Method of converting motor car

A method of converting a passenger car, which has a four-door body bolted to the frame, to provide a shortened body at the back and a lengthened engine compartment at the front without structurally modifying the frame, which method comprises the steps of:

• removing, by cutting the body without cutting the frame, a longitudinal segment of the roof and a longitudinal section of the floor of the car body immediately behind the door posts to sever the car body into front and rear sections;
• disconnecting the steering shaft from the steering gear for the front wheels;
• with the front fenders and the engine compartment hood removed, unbolting the front section of the car body from the frame and displacing said front section of the car body and the steering shaft as a unit rearwardly away from the front wheels along the frame to bring the severed front and rear sections of the roof into aligned, abutting juxtaposition;
• bolting the front section of the car body to the frame in its rearwardly displaced position along the frame, and joining said front and rear sections of the car body to each other at the roof and floor to provide a converted unitary car body which has been shortened immediately behind the door posts;
• operatively coupling an extension shaft between the steering shaft and the steering gear for the front wheels;
• and attaching to the car body an engine compartment hood and front fenders which are longer than the original hood and fenders by an amount substantially equal to the length of the segment removed from the roof.