My much loved 1987 Jago Geep
This was the first one I built. The “All new 1987 Jago Geep”. Having ordered it I spent months preparing engine, gearbox, suspension, seats, steering etc. The whole lot was ready to bolt on the day the kit arrived and I had a rolling chassis in no time at all. I told Steve Smith at Jago that I would put a 5-speed gearbox in it and he told me the chassis, body and prop shaft would need modifying and if I did so it would invalidate the warranty! It seemed to me that Ford never did that when they threw the box into a Capri and it just dropped in as you might expect.
It struggled a bit on a 1600 Pinto pulling all that kit, I equate it to the NASA 747 below.
Donor Escort cost £30 and provided the bare minimum. New seats, a 1600OHC from a crashed Ford P100 pickup and a 5 speed box from a crashed 2000 Capri made it all fairly new underneath. As soon as it passed its first MOT I had a stainless exhaust made and never once had to touch it. I’m looking for some construction photos to add ………….