Car based pickups

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xrv

Original Poster:

544 posts

214 months

Saturday 3rd January 2009
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I won't go into the story of how this came about but I am in the situation where my new project car is going to be a car converted into a pickup.
I am looking for advice on which car to use for the project.
The choices I'm looking at so far are:
My Mondeo ST200
Mk4 Astra van
Mk1 Focus estate
Mk4 Golf estate

If anyone has any suggestions they will be gratefully recieved as I'm kind of lacking insperation at the moment.

thinfourth2

32,414 posts

203 months

Saturday 3rd January 2009
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A mk1 mundano estate seems to have nice lines and FWD

Or a BMW estate

LHDisbest

17,000 posts

186 months

Saturday 3rd January 2009
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Errrr, Holden Maloo would cover all the bases shirly? smile

dugt

1,657 posts

206 months

Saturday 3rd January 2009
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is the car/pick up going to have a purpose? or are you doing it just because you can?

what abuot something stylish like an alfa? i saw an old 3 series pickup a few weeks ago

doug

sniff diesel

13,107 posts

211 months

Saturday 3rd January 2009
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You don't see many car base pick-ups any more do you? they're all 4x4 twin cab things. I shifted this Cortina P100 for a friend of a PH'der last year, I quite liked it:

Blukoo

3,812 posts

196 months

Saturday 3rd January 2009
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Mercedes C class.

Something like this: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/755684.htm

Convert to pickup, then slap some AMG wheels on it. Lovely.

xrv

Original Poster:

544 posts

214 months

Saturday 3rd January 2009
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dugt said:
is the car/pick up going to have a purpose? or are you doing it just because you can?

what abuot something stylish like an alfa? i saw an old 3 series pickup a few weeks ago

doug
It's never going to be used for work it'll just be a show car.
I'm mostly doing it to prove to people that I can do it.
I did think about an alfa 156 sportwagon but i'm not sure if it will look right.

L100NYY

35,075 posts

242 months

Saturday 3rd January 2009
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Beyond Rational

3,524 posts

214 months

Saturday 3rd January 2009
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MG 75 Estate?

eta....whatever they call those rover/mg things

Edited by Beyond Rational on Saturday 3rd January 14:48

sniff diesel

13,107 posts

211 months

Saturday 3rd January 2009
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Beyond Rational said:
MG 75 Estate?

eta....whatever they call those rover/mg things

Edited by Beyond Rational on Saturday 3rd January 14:48
ZT-T

PH_Scooby

1,180 posts

196 months

Saturday 3rd January 2009
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BMW 328 estate would make a nice pick-up

something like this


sniff diesel

13,107 posts

211 months

Saturday 3rd January 2009
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PH_Scooby said:
BMW 328 estate would make a nice pick-up

something like this
Need to sort out the rear angle of that B pillar, reminds me of an old Anglia.

Gun

13,431 posts

217 months

Saturday 3rd January 2009
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sniff diesel said:
Beyond Rational said:
MG 75 Estate?

eta....whatever they call those rover/mg things

Edited by Beyond Rational on Saturday 3rd January 14:48
ZT-T
Even better if was the V8!

Beefmeister

16,482 posts

229 months

Saturday 3rd January 2009
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Blukoo said:
Mercedes C class.

Something like this: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/755684.htm

Convert to pickup, then slap some AMG wheels on it. Lovely.
Excuse the very quickly, and very poorly done photochop, but you may be onto something with that Merc:



Edited by Beefmeister on Saturday 3rd January 15:18

L100NYY

35,075 posts

242 months

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Riverside

319 posts

217 months

Saturday 3rd January 2009
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Starting with a 3-door hatch or coupe would require less fettling below the window line. eg use a 3-series coupe rather than a touring and you don't need to weld up the rear doors.

sniff diesel

13,107 posts

211 months

Saturday 3rd January 2009
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Riverside said:
Starting with a 3-door hatch or coupe would require less fettling below the window line. eg use a 3-series coupe rather than a touring and you don't need to weld up the rear doors.
Larger front doors though so the load bay wouldn't be as long. All E36's (saloon, coupe, cabrio and touring) share the same floor pan and can use the same towbar.

h4muf

2,070 posts

206 months

Saturday 3rd January 2009
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It`s a shame you`re too far away!

I know of a t plate st24 estate going for peanuts!

My old man loves doing car to pickup conversions.
Last one was a mk2 granada 2.3 estate!

What about carlton gsi3000?

Ultimate pickup on a budget!

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 3rd January 2009
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Do it right!


pmanson

13,374 posts

252 months

Saturday 3rd January 2009
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M5 'Ute' is rather cool - http://www.m5ute.com/gallery.htm