Check out my BMW pick-up truck!

Swish · 12-05-2010, 11:20 AM

Well, it's not really mine, but was spotted around my town. As best I can tell, the owner used the bed from a Chevy Colorado, but whatever it is, the result is excellent. I'd love to have this in my garage.

texas2009 · 12-05-2010, 11:39 AM

That's kinda... I'm not sure. I can't believe somebody did that, but it does look like it was done well. BMW should make trucks, that's for sure. I would be driving one and not my 335. ...yep, I'm from Texas.
Trucks handle like crap, and I bet BMW could change that.

noro · 12-05-2010, 11:41 AM

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthr...=zhp+el+camino

TheStigsTwin · 12-05-2010, 12:27 PM

I remember this thread from somewhere else. Guy took a wrecked car and made some lemonade. Great job imo, though I'm not really a pickup truck guy (except when I need to borrow one, lol).

Bimmer84 · 12-05-2010, 12:29 PM

Done pretty perfectly judging by that other forum link. Not easy by any stretch, but I can only vouch for the integra front end I put on a civic. I can imagine this was ten times harder.

ibeclueless · 12-05-2010, 12:32 PM

lol nice

Rotary Rasp · 12-05-2010, 12:32 PM

wow, that's amazing. It even looks pretty decent.

jopa489 · 12-05-2010, 12:32 PM

Same one that was on Jalopnik a little while back? If so, it's pretty well done indeed.

dtc100 · 12-05-2010, 12:58 PM

Me likey!

J02 335i · 12-05-2010, 04:22 PM

I can appreciated the effort and hard work put into that but.......i puked in my mouth when I seen that thing, BMW and El camino have no right being in the same sentence.

Barbera335 · 12-05-2010, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by J02 335i

I can appreciated the effort and hard work put into that but.......i puked in my mouth when I seen that thing, BMW and El camino have no right being in the same sentence.

+1, what a joke. What is the load capacity, 500lbs? haha To each there own I guess.

dtc100 · 12-05-2010, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Barbera335

+1, what a joke. What is the load capacity, 500lbs? haha To each there own I guess.

That is where you guys are wrong, I don't think he built the BMW pickup to haul junk around, you guys simply cannot think out of the box

Not all pickups are built to haul junk.

IcebergM4 · 12-05-2010, 04:41 PM

Not bad looking at all and very unique, but just a complete travesty to BMW heritage. At least it's nowhere near as bad as this:

Barbera335 · 12-05-2010, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Iceberg3

Not bad looking at all and very unique, but just a complete travesty to BMW heritage. At least it's nowhere near as bad as this:

WOW!!!

That is hilarious and alot of work. They even stretched the wheelbase

ChuckBMW3 · 12-05-2010, 05:01 PM

That is too weird! It's kind of cool, I guess lol

jbake · 12-05-2010, 05:05 PM

The first truck is pretty cool!

Want · 12-05-2010, 05:05 PM

J02 335i · 12-05-2010, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by dtc100

That is where you guys are wrong, I don't think he built the BMW pickup to haul junk around, you guys simply cannot think out of the box

Not all pickups are built to haul junk.

I can think outside the box, I like pick up trucks my father just bought a 2010 Silverado and its a very nice truck he never uses it to "pick-up" anything. But the whole idea of a BMW is suppose to be "sporty" and I don't find that wanna be El camino sporty or pleasing to the eye at all. To generalize, it you like trucks, buy a truck. Don't try and build one, just my 2 cents worth.

PeteW84 · 12-05-2010, 06:38 PM

Not Bad...

Slalom · 12-05-2010, 06:46 PM

Reminds me of the pre war stort of someone who did that to a Rolls in OZ. RR was "not amused" and refused to sell any spares or any further cars to the "blasphemer". Apparently they ran for decades - the the chagrin of RR.

dtc100 · 12-05-2010, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by J02 335i

Quote:

Originally Posted by dtc100

That is where you guys are wrong, I don't think he built the BMW pickup to haul junk around, you guys simply cannot think out of the box

Not all pickups are built to haul junk.

I can think outside the box, I like pick up trucks my father just bought a 2010 Silverado and its a very nice truck he never uses it to "pick-up" anything. But the whole idea of a BMW is suppose to be "sporty" and I don't find that wanna be El camino sporty or pleasing to the eye at all. To generalize, it you like trucks, buy a truck. Don't try and build one, just my 2 cents worth.

No you did not think outside of the box, you dad did. A Silverado is built to haul stuff, the fact your dad decides to haul nothing with his Silverado, he is thinking outside of the box

noro · 12-05-2010, 08:27 PM

I hate to say this, but I think this looks better than the new 5 GT.

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Not bad looking at all and very unique, but just a complete travesty to BMW heritage. At least it's nowhere near as bad as this:

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IcebergM4 Major 368 Rep 1,060 Posts Drives: '23 M4C Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: SoFlo iTrader: (1)	Not bad looking at all and very unique, but just a complete travesty to BMW heritage. At least it's nowhere near as bad as this:
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