# Are there any convertible pickup trucks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 18, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-convertible-pickup-trucks/251051 "2004-06-18T15:41:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PaulFitzroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@PaulFitzroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulFitzroy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-convertible-pickup-trucks/251051/1 "2004-06-18T15:41:59Z")
I consider myself very familiar with trucks and 4X4s of all types. The other day I was watching one of my all-time favorite movies ever, Karate Kid Part III. (No, it’s NOT the one with the girl, that was 'The Next Karate Kid, a terrible movie.) In one scene in this movie, the evil pony-tailed karate instructor Terry Silver drives up to Danny, our hero, in a very strange truck (which, as explained by a vignette earlier in the movie, his thugs apparently stole for him.) The truck is the weirdest thing I have ever seen. It’s painted bright blue, has a short bed, is low (about the level of a regular car,) and, strangest of all, has no roof or windows for the cab (just a bench seat and a windshield, like a convertible car.) I could not identify the make of this vehicle, and I none of my friends that I asked had ever heard of a convertible pickup truck. Not including custom creations, was there ever a production truck with a convertible option for the cab? I know of a Jeep concept vehicle, the “Freedom,” which fits that description but I don’t think any were produced. Does ANYONE on this board know of any convertible pickups? Please! I am desperate! ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-convertible-pickup-trucks/251051/2 "2004-06-18T15:56:46Z")
Yep, the Dodge Dakota had a limited production convertible model. [http://www.geocities.com/Baja/Desert/1727/DodgeDakota2.html](http://www.geocities.com/Baja/Desert/1727/DodgeDakota2.html) There were probably others. That new, trendy chevy “retro pickup” thing comes in a convertible, but I’m not sure you really want to consider that. ---
**Author:** ![PaulFitzroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@PaulFitzroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulFitzroy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-convertible-pickup-trucks/251051/3 "2004-06-18T16:01:06Z")
I just took a closer look at the truck in the movie and it seems to be a Ford. That narrows it down a bit. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-convertible-pickup-trucks/251051/4 "2004-06-18T16:01:52Z")
How about the Chevy SSR? ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-convertible-pickup-trucks/251051/5 "2004-06-18T16:07:05Z")
> [@PaulFitzroy](#): > > I just took a closer look at the truck in the movie and it seems to be a Ford. That narrows it down a bit. Yes it does. The Ford Ranchero was apparently issued in a convertible: [![](http://www.musclecarsetc.com/58881.1979.Ford.Ranchero.jpg) ](http://www.musclecarsetc.com/58881.1979.Ford.Ranchero.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-convertible-pickup-trucks/251051/6 "2004-06-18T16:13:21Z")
[Chevy SSR](http://www.familycar.com/RoadTests/ChevroletSSR/Index.htm) ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-convertible-pickup-trucks/251051/7 "2004-06-18T16:19:28Z")
I’ve never seen the movie, but the Ford Broncos of the mid-seventies and eighties were based on the full sized F-150 pick-ups, could be had in two wheel drive (hence relatively close to the ground), and I’ve seen quite a few with an aftermarket removable roof. Same with the same era Chevy Blazer. As for toples trucks in general, Early trucks (model T) were often bought as roadsters. There was also the Jeep Scrambler (basically a stretched CJ-5), and the already mentioned Dodge Dakota. Peace - DESK