-]

Drzhivago138@reddit

The last crew cab with a "copy-paste" design was the 2016 Super Duty. Probably why so many 6- and 8-door conversions start as Fords. GM's last such design was the GMT400 in 2000, and Dodge has to go all the way back to when they quit making crew cabs in 1985.

[-]

Anach@reddit

Now I'm thinking it's been 40 years, and I'm feeling old.

[-]

Drzhivago138@reddit

I don't think I've ever actually seen a Dodge D-Series/1st gen Ram crew cab in the metal. Dodges were already some of the least popular pickups at the time, and crew cabs even less so. Chrysler had already killed the big block after the 1979 fuel crisis, and killed other slow-selling options like the crew cab in 1985 because they needed the space at the plant for the upcoming Dakota. At this point, the only thing Dodge had going for it was the low price. The Cummins would help reinvigorate sales somewhat, but that wouldn't be out until 1989. So most 1st gen Rams still on the road today are either some retiree's 2WD regular cab with a modest 318, or a younger guy's late model lifted Cummins Club Cab. And even the more popular 2nd gen Ram infamously never had a crew cab.

[-]

Anach@reddit

Pretty much, I do see the rare 'vintage' Ford here and there, but mostly modern trucks. I'm not in the US, so we have far fewer of them here in the first place.

[-]

kraftwrkr@reddit

The classic "Corn Binder"

[-]

HeavyElectronics@reddit

Ten gallons to the mile.

[-]

knuckles_n_chuckles@reddit

Should have gotten then 8 foot bed to go along with it. The rail nailer.

[-]

Drzhivago138@reddit

That is the 8' bed. 6.5' for comparison, note the placement of the fuel door and in-bed step.

[-]

knuckles_n_chuckles@reddit

I’m in. Who do I write the check to?

[-]

lemontwistcultist@reddit

Stretch my truck is the name of the company that does these. I've worked near their shop.

[-]

CoSonfused@reddit

access denied.

[-]

tenderlylonertrot@reddit

With a turning radius worse than a semi…

[-]

Dr1ver4@reddit

To the moon! And back!

[-]

HeligKo@reddit

We will see these with full-time RVers who have large families and a 5th wheel. They aren't cheap to have made. There are a couple shops I know of in Texas who specialize in these types of setups.

[-]