# What's the term for a Model T made into a pickup? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 7, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-term-for-a-model-t-made-into-a-pickup/414785 "2007-08-07T19:59:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-term-for-a-model-t-made-into-a-pickup/414785/1 "2007-08-07T19:59:41Z")
[This is a model of one](http://www.cellinifinegifts.com/fmimages/fm_1913fordmodeltpickuplarg.jpg) and [here’s another](http://z.about.com/d/trucks/1/8/3/G/1918_model_T.jpg)- a person would buy a new or used Model T car, take out the rumble seat and build a pickup bed. There’s a name for these “homemade” pickups but I’ve forgotten it and I can’t seem to google it. (Anybody ever drive a Model T, incidentally? My sister used to have one that did deliveries for her drugstore and I drove it a few times- it’s a workout that makes you appreciate the hell out of automatic or even modern day manual-transmissions.) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-term-for-a-model-t-made-into-a-pickup/414785/2 "2007-08-07T20:05:11Z")
**Were** they homebuilts? [http://trucks.about.com/cs/vintagetrucks/a/ford\_trucks.htm](http://trucks.about.com/cs/vintagetrucks/a/ford_trucks.htm) > [@](#): > > 1917 > Ford introduces the Model T One-Ton truck chassis, its first chassis specifically built for trucks. > > 1925 > The first factory-assembled pickup debuts, with a price tag of $281. It featured a cargo box, adjustable tailgate, four stake pockets and heavyduty rear springs. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-term-for-a-model-t-made-into-a-pickup/414785/3 "2007-08-07T20:09:30Z")
I think it’s called a “doodlebug”. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-term-for-a-model-t-made-into-a-pickup/414785/4 "2007-08-07T20:10:52Z")
On the Ford Model TT Truck– > **[Ford Model TT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_TT)** > > The Ford Model TT is a truck made by Ford. It was based on the Ford Model T, but with a longer wheelbase, and a heavier frame and rear axle, giving it a rating of 1 short ton (0.91 t). When the first three units were produced in 1917, the Model TT was sold as a chassis with the buyer supplying a body. The price was $600. Starting in 1924, the truck was available with a factory-produced body. By 1926 the price had dropped to $325. In 1925, a hand-operated windshield wiper was added. In his Wor... > [@](#): > > The Ford Model TT truck was rated at one ton. It was based on the Ford Model T, but with a heavier frame and rear axle. It also had a ruckstell axle which allowed the truck to have a second gear which was useful for hill climbing. It was often sold as a chassis with the buyer supplying the truck body as needed. highlight by **Bosda**. I’d say the versions you have seem were the Chasis-Only versions, with wodden truck bodies added, possibly by carriage-makers, cabinetmakers, or boatbuilders. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-term-for-a-model-t-made-into-a-pickup/414785/5 "2007-08-07T20:17:14Z")
I’m not an expert, but my dad owned several Model-Ts as well as Model-As and I don’t think there was a Model-T w/ a rumble seat. In the fifties it was popular to use the Model-T to build a hot rod in a style known as a T-Bucket. Could that be what you’re thinking of? Here are some examples: [http://images.google.com/images?q=T-bucket&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi](http://images.google.com/images?q=T-bucket&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi)