My slightly knackered old cars

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Picked up this beast tonight, a home made Felicia pickup...

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RJC_9514 by srblythe, on Flickr

RJC_9513 by srblythe, on Flickr

How shit does that look?

[SiC]

I thought they all had a vent? I'll make sure I remember in future though.

They usually do, but it's a tiny hole. If the reservoir is full up and you don't remove the cap, it makes an excellent brake fluid atomiser.

[panhard65]

I thought they all had a vent? I'll make sure I remember in future though.

They usually do, but it's a tiny hole. If the reservoir is full up and you don't remove the cap, it makes an excellent brake fluid atomiser.

When pushing back caliper pistons the best practice is to open the bleed nipple to push them back. I found this out many years ago with mk2 astra's having a habit of flipping the seals in the master cylinder if you pushed fluid back through the master cylinder. Also bleeding brakes rarely needs 2 people just let gravity do the work as 99% of the time you will get all the air out as long as you haven't emptied the master cylinder.

[Uncle Albert]

I was going to say that those Felicia pickups were factory, then I saw the back and realised it was a Cube Van with the top removed (to make a slightly worse version of something they did out of the factory anyway).

[captain_70s]

Is there any real difference to the van with the top removed and the factory pickup aside from the major bodgery to the rear doors?

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Is there any real difference to the van with the top removed and the factory pickup aside from the major bodgery to the rear doors?

I don't think there is any difference, the cube van even has the bolts behind the bumper for fitting a tailgate just like the standard pickup.

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Spend the day making a new tailgate on the Felicia, it's made from a metal shelf from inside the unit. I put very little effort into making it but perhaps I'll make it look a little bit more presentable tomorrow.

RJC_9724 by srblythe, on Flickr

RJC_9726 by srblythe, on Flickr

RJC_9727 by srblythe, on Flickr

RJC_9728 by srblythe, on Flickr

[CLINT]

You could double its value with a set of VW badges

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RJC_9726 by srblythe, on Flickr

This is how I'd like it to look.