Cars converted to pick ups

[TooMany2cvs]

Police State said:

does this have a 'special award' place in this thread?...

He's an amateur

[NAS]

Roo said:

darrenw said:

Ford Mustang Pickup Truck by Retro-Motoring and WoertherseePics.com, on Flickr

Ford Mustang Pickup Truck by Retro-Motoring and WoertherseePics.com, on Flickr

They were purpose built like that.

I saw one in the Franschhoek Motor Museum in South Africa (in RHD!) and was wondering how that car came to be. Who offered it in this spec? Ford?

[Roo]

NAS said:

I saw one in the Franschhoek Motor Museum in South Africa (in RHD!) and was wondering how that car came to be. Who offered it in this spec? Ford?

Not many of them made. They were made by a Beverley Hills dealer. It's called a Mustero.

[madcowman]

Police State said:

does this have a 'special award' place in this thread?...

Saw that Moored up in Berkhamstead at the weekend

[Shuttle Cock]

No pics, but way back when I used to walk from the station to my school, there was a Tatty Mk2 Jag pick up conversion, never saw it move in about 2 years, then one day gone, presumed scrapped!

[veccy208]

Just googling, I love this!! Photo said its factory.

[TooMany2cvs]

veccy208 said:

Just googling, I love this!! Photo said its factory.

Plate says "Ciudad de Buenos Aries", so an Argentinian local variant - confirmed by the W114/5 Wiki page, which links to http://www.auto-historia.com.ar/Historias/Mercedes... - dodgy Google translation says production started 1971.

[thespannerman]

I've wanted one of these for a long time, Longranger make them as a bolt-on kit for the Discovery 1/2.





They also have this as a yard hack....

[NAS]

Roo said:

NAS said:

I saw one in the Franschhoek Motor Museum in South Africa (in RHD!) and was wondering how that car came to be. Who offered it in this spec? Ford?

Not many of them made. They were made by a Beverley Hills dealer. It's called a Mustero.

Thanks for the info

[Eighteeteewhy]

[jamespink]

TooMany2cvs said:

Iva Barchetta said:

Not a pickup as such.
Those mad Swedes.

But, sticking with pickups...

How utterly cool is that red tow car!!! Awesome...

[devs]

[smilo996]

This also has the advantage of being much cheaper because it has van or yellow plates, so you avoid the 180% tax in Denmark.

The Elcamino or Maloo have to be the best surely.

[jayemm89]

BMW did the E92 M3 "Ute" as an april fools one year, didn't they?

[thespannerman]

jayemm89 said:

BMW did the E92 M3 "Ute" as an april fools one year, didn't they?

They did it's kept in the Garching underground garage along with a prototype e30 pickup

Edited by thespannerman on Monday 4th April 17:36

[Raine Man]

Over in Sweden the law permits 15 year olds to drive cars which have been converted to pick-ups with limited top speed and a restricted bed size. It's a hangover from WWII where people created their own agricultural vehicles. Some of them are quite well executed.

Edited by Raine Man on Monday 4th April 19:41

[Cotty]

[ZesPak]

Most of these (esp the BMW's) look terrible imho.

This thread reminds me just how cool the DS and SM looked though.

[TooMany2cvs]

Raine Man said:

Some of them are quite well executed.

...and then there's the others...

Raine Man said:

[jwrigglesworth]

This one's mine by Clinton at Longranger
Now owned by a Friend