{"id":6224,"date":"2014-05-23T11:08:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T11:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=6224"},"modified":"2014-05-23T11:08:20","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T11:08:20","slug":"a-ferrari-for-the-weekend-diy-sir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/6224","title":{"rendered":"A Ferrari for the weekend (DIY), sir?"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to recent news stories, top bricklayers are earning as much as \u00a3100,000 per year<\/a> as the housing market takes off once more… Apparently demand for construction workers has risen by 125% since 2008.<\/p>\n

I suspect that most of these newly-flush construction workers are opting for pick-ups like the Mitsubishi L200<\/a> or, of course, staying loyal to their trusty white vans<\/a>, but perhaps\u00a0a few of them might fancy something different — a Ferrari pick-up, perhaps?<\/p>\n

\"Ferrari

The world’s first Ferrari 412 pick-up conversion<\/p><\/div>\n

This Ferrari 412 pick-up conversion is the work of London Supercar Workshop founder, Elo, and was\u00a0constructed for\u00a0the latest series of\u00a0Ultimate<\/em> Wheels,\u00a0<\/strong>which is currently showing on History Channel.<\/p>\n

The vehicle was dreamt up by Elo to reflect the crazy and luxurious state of the top-end of the London housing market, and is intended to be the\u00a0ultimate builder’s workhorse!<\/p>\n

Elo and his mechanic Will started by taking an angle grinder to the 1989 Ferrari 412, before reinforcing the rear suspension to boost the car’s load-carrying ability, and building a\u00a0teak load deck at the back that would grace any luxury yacht:<\/p>\n

\"Ferrari<\/p>\n

Up front, the Ferrari has been\u00a0adorned with a shotgun scoop bonnet and a bespoke exhaust system, creating a truly unique vehicle that combines\u00a0hot-rod performance with load-lugging\u00a0practicality. The unique exhaust has a valve system, whereby the driver can decide at the flick of a switch whether to have the exhaust growl fiercely or produce a more refined sound for London\u2019s leafier avenues.<\/p>\n

The pick-up is finished with a bespoke sound system (ideal for playing Italian opera) and a beautiful Ferrari rosso red paint job.<\/p>\n

Elo commented:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is one of my favourite cars of the TV series \u2013 something truly unique and even experienced Ferrari technicians like what we\u2019ve done.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Check out these pics of the world’s first Ferrari pick-up conversion!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[1851,1852],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6224"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6224"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6228,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6224\/revisions\/6228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}