Q&A 118 - Six wheeled filler fest
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I'm Richard Porter. I'm Johnny Smith. And this is on the other side of things, the Smith Sniff spin off in which we answer your questions. Hurrah. All right. Hurrah. Well, here we are. Happy Friday. If you're listening to this when it comes out, uh this is what we do. We spend half an hour answering uh listeners' questions that have been sent to hello at smithandsniff.com. Um I'm going to get the ball rolling with uh an email from someone who uh their name shows up when you receive an email from them as C123. Which I believe to be the Mercedes internal code name for the coupe version of the W one two three saloon.
That is true, you are right. That's the one I've never owned. Have I? No, I've never owned the 124 coupe.
Oh.
Yeah.
Elegant. Well anyway, I d caught my eye immediately, uh though in fact the listener signs themselves off as John. Um so their message says, Hello, you pair of porcine peckers. On a recent show, you two were discussing right hand drive jeeps and whatnot for mail carriers in America, and this got me thinking. What would Ulot pick as the best chariot for an American rural mail carrier? Here are some key criteria. Must be over twenty five years old to be legally importable. Must be reasonably sturdy with good ground clearance for rough country roads, must have a solid amount of interior space to store many letters, packages, etcetera, etc yet still manoeuvrable for tight spaces, and mustn't be excessively expensive, say twenty thousand dollars maximum budget, to leave room for shipping, paperwork, etcetera.
Must be from the UK, not Japan or similar, and never sold in left hand drive for America. Ergo, no old defenders and whatnot. Okay. The humble postman Pat in question is a bit tired of the JDM fad and desires something rather more obscure. Note fuel economy is not a serious concern, I believe this is paid for by the post office. Discuss personally, I'm inclined towards the Towards the classic Bedford rascal. Until then, see you then drive safely and good night, John. Um Well Okay. I mean d well, the Bedford Rascal, I mean John, it's technically Japanese, it's a it's a Suzuki super carry, so
I was about to say that, but I didn't want to be a pedantic pedantic person. But you are right. It was a Japanese design. A
Suzuki with a Luton accent. Yeah, yeah. So also are they sturdy? I suppose they're sort of What the w
what the rascal? I mean if they're not rotten, they're sturdy, if they're not overladen. Then my problem with that is if you had five hundred kilos of stuff in them, I think they would suddenly be a little bit tired. And there'd be there'd be b a bead of sweat on that little mid mid engine area.
As soon as John made the note about fuel economy not being a serious concern, um my mind immediately went to a V eight powered Sherpa ambulance.
Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah, that's a good call. Or a or a ex police
Yeah, or ex police or yes, uh a a a uh ex police riot. Riot van. Yeah, actually that's better. Forget the ambulance. Riot van. Um because well, reasonably sturdy Yes. Ground clearance is all right, certainly. Um loads of interior space, not that expensive, originally from the UK and twenty five years old. And a fuel economy Well it doesn't matter, so that's fine. So yeah, I I'm just uh a bit predictably, but I'm gonna go for a a V H Sherpa.
And it would have American engine, obviously the roots from America, and some lovely BF Goodrich white letter tires just to make it look special. Why not?
Yes. Um and if not that They did a V six transit for a while, didn't they? Yeah, they did do a I think I drove one of them. I as a backup if Yeah. And again, it's sort of it's a float, so Uh I don't know what advantages that would have. It's 'cause of those w those the era of transit they weren't sold in the US. But I suppose the that Cologne V six did make its way over there in some things. So that's sort of known quantity for getting bits and stuff.
Yes. Is it definitely going to be a van or can I be a bit silly with this? I don't know.
Uh but uh no, it says just j no. Best chariot for an American rural mail carrier is what John says.
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