I want to 'drive' around the New Vegas wasteland in one of those old beat up pickup trucks. Several modders have already used them in fast travel mods, adding tires and other updates. I'm not wanting an actual vehicle though as I know the engine doesn't handle them very well.

Would it be possible to take one of those updated pickup truck models and turn it into a suit of armor that can be 'worn' and stored in the inventory? So it would still just be my character running around, but it would appear as if it was in a truck, right?

In an ideal version, it would be scripted to be a persistent item with a map marker that couldn't be stored in inventory. Activating it would cause it to be 'worn', but in some slot that didn't remove any other gear, and then activating it again would cause it to be unequipped and the character would appear next to where ever it was 'parked' again. Adding an engine sound while equipped to drown out running feet would be great too.

Is any of the above possible? Is it possible to make the character invisible so its feet aren't sticking out the bottom of the truck 'armor' as it is moving around? Covering up the back, side and front windows with scrap metal like a Mad Max vehicle would hide the fact that the character wasn't actually inside and/or properly seated in the driver's seat.

I tried making the most basic version in the GECK by creating a new armor and adding the truck nif file for both the Biped Model and World Model, but when equipping the armor ingame it makes the truck stand on its front end (well, most of the front end and hood disappear into the ground) and when I drop the truck from inventory it appears all around my character and the collision of the interior of the truck cab makes it like a cage. I also noticed that standing idle with the truck equipped it sways slightly in the same way our characters do, and would wobble oddly when running as well.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I remember back in FO3 there was a Chimera Tank mod that allowed the player to enter and exit a Chimera Tank and drive it around. A very stripped down version of that is exactly what I'm looking for.

Eh, and have gotten no where fast.

I understand no one is interested in taking this on, but can any experienced modders/scripters please at least chime in and let me know if this is even possible to do? I thought it'd be a simple 5-minute mod to make, but I can't even get the truck to appear in the game right when equipped. It stands straight on its nose instead of with its wheels on the ground. Then how to drop it back into the world without making it a prison due to collision inside the truck, no idea there either. And getting it not to wobble and sway with the character animation motion is a whole other can of worms I'm sure. Ah well.