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Looks nice for £1600, MOT June https://www.gumtree.com/p/mercedes-benz/1991-mercedes-w124-260e/1438254545

A substantial looking box arrived this afternoon. Which somewhat usually in my experience for a box from a car dismantler turned out to contain a couple of items that were exceptionally well packed. After nearly an entire recycling bag of unwrapping later the contents were revealed. The steering rack was a bit of a shot in the dark as they were listed specifically as LHD - though visually I couldn't see any obvious differences - and at €35 I was willing to take a gamble. The tail light on the car had a pretty substantial crack in the top so obviously needed replacement. What I hadn't realised was quite how knackered it was! Yeah, that had seen better days. New one looks far better. There is a tiny chip out of the one corner but it's not massively obvious once on the car and is definitely a huge step forward compared to what was on there. It wasn't in the photo the seller listed though, so I'll give them the opportunity to replace it if they wish. I'm not particularly worried either way. This is far better! Next task... steering column. The one this car came with had been damaged by a previous (as far as I can tell eventually unsuccessful) attempt to steal the car. The take away message from that seems to be that Renault steering locks are formidable adversaries if you don't have the keys. I meant to take more photos, but the process is basically: [] Remove steering column top and bottom cowl (two screws - one in my case as the offside one wouldn't go in because the ignition barrel was the best part of an inch too far forward). [] Remove lower dash cover. Two screws in the top edge then it unclips downwards. [] Unplug and remove the indicator and wiper stalks, two screws on the underside of each. [] Remove the ignition barrel. There's a position between the accessory and ignition positions marked by an arrow at which the retaining pins can be pushed in allowing it to just be drawn out of the housing. If you're smart (unlike me) you realise that the wiring connector is actually a few inches down the wire and don't waste ten minutes trying to work out how to separate it from the barrel for no reason. It's these two beefy looking connectors down here. Renault even have helpfully staggered them in such a way that they don't try to bind up on each other during feeding through the housing. With the ignition barrel out precisely how much of a go at taking it out someone had had before. What a mess. [] The sensible next step (I missed this initially) would be to undo and remove the pinch bolt holding the upper and lower column together. Note the body of the bolt also acts as a safety device locking the two together as well as the tension - so it does need to be totally removed. I forgot about this step so wound up having to do it while the whole lot was hanging off the car. Oops. This also shows you a glimpse of the violence this column has been subject to. Note the bracket that the rear column mounting bolts (well...they're studs that nuts attach to actually). This should be LEVEL and FLAT. Yeah. Though given that they had managed to bend the actual STEERING SHAFT ITSELF that doesn't really surprise me. This is relatively thin sheet metal, and likely is designed to deform in the case of an impact. [] Once that pinch bolt is out, then the four 13mm nuts holding the column on can be removed. At which point the whole assembly should just drop out. There was one little plastic clip guiding a cable over the top of the column, but that was the only other thing I found that needed to come off. [] I actually chose to leave the steering wheel attached to the column as it gave me something to get hold of to manhandle the assembly by. It's quite awkward to hold onto otherwise. Though it would normally be important to crack the steering wheel to shaft join before removing it from the car as it can be a bit of a struggle. Except here it isn't! Renault have been really considerate here - in the block that secures it, they have provided two threaded holes into which you screw the mounting bolts to act as a puller. I like that. What I didn't like was that I then utterly failed to get that bloody circlip off. A set of circlip pliers is something I lacked, and I couldn't get by this time. I decided to just come back to that later - putting the wheel back on could be left to literally the very last step without causing any problems. So, column off, let's take a look at things. New next to old. Aside from some slightly more flexible looking mounting holes (the donor is off an earlier car), they look to be identical. This is good, as the replacement was specifically listed as for LHD cars (I've not seen a RHD one listed since I got the car). While the sheet metal I'd seen bent in the car wasn't massively substantial (and I was able to more or less bend it back into shape with my much abused Saab toolkit pliers), the column itself is quite beefy. Nevertheless, it's taken a heck of a beating. Looking up the column from the base makes the scale of the damage really obvious. The top of that column should be level. Yeah, there's only one place for this, and that's the scrap bin. The metalwork under the dash has been more or less bent back into shape. It's never going to be perfect, but it's a lot better than it was. To to more with that would require at least the instrument panel to come out. Reassembly is as the Haynes manual loves to say, reverse of disassembly. Only thing I'll say though is to reattach the lower column pinch bolt before anything else. As you need to get things lined up right, laterally and obviously you can't really move things once the column is bolted in. With everything bolted/screwed back together this was the result. First thing that's obvious is that the ignition barrel is actually in the cutout in the cowl, whereas it used to be displaced about an inch forward and down. It is still clocked very slightly anticlockwise, but only a tiny bit. "Before" photo for reference. Now it should have been a simple matter to swap the wheel over, I just needed to grab a set of circlip pliers. As I was passing by Halfords while running other errands in the afternoon I thought I'd grab some there. This turned out to be a mistake...the only ones they had were cheap and nasty in the extreme. I wasn't exactly filled with confidence by the packaging! Yes, that is a Halfords tag stapled to a nameless OEM card package...and the tool in it broke the first time I tried to use it. So my steering wheel is still in the boot, which is frustrating! Hopefully get this finished off tomorrow afternoon though. Will be nice to have a steering wheel which actually rotates around the centre and doesn't press itself into my left knee at one point in each rotation. I'm also no longer slightly worried that the wheel is about to snap off in my hands due to the trauma the steering shaft has been subject to.

