Anyone owned an FX4/Fairway?

Have you seen the one on ebay? Expensive but shows fun can be had ;D






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"Air ride"

always thought these could do with a roof chop, they have the look otherwise

I keep seeing that F4STCAB on ebay. Even twittered it to Mr Stephen Fry who is a world renowned cab nut.

It scares me.

Yes, the higher speed handling would need some work.

We have one, it was my wife's daily until it came off the road due to serious rust issues (ie. no floor joining on to the rear wheelarches!)

They're fun to drive and we got noticed here in Somerset as they've never been used a Taxis round here. They're not fast, although it'll comfortably do 65-70 it just takes a while to get there!
If you've got a pre '92ish one it's drums all round so the brakes are fine round town but you need to leave plenty of room if you're doing dual carriageway or motorway speeds, I'd describe them as "adequate" but nothing like a more modern car. Later ones have struts up front and disc brakes so may be a bit better.

Ours is an auto, brilliant for town driving. If you're tall the driving position is a bit cramped but it's not uncomfortable. You do tend to look through the very top of the windscreen though as it's very small. The wipers are rubbish, I think they were improved on the later ones.

Just watch out for rust! Even if the paint job seems good it'll probably be hiding all manner of horrors as they get blown over every year to keep them looking smart. We have a spares one and the front wings were made of 1/8 inch of filler over wafer thin, frilly, rusty metal. See also sills. The outer sills bolt on and can be hiding a real mess, they're a rust trap too.

Really good for parts hauling too. I got a full interior from a Granada Scorpio in the back of ours and still had room to sit in it!

This is the only photo I've got of it on t'bucket at the moment but I'll see if I can find any more.

I test drove one (a manual Fairway) and it was pretty shonky to be honest, but in a likeable way. It was reading 9000 miles on its 6-digit ex-Austin Rover odometer, so I'm guessing it had done over a million miles! Still drove quite well though.
One thing that would need altering if you're tall is the driver's seating position, it's terrible.

It's only wooden in the back, the H reg fairway has it too. It's basically 2 square ply panels that fit in the metal framework of the rest of the floor. It makes getting at exhaust mountings and prop shaft easy.
The front is metal (and rusts!)
The drivers seat will go down, but you can't get it back very far. That said I'm 6'3" and I don't find it any more cramped than my MK1 Golf.

MOT'd one last week. Had a Minibar in the back!





Unstocked!

Oh that looks special, and probably fairly doable with it being a seperate chassis.