Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Marc Fauvet on 07/12/2015 at 16:50
:z16 :z16 :z16
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Steven Sinclair on 07/12/2015 at 23:05
Mike,
It would appear that less thinking and more doing is required :z12
Anybody want a German Shepherd and a Bullmastiff.....Be advised the mastiff likes Smith Optic fishing glasses (just ask Edfish :z4)
:z18
Steven.
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Eddie Sinclair on 08/12/2015 at 03:27
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/gallery/1111-081215032621.jpeg) (http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=3217) Here is my fishing wagon. All I have to do over the next three years is upgrade the power from the engine add power steering and put a howling wolf roof tent on and she will be ready for many years of fishing all over Scotland.
Eddie.
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Steven Sinclair on 08/12/2015 at 05:31
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/gallery/1111-081215032621.jpeg) (http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=3217) Here is my fishing wagon. All I have to do over the next three years is upgrade the power from the engine add power steering and put a howling wolf roof tent on and she will be ready for many years of fishing all over Scotland.
Eddie.
You're forgetting body lift, suspension lift, 36" super swamper tyres, winch, ARB diff locks,TDV8 or Charged petrol engine and a stereo!
Steven.
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Steven Sinclair on 08/12/2015 at 05:59
Mike,
If you do get a 4x4 don't let your mates play offroad in it whilst you are away. The result can be rather expensive...
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 08/12/2015 at 08:16
Cass and myself looked at a Delica Spacewagon a few years ago for fishing/camping. It was amazing inside and we were very very tempted.....that was until I went to get tires for my Landy 90 offroader and came back with a Landy 110 County Station Wagon!
One of the lads here runs a camper van as his daily transport but he pointed out that he cannot get into many of the car parks due to height restrictions, even some "tourist" carparks when he is out touring. He basically lives at the ski slopes in it during the season.
Good luck with your purchase...very jealous!!
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Mike Barrio on 08/12/2015 at 12:54
Yes, car parks can be a pain for height restrictions Rob :z6
Cheers Mike
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 08/12/2015 at 14:40
Mike, It would appear that less thinking and more doing is required :z12 Steven.
I'm just waiting for a reply from the dealer ..... I did put in an offer for this one Steven :z3
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Steven Sinclair on 09/12/2015 at 12:09
Awesome!
Finger's crossed you get it Mike!
Things are a bit shakey for me work wise at the minute but once things settle down i'll be investing in a camper/fishing wagon of some description. The way the industry is going at the minute I may well just resign to the idea that i'll nick Edfishes when he's not looking. :z4 :z4 :z4
:z18
Steven.
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Mike Barrio on 10/12/2015 at 12:57
No reply from down the road ...... I wanted to trade in my Golf and I guess my offer was a bit mean / cheeky :z4
I'll give it a rest for a while and just wait for the right one to come along ........ trouble is I found the one that I'd really like a while ago and it is just a tad above my budget :X1
Things are a bit shakey for me work wise at the minute but once things settle down i'll be investing in a camper/fishing wagon of some description. The way the industry is going at the minute I may well just resign to the idea that i'll nick Edfishes when he's not looking. :z4 :z4 :z4
Steven.
Steven Things are a bit shakey for all of us in O & G , just keep the head down and hope for the best :wink
:z18
Jim
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 11/12/2015 at 07:31
I am POSITIVE that is Connaught Water in Chingford, Essex where I started my fishing all those years ago :)
I think this is the very spot he launches from... http://c8.alamy.com/comp/AFM66E/mother-and-child-by-lakeside-in-autumn-connaught-waters-chingford-AFM66E.jpg
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Eddie Sinclair on 26/04/2016 at 08:43
Rob,
I always knew you were an Essex boy, the white stilettoes were a dead giveaway.
Eddie :X2
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 26/04/2016 at 10:50
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Mike Barrio on 28/01/2017 at 21:05
Excellent ...... nice one Euan :z16
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Liam Stephen on 28/01/2017 at 21:28
Nice Euan very nice, I hated the old pandas but that's cool! I got a new car today as well. The fiat is done! :X1
Liam
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Mike Barrio on 29/01/2017 at 11:10
Sandy and I went on a bit of a road trip yesterday to pick up a roof rack for the fishing wagon, but ended up bringing it back inside the car rather than fitting it as it was snowing down the road ........... Where did that come from? Certainly not part of the plan :z4
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Eddie Sinclair on 30/01/2017 at 22:29
Euan,
nice one. I know you have been waiting for a while for it to arrive. Hope you enjoy it.
Eddie.