Of course, checking to see whether I still had the silver trailer (as there was a chance I'd got shot of it a year ago) entailed emptying out my own nostalgia toybox... There's mostly Matchbox in there, these days. Having been whittled down again and again, these now form my core collection of old toys - mostly my own childhood items, with some better examples pairing alongside the trashed originals, plus a smattering of more recent acquisitions. They're not for sale - and are presented here for your viewing pleasure only! Lotsa memories in here...

Making an utter mockery of Lunchtime Laptop show'n' tell conventions, it's true - but here, have some Chinese Corgi repro loveliness, albeit very late in the day. This month's Corgi Model Club release - the #419 Ford Zephyr Motorway Patrol Car. Oh, it's nice. It's very nice. (Less out of focus in real life, honestly) With police decals and various bits of kit shown in the back too. Having had the Oldsmobile Sheriff's Car last summer, it's great to finally get a British police car in the range. Bumpers and lights are just painted on, but they're nicely done - as a replica of a 1960 release, this pre-dates the chrome plated plastic components that soon widespread in the Corgi range from the mid-60s on. The box illustration is nicely rendered too, even though the aerial's now mounted on the other wing. This particular model's one I've been anticipating, as I have a comparator... Yup, and not just an original version - but one which belonged to Cog Sr, and is his only surviving childhood Corgi after his older brother rather callously flogged all his toy cars without permission to a second-hand shop, probably for beer money. The Zephyr survived only because it had been lost under a sideboard, and came to light years later when my grandmother was moving house. So it's kinda special to me. As well as having the earlier flat spun hubs, I'm also surprised that the original lacks the 'Zephyr' lettering on the bonnet which the repro boasts. I'm also not sure whether the original has become very discoloured over time or was always more of a cream-colour than pure white. The roof beacon's also quite a bit bigger on the new version. But other than that, it all looks like a faithful reproduction. So yeah. Although I've skipped a fair few of the more recent Corgi Model Club releases due to disinterest/ skintness on my part, this was one I really wanted. It hasn't disappointed.

I was also pleased to rediscover a few trucks in the bottom of the toybox - I really thought I'd sent some of these on, so this was a nice bonus. Of course, Cat had to take full advantage of an empty box... This is maybe about the remaining 15-20% of the small diecast I once owned - I used to have A LOT... There's also a few Matchbox from around 2007/08 when I started to rekindle an interest in diecast, but they're a bit more common these days.

