Cool or not?

[nathanglasgow]

I like it. Looks like it'd be a hoot to drive.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225859515601?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20230811153211%26meid%3Df925c7f50f1543ff8f84f5b521156678%26pid%3D101775%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D225859515601%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D4375194%26algv%3DPersonalizedTopicsV2WithDynamicSizeRanker&_trksid=p4375194.c101775.m47269&_trkparms=parentrq%3Ab406f12d18b0acda31e3af97fffe947e%7Cpageci%3A62c0f332-7efa-11ee-97d7-2a488992e709%7Ciid%3A1%7Cvlpname%3Avlp_homepage

[Gareth]

Yes looks like it could be great fun, and unique if finished properly.

[Ben2a]

I have a feeling this used to be owned by John Carol, from the Land rover mags. I like the look of it it's different 

[NoBeardNoTopKnot]

Is your first reaction to yawn? It isn't is it?. You'd go for a pint with the bloke that did it.

Can the world cope without yet another rivet-correct DBG 88 added to the line? Probably.

Not my first choice, yet I wouldn't change this concoction if I could. Rather than too much time - or a fat-wallet, and a serious lack of imagination, I can see joy in it, it brings a smile.

Send it round, I'll drive it.

[Gordon Lowe]

I'm sure the one John Carroll had didn't have a tray back

[2286]

I was so stunned by the look of it, salt flat racer thing, that I did not read description.

I had expected it to be a coil sprung lash up, but it is based on an s1.

You could if you were being very kind say it still was, but with a coach built body!

Not quite a tickford station wagon.

Speaking of which, did they only do the 80 inch and no other land rover variant.

[w3526602]

Hi,

Me? I like it, and have pondered (as you do)on doing something similar.

For instance, Jago (if they are still in business?) do/did a very clever Geep tub that fits onto their own chassis, 80" wheelbase, with bolt on front wings that hold the bonnet and rad grill in place. It would, however, need a lot of surgery to get it to fit over a Land Rover engine and gearbox. Probably not impossible, but I'm getting to old.

My mate told me that a Reliant Scimitar GT (Not a GTE) that we both have owned many years ago, is/was lying in a South Wales scrap yard.
GRP body shell, and 90" wheel base.

And now my serving wenches are telling me to return to bed, where lunch awaits. No sense of timing, those ladies. More anon!

602

[2286]

602
So after dinner you are putting a reliant scimitar body on a 90 chassis?

Pretty sure Jago went in to the sunset about 30 years ago.

I remember the ford escort running gear based ones.  There was a kit car manufacturer who used the suzuki sj as a base vehicle, could you be thinking of them?

My pal had a daihatsu based TROJAN. 

[Craig T]

Not quite a tickford station wagon.

Speaking of which, did they only do the 80 inch and no other land rover variant.

Yes, The Tickford station wagons were only on the 80" chassis. When Land Rover released the 86" they made their own station wagon so the need for a custom built, expensive one kind of went away. I tend to think the 86" version is a far nicer looking vehicle. The Tickfords always look kind of wrong to me.

Craig.

[2286]

I have only ever seen tickfords in reference books never in the flesh.

I agree whilst undoubtable some craftmanship, it did have the look of a wooden greenhouse.

The tropical roof of the 86 is far more familiar and unfussy unmistakeable hence people seeking them out as one of the ultimate upgrades if their vehicle was not factory.

Just looked at pic of tickford and it has full width split upper and lower tailgate.

http://www.motorgraphs.com/heritage/tickford-80inch-1948_a155499.aspx

[Craig T]

It was a funny vehicle. Getting in and out the back must have been a bit undignified at the best of times.

Off course the 86" station wagon was the first to introduce the side hinged door although it was made from a standard drivers door bottom and a square door top.
The one piece rear door came about later with the series 2's

(The door on my one below isn't quite right. The middle door hinge, or top door hinge on the door bottom, should be a special, upside down hinge the opposite shape to the lower hinge. I have one to fit when I get there in the restoration)

Craig.

[w3526602]

The Tickfords always look kind of wrong to me.

Hi,

Not wrong ... just not "quite right". Probably with the same load capacity as an A30 van.

I assume they were expensive? If you've got it, flaunt it. But I guess they have become more desirable as the decades roll  by.

I can't remember if it was Jago or Dutton who made a replica of an American, 1930s style, pick-up cab, with traditional bonnet, along with a full sedan, and a coupe with a long "dicky seat" boot.
Thinking back, I cannot remember ever actually seeing any of the range.

Very briefly, I pondered on "cobbling" an 80" Series 2, but I resumed taking the tablets.

602

[Exile]

For me, the Tickford has always looked like a "potato on wheels."

Often had the chance to buy one, in the past.

Never bothered.

The eBay vehicle looks fun.

[diffwhine]

I helped restore one some years ago - a 1949 model. What a job! No wonder they change hands for silly money. They were a wonderful vehicle to drive.

Coincidentally the rear door aperture with the top and bottom tailgates open is almost exactly the same dimensions as a Range Rover Classic.

Image taken when I had hair and it wasn't white...

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[2286]

Are tickford 80's aluminium clad wood framed, or is that an incorrect assumption.

Interesting point regarding the tailgate dimensions given the relative dinkiness of the the rest of the vehicle.

I like the cloche concealing the spare wheel.

Out of curiosity was it billed as a 7 seater.

How many were made in total and how many remain....