Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
4/1/24 12:53 p.m.

Love the Volkswagen Jetta but wish it had more room to carry all your stuff? Why not this Jetta pickup truck?

This custom conversion features an aluminum-plated bed, roof-mounted LED light bar, adjustable springs and BBS wheels.

A 1.8-liter inline-four backed by a five-speed manual powers this VW.

Find this 2002 Volkswagen Jetta Custom Pickup going up for auction through Mecum Auctions.

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/1/24 1:01 p.m.

On a similar note, forum member Ottawa told me about this Reddit group today.

https://www.reddit.com/r/unexpectedute/

californiamilleghia
californiamilleghia UberDork
4/1/24 1:05 p.m.

I thought that a Jetta cabrio would be cool , basically a Rabbit Cabrio with a trunk , 

But this is much cooler than a Rabbit pickup.

But I wonder what it will bring at auction ?   It's such an odd duck will they find 2 bidders to fight over it to push up the price ?

MadScientistMatt
MadScientistMatt UltimaDork
4/1/24 1:11 p.m.

Smyth kit?

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
4/1/24 1:24 p.m.
MadScientistMatt said:

Smyth kit?

I was thinking the same thing. Link for more info: Smyth.

Coniglio Rampante
Coniglio Rampante GRM+ Memberand Reader
4/1/24 2:57 p.m.

A V Dubba-Ute!
That looks like a nice conversion.  I wonder what it will go for...Houston is a day trip away and I recently sold an old car for a little cash....

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
4/1/24 3:10 p.m.

In reply to Coniglio Rampante :

I think your stars are aligning. 

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/1/24 3:26 p.m.

I was looking at Toyota Prius over the weekend and was thinking that there needs to be a conversion kit for you to make a small pickup and Toyota needs to actually make a small pickup on the Prius platform.  

Ian F (Forum Supporter)
Ian F (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
4/1/24 3:47 p.m.
David S. Wallens said:
MadScientistMatt said:

Smyth kit?

I was thinking the same thing. Link for more info: Smyth.

Definitely a Smyth kit. 

93gsxturbo
93gsxturbo UltraDork
4/1/24 4:55 p.m.

Those Smyth kits are super cool.  I would love to build one, just don't have a use case for one...yet.  

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/1/24 4:57 p.m.

They have a kit for my Grand Cherokee, but it would be cheaper and less dorky to buy the Comanche for sale down the road :)

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