JeeExEll Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 bangernomics, Rocket88, Aston Martin and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Vulgalour . . . . YES. DO ITNOW.(Pic from an old issue of Street Machine or maybe Custom Car)ftfy JeeExEll and alf892 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 ^ It would be useful if someone was contemplating a house move. Hint, hint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Do ya like dags?Practical conversion. Probably a good tow-car. I like this one.The neighbours in your street would 'love it' too. Imagine parking this in your street in 2019, half full of logs and cut up pallets. Rocket88, mercrocker, Amishtat and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Banished to live in a tent for doing this to a Humber? No, I don't think so.If someone wants to do this then hey ho. Someone must have got a lot of pleasure from building it. This Humber was on the car-show circuit for many years, always changing, so it must have really meant a lot to someone and absolutely masses of ongoing work. It was a hearse at one point although the blurry pics I've seen are too shit pic quality to post. At one time it had the Humber straight 6 with an offset bonnet scoop for the carb. Seen here with gen supercharged Chevy V8. Rocket88 and mercrocker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 These were actually factory-built. But not in UK obv. Lacquer Peel, chodweaver, Bfg and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I don't know what this is. What is it? morrisoxide, mercrocker, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 The 100+ XJS from around 1979/80.Wonder if it's still around. Not home-built, but custom built from a new shell for advertising purposes. Fitted with a 454 Chevy V8.100+ were suppliers of fat custom wheels, etc. Edit - road tax was due November 1981.Awww, had visions of it still being used on a farm or something, piled up with haybales and caked in cowshit.But then you don't need road tax on private land. Who knows. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 'Nadda Mk2 home built.Useful size.Australian Falcon V8 utes were available from the factory with generally similar body shape. Bfg and ShiteRider 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I used to see a butchered Ami made into a pickup around a few years ago. Iirc Junkman knows of it and hates it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Very neat it looks too in standard appearance. That looks better than the car it's based on! JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Wolseley Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I don't know what this is. 1965 Datsun U320 aimed at the Australian market, front view: http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/58079/1965-datsun-u320-seat-sussex JeeExEll, Datsuncog, Asimo and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 ^ Thanks for that, interesting, wouldn't have guessed a Datsun.Styling looks like a mishmash of Triumph Herald, Austin A60, Mk1 Cortina, Hillman Minx, something else. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Wolseley Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 ^ Thanks for that, interesting, wouldn't have guessed a Datsun.Styling looks like a mishmash of Triumph Herald, Austin A60, Mk1 Cortina, Hillman Minx, something else. . . . Yeah the rear view made me think it had a touch of the Peugeot's. My OCD meant I had to do a Google JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I've always liked this, seems a lot more useful than a standard 600, you'd feel less of a twat driving it. PiperCub, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer, mercrocker and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 That does look good, great paint job too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 This W116 used to float around Southampton until, I assume, the bed rotted out...... Again apologies for my Instamatic photos! This "59 Edsel Ranchero" conversion also showed up at a few local gatherings but I haven't seen it for a good while. It ran a small block Chevy for some reason! Neat, though.... JeeExEll, Yoss, NorfolkNWeigh and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 ShiteRider, Amishtat, Cardinal Wolseley and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Oh man, imagine waking up to this on a Saturday morning. WTF. Aaaaaaaah.Can we just go back to sleep and reverse time? Aston Martin, mercrocker and Yoss 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 A few years back I came accross this turd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Isn't that maxi an 1800 ute with maxi front panels? The chavette is south American & I believe a fibreglass body.Always thought an Allegro estate would make a good looking pick-up. Datsuncog and MorrisItalSLX 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will16 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Couple Maesto van's converted to pickups. The blue one was made at Cowley I believe and the green one is alot more refined, made by a conversion company. I've had to push the thought of converting mine away Yoss, Lacquer Peel, JeeExEll and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 Isn't that maxi an 1800 ute with maxi front panels? The chavette is south American & I believe a fibreglass body.Always thought an Allegro estate would make a good looking pick-up.When I first saw it I just thought it was an 1800 ute and thought that doesnt count. It took a few seconds before the Maxi bit sunk in. It certainly has the profile of an 1800 ute, but I don't know how easy it would be to put a Maxi front on. I'm trying to think of reasons why it wouldnt work but none spring to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 Oh man, imagine waking up to this on a Saturday morning. WTF. Aaaaaaaah.Can we just go back to sleep and reverse time?That is truly awful. That is exactly what I was looking for. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Maxi, converted to pick-up, then a camper thing added. Isn't that maxi an 1800 ute with maxi front panels? The chavette is south American & I believe a fibreglass body.Always thought an Allegro estate would make a good looking pick-up. When I first saw it I just thought it was an 1800 ute and thought that doesnt count. It took a few seconds before the Maxi bit sunk in. It certainly has the profile of an 1800 ute, but I don't know how easy it would be to put a Maxi front on. I'm trying to think of reasons why it wouldnt work but none spring to mind. It may well have started life as an 1800 Ute, but it has been extensively modified to look like a Maxi. Here we can see it also has a Maxi arse to match its Maxi face, It also has the filler flap from a Maxi located in a different place than the 1800. My money says it also has a Maxi interior and dashboard. Cardinal Wolseley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 The 100+ XJS from around 1979/80.Wonder if it's still around. Not home-built, but custom built from a new shell for advertising purposes. Fitted with a 454 Chevy V8.100+ were suppliers of fat custom wheels, etc. Edit - road tax was due November 1981.Awww, had visions of it still being used on a farm or something, piled up with haybales and caked in cowshit.But then you don't need road tax on private land. Who knows.I've read about that one it's long gone, was stolen whilst on a trailer, it was either burned or never recovered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I've read about that one it's long gone, was stolen whilst on a trailer, it was either burned or never recoveredTook a long trip around a short oval? Something as distinctive as that would hardly be worth stealing, unless to break for parts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/208091/ford-corsair?page=1 .... re started from an abandoned 1st attempt! Rocket88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Maxis are significantly narrower than Landcrabs so you can't just put the front of one on the other. That Maxi ute has had an awful lot of work for no apparent reason when you could buy an 1800 ute off the shelf. What about a Volvo pickup? Converted by a Welsh farmer to carry hay and the current owner apparently also has a couple of 740 pickups. I remember seeing a blue one when I worked in Milton Keynes so I guess it must have been one of his.1986 Volvo 240 GL pickup by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Carlosfandango, Amishtat and adw1977 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Just goes to show subaru dropped the ball when they stopped feeding farmers nice little pickups every year, Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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