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Euan Innes on 18/09/2017 at 12:34
Two days on the Upper Beauly with Hamish had us fishing hard but without result. What was a result was the Panda :z16
Proper offroading and great lockable diff for those wet grass slopes back to the main road. Even managed to fit Hamish (just!) in the car too :z7
:z1
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Mike Barrio on 18/09/2017 at 12:45
Great stuff Euan :z16
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Steven Sinclair on 19/09/2017 at 01:31
Euan,
I've always had a soft spot for the orignal 4x4 pandas. It was unbelievable where those things could go with their minimal gorund clearance.
I've always been a firm believer in lightweight low powered offroader's (Sj's etc) over the massive chelsea tractors that litter our roads these days.
If it wasn't for the fact I have two large dogs that never fail to get clarted in dubs wherever I go, I would swap back from my truck in a heartbeat. The convenience of being able to pressure wash the back of it or is more prone in my case just leave the tub minging without the interior getting ruined is the biggest appeal.
:z18
Steven.
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Euan Innes on 19/09/2017 at 09:44
Steven, Two wee terriers in the back seat with an Orvis seat cover still leaves loads of room for tackle in the boot. Rods go behind the front seats no bother. The new automatic FWD system seems to work really well, especially on wet roundabouts (lovely four wheel drifts). Couldn't be happier with the Panda.
Euan
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 19/09/2017 at 13:40
My youngest is fast approaching 17, so she is looking at cars. To be fair to her, she has a bit of a passion for older cars, so that makes me happy...
...however, onto the story...Cass and myself have talked about buying a car that the three of us can use, and that my youngest can learn to drive in.
We have narrowed it down to an old SJ or a Jimny. Cheap parts, square so easy to park, dents and dings look good on them and so on make it a perfect beginners car, but I have not told her yet that I shall be using it in the winder to get to some of the harder to reach Grayling and Pike spots and she is going to have to take the bus! ;)
Also not told her the 0-60 time is around 14 seconds so no disking about showing off in front of boys (for her...not me!!).
Quite looking forward to driving an SJ again (if we can find one).
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Hamish Young on 19/09/2017 at 15:38
Quite looking forward to driving an SJ again (if we can find one).
I had a couple of the original Panda 4x4s, so did my old man, as they went anywhere a Range Rover could and were a 20th the cost in repair bills :wink Not driven an SJ, but this one caught my eye Rob: www.gumtree.com/p/suzuki/suzuki-samurai-lwb/1266715220
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 19/09/2017 at 16:55
I had a couple of the original Panda 4x4s, so did my old man, as they went anywhere a Range Rover could and were a 20th the cost in repair bills :wink Not driven an SJ, but this one caught my eye Rob: www.gumtree.com/p/suzuki/suzuki-samurai-lwb/1266715220
Yep...seen and noted, but a bit of a wreck inside.
My mate who had the offroad place at Inverbervie, Nortrack, had SJ's as vehicles people could hire and go round the track in. It was not unusual for them to end up on their sides and have us lot push them back upright.
They were pretty much bomb proof and did indeed go pretty much anywhere (deep wading excepted). Very similar engineering to a Series landrover and often said to be a copy.
The only thing they did not do well is role. Absolutely no strength to the roof and I remember out in Brunei seeing a couple of very flat ones at the side of the road.
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Steven Sinclair on 20/09/2017 at 01:32
Yep...seen and noted, but a bit of a wreck inside.
My mate who had the offroad place at Inverbervie, Nortrack, had SJ's as vehicles people could hire and go round the track in. It was not unusual for them to end up on their sides and have us lot push them back upright.
They were pretty much bomb proof and did indeed go pretty much anywhere (deep wading excepted). Very similar engineering to a Series landrover and often said to be a copy.
The only thing they did not do well is role. Absolutely no strength to the roof and I remember out in Brunei seeing a couple of very flat ones at the side of the road.
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 20/09/2017 at 08:39
That would be the one!! lol.
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Mike Barrio on 20/09/2017 at 08:45
Yep ...... the Jimny is a much safer vehicle in every way :cool:
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Euan Innes on 20/09/2017 at 11:38
All the Suzis can be a bit tail happy on wet or greasy roads as my missus found out when she spun on the Cairn and killed her Vitara. Great off road but not so much on tarmac. (She does have a history of spinning Suzukis though!! :z4 :z4 :z4) Depending on budget Arnold Clark are doing very good deals on new 4x4 Pandas and if PCP floats your boat then it doesn't cost that much over an older car / car loan.
Euan
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Mike Barrio on 20/09/2017 at 12:15
Quite like the look of the funky Panda Cross :cool:
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 20/09/2017 at 12:34
Cass looked at the Panda and the 500 X 4x4.
