W124 Pickup

[500E]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mercedes-Benz-PICK-UP_W0QQitemZ4604711768QQcategoryZ9855QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[janner]

Love it..

 

[BTB 500]

It's got 16' wheels!

 

[lotusmark2]

cool for the trips to the tip with the garden rubbish

 

[Shude]

Pity the rear window looks bodged, otherwise quite a decent conversion!

 

[RJIF]

Sorry, not for me. definately a marmite car.

 

[Thmsshaun]

 

[reflexboy]

It would do me lovely to pop down to Wickes for a DIY weekender

 

[KLP 92]

The car belongs to PC Merc centre. I believe they've been trying to sell it for the past few years!

 

[NW_Merc]

Erm

 

[pepper&boulou]

The car belongs to PC Merc centre. I believe they've been trying to sell it for the past few years!

I was just going to say that the owner must work or own a mercedes repairers or breakers owing to all the bashed and bumped mercs in the background of his pics.

 

[Dieselman]

No MOT.

I suspect such a chop may require the vehicle to go through an SVA test due to the weakening of the structure.

 

[imadoofus]

If the chassis is unaltered, then SVA is not a requirement.

 

[wallingd]

Yuk.

 

[Dieselman]

If the chassis is unaltered, then SVA is not a requirement.

Only this car doesn't have a seperate chassis, it is a monocoque design. The roof structure forms an integral part of the structure of the car, therefore unless it has been structurally stiffened it will be weak.

Such a serious modification must render it outside it's original design specification so it should require re-testing.

 

[janner]

The car belongs to PC Merc centre. I believe they've been trying to sell it for the past few years!

Makes you wonder why a specialist MB breaker with enough skill to do the conversion can't get it through an MOT?