Old school Brit-rodded V8 Ford Thames Pickup

Stuff just keeps on creeping out of the woodwork doesn't it?  If you wondered what happened to all those feature cars from Street Machine, Rod & Custom UK, Custom Car etc. from the 70s and early 80s it seems that a fair number of them are out there awaiting their moment in the spotlight again.  It seems only a few months back that the famous "Belch Beers" truck was on eBay as a donor vehicle and I see from this month's Custom Car mag that she's out and about in the show circuit again now.

What we have here is another old feature truck built in the very-British style of the time where the V8 engine was installed through the bed as a mid-engine arrangement and the back end would be a chromed and polished Jag IRS.  This one was a feature ride back in about 1983 in Street Machine according to the collective memories of those I asked and threads on Rods N Sods...

The V8 motor was a Daimler Hemi when this was magazine featured, a popular choice for a while but a tricky motor to rebuild and modify now.  From the eBay listing it appears they used the much rarer 4.5 Hemi from the Magestic Major. Unfortunately and perhaps understandably this has been replaced by the far more common Rover V8.

I love the murals and hope that these get retained or replicated in some way by whoever buys it.  Or if not then some paint job suited to its build era rather than the ubiquitous rattle can satin black which too many old show rods seem to have acquired.

At time of writing its on eBay with £1000 starting bid not made yet.