Finally got here and we are ripping the rig to bits you should see it! But i am now on the hunt for a ford bantam 85 -92, you know the escort pickup. Got teh idea after reading the thread about the belgian guys red one. Gorgeous and know one has one, well nearly no one.

The prices for cars and bikes out here are astronomical. cheapest i have seen so far is for a 89 and it was 1600 quid! wasnt in very good nick either. God this is going to be hard, trying to get it sent back home by one of our own containers to aberdeen if i am lucky, never know i might get it free!!! Doubt it but you never know. Anyone know any shipping agents in cape town???

 

SOunds like more fun than being on the rig!

I'm off to Pointe Noire on the 18th! If you're ever back give me a shout

 

i think you'll find the bantam is a fiesta pickup and yes, i wanted one when i saw them out there too

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=130324695881

Slightley earlier than you want but they go cheap when you find them here

 

Welcome to South Africa mate... best bet would be to have a look here ..
http://capetown.gumtree.co.za/f-bant...archFormZtrue#

or on junkmail.co.za

Happy hunting ...

 

ha ha ha getting a pickup lol ,

that way you can put the spare engine your going to need to catch me in the back lol

hope alls well fella

beef ,

 

I know which pick up you mean.If i wasnt going to work soon i would of put a few picks up of it.

 

I think you'll find that from around 85 - 92 maybe even later (96) they were an escort front end and after 2001 they changed it to a fiesta! Nice try though.

before

after



was told by one of the roughnecks today to use gumtree, going to have a gander the now.

The missus went loopy when i told her what i was up too! hehe

 

to be honest mate i hope not! did you get settled in ok?

is the guy from dumfries there? if so tell him thanks for the read of his rangers news! (i was the guy that got dropped off in the middle of the night)

 

Wow i never knew they did these. Fancy sourcing me a pair of the later bantam headlights? Cant find any

 

oddkid has one of these dunt he?

 

Here are the pics.

 

or 3

 

We left yesterday with the rig on our way to equatorial guinea, i have a couple of contacts to help me with getting a "buckie" this year. Guys are really cool, will go look at them for me and stick it in a container. roughnecks we were working with, he needs parts for a morris minor he's nearly finished restoring and i said i would gladly help him find the parts.