Shite Pickups

[cort16]

Pickups are great. A lot of modern ones are chrome covered, have leather seats and are driven by tax dodgers. This wasn't always the case.

 

These FSO ones look great I don't ever remember seeing any.

 

I always thought they sold a Polonez pickup here but did they?

 

 

Tata Load Betas are so great they named it after a defunct video format. This very one was on sale on gumtree for £350 last month. I should have bought it for horrifying the wife but this chancers got it and now selling it for £850. Any idea what kind of engines in these? I imagine it's based on some 1970's boat engine.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tata-Loadbeta-2-0-Diesel-Pickup-/260885615772?pt=UK_Commercial_Trucks&hash=item3cbdfe949c

 

My favourite is the Hyundai Pony pickup. There was a guy who lived near me when I was a kid had a red one with tilt sunroof and steel spoked alloys. It was a serious weapon and I lusted after it right up until I discovered it a few years later in the local scrappies. I imagine they're now pretty close to extinction

 

Not quite as shite but have an undieing love for the Cortina P100. I'd have diesel Sierra one but there's something appealling about trying to drag a ton of gravel using 1.6 pinto powa.

[warren t claim]

The Skoda Favorit pick up is shite worthy along with the Proton Jumbuck.

[Felly Magic]

The Felicia Fun is a custard coloured bit of nuttiness.

[cort16]

I don't remember the Favorit pickup.I like the jumbuck but I'd have it in standard rather than lifestyle bollocks format though.

 

This

 

Not this

[Guest Len H]

Shite pick-ups by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

Two shite pick-ups in the same shot...

 

FSO Caro pick-up by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

Also, an FSO exposed to the North Atlantic.

[freebird]

The first two were deffo sold here, my mate had one like the first pic of the white one ( his was in red) and he sold it in tip top condition for £250 back in the mid 90s. That green one is very rare now but there is a blue P plate one ( IIRC) still working for a living round here. its VERY tatty but still going.

[warren t claim]

 

And before someone from Iran has a chance to post it here's another gem

 

[DSdriver]

By strange coincidence I posted this local spotting in another thread earlier

I must admit to not knowing much about it, but it looks in quite good nick for its age

[cort16]

Is that dacia one derived from a Renault 12?

 

4.0 litre, lpg, steel wheels. Yes.

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/ford-falcon-4ltr-plg-factory-fitted/89515146#gallery-item-full-4

[Tayne]

I seem to recall that the Tata Loadbeta had some sort of Mercedes cast-off n/a diesel engine.

I saw this one in Plockton.

Tata Loadbeta by Tayne, on Flickr

 

I found this 125p down the road from a former FSO dealer in rural Aberdeenshire.

Mouldy by Tayne, on Flickr

 

The Corsa pick-up isn't sold here, this one was in Chile.

Chevy Montana by Tayne, on Flickr

 

Fiat Fiorano anyone?

Fiat Fiorino by Tayne, on Flickr

Not the kind of car that's usually named after Ferrari's test track.

 

Fiat also make the Strada pickup for chrome-plated tax dodgers.

Fiat Strada pickup by Tayne, on Flickr

Fiat Strada by Tayne, on Flickr

 

Another old favourite.

PickUps by Tayne, on Flickr

 

This isn't car based like the others but its not in the best of shape either.

Old Chevy Truck by Tayne, on Flickr

Seen by the side of the road in Northern California.

 

And I loved this.

GMC by Tayne, on Flickr

[whitevanman]

I have 2 Cortina P100's, 1 Sierra P100 and I have that Tata on my watch list, wish I had seen it in the gumtree advert Ratdat had a Hyundai one for sale if I remember correctly...I would love it also the second project Street Machine did was an wide arched FSO... I will try and get the time to scan some pics of it

[cort16]

I really like the 505 pickup. They sold them into the 90's I seem to remember. The tata was on Glasgow gumtree. I fancied it but didn't have anywhere to keep it.

[Richard]

Is that dacia one derived from a Renault 12?

 

Yes, but it's RWD.

[freebird]

I really like the 505 pickup. They sold them into the 90's I seem to remember. The tata was on Glasgow gumtree. I fancied it but didn't have anywhere to keep it.

Zillions of them in Tunisia, probably totally covering North Africa. What i did notice out there was that there seemed to be a lot of those Bedford/Isuzu pick ups on the scene ( the ones the AA used to uses with roller shutter sides) I take it, if they can survive out there they must be rock!

[Guest Len H]

504 pickup, surely.

[dollywobbler]

 

British built 2CV pick-up. Quite a few were sold to the Royal Navy.

 

I remember seeing loads of the FSO pick-ups about. Don't recall us getting the Polonez in pick-up form, but the later Caro definitely was.

 

I always liked the Daihatsu Midget. GR8 IF UV NO FRENDS!

 

These always look like they're about to trip over their front bumper.

 

Have one of Trigger's spots. Reliant Ant. I saw a brown one around here a few months back. I almost crashed! Inspiration for the Vauxhall Vivaro... (the Ant, not my poor driving)

[Timewaster]

504 pickup, surely.

 

Correct!

Don't call me Shirley!

[ChinaTom]

my collection:

 

[cort16]

504 indeed. It'd explain why I couldn't find any for sale.

The daihatsu looks fantastically pointless. Room for 1 person and a small fish in the truck bed.

[dieselnutjob]

Tata Load Betas are so great they named it after a defunct video format. This very one was on sale on gumtree for £350 last month. I should have bought it for horrifying the wife but this chancers got it and now selling it for £850. Any idea what kind of engines in these? I imagine it's based on some 1970's boat engine.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tata-Loadbeta-2-0-Diesel-Pickup-/260885615772?pt=UK_Commercial_Trucks&hash=item3cbdfe949c

 

Bored out XUD wasn't it?

[dieselnutjob]

oh yes

[eddyramrod]

Time for a few snaps from Cyprus, methinks...

Where better to begin than with my own?

 

(One for Albert...)

 

(My next-door neighbour's truck...)

 

[dollywobbler]

There's a Tata specialist not far from me. I was quite amazed!

[Albert Ross]

I used to own a FSO 125P Pickup F68LTL.... Was red, brush painted black, swapped for a 3 Door Mk3 Escort 1.6S..Which was sold without radiator and driven away!!!!!

[whiskeyonesix]

I was wondering when that Ford Falcon Ute/Pickup would make an appearance. The seller would be better off sending it back to Australia, LPG ones still fetch good money here.

[whitevanman]

Too much for a Sunday morning....................I WANT to have the babies of that Tata

[Father Ted]

Nissan Micra K11 pick up.

 

Mini Metro Pick up

 

Ford Fiesta Pick up

[cort16]

I don't know if it's the same truck but here's a TATA pickup in glasgow for 500 quid

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/tata-loadbeta-pick-up-7-months-mot-6-month-tax/90810746

[cort16]

Love that mk3 Cortina pickup

[simmo]

I've always liked the 404 pick ups; its a shame BMC didn't do an A60 Farina pick up