Is there a tool in Illustrator to extrude a part of a shape in 3D?

I'm using CS6 and I'm trying to create an 3D effect.
On the screenshot I attached, my desired effect is the second rectangle.
What you see on the 3rd rectangle is the result of Effects/3D/Extrude & Bevel.
Is there a tool to achieve what I'm trying to do in the second rectangle? Or maybe another way to use the Extrude & Bevel effect?
Thanks in advance

You are making this way too complicated. You could draw the sidewalls as skewed filled trapezoids without any effects. You know, basic perspective drawing stuff like back in school...
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