Pictures of MK1 + MK11 Crayfords

[Steve 155C]

Here's a few pic's to help remind "Andy Spain" of what he is looking for:
Feel free to add any pic's you have of Crayfords here,

 

[sutty234]

is the black one (VLB) the one that was in only fools and horses?

 

[tommy]

Here's a couple I found in my photo albums.
Tommy

 

[Andy M]

Thats probably all of them apart from press photos and Mike Goodyears Cab.
Andy M

 

[kryten]

GT based crayfords

 

[andy spain]

This one was at the NEC this year.

 

[tommy]

If non Lotus mk2s are ok then here's some non Lotus mk1s too.

Tommy

 

[tommy]

Another one and a corsair too

 

[Mark Cramond]

So somewhere there must be a whole lot of NOS roof steel floating around then :shock:

 

[tommy]

This one wears Lotus badges.

 

[Andy M]

Don`t even go there with this one!

 

[andy spain]

Something not right here.

 

[Andy M]

As I said don`t even go there on this one!

 

[Rick]

Go on lets go there, its xmas

 

[garyeanderson]

What a bunch of great photos, I have never seen so many droptop Cortina's. Does anyone know how these cars were reinforced or are they just rolling bowls of jelly driving down the road? Were the sills doubled up with a D shaper inner to form a double box or were tubes added.
I always wanted to take the mk1 estate and move the B post back and use the doors from a 2 door and make it into Ranchero type of one off. any of these around?

Gary

 

[tommy]

I found these on the web.

Tommy

 

[TimB]

Ok Rick, for the benefit of me and others who do not know, what's the story on 774 FYH?

 

[kryten]

Crayford at NEC

 

[tommy]

I remember being told some years ago that 774 FYH was a bitsa built up from a crayford and the remains of a lotus. If I remember correctly it was also suggested that the body was made up from the bodies of 2 cars welded together. If anybody knows different please put me right, as this is all hearsay from Coombe Abbey about 8 years ago.

 

[garyeanderson]

I found these on the web.

Tommy

Hi Tommy

Thanks for lifting the skirt, its more or less what I had thought/hoped for, I didn't think of boxing the door post, great idea.

Gary