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Peter_L · Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 11:52 pm Post subject:

When you just have to get it there as quick as possible.

D4B · Joined: 28 Dec 2010 Posts: 2083 Location: Hampshire UK

Registration number: NDH 67V
✗ Untaxed

Tax due: 01 November 1981
MOT

No details held by DVLA

Vehicle make
JAGUAR
Date of first registration
16 May 1980
Year of manufacture
1980
Cylinder capacity (cc)
7400cc
CO₂Emissions
Not available
Fuel type
PETROL
Vehicle status
Not taxed
Vehicle colour
BLACK
Vehicle type approval
Not available
Wheelplan
2 AXLE RIGID BODY

Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22446 Location: UK

I've mentioned before about the vintage R-R I remember seeing as a pickup, painted black, in the 1980s.

After a quick search I found this similar machine in a recent advert, of a R-R conversion built in Manchester.

Possibly the same car ..

RJ
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roverdriver · Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:24 pm Post subject:

As promised, some Aussie Utes.

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Rootes75 · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 11:16 am Post subject:

When I was a young (er) lad they were building some houses not far from our estate and I had to walk past each day on my way home from school. When they knocked down an old shed on the property it revealed a lovely original green 1950's Austin A55/60 pick up. After a week or so she was gone, my father being interested in these type of things stopped in one afternoon and enquired about it only to be told it was taken straight to the scrapyard! This was back in 1991-2, such a shame but to the developer it was just part of the site clearance.
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Peter_L · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 1:19 pm Post subject:

I never owned or knew anyone who had a Vanguard. I came across this picture some time ago, and, if I was thinking about a "Classic" pickup I like the look of this and the colour.

Dipster · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 1:28 pm Post subject:

Was that Vanguard a factory build? I had not heard of them.

Peter_L · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 1:54 pm Post subject:

Dipster · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 2:44 pm Post subject:

If I recall correctly the Vanguard car could have either a 4 or 6 cylinder engine. In Oz I suppose the 6 was the chosen one. They tended, very sensibly in my opinion, to like larger engines.

Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22446 Location: UK

One of the ex-Oz Bedford PC utes I had

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Ellis · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 10:38 pm Post subject:

There has never been such a thing as a Jaguar commercial vehicle leave alone a pick up.

I saw a photograph of on one pickup conversion in one of Nigel Thorley's books on the the Jaguar Mark 2 but here is a photograph or two of an USA "customisation" as they would call it of work in progress of a Mark 2 Jaguar into a pick up.

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It will certainly be rare when it's complete.
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Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22446 Location: UK

Ellis' posted reminded me of this cut-down SS Jaguar 3.5 "ute", as photo'd by a contact of mine in Oz a few years back Smile

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sheffieldcortinacentre · Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 60

I own one of only 8 known in the uk mk3 Cortina bakkies, these where factory built in sa I've owned it since the early 90's
, approx. 30,000 where built the first 4500 at Dagenham (they kept around a doz as hacks on the site none are known to survive), daily I use a 54 plate verte tempest.

known in its homeland as a ford AU3 falcon ute its a 4.0 S6 auto with factory lpg (no petrol system).

overseas stuff inc mk3-4 escort bakkies (sa) , mk3 fiesta onwards (sa & south America) bakkies (called bantam).

paykan hunter (india)
Vauxhall corsa (sa & southamerica).
Mercedes (70's style) can't remember what there called make/model (south America)
Austin Cambridge (A55/60 shape & riley) again can't remember make/model (again south America).
a fibreglass bodied chevette pickup was I beleave also made in south America.
there where a small number of maestro pickups built/converted.
I think gaydon has one of the handful of metro pickups built.

on the van front I beleave a handful of ADO 16 & 105E est style vans where made, allways thought the the ADO 16 & allegro along with the HB/C viva would have made good looking pickups.

I beleave someone in the 105e club has a replica kennex pickup.
they also did similar conversions on mk1 escort vans with I beleave one known survivor.

Peter_L · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 12:40 am Post subject:

Some images here:

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ifhp97/sets/72157624910512009/

sheffieldcortinacentre · Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 60

cheers some great stuff there didn't know the corcel was avl as a pickup & with 4wd.

allways thought it strange that ford never sold the mk3-4 Cortina & escort/fiesta pickups here??
esp with the models & company popularity at the time.

when the sold the P100 mk5 Cortina shape??