I think this thread is great because all of us have punted somewhere between a few hundred and a few thousand on some sexheap pretty much or entirely unseen. Many of us have gotten away with it by finding that truly, only minor tlc was needed, or it wasn't as bad as it could be. Statistically someone has to get guts deep in a brokened autobox and send Michelin the GDP of a small country for a pair of rear tyres that happen to be the same size as a McLaren F1 and this time it's you. So we're with you because we all know how close we've been to SBYPEAGEDDON ourselves. Chodspeed sir.

"running and driving shitter" Or in other words, a Fiat Cinquecento (with free shit stains) with MOT for a few months, for £250!

2006 Renault mascot tipper spares or repairs | eBay 'Suspected electrical fault due to wires hanging out the dash'

The replacement jewels came yesterday. However although the jewel is the correct 4mm size, they don't have the soft grey plastic cowling that would make them a push fit. As such they don't look quite right, plus they're too clear but I'm putting that down to the fact that the originals have aged. The Mini one was easy as the space for the light was just a recess and it was easy enough to glue it in. However the polis Beetle was much harder as there is just a big hole for the light which goes right through. The hole was designed for jewels that have the plastic surround but as this one didn't, it was too small. I know that gorilla glue expands alarmingly as it dries so I ran a tiny sliver of it around the jewel, placed it at the bottom of the hole and hoped that as the glue expanded it would push from all sides and centralise it. I think it worked well: I remember the jewel falling out what must have been at least 40 years ago. My Granny Logan was there and she said it just needs 'a wee bit glue', so 40 years later I finally took her advice and it worked. It's not a perfect job but since the car must have been about 20 years old when it fell out, it's spent twice as long with just the one eye so it's a great improvement. I'm really pleased with it and it's back on display as previously, the missing light spoiled its appearance.

Quoting myself is nothing new. I talk to myself all the time. Now what was it I wanted? Scruffy, cheaper end of the market, auto, towbar. At 3am this morning I bought this, unseen. Which corresponds to exactly none of my above requirements. Rover 75 and zt club £900, paid the man and drove it home. Exactly like my last one but newer and maybe a little better, only time will tell.

The anchorage we found on arriving in Madeira turned out to be somewhat exposed to a building swell which led to a restless night with us being tossed relentlessly. So we sought refuge in the marina at Funchal. At night in a swanky bar surrounded by seamen where I got some cock down my throat led to relief and a sound night's sleep. Went to explore the city this morning. Not much in the way of chod to be seen but I did spot @loserone's Maderian cousin outside a building shite. More from your intrepid correspondent soon.

Well, the polls are in and I've realised a few things; I can't do an election night special, because I don't look like Jon Snow I can't do graphic design for shit, I wish I'd paid more attention to Mr Ensor, in 3rd year, but he was a jug-eared prick. Vistaprint are gobshites, they put their prices up today (Monday) and pulled the discount that I had, which nearly made the whole thing unviable. Never mind, I found an alternative printer. Anyway, the results are in: February: Rob88h's Mini & Caravan combo March: Rob88h's select fleet photo April: Buttery Base Astra May: Huggy June: Joint winners* Zels' Beige driveway overload and Spottedlaurel's Laurel <-- I squeezed them both onto one page, because I couldn't decide between them July: Wibble's Cortina August: Fordperv's Capri September: HMC's Bentley at the tip October: BorniteIdentity's Sierra bASE November: Six-Cylinder's Peugeot 404 December: Rob88h's Christmas Mini January: Wibble's Senator B Cover: You'll find out when you get it! Thank you to everyone who voted, compiled lists, answered my daft questions, measured their letterboxes @gm and corrected my gaffes, it's appreciated. Also thank you to all of the people who have paid so far. (That isn't a dig at those yet to pay, there is still plenty of time). The calendar design is complete, I've just got to call the printers tomorrow as the website is trying to charge £10.99 delivery per calendar, I'm hoping that it's a bug with the website! I've had a stressful night shift with all this, so I ought to get some work done. I'll update the thread when the box arrives from the printers. Once each tranch of envelopes has been packed for Royal Mail or courier, I'll put a list of names up here and let you know when they are getting dispatched. Soon I hope, otherwise I might have the pre-cross off early February for you all. @MorrisItalSLX I haven't forgotten you, Tim our antipodean friend wasn't picking his phone up when I called him. I have ordered several extra in case of lossage in the post or if anyyne else would like to put their hand up for a calendar.

