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[Ellis]

My daily drive is a Ford Ranger 4x4 single cab pick up and I have owned pick ups for nearly 30 years and am "a pick up person" in the real sense.

Small commercial vehicles have their own enthusiasts and I also have two old Land Rovers, both short wheel base truck cab pick ups, a 1954 Series 1 86" and a 1962 Series 2a 88". Had I not have dithered in 2009 I could also have been the owner of a 1968 109" 6 cylinder, 2600cc truck cab. A 2 owner vehicle and rare in having "lights in the front panel", one of the first 100 or so built.
It had only done 48,000 miles but needed a lot of chassis work. Had I known early enough, spare 109" Series 3 military chassis were being sold out of MOD stocks at pitifully small prices. Somebody else did and bought it.

I digress.
There are 3 small pick ups which are the "Holy Grail" of classic commercial vehicle enthusiasts :

The Austin A30

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The Bedford HA

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And the Ford Anglia or correctly Thames Ford 307E

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Although I have seen plenty of photos over the years I have never seen an Austin A 30 Pick Up even in the 1960's when there were plenty of the van versions around.
Neither did I see a Bedford HA Pick Up but I did see one Anglia/Thames version. It belonged to an upland farmer but it was not originally a "local" vehicle because it had an English registration letters and was "C" registered.
I last saw it in the early 1970's when it was a barely road worthy wreck.

I don't suppose there are many Morris Marina Pick Ups around either. There was one here, a green one YBT 922R, which was bought new by a villager but it was laid up in about 1988 and left to crumble away behind an outbuilding.

The last Mini Pick Up I saw was a light blue "T" registered one only ten years ago but by then it had wheel arch extensions, wide alloy wheels, high backed seats and stripes!

Can you think of any others?


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[Rick]

A friend of mine has a Marina pickup tucked away in his garage requiring TLC. He does get his leg pulled about it from time to time

I'm a fan of pickups though, having had examples of E83W, A40 (Devon shape), and the Bedford utes that came over from Oz a few years ago now.

RJ
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[D4B]

I know that not all are so keen on the Japanese classics, but I think that the few that survive might deserve a mention...

The Honda T360 is very rare indeed, I know of only 1 in the UK:



Then of course there is my Honda TN7, one of only 4 in UK as far as I know:

[Penman]

Hi
This was at Hoghton nr Blackburn 2005.



Witton Park, Blackburn 2012





Wilmslow. 2006

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[Ellis]

At one time you would see these every day but even the Bedford Rascal or it's similar Suzuki counterpart are rare sights these days.

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[V8 Nutter]

I have seen several A30 pickups, there used to be an HA Viva pickup in Worcester. We had a Marina pick up where I used to work but the boss used to blow the engine up regularly. He was the hardest driver I have ever known, he managed to get a Peugeot diesel pick up down to about 20 m.p.g. and his 4.2 XJ6 rarely managed more than about 8 or 10 m.p.g. I have always fancied a Ford V8 Pilot pick up.

[MONTBREHAIN]

Shouldnt think you could get much rarer than this that was on Oz ebay ? "MO"



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[ukdave2002]

I love pickups , although never owned one.....1950's USA pickups are about the only Yankey vehicles that appeal to me. Some of the Ozz pickup ups (Utes) look good, but others do look a tad home engineered

Dave

[Rootes75]

Not too keen on American stuff but the other day I saw a Wheeler Dealers repeat doing up an American pick-up from the 50's. I did actually like the look of it when it was done.
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[roverdriver]

What you are calling a 'pick-up', in Australia are referred to as 'utility' or more commonly a 'ute'. The first true Ute was a 1934 Ford. That is, instead of the load carrying area being a separate assembly from the cabin, it is made an integral part of the whole body. Very many cars that were sold in Oz were also made available as a 'ute' version.

I will hunt up some of my photos and post them later.
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[Dipster]

I had a friend who had an A35 pick up in the early 60`s. I cannot recall the registration. It was metallic purple and had a tonneau cover and handles on the rear exactly like those in the picture of the grey one SKU 230 (I think it was...)posted. So I imagine these were accessories of the period or this is the same vehicle repainted!

A35s were great little vehicles. James Hunt had a van and said he had great fun slinging it around on damp roads.

When I was in my teens my Dad had a blue van that I really enjoyed driving exactly for the reason James Hunt mentioned.

Finally, really off topic but it came back to me as I type, I was once teaching a girlfriend (great girl but not too bright) to drive on the A35. We were very low on fuel so I said to ease off and get to a fuel station. Instead she accelerated and started to rush along. When I questioned this odd behaviour she said that we had to rush to get to the station before the petrol ran out.....

[Penman]

Hi

Minis and Minors had tilt tops as an option did they have the tonneau option and did the A30/35 ever have the tilt top option?
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V8 V10

[Rick]

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