Used to own one, would love one now...

Interesting I haven't heard of these two cars but Crawford did conversions on both the mark 1 and 2 lotus which are rare one is still on the road and believe it or not the owner lives in Barnsley ( picture if you see it please @crossy2112 ) rarer still is a Crawford mark 2 savage I've never seen one either at a show or magazine, one problem fitting a V8 was " leg walk" the weight of the V8 was too much for the front struts which had to be braced ( frame across engine bay) so that's why ford opted for the lighter V6 incidentally a true savage is extremely rare in the last 10 years I think I've seen one

 

WANTED CORTINA SAVAGE CRAYFORD CONVERSION IN EXCHANGE FOR VW BAYWINDOW

 

I had a chance to buy a Crayford Corsair convertible for £650. Like an idiot, I didn’t.

 

My mate was a Corsair fan they really didn't do it for me but a Crayford Corsair now that's different, that would be worth a fortune now Rich

 

Virtually none around these days, not that they built that many. The used car place in Poole couldn’t shift the damn thing - was always still in the window for months.

Not sure if Crayford put the Essex V6 in it.

 

Suds were great. Unfortunately they started rotting even in the showroom...

 

They lasted that long?

 

There was a Quichepri in Cardiff in the late 80’s as I recal.

 

I'll ask around Bazza, I remember somebody having something similar but there was a lot of badly done copies knocking about.

 

My first car, Mark 1 Polo, as old as me at 17. 0.795litres of pure slow!

From that to this



Inherited from my mum when she died, she loved fast cars, and it went like marmite off a shiny shovel!

 

My 20 yr old girlfriend...

 

A quiche restaurant..

Very Cosmopolitan

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For Wales....

 

Not a bad memory, 29 years later

 

We used to have a little Polo Ranger, like a mini estate car. Great little car. I scrapped it, like an idiot.

 

Great little cars indeed! It ran and ran, Weekly trips from Southampton to Birmingham to maintain a long distance relationship with my now wife. I sold mine for £20 without an MOT, to an idiot who drove it illegally for a fortnight before it blew up.

 

I could kick myself for getting rid of it. Tough as old boots. Years ago, we just kicked the tyres and drove it off to Munich. Never missed a beat.

Only drama ever was when the headlight switch decided to catch fire (cause unknown).

 

Mine had a leak in the petrol tank, but being a 17 year old idiot, I didn’t fix it, I’d fill up in Southampton, by the time I got to Birmingham and parked with 2 wheels on the curb, the petrol would be below the level of the hole

 

I was so close to getting a new one but bought a twist and go 50cc et50 instead. The bloke who owned the shop said he was keeping one for an investment and I should do the same. Hindsight.

 

That's amazing, how did you remember

 

No idea....even back then it was a nuts thing to do to one of them.