JeeExEll Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Dan_ZTT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 That Honda jazz one a few posts back reminds me of the boy racer cars in half primer that you know full well will see the scrap yard before they ever see a spray booth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 4 hours ago, JeeExEll said: Showing SORN so it might still exist somewhere. Anyone come across any extra long barns on their travels? Lacquer Peel and martc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chodweaver Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 . That's an interesting one.. absolutely seamless* conversion ! Got to love the sliding door runner along the side of the pickup. But surely three filler caps are a bit OTT ? ..these Chryslers aren't that bad a gas-guzzler The two filler flaps may be standard equipment on the donor pick up - an F150 local to me has two, the forward one being used for the filler of the inevitable LPG conversionSent from my BV6000 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisoxide Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Pppppick up a Packard https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/fl19/fort-lauderdale/lots/r0159-1956-packard-patrician-pickup-custom/745673 Bfg and Amishtat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 19 hours ago, Amishtat said: Possibly wrong but I think I remember reading that these were intended for oil companies to use in the desert. I'd love one, are any left? That very picture appears in the book "Roads to Oblivion" by Christopher Balfour with the caption "Pick-up version of Mk IV Super Snipe built for Middle East oil companies and others". JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 The same FE Ventora (or is it a Victor VX4/90) from further up this page. This pic from another (earlier?) time. stonedagain and Amishtat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 19 hours ago, JeeExEll said: Possibly factory-issue Humber Super Snipe? Looks like a working vehicle. There are pics of a similar silver one (but different rear wheelarches) on the net. There was an article in Classic Van and Pick-up a couple of months ago about Humbers. A Humber collector on the IoM couldn't find a pick up, after searching for years, so recreated two. Allegedly there were 200 Mk111's followed by 200 Mk1V's made. The Mk1V's had the wider body which is why the rear arches are different. Further research found that maybe only five were actually built. Amishtat, JeeExEll and stonedagain 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Aston Martin and adw1977 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Pity Humber didn't keep up the 'balloon tyre' staff car (much beloved of period film directors/Foyles War) .... Made for the Libyan desert, eh? puddlethumper and martc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Daewoo Espero Supernaut, Amishtat, jumpingjehovahs and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Daewoo Matizes adw1977 and jumpingjehovahs 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Rover P6 adw1977, Amishtat and Yoss 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 BMW E3 efforts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 BMW E24 effort sierraman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 More Rover P4 puddlethumper, anonymous user and Inspector Morose 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 7 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: BMW E3 efforts So gents and ladies, are we in agreement that trying to retain the angle of the original rear window is a bad idea? chodweaver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 BMW 02 Series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 BMW E21? Pah, loads of them. Including this one which clearly has had some spring rate improvements But this stands out as more useful than some sheffcortinacentre and Aston Martin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Sexy PaykanHunterage bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 9 minutes ago, Timewaster said: So gents and ladies, are we in agreement that trying to retain the angle of the original rear window is a bad idea? The E3 with the small rear side window works better than the one with a big blank pillar. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bfg Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 On 6/22/2019 at 10:42 PM, chodweaver said: The two filler flaps may be standard equipment on the donor pick up - an F150 local to me has two, the forward one being used for the filler of the inevitable LPG conversion Sent from my BV6000 using Tapatalk I was only jesting chod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chodweaver Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 I was only jesting chodI did wonder, but didn't want to miss the opportunity to show off the awesome depth* of my knowledge of shit yank pick ups...Sent from my BV6000 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Toxic Avenger strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Given the roof is a stressed member and it hasn't snapped, that Avenger must have rebar and concrete in the sills! IIRC, the contemporary advice was that even fitting a sunroof wasn't a great plan... stonedagain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Usually they reinforce things like this with a channel running down the inside of the sills and an apex from the inner wing to the A panel. stonedagain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Ford South Africa. Based on 2-door front. The one below's not Ford South Africa. Based on 4-door. But I particularly like the WGAF attitude with the standard front wheeltrim hubcaps, the style of which started with the 1959 105E Anglia and lasted right through all the 60s Fords till the mid 70s basic Mk3 Cortina 'L decor'. Next one's a long 2-door, but is it a conversion or not? Longer rear overhang like an estate but 2-door doors. Earlier grille but on 75 car. Who knows, I really like it. But I don't think it came from the factory with a 5.0. Mega clean car, so well done it looks like factory V8 installation Zoom in on that engine bay. It's still around too. Fantastic. Bet it's a bit lively on the throttle at roundabouts. Factory 'backie' versions had a leafsprung axle. Bfg, Amishtat and Yoss 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 With Daimler Hemi V8 front crumple-zone. Safe in a crash? - 'Yeah, it'll be ok'. Amishtat, Supernaut and Bfg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 May have been rather difficult to drive. An interesting experiment. Bonus late 70s HA and CF scenery. Smell those hot dogs Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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