Not surprised that is really smart. For a moment there I was going to re-subscribe! Glad you posted that. Hadn't realised about the tools in the back! Made me have a dig. Ok, looks like the white was in fact a white not cream, although the lighting/cheap mobile phone metering has pulled a yellowing out in the first photo that isn't really there in the flesh! Will see about painting this first I think, rather than buy another (famous last words). Had thought about making it a civilian, but the cast-in siren and light don't deserve being cut out. They did a civilian casting variation anyway? So perhaps opportunity* to do in a blue to match the Commer Police van? The Spot-On Zodiac agreed So much so, it was lit up with excitement at the prospect

Not enough and YES but ONLY a 290. And only if you want to run on veg oil. Anyone caught putting pump fuel in a 290 runs the risk of being force fed a half pound of blue aquarium gravel by the 290 owners coven.

My new bike seems a little high with 8 former keepers considering it was registered in 2015. It's not the highest on my fleet though. Officially I'm the 17th registered keeper of a certain M361DHP and I'd love someone else to take it off my hands. It's not the highest though! My Freight Rover Sherpa has 18 former keepers making me the 19th! It is 35 years old though and has 950k on the clock although I'm assured this is probably a fault with the clocks.

FoD Saturday 28th January Andrew from the TSSC and I are planning to finish putting together the Saab 95 engine ready to refit at a future date. Anybody who wants a trip out Saturday is welcome to join us.

On the subject of Hotwheels custom vans, here's one that I picked up the other day, by the power of Greyskull haired disposable income: I'm no He-Man fan, more a supporter of the fact that this is a Mk1 Transit Supervan* casting - wasn't able to find the original version released by HW years back. I avidly collected Transit castings as a kid however, so this is a cultural nod to that, I suppose. Seems it comes from a range of part/mild interest to @bunglebus, though fortuitously, the Transit seems to have the best theme. It was also the only one left on the peg at the shop. Not being some HW/He-Man foamer, I dispatched with the packet forthwith, to get a better gander. Not wholly a fan of the wheels but they could've been much worse. And my feelings are likewise for the side art, although the general fantasy theme does at least tie in with many a custom van decor of the day- minus airbrushed boobs, of course. On the other side is that naughty Skelator fella. I'll say as a generally modified Mk1 Transit casting, it holds up pretty well, although it is really quite small. As a Supervan casting, it's not really lairy enough, though the original release was presumably much more so. Anyway, it being a tradies van at heart, here it is leaving Castle Greyskull after Skeletor was having some issues with his downstairs toilet sink. And here's our protagonist coming back later in the week for vengeance, as the cheque bounced. "So the moral of the story is that older age can often bring greater spending power - but a greater scope of ways to spend it. Some are wise decisions and others are a man buying a toy car 30 years after he stopped playing with them. Choose wisely and remember to be kind to others and help your Mom with the groceries, or something. And if you do a job for that nob Skelator, get him to pay cash up front."

