Home made pick ups.

[Yoss]

3 hours ago, martc said:

I've mentioned these before, here's another one, not 'homemade' more 'locally made'...

In Syria tax on commercials is/was much cheaper than on passenger cars and there's is/was a thriving  industry converting cars, pertinent to this thread, mainly into pick-ups.

This is a chopped Favorit estate, the chopper in this case was wielded by MTX. Locally these conversions are called 'trucklets'.

MTX are a Czech company better known for convertible versions of the Fav and Felicia and all manner of Czech motorsport including many single seaters so this would be quite a simple conversion by their standards. 

[martc]

1 hour ago, Yoss said:

MTX are a Czech company better known for convertible versions of the Fav and Felicia and all manner of Czech motorsport including many single seaters so this would be quite a simple conversion by their standards. 

Ah, so it could have been converted in the Czech Republic for export to Syria? That makes sense, the accompanying information was a little garbled; I guess they were talking about import tax differences between passenger and goods vehicles.

Just had a look at their website, very interesting, in fact, answering my own question....

https://www.mtx.cz/

[bunglebus]

[grizz]

Yup. 
 

Looks right

 

Ford Crown Victoranchero

 

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[Westbay]

Be alright … when it’s finished ! 😄

[grizz]

This count??

[155V6]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[martc]

[Tayne]

[JeeExEll]

On 20/07/2024 at 17:25, grizz said:

This count??

Holy fuck. I wonder how long propshafts and gearboxes and diffs last.

Wonder what the turning circle is like.

If you were hitch-hiking across USA and this stopped would you accept a lift?

[JeeExEll]

That is unreal. It should be on a T-shirt - 'What would Bart Simpson draw aged 4 using crayons?'

[grizz]

8 minutes ago, JeeExEll said:

Holy fuck. I wonder how long propshafts and gearboxes and diffs last.

Wonder what the turning circle is like.

If you were hitch-hiking across USA and this stopped would you accept a lift?

Hell…. 
 

I would be driving it. 
 

Two years ago I tried to buy a C30 based camper in Colorado. To base in Missouri and use on my yearly road trips. You could smell the photos of the ad. 
 

Truth be told, I will be driving this from the 21st August. 

[JeeExEll]

Is it going to be lengthened with a van in the middle?

[Tayne]

44 minutes ago, grizz said:

 

Two years ago I tried to buy a C30 based camper 

?????
 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_C30

 

do you still have the pictures?

[grizz]

9 hours ago, Tayne said:

?????
 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_C30

 

do you still have the pictures?

Chevrolet C30 is a dually based chassis. 
 

A couple of pics. 

I posted in my yearly Roadtrip threads on Retrorides where I no longer go  

 

The Camper I hound was a custom built unit  

 

Pics just to give you an idea  

 

[Westbay]

10 hours ago, grizz said:

Hell…. 
 

I would be driving it. 
 

Two years ago I tried to buy a C30 based camper in Colorado. To base in Missouri and use on my yearly road trips. You could smell the photos of the ad. 
 

Truth be told, I will be driving this from the 21st August. 

Not sure about the 'driving ' light mounted on the truck bed .... 🤣

[grizz]

33 minutes ago, Westbay said:

Not sure about the 'driving ' light mounted on the truck bed .... 🤣

Do you still go on RR ? 
 

Do you possibly recall where I posted that orange camper in Colorado?? 
 

The one that reminded us of Breaking Bad. 
 

Can you maybe pull a few pics from there? 

[grizz]

12 hours ago, Tayne said:

?????
 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_C30

 

do you still have the pictures?

Thanks to @Westbay for fetching them off my road trip report on that site. 
 

Pity I walked away ( or I would be told to 😉) as this years trip is 25 days and includes a load of new territory to be covered. 

@CraigRK and I are doing it together this year. 
 

 

You can zoom on the drivers side, it looked like a golf ball with all the hail damage. 
 

You can almost smell the photos. 

[Tayne]

I bet there’s a lot of dna inside that.

[Westbay]

Listen very carefully and you'll hear the banjo's 🤣

[grizz]

5 hours ago, Tayne said:

I bet there’s a lot of dna inside that.

And for me that’s the attraction. 
 

Not the DNA but polishing these turds. 
 

Making it good again. 

[bunglebus]

I am in slight disbelief at just how bad this is. For example, why did they do this to the windscreen. Yes that's the front.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Bigger question is why did they do any of it?

[somewhatfoolish]

Ran out of welding wire, just carried on with pop rivets? 🤣

[andy18s]

Up for sale ..

[MiniMinorMk3]

On 05/11/2024 at 00:05, bunglebus said:

I am in slight disbelief at just how bad this is. For example, why did they do this to the windscreen. Yes that's the front.

They've copied Morris with the widening just like on the original Minor.