Visited North Norfolk over New Year where I grew up. Was huge fun to recreate my own childhood favourite activity with my 4 yr old. There’s miles and miles of tracks up here, Mum used to let me steer our Austin Maestro around for hours, we were even allowed to sit in the boot and hang our feet out the back.

Took my friend and his daughter along, both kids had a whale of a time finding the deepest puddles they could. Also, as the back window goes down they could hang out the back and shoot baddies.

I miss the slightly lawless aspect of living in proper countryside.

My new town runabout was a blast, made it through a saturated ploughed field, which in retrospect was very, very foolish.

Good times.

Difference is, they were allowed in by the fire to sit on iPads whilst muggins jetwashed the car. As a youth I’d have been handed an hose and told to help.

Ace, but why did you decide to torch it?

[typical STW]Waste of our resources right there![/typical STW]

Youth handed a hose?
It was buckets and sponges in my day. And cold water!

APF

Like that a lot.

Great fun.

We could use that in our back garden at the moment… How many fence panels could it carry…??!!

DrP

Why is there a mini wing mirror on the bonnet? If those wheels extend beyond the arches then I’m tutting too.

Is that lifted or on standard suspension? My neighbour says nice truck!

Word of warning . They dont mix well with water. Passed 2 of them stuck in medium size puddles on the strathdon alford road…..

Medium being the water flowing in through my door gaps – bottom of my doors are 3ft off the floor.

Town runabout?! 😀 😉

Tall kerbs are they? In your town? 😉

Or maybe you don’t have a dropped kerb to access your remodelled front yard? 😉

Townies eh?

I spy a Mighty Oak brewery air freshener. Makes me want a pint of Maldon Gold!

Do like that.

WANT! Really want a big truck to mess about in, but the Mrs says I have to keep the jag for another year to use as our wedding car in November, problem is rust setting in and mot in August I want to move it on now before it starts costing me an arm and a leg in sheets of steel

Trail rat. Air filter is at the top of the wing, not intending to do any wading, I’ve got carpets in there. if I wanted to do that sort of thing I’d have gone for the hose out option on the left here:

I’m loving the truck, it’s 20years old now. I’ve had string of slightly left field motors but I think this is my favourite. (For now anyway…)

Would have loved doing that when I was a kid!

What big manly tyres you have

All the better for visiting the Rapha outlet in.

Nice Surf, just don’t call it a Hilux 😈

That was my brother and I in my grandad’s Ford Escort Mk1 (40 years ago)

Why is there a mini wing mirror on the bonnet? If those wheels extend beyond the arches then I’m tutting too.

That’s where wing mirrors go.

Door mirrors go on the doors. 😉

Nice Surf, just don’t call it a Hilux

Generation 3 . Pick your territory and your name tbh, it can be a 4Runner or a Surf, over here it’s a Land Cruiser Colorado. This particular model is a Hilux Surf SSR-G.

Nice 4×4 Toyota … I like! 😀

pictonroad

Generation 3 . Pick your territory and your name tbh, it can be a 4Runner or a Surf, over here it’s a Land Cruiser Colorado. This particular model is a Hilux Surf SSR-G.

Well to me it looks like a KZN 185? so a Surf 😀 Had an LN105, LN106 and an LN107 SSR.

This went badly. 😆 it was a light hearted post. I’m cogniscent of manufacturers codes, I’ve owned an e30 dontcha know. 😀

I had an almost identical surf to that – same colour, same spec, same ‘Super Power Rear Under Mirror’ on the rear spoiler… 😆

It was probably the best car I’ve ever owned – put over 100K miles on it with not much other than routine servicing other than a few track rod ends…

If the London LEZ hadn’t stopped me from taking it to Heathrow I’d probably still have it (it was registered as a 4×4 light utility not an estate car so wasn’t allowed inside the LEZ 🙁 )