Yes on the door mod. With the split at the cladding & gullwing'ed it would be a cool street truck, a bit hard to get into a lifted VX that way though. Without the split and regular swing it would be, as Trathlete said, a nice access mod for the rear.
No on the rear chop. I too think it makes it look Amigo-ish. If you cut the back so it could be removed and replaced at will that might be a go.