Home made pick ups.

[155V6]

[fairkens]

4 hours ago, meggersdog said:

wanna buy one ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404296622961?hash=item5e21f4e371:g:E6QAAOSwCKxkZ3jC

I'd like to buy that one but only so I can drive past the other one and make the bloke who owns it wonder where he went wrong in life

[MiniMinorMk3]

[155V6]

Can't remember if I posted this before or not

But if I didn't,don't worry,it's not around any longer

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[lesapandre]

35 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Ouch that is cool. It's a Studebaker Hawk cut down.

[UltraWomble]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175600282910

Ooooh, interesting....

Shit.

[Metal Guru]

10 hours ago, UltraWomble said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175600282910

Ooooh, interesting....

Shit.

Perfect after pub taxi. Unlimited number of passengers and hose out interior.

[MiniMinorMk3]

Looks like they are building a CABriolet for summer Pick Ups.

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[Metal Guru]

On 07/06/2023 at 14:55, MiniMinorMk3 said:

I think Moggies suit a pick up though that’s far from the best .

[chaseracer]

On 07/06/2023 at 14:55, MiniMinorMk3 said:

When I started driving, one of the local cool* kids had something similar: 1275 Midget engine, stake bed, keg tank, Wolfie slots (15x10 with Grabbers on the back), jacked springs, standard axle with a foglight illuminating the diff.  Total early-80s custom cliché.

He got very good at changing twisted half-shafts.

[Leyland Worldmaster]

[155V6]

[Erebus]

Check out this horror!

https://www.facebook.com/commerce/listing/801051564888244?media_id=0&ref=share_attachment

[Metal Guru]

3 minutes ago, Erebus said:

Check out this horror!

https://www.facebook.com/commerce/listing/801051564888244?media_id=0&ref=share_attachment

Takes a special talent to take a terrible car and make it worse.

[Erebus]

6 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

Takes a special talent to take a terrible car and make it worse.

Honestly, why do they bother?

[Metal Guru]

2 minutes ago, Erebus said:

Honestly, why do they bother?

The spoiler is the icing on the cake. Someone actually bought that and said “wow, that looks great!”

[bunglebus]

Nicely done and entirely impractical 

[Stinkwheel]

How does this work now? Thought DVLA had got really strict about pick up conversions and SVA or whatever they are tests ?

[martc]

4 hours ago, Stinkwheel said:

How does this work now? Thought DVLA had got really strict about pick up conversions and SVA or whatever they are tests ?

In the case of the Lupo above I'm not sure the DVLA do know... according to them it's still green. And has a 999cc engine. I can't comment on the engine, but it's certainly not green so I suspect the change in body type has not been reported either.

 

[martc]

Argentina, apparently it's still in use. No idea if this is home-made or not, if it was professionally* made I'd change the company name.

[155V6]

[martc]

 

[quicksilver]

  

On 5/21/2023 at 1:04 PM, meggersdog said:

wanna buy one ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404296622961?hash=item5e21f4e371:g:E6QAAOSwCKxkZ3jC

 

Saw this at a show recently. I'm sure there was a firm who did an aftermarket Metro pickup conversion back in the day, but this looks like a DIY effort.

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[martc]

Metro Ranger - not homemade, it was built by Austin as an idea to catch the sporty youth market, didn't get far before the idea was abandoned. Unlike the similar, but earlier Talbot Wind, which was made by Heuliez and actually sold. Not that many wanted them, but it did pave the way to the more successful Rancho.