Trouble was price. £26k for a fiat!! Ouch!
Since the Jeep Renegade is really a Panda/500x in different clothes, I would probably buy one of those instead because they have a £5k off deal plus an additional £2k off. Comes in at £19k for the mid range 4x4 version.
Not that I would want to drive a Fiep or is it a Jeat? lol
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Mike Barrio on 20/09/2017 at 12:43
For some reason the Renegade only appears to come in an auto 4X4 version Rob :z8
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Hamish Young on 20/09/2017 at 20:43
Since the Jeep Renegade is really a Panda/500x in different clothes, I would probably buy one of those instead because they have a £5k off deal plus an additional £2k off. Comes in at £19k for the mid range 4x4 version.
Do not do it. They're pants :roll
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 21/09/2017 at 08:13
Out of principle I would never buy anything with the word "Jeep" in its title :)
There speaks the voice of measured reason- Jeep is probably a foreign word for cheap!
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Euan Innes on 22/09/2017 at 15:49
Ahh, much jeepness, Efendi!! I didn't like the 500X much - looks a bit big arsed to me, like it was designed by Kim Kardashian. Mine was much nearer £13k and is way better.
:z1
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Mike Barrio on 22/09/2017 at 16:40
I like the idea of a new Jimny, or perhaps a Panda, but I like my old Freelander too much to consider it seriously :z12
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Derek Roxborough on 22/09/2017 at 22:11
my Dacia had a blow out and put us into a crash barrier, no one hurt ,so now I have a Punto, it does over 60mpg and it's zero road tax, so it will do me, I can walk still where I cant take the car, I have friends who had a Jeep in the US and had nothing but trouble from day one, now they have a Subaru, the best all terrrain car I ever had was a Renault 4 it was so light it would get to places landies wouldn't get, I never had to dig it out and it was only Front wheel drive,with the back seats down it would carry 6 boxes of lobsters when I was at the fishing, Derek Roxborough
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Mike Barrio on 22/09/2017 at 22:21
The Renault 4 ( Cuatro Latas ) was good fun to drive, the wrist action of the mid dash board gear stick took a bit of getting used to. A bit like the Citroen 2CV ..... they would go anywhere and were 'interesting' when cornering :z4
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Terry Coging on 23/09/2017 at 10:01
Yes, the Renault 4! I had one and it was quite amazing what it could do for a two wheel drive. Snow, deep mud, rocks, narrow gaps.... It was quite roomy for the dog and tackle too. Unfortunately the floor rotted very badly and it was plated/welded many times. I used to joke that the cornering ability was helped due to all the floor plating helping lower the centre of gravity. :z4 I currently run an old XTrail for fishing. Cheap as chips and quite capable.
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Steven Sinclair on 24/09/2017 at 01:35
I quite fancy the van variant as a retro micro camper / fishing wagon :z16
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Terry Coging on 24/09/2017 at 13:54
If you don't really need a 4x4 the Citroen Berlingo and Pergy Partner are worth considering. Stacks of room and better ground clearance than a normal car - but most importantly - for me anyway, is the large rear door that lifts giving plenty of shelter and a low floor for sitting comfortably. I had a Disco3 and hated the boot arrangement.
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Hamish Young on 24/09/2017 at 18:34
I recently sold my late Father in Laws Peugeot Partner. A fantastic fishing car it would have made if we'd kept it but it brought back too many memories for she who must be obeyed so I sold it off :z10
I found the ground clearance a little wanting to be honest, but it is nevertheless substantially better on the rough stuff than your average family car.
I know where there was a Renault 4 sitting..... must go see if it's still there, it had an Alfa 33 Sportwagon 4x4 for company.....
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Derek Roxborough on 24/09/2017 at 19:45
there was a French Film called Traffic with the gangling French Comedian Jacque Tatie, taking a camper to an exhibition wonderful fishing wagon, Very funny,Derek Roxborough
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: James Laraway on 25/09/2017 at 12:21
we have a couple of 4x4s.
a 2008 plate Rav4 ( permanent 4 wheel drive) which we have all-season Vredistein tyres on - solid as a rock
then the XC60 - lovely car but a bit too posh to go fishing in and to get smelly :X2
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Terry Coging on 04/10/2017 at 08:58
Catastrophe! My X Trail fishing wagon needs a new fuel pump. Unfortunately I am at the cottage here in Brittany and due to return home tomorrow. The local diesel specialist want 1716 Euro to replace the pump - that is just about as much as the car is worth! May leave it here as a 'gate guardian' and replace it with something newer? So what will my next fishing wagon be? Maybe another X Trail because I like them and and the current car has a set of new AT's fitted - which will be useful. I need a 4x4 for this place, 5 acres on a slope in the boondocks. Might even consider another pick up truck - useful for my other hobby of cidre making and restoration of associated equipment.
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Hamish Young on 06/10/2017 at 17:42
Hmmm seems a smidgen expensive to me. I'd have though you should be able to pick up a reconditioned unit in the UK for about £500 depending on engine spec. Fitting :? Well shouldn't cost too much.... But is it really shot :? Not that long ago I spotted an X trail at a garage and because we were thinking about an X trail I was inquisitive as the fuel system had been stripped out. The mechanic said the fuel pressure regulator was a regular culprit on Nissan diesels and that it was possible to change that and a couple of valves on the pump - so couple hundred quid and not thousands. He said that most folk (folk=fitters) would just bolt on a new part rather than try and fix what's already there.
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Terry Coging on 09/10/2017 at 11:52
Thanks for that Hamish - pretty much what I was thinking. Unfortunately the truck is in France. I have several contacts locally in the UK that could do as you say but no options in France. The 262 mile trip + ferry back home would cost a bomb and at 79 my days of going underneath and fixing cars are over. Looking at an other X-Trail at the mo.
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Terry Coging on 10/10/2017 at 08:52
Bought another old X Trail. Petrol this time :wink Hardly a scratch or dent on it - a couple of fishing trips will soon put that right :X2
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Terry Coging on 27/10/2017 at 09:17
Something missing from my fishing wagon. It's got an Orvis and a 'Flymasters of Indianapolis' sticker on the back but I've never bought anything from Orvis and only a pair of trousers from Flymasters. I have however, bought several Barrio fly lines and introduced them to several mates............ :X2
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Mike Barrio on 27/10/2017 at 11:07
Hi Terry,
I haven't got any at the moment sorry :oops ........ I'll order some more oval ones :z16
Cheers Mike
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Steven Sinclair on 27/10/2017 at 13:39
Mike,
I'd be interested in buying two from you also (one for each side of the truck canopy) I'd completely forgotten that I was supposed to nip in past ages ago .
:z18
Steven.
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Mike Barrio on 01/11/2017 at 15:51
Nice to see my wee fishing wagon in the top 50 photos in this month's Land Rover Owner magazine :z12
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Terry Coging on 06/11/2017 at 08:43
Thanks Mike :cool: Fishing the club fly championships on Friday and several members use your lines. I must try posting some scenic pics of my fishing wagon complete with Barrio sticker.
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Steven Sinclair on 09/11/2017 at 16:02
A few cosmetic bits to tidy up namely lacquer peel on the bonnet and a small patch of rust above the windscreen but other than that it appears clean and straight for it's age :z16
Plenty of plans already but decent tyres and a DIY camper fit out inside are the priority.
:z18
Steven.
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Mike Barrio on 09/11/2017 at 16:13
Great stuff Steven ....... nice wagon :z12
Is it auto or manual, the manual ones can be harder to find?
Cheers Mike
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Steven Sinclair on 09/11/2017 at 17:23
Mike,
It's an Auto. You are right the manuals appear to be like hen's teeth. Luckily for me I have always preferred Auto's for off-roading anyway.
It comes with some seriously quirky features :z16 The electrically operated blinds for the Crystalite Roof are cool and the fold out footrests for the middle row captains chairs are funky but i'm gutted that it didn't come with the factory option Karaoke Machine (I am not kidding :z4)the Japanese are a strange bunch at times.
:z18
Steven
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Mike Barrio on 09/11/2017 at 17:28
Pity about the Karaoke ..... but I'm sure you'll manage to improvise :z4 :z4 :z4
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Euan Innes on 12/11/2017 at 21:09
A few cosmetic bits to tidy up namely lacquer peel on the bonnet and a small patch of rust above the windscreen but other than that it appears clean and straight for it's age :z16
Plenty of plans already but decent tyres and a DIY camper fit out inside are the priority.
:z18
Steven.
Nice wheels Steven, but I liked the black one with the Punisher sticker. :z4 :z4 :z4 Euan
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Steven Sinclair on 13/11/2017 at 07:59
:z4 so did I.
Until we realised the sliding door was a different colour on the inside and the front wing had been changed (looked like accident damage) and the roof lining was missing.
Oh and this one was £500 cheaper.
The stickers may well be added tho :cool:
:z18
Steven
Title: Re: Fishing Wagon
Post by: Euan Innes on 13/11/2017 at 14:25
That would be 500 reasons to get this one. And 500 more for Punisher stickers and weapons upgrade :wink