Rocket88 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 'Just been serviced, new front discs/pads/tyres/injectors etc. 94 Touring 525tdsi auto.long MOT [about next May] tax end next month. Reason for sale, I'm now orthopedially challenged [backs fecked] and the seats/driving position are typically Kraut, and therefore not comfy for a man of my advanced years, and disintegrating bone structure! Swap for something large, comfy, and auto, Any suggestions??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milford Cubicle Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I think I suggested this before, but Ford Scorpios are very comfy as long as you're not too tall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 I agree, anyone out there want to swap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owain-328i Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Watch what your swapping it for mind, as the denzel tourings are still fetching good money on the bay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 Just swopped it for a really nice '91 Chevy Caprice Estate.........ripe for a gas conversion............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Great swap! We wanna see pictures of that roadgoing whale that is the '91 Caprice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 Too technically incompetent to post photos, but if someone can give me an email address to send them to, I'll oblige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 YO! Here are sum picz of Col's new wheels, REGARDEZ! WOT A HONEY! The location of the pics seems familiar - Carolina Classics, a US tin specialist near Andover? - but I'm probably completely wrong... Low and mean, like an estate Impala SS! I like it! Do those little divisions right at the end of the rear side windows open? Almost a comical numberplate - check out the width of that mother! I don't fancy your chances much on the narrow roads up by the racecourse. Col also wanted me to host some pictures of older kit, so here it is. I will refrain from commenting and let the great man fill us in: All I can say is the man obv. likes his Yank tin - and why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I speak too soon - the man has sent me more... I love this shape - '75 was the first year for the wraparound rear window too. '90s Street Machine wheels/paint? Mmmmmmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milford Cubicle Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 That convertible Royale looks GR7Caprice looks very menacing, I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Can't beat the 60's Luton tin riding on Torq thrust D's though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 OK, answers to a few questions; Yes that is Carolina Classics, known them for a long time, nice people, others from the top.1] 'Glass Model A pick-up with Pinto and 5 speed, draughty but fun!2]Nash Kustom. What can I say, the work of a genius [not me, I hasten to add] Injected Pinto with 5 speed, all the rest of the mechanics as per Nash intended. Drove really well.Wish I'd never sold this baby.3]One of 4 Royale convertibles made [done in Germany apparently, on behalf of the factory]. Added ironmongery rather blunted performance....4] F150 pick up, 302 Ford lump, Jag front clip, drove really nicely5] FB Victor running 3.9 Rover and 5 speed. Another one I wish I'd kept hold of6] Sweet '55 four door. Running a straight six, which I decided to tune, instead of ripping out in favour of V8. Bought tuning kit from the States, which included twin carb set up. Found out they were the same carbs as fitted to pre injection XR3's........This engine is basically the same as 3.3 Cresta lumps, and I got close to 200 bhp after a bit of fettling.7] As the man says, a '75...with a Chevy 454 big block, ....8 mpg but hilarious8] '54 Pop with 455 cu.in Buick big block...solid mounted, Viva HA front axle, Jag rear, should have been a bag of shite, but was suprisingly good to drive, althouigh cooling was always marginal...overheated in Brighton, Bath, Bristol, and lots of other places beginning with B.....towed a caravan with this, which was amusing9] Carlton gsi manual, nice car, handled brilliantly GR8 4 ETC ETC, although gearbox used to be a bit noisy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Royale is fucking magic, never heard of let alone seen one before. Victor estate seems familiar, seen that before somewhere and it's gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Col, I've received more pics and I will post 'em up tonight.Incidentally I sold a Mk2 Cav to the chap from Carolina Classics hence the link - he collects a lot of old GM stuff it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 Thanks Mr W, Carolina Cliff is a nice bloke, but doesn't suffer fools gladly. I've also got some other pics of tat that I'll try to retieve from the depths of my computer..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Cliff - yeah, that's him. Think he's sold off most of his old Vx stuff again as I saw my old Cav on the bay a few months ago... I do wonder how many cars he sells - his site's a bit "hidden" (down in Enham Alamein IIRC) and the stuff quite stiffly priced (not that I know anything about Yank values); then again, I can't think of any other 60s-80s US tin retailers anywhere else round here. Hot. The Sedan De Ville (or Fleetwood?) behind yours as well? I think this is an A95 Westminster, but Seth will be along to correct me if it isn't I'm a big fan of the '78-83 GM A-Body (Olds actually kept theirs going until '88); I assume this is a Buick Century wagon? Hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Hey, I sold a Vauxhall VX4/90 FE model to carolina clasics about 4 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted August 24, 2008 Author Share Posted August 24, 2008 Cliff has moved just up the road, and stopped selling cars, although he's still servicing/repairing stuff. He's not cheap, but very good. The Caprice was one of the last cars he had in stock. He says sales died a death almost overnight,when juice got to £1 a litre, the phone just stopped ringing. Sad really, but not surprising. By the way, spot on with your descriptions, apart from the peppermint green shed, which was an A50. The 100e was a sweety, 2 litre Pinto etc, the Buick has gone to the scrappy now, the Fleetwood was a rescue job, now with another Yank fan. Had a few of them, cheap to buy, lovely to drive, less trouble than a Roller. If you want a big comfy old barge, buy a Yank. Friend of mine has a '67 Daimler 2.5 V8 [Mk 2 Jag shape] Does 16 mpg over here, parts cost gazillions, always breaking down. I've had a '66 Galaxie [not the mpv horrendousness], did 15 mpg [6.3 litres] never any trouble, parts are cheap, and I paid half of what he paid for it. and it was in far better condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotorabia Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 nice rides..A50s going for kiwifruit overhere just now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 I'm a big fan of the '78-83 GM A-Body (Olds actually kept theirs going until '88); I assume this is a Buick Century wagon? Hot. I've had a few of these, currently got a '79 Regal Turbo 2 door [rare, even over the pond] that I'm halfway through doing a lowrider job on, when I can get my arse in gear. Had a couple of Monte Carlos, all 3.8 V6's, as is the Turbo. They're basically 350 small blocks with 2 pots lopped off, the early ones had a weird firing order, but the later ones were re-engineered to run a conventional V6 firing order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 What's the price of petrol over in Jersey now? I seem to recall it was much closer to mainland prices than in Guernsey, where it was 40p/litre when I left in 2004. Haven't you guys also now got some form of VAT as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Fuel's not as cheap as it might be, I stuck a tankful at 103.9p a litre into the Mondeo a fortnight ago when the average seemed to be 112.9p in the Dorset. The pump price breaks down into rather different wholesale/profit/duty proportions though, it also includes an element that replaced the annual road tax 15 years ago and as you rightly point out since May there has been a VAT equivalent rated currently at 3%.I can't understand how the powers that be haven't turned the screw a bit more to be honest, it's a captive (and largely wealthy) market with high car ownership/usage that would surely bear inflated fuel prices, with no political parties scared of not getting re-elected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 Guernsey are heading towards £1 a litre, since they also scrapped annual road tax, which was one of the more sensible ideas our politicians had. User pays more etc etc. We also have to display an insurance disc instead of a tax disc, which does seem to cut down the uninsured driver scenario. I may be wring, but I think there's a similar system about displaying an insurance disc in Ireland [not sure which side of the border] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Flip side of binning annual licensing is that the authorities now have no idea of how many vehicles are in circulation. How many are REGISTERED, yes - but we're up to 115000 reg numbers and there's perhaps 90,000 people living here...Which doubtless will eventually be used as a convenient excuse to reintroduce a yearly tax and hopefully bias it in favour of futureshite Hyundai i10s and the Perodua range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 well, the Caprice arrived last week, straight off the boat from the UK, and then straight ON the boat to France. Did 400 miles and never missed a beat drives really well, and averaged about 22 mpg. Needs a new heater matrix [which is probably going to be a nightmare...] apart from that, spot on. If you want large shit, buy a yank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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