Just make sure you get the right stuff

Surprised to see how few Corgi etc I've left myself with these days: Some Siku and Majorette too... Hongwell and ERTL and Hot Wheels (very few now).

hi, I found Chris Hollier on Youtube the other day and searched for images to see whether the Mosquito I helped build appeared (which it didn't) and found my way here. I helped a mate build what was chassis number 005 I think in 1990/1, specifically for trialling - which is why I thought I'd msg you. When it was first complete we took it to a kitcar track day at Castle Combe and once we'd got the tyre pressures right it was a real hoot and such an easy car to drive absolutely flat out. He ran it on the road for a couple of months to make sure it all hung together and then started on the mods for trialling. The biggest headache was always going to be ground clearance so we started with some Vauxhall 13" rims with 155/80 tyres and I fabricated raised mounts for the coilovers, bolted to the top arms much more substantially than the original C bracket. We also fitted a sump guard and redesigned the gearchange to route above the floor and pop out below, just in front of the sump guard - not perfect but loads better than before. Engine was changed to MG Metro 1300 with Mini flywheel and a lower diff, but it was still overgeared for trials tbh. If you're serious about trialling with yours let me know and I'll talk you through what else we did.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/854461488943899/

Police Civvy Lacks the siren cast in on the front. Both look as though the base has been altered to update the name (Motorway Patrol Car/Estate Car) so I wonder if there's a third, earlier version that had the ZEPHYR lettering on the bonnet. Corgi Model Club are normally sticklers for accuracy where they can Edit - found this one on eBay Also found one with the lettering and larger beacon

1500 miles elapse, check. Oil change. Needed it.

I reluctantly got under the car yesterday because it was freezing but I was around there anyway fitting a missing archliner. I closely looked at the O2 system on both Cats. Bank 2 with the sparkplug was found to have an downstream sensor fitted! This has been modified for some reason by creating an O2 opening underside of the Cat and blanking off the original hole. See exhibit A. Exhibit A. What trickery is this? I would assume that if one couldn't access a bad sensor or the replacement part was too big to fit in the space, then the Cat would be dropped and the sensor removed/ fitted or changed for a different dimension one. It has also been poorly spaced out with bits of metal. Is this to alter the readings somehow? It seems that quite a bit of effort has gone into this bodge and it would be useful to establish the reason to perform it. As for the wiring, underneath it appears that nothing has been messed with. All the wires correspond to the correct sensors and the plugs for each stream cannot be swapped over because they won't plug in due to the plug guides being different. So I now have to trace this wiring back to the ECU and see if I encounter any 'modifications' along the way. This will be quite expensive to put right so correct diagnosing is essential which is going to take a bit of time. Luckily, the car is the gift that keeps on giving, and whist shuffling around the broken bits of front air intakes behind the bumper, gold was deposited: This confirms that the people let loose on the car are all show and no go. On to better things, the NS front wheel was removed for the first time which revealed fairly recent brakes had been fitted, of course these were checked that they had been installed right and I could change the fuel filter which is located in the inner arch. More cable ties and broken clips were found here allowing fuel pipes to contact each other and rub on other things. This was all sorted out, additionally where the arch liner had been missing, it had caused crap to build up in all the awkward crevices and the panel edges to start to rust. I dealt with this by using my special formula for keeping rust at bay and cleaning the well up. I also cleaned and protected any earth points and cleaned up, lubed, and protected any exposed threads which may need to come out in the future. All in all, the front suspension does not appear to be in bad shape despite many of the main parts being original. The back suspension suffers way more on these cars. Then I beat back any arch lip damage that had been done by whoever forced out the original liner and bent it. The replacement liner could easily be fitted if you know how, and new fixings used to retain it. I have no idea why the image is black and white, I was using the phone with gloves on so probably hit a setting somewhere. Note that it's jacked up on the bottom arm, don't do this unless like me you are replacing the bush. I do this to get the car up a few inches and then throw another jack under the chassis leg as it's too low to do it any other way. I'm happy that this corner is complete at least and there's piece of mind that there's nothing untoward going on there now. The car was then put back together and served up on the frosty road, no fault appeared either. I've ordered a small puller tool to get the passenger wiper arm off, these cars are notorious for sticking arms. They need to come off so that I can check and inevitably unblock all the drains and also change the pollen filter. There's something going on with the wiper linkage as well as it is not that secure, causing the drivers arm to contact the bonnet. I got the drivers wiper off but the passenger one is having none of it. Until I can get the scuttle cover off, i can't do sod all with it. Onwards and upwards!

