Seriously?

[Wagon Sailor]

Originally Posted by BicycleBoy

Unimog's not very gangsta though, more hippy offroader.

Personally think a slammed 240 saloon with oversize wheels and black windows (esp.louvres) is about the most gangsta car going. You can fill the boot with bodies without dragging the rear and attracting unwamted attention...

When crossing the Channel every other week many years ago I was often stopped and sometimes searched on arrival in Dover. Tired of this, I asked why.

"It's not you, sir, it's the car."
"A Saab 900?"
"Yes, sir. Smugglers seem to like them."
"So they should - they're bloody god motors. Now can you put the door cards back, please?

Apparently, loading the Saabs up made little difference to stance or even performance and the Dover stop-and-search stats were good for that model of car.

[Bob 1967]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

A friend of mine in south London from another forum uses an Astra van that he calls the "Murder Van". It has blacked out windows, bigger than standard alloys and for some reason, has had self-leveling rear suspension fitted so to quote both him and you, you can put dead bodies in the back without it dragging low.

I worked for a firm many moons ago, they refurbished printing rollers.
They had an Astra Van , it was always "Draggin' Ass" and weighed down with rollers of various size and weight.
I wondered at the time ,why not a RWD van where the weight sat on the drive wheels ,rather than dragging it from the front (FWD).
I wasn't the boss , is probably the answer.

[BicycleBoy]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

A friend of mine in south London from another forum uses an Astra van that he calls the "Murder Van". It has blacked out windows, bigger than standard alloys and for some reason, has had self-leveling rear suspension fitted so to quote both him and you, you can put dead bodies in the back without it dragging low.

The huge alloys (and consequent skinny sidewalls) are the hugely important feature. A trained eye can spot loading from bulging sidewalls even if everything else appears "normal".

Now, repurposing Maggie's P5 sans armour plating plus a ton or two of Columbia's finest would be an epic stunt to pull on Border Force!

[BicycleBoy]

OK, if you haven't gone to bed yet, here's a corker for £5k.
Recent (2018) resurrection and low miles.
Registered Dec '83 so Historic April 2024
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175383485960
Just round the corner from me too!
Bit pricy for a 2.1 auto DL, but seems a nice one.

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by BicycleBoy

OK, if you haven't gone to bed yet, here's a corker for £5k.
Recent (2018) resurrection and low miles.
Registered Dec '83 so Historic April 2024
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175383485960
Just round the corner from me too!
Bit pricy for a 2.1 auto DL, but seems a nice one.

Looks nice, that "China Blue" colour is a definite fugitive colour but he alludes to that in the listing by saying it needs buffering. Maybe a rub with T-Cut or similar then a polish and a good buffing and finally a good wax to protect the now shiny paintwork would be good though.

No mention of the timing belt and when it was last changed or the fact it seems to be parked on grass when not in use (not good for any car, much less a 40 year old one!) and no inside or underbonnet shots.

Also he has zero feedback.................

[Othen]

Originally Posted by BicycleBoy

OK, if you haven't gone to bed yet, here's a corker for £5k.
Recent (2018) resurrection and low miles.
Registered Dec '83 so Historic April 2024
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175383485960
Just round the corner from me too!
Bit pricy for a 2.1 auto DL, but seems a nice one.

I think the seller has been at the waccy baccy; £5,000 for a middling non-historic vehicle is ridiculous. The motor car is worth £2,000 to 2,500 so we'll be seeing it here for a long tome.

:-)

[loki_the_glt]

Originally Posted by Steve 940

If only they'd have made a p5b shooting brake......😀

Cheers
Steve

Pressed Steel built at least 1 example, under Commission Number 6309-70001 and registered 432 GWL, for Rover and might have built a second example for themselves.

Further details of the car, and photographs, may be found in James Taylor's "ROVER P5 and P5B", ISBN 978 1 86126 932 4.

[Steve 940]

Thanks Loki,

Well as they say, you learn something new every day!!

Had found a few images online of conversions, but I think the best one could say about the result would be 'it looks rather unresolved'!!

https://m.facebook.com/3078831762791...3078476426247/

What it really needs is a proper handcrafted rear end, I 'dabbled 'with the thought for a few months a couple of years ago, but then binned the idea as a body change to Estate looked as though it would then need to go down some sort of vehicle approval route, SVA or whatever applied at the time, as no doubt it would be several years ahead to complete a restoration and conversion😀😀

Oh well, this madcap idea lead me in a rather convoluted way into my 940 ownership, Amazon estate might sate my hankering......

Cheers
Steve

[loki_the_glt]

Originally Posted by Steve 940

Thanks Loki,

Well as they say, you learn something new every day!!

Had found a few images online of conversions, but I think the best one could say about the result would be 'it looks rather unresolved'!!

https://m.facebook.com/3078831762791...3078476426247/

What it really needs is a proper handcrafted rear end, I 'dabbled 'with the thought for a few months a couple of years ago, but then binned the idea as a body change to Estate looked as though it would then need to go down some sort of vehicle approval route, SVA or whatever applied at the time, as no doubt it would be several years ahead to complete a restoration and conversion😀😀

Oh well, this madcap idea lead me in a rather convoluted way into my 940 ownership, Amazon estate might sate my hankering......

Cheers
Steve

That looks like a BIY (Bodge-it-Yourself). The Pressed Steel car(s?) had a wind-down tailgate window and what appear to be narrower D-pillars than the Facebook car; furthermore the Facebook car had a full-length waistline strip whereas on the Pressed Steel one(s) the strip terminated over the front wheel-arch.

[BicycleBoy]

More late night Volvo pornography:
50th Anniversary £6500
https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1490106