RUMCars Forum
General Category => Sales & Auctions => Topic started by: Chris Thomas on September 24, 2007, 05:33:14 pm
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Dear Friends
Something a bit different a Crayford Argocat. Made in Canada. As seen on Ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Crayford-Argo-cat-8-x-8_W0QQitemZ270167546403QQihZ017QQcategoryZ9883QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Chris Thomas
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Hi
Not realy micro, but my boss has a Mk 3 cortina Crayford and a friend has about 4 Crayfords, so I sometimes keep an eye out for related stuff.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARGOCAT-Magnum-8x8-8-x-8-Amphibious-Crayford-Argo-cat_W0QQitemZ320160826240QQihZ011QQcategoryZ9883QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
John
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Dear John (This does not feel right, It's females who normaly write that)
I think we should ask the question, is an Argocat a Microcar? It is certainly unusual in having 6 or 8 wheels, uses a skid steer mechanism, floats on water and has a small engine. But on the other hand most, if not all are not street legal, but then again so are most of the three wheel tractors that are of interest. I think the membership should decide.
I live about two miles away from Westerham where Crayford had their little workshop on the main road (which is now a house) and I remember looking in as I drove past seeing the various cars having their roofs cut off. The Argocats were delivered in batches ready for final assembly in a container and off loaded in the carpark of the Grasshopper pub at Moorhouse and transported on the back of a pickup to the small workshop where they were assembled and despatched, in amongst the conversions they were doing to all sorts of cars from Mini's to Mercedes.
Chris Thomas
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Hi Chris
No I don't class the Argocat as a micro, but it does qualify as an interesting thing anyway.
John