Oooh the cats done a whoopsie in my toy box!!🤣

Some small ones arrived for me today. Corgi Jr Buick in yellow - not a yellow cab! Matchbox Crapi. I’ve got the orange & black one so this fits with that. Matchbox RS2000. This is @eddyramrodfault! I had a Super GT version but it’s looking worse for wear so Eddy is going to put that to good use. When I found it I thought I’d get myself one that’s actually got a good percentage of original paint left as a keeper! Just need (want!) a better condition black Buick now.

God, this cold is tragic. It's not so much the air, it's the ground. I'm layering up my socks, I think I'm on the 27th layer right now. It's a sod to get them all off but man, I'm like 7 inches taller!

Cor, all my recent orders turned up at once today, except one and I'll get onto that later. The O2 sensor sockets, the supercharger oil kit and the cutest little puller that I've ever seen, so I've called it Brian. This will get that pesky wiper off. What didn't turn up was the rear poly bushes and that's because they never ordered them and never told me. So I've been chasing my tail with it. I got notification of a refund today which means once that is in my bottomless pit of a bank account, I will go direct to Powerflex and pay the full price. I took a gamble and lost this time. GB Enterprises Performance Engine Solutions- get in the sea. I'm going to have to hit the car hard tomorrow as now I have the: Fuel supply to look at for debris from the fuel filter that shat itself. Supercharger oil to change- recommended at 40,000 miles, not lifetime. This won't have ever been done. Once that's done, it'll grenade itself. Bulkhead drains to clear and wiper mounting to 'fix', whatever that issue is, and a pollen filter to stick in. I may be called back to site, yeah, actual work next week, which on one hand will cut the bush fitment plans really tight but on the other, will allow for gathering cash to give to Michelin.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275628152498 Bargain

When looking for Corgi Police Zephyrs, always make sure you check the lettering. There are some rare Politie versions to be found Also the one with the larger roof light is sometimes referred to as the Second Issue, which it looks like the new one is based on.

£795 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/684216596827052

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1542318

Skoda Rapid 136 - WB & Sons (wbandsons.com)

Just a spotted this on the antisocials. Want one. "These are all replicas of previously produced models, commissioned for the 75th anniversary of Toyota for display in their museum in Japan."

While we're showing our childhood relics, who would like to see the James Bond Corgi DB5 that I got new for Christmas, probably in 1964? As you can see, it's lived a life! I can't remember when it lost the opening roof, but it sat around unloved for a while thereafter. It's been several colours at different times, but this coat of black Humbrol and the mockup Webasto must be nearly 40 years old, possibly older. The Jag is one I picked up somewhere or other more recently* and decided it was probably too nice to paint. I may possibly change my mind on that, if one crops up with more paint left. *More recently than 40 years? Not exactly a challenge! I would guess some time in the last decade or so.

Do you want a Harley Davidson for £250, step this way "Pretty much all there apart from the engine and the battery" Ok..... https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1306500119920812/

I was going to try and get one of these from Hot Wheels Collectors, went live at 5PM but my reminder didn't go off

Been lying under the car today (yupp = warm + dry day!) Backbox has been 'cobbled' onto the main link pipe previously... Good News = I have a stout length of 42MM pipe (clamped onto factory original pipe) then running to rotted out box... I chop through the 42MM and wizz the Fart Can onto the end, using a short piece of the linkpipe I just got delivered. The hanger rubbers are OK and with a piece of u channel across the F.C. and a heavy wire hook, to either side, then hanging/location will be sorted 😎

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/850559199560705

Awesome, cheers! (And just moving this away from Dan's sale thread to avoid cross-confusion) I have a complete and not-too-bashed later example in solid mid-blue with a yellow trailer, but it's the first release of a darker metallic blue Leyland tractor unit to pