Richard Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 You don't need an MOT at Racewall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratdat Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 At 40 foot would it even fit round the oval? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Just remember folks, you can't carry more than 8 passengers...That must be a proper pig to drive, mate of mine has a few stretch yanks and they're bloody awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 At 40 foot would it even fit round the oval?Probably not, but it still needs to go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 No 1 bid on that Zomerzet R21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 At 40 foot would it even fit round the oval?Probably not, but it still needs to go there.Three-point turns all round the oval... or fit a bendy bus harmonica bit in the middle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris_ital_lover Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 or fit a bendy bus harmonica bit in the middle I would love to see that!m0rris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycox Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Seems to be cheap estate car day on the Bay today... This seems very cheap... MoT & tax til January... £128 with 8 hours left... Plate's included as well... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1991-FORD-SIERRA- ... 286.c0.m14 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1989-PEUGEOT-405- ... 286.c0.m14 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1988-VOLVO-740-GL ... 286.c0.m14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycox Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 This is tempting... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1989-PEUGEOT-309- ... 286.c0.m14 Shite BMW... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1986-BMW-316-AUTO ... 286.c0.m14 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1992-SUBARU-LEGAC ... 286.c0.m14 On about 20 quid at the moment, I like this low scrap price! Hmmm... Looks good from the pics, but says it will need lots of work ar be used for spares... Judging by the description, the main reasons for breaking it would be that some trim is a bit loose and it has a tiny crack on the front bumper which apparently will 'cost £150 to sort out'. Worst advertising skills evAr! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1988-TOYOTA-MR2-R ... 286.c0.m14 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1987-FORD-FIESTA- ... 286.c0.m14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 1987 Nissan Micra Colette I love these Colettes, best colour scheme ever! Sounds like a nice one too. 1985 Toyota Celica 2.0 XT Low mileage and been stored for yonks! Most tempting, has got its fair share of rot mind. 1987 Toyota Carina II 1.6GL SALOON!! YES! All Hirst boxes ticked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompei Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Valeting-Van_W0QQ ... 286.c0.m14 QUOTE:- This van is fully kitted out except for a jet gun(which just blew up on me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompei Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1987-ZASTAVA-YUGO ... 286.c0.m14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompei Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CHERISHED-NUMBER- ... 286.c0.m14 I've squinted through one eye, turned it upside down and generally suspended disbelief, but I'm fugged if I can tell what it is yet. Nor why he thinks it's worth 1500 notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V I'd genuinely love one of these! This one is the smaller 6.6L V8 version (instead of the 7.5L you could get earlier), which will give great economy. I don't know what it is about these, I think it's the super square-edged looks combined with the fact that it is enormous and despite having a huge engine is pretty slow. GR8 for driving round and pretending to be an oil baron or pimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 More US-grot: 1987 Chevrolet Celebrity Excellent, looks like the sort of thing that would feature on "Cops" with a drunken old boy at the wheel or something. 1989 Ford Mustang 5.0 GR8 for pretending to be Vanilla Ice. 1990? Chevrolet Corsica Can imagine this being on "Cops" too. This one would feature in some domestic dispute between a mulleted shirtless man and some shrieking fat lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Continuing the theme..... 1992 Buick Park Avenue Ultra This would be used on a crack den stakeout. Look at the ludicrous front seats! 1987 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency Brougham V6 This would be on bricks in the yard. 1991? Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz And this would be riddled with bulletholes. Have to ponder how a lot of this stuff gets imported really, not complaining though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I’m certainly with you on that ’79 Continental, stuff up to that era looks great. All a bit too small after then, or they tried to make it look vaguely aerodynamic. A pre-’73 full-size 4dr hardtop would be perfect for me, the wallowier and bigger the better.Round these parts, I’d say the USAF bases are a source of random Americana.What’s odd is that even the dullest US stuff sometimes seems to be remarkably expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseflakes Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Didn't Frank Cannon have a gold Continental?I loved the way the suspension appeared to go 'flubber-dubber-dobble' when he drove over kerbs, dogs and such like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross_K Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Oh look, it's page 450... (Ah fuck, it's page 451 now. Anyway...) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0273730509 GR8 4 PRETENDUN UR B0BBY EWING 0FF DALL4S... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseflakes Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Oh look, it's page 450... (Ah fuck, it's page 451 now. Anyway...)If it helps I could delete my previous post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 A pre-’73 full-size 4dr hardtop would be perfect for me, the wallowier and bigger the better. Here's a UK take on that theme. If you found the handling too 'taught' I would suggest retro-fitting some knackered shock absorbers to get the ride / handling balance 'just right' http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-ZEPHYR-DELUX ... 0300581107 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V I'd genuinely love one of these! This one is the smaller 6.6L V8 version (instead of the 7.5L you could get earlier), which will give great economy. I don't know what it is about these, I think it's the super square-edged looks combined with the fact that it is enormous and despite having a huge engine is pretty slow. GR8 for driving round and pretending to be an oil baron or pimp.I had a 1977 Ford LTD wagon with the same engine - it really was quite astonishingly slow for something with an engine ten times the size of the one in your Avanzato. Still great fun to drive though - appalling handling, but very comfortable, a surprisingly good turning circle and people generally stayed out of my way. It wasn't quite as bad on juice as you might have expected either - I got about 18mpg out of it, although that did drop rather a lot in town. Here's a pitcher of it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 1990? Chevrolet Corsica Can imagine this being on "Cops" too. This one would feature in some domestic dispute between a mulleted shirtless man and some shrieking fat lady.These really are a heap of shit. They have all the bad qualities you'd expect from a small Yank (poor build quality, crap handling, rough engines, no power) but none of the styling quirks which made earlier American cars so interesting. It's like being in something Korean, only not as well built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 That LTD Wagon looks seriously spectacular! I wonder how much power those engines put out? The 7.5L version has something like 200hp, quite shocking really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 That LTD Wagon looks seriously spectacular! I wonder how much power those engines put out? The 7.5L version has something like 200hp, quite shocking really.I think the 6.6 was something like 165. Which is not that much really in over two tonnes of car with a three-speed auto. I eventually sold it to a chap who wanted the engine to put in his Sierra. I did explain that a) it wouldn't fit and he'd get more power out of a tuned Pinto, but he was adamant. He eventually gave up on the idea though as the car got sold on again in one piece a couple of years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Hmmm... Looks good from the pics, but says it will need lots of work ar be used for spares... Judging by the description, the main reasons for breaking it would be that some trim is a bit loose and it has a tiny crack on the front bumper which apparently will 'cost £150 to sort out'. Worst advertising skills evAr! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1988-TOYOTA-MR2-R ... 286.c0.m14 Looks like this will be joining the ever-shifting ranks of the wuvvum fleet in the near future. Gotta be worth £132, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Bloody hell Wuvvum! What a steal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 HOLY MOTHER OF CHRIST.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Commer-Classic-Ca ... 0293531727...WOULD YOU LOOK AT THE ROOF ON THAT I can only assume it once had a pop-top that rotted out some time around 1986 and had that extension lashed on instead. AWESOME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 A 1968 Commer with an auto 'box. I can't even begin to imagine how dire that must be to drive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kyle Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 HOLY MOTHER OF CHRIST.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Commer-Classic-Ca ... 0293531727...WOULD YOU LOOK AT THE ROOF ON THAT I can only assume it once had a pop-top that rotted out some time around 1986 and had that extension lashed on instead. AWESOME.Ex TV licence detector van? IIRC, they were all slushboxed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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