Practically Classics Forum

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Poor things, some people should not be allowed near a tool box!

The Cortina reminds me of what you used to see in the 1970s. Werdonkies are nothing new The Spitfire looks like a cross between a sports car and a yobb truck.

As to modern prattmobiles, I have noticed fewer Saxocorsiestas about of late and I wonder whether insurance costs have finally take their toll (Perhaps high umempoyment too)

Martin Evans wrote:
As to modern prattmobiles, I have noticed fewer Saxocorsiestas about of late and I wonder whether insurance costs have finally take their toll (Perhaps high umempoyment too)

More likely the high rate of attrition due to collisions

The youngest Saxos are over a decade old now so that's probably why you don't see so many, anyway, here's a particularly ghastly bit of modification.....I snapped this with my blackberry while queueing up on the M11 a couple of weeks back, it's modern, but the principal of utter tastlesness is the same. This appears to be an attempt to impart a PPorsche-like elegance to an agricultural truck- note the alloys and low profile rubber which must've cost a fortune but which still manage to look too small for the arches......and yes that fastback did have a hatch in it.....yeurghhhhhhh.....

Isn't that an L200 Warrior double cab? It seems a stupid thing to make as a standard vehicle, let alone modifying the thing! There are the odd one or two around here and I tend to laugh at them when I see them: what's the point of a "fastback" on a Ute?

I rather like all of them

Hawk wrote:I rather like all of them

its ok you are among friends

rich. wrote:

Hawk wrote:I rather like all of them

its ok you are among friends

Very fine vehicles, all of them. Though there are possibly even better looking tops for the pickup bit at the end of those double cab jobbies, below is one that can accommodate three whole alpacas:




I wonder; is the MK3 'Tina for sale? I want it.

You know how barryboys works by now.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Cortina- ... 1121522072
it was for sale, contacting the seller / high bidder can't hurt if you fancy a new project.

That's a real V8, not just a cardboard replica glued in over the top of a Pinto. Amazing, automatic too. That could be good for daily use.