Small pickup

[Netherfield]

The tag line for the Austin Maxi advert was "For the young man wishing to start a family" (or something very similar), we must have been a lot more supple then.

There was room in the back of a Maxi to try and start a family, I can vouch for that.

Mind you there was room in a Mini as well.

 

[Red Fred]

There was room in the back of a Maxi to try and start a family, I can vouch for that.

Mind you there was room in a Mini as well.

I remember a young lady at college who kicked the back window out of her Mini Clubman

 

[David.]

Did she take a bit of taming?

 

[glasshouse]

Expectant girl to doctor—
What position will i be in when i give birth?
Doctor- - roughly the same as when you conceived.
Girl— what? In the back of a mini with my legs out the window?

 

[2wheels]

There was room in the back of a Maxi to try and start a family, I can vouch for that.

Mind you there was room in a Mini as well.

and a hillman imp.

 

[Red Fred]

Series 2 Landies were good as you had the bench seat and if you put it in 2nd, you wouldn't roll off into the footwell.

 

[JP1]

and a hillman imp.

A lifting back window is cheating though isn't it?

 

[2wheels]

A lifting back window is cheating though isn't it?

depends how long legs they have.

 

[JP1]

Look at the Austin Maxi - tiny by comparison now

BUT cars are so much safer - crumple zones and side impacts and passive pedestrian safety

Also many old cars like the jags weren't that spacious inside

 

[Renaultman]

Can't beat the Mk 1 caddy pick up . Great things go anywhere amazingly economical .

I loved the Subaru pick up. Currently got a Fiesta van to run alongside the Navara, a Fiesta pick up might be handy but the added security of the van is often a bonus.

 

[Chae1]

Fiat cinquecento?

 

[Scholsey]

Lot 6: Classic Motoring Lot Bidding Ends: Wednesday 16th February 2022 at 7:06PM £5,000-7,000 - Brightwells

www.brightwells.com

 

[JP1]

Photo Michael Pumfrey

 

[serf]

They were called the kettle because they boiled so much

Thought that was just mine but obviously not ....

 

[Chuckie]

K reg Subaru pickup made £10600 at auction today!
It was in good condition though

 

[Lazy Sod]

I had a Mini Pickup for 6 years back in the seventies and found it very useful. It would go almost anywhere, I don't recall ever getting it stuck.

 

[CopperBeech]

Hilux, s have grown into big beasts now, with fuel consumption to match.
I spent £90 filling mine last night, its beyond a joke.

 

[serf]

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Just showing off now ...

Who TF is wayne

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Wayne Kerr and he’s in charge of tax on fuel.

 

[Cowabunga]

I had a Mini Pickup for 6 years back in the seventies and found it very useful. It would go almost anywhere, I don't recall ever getting it stuck.

My father bought a mini pickup around 1974 and my brother and I were appalled at his lack of judgement. Its ground clearance was almost non-existent and its reliability terrible. It would go anywhere as long as the ground was smooth as a baby’s bum. Changed it eventually for a Subaru which was in a different league but was itself not particularly reliable and drank like a fish. At least it didn’t ground out, had four wheel drive available and could tow a two [small] beast cattle trailer [which we’ve still got, but not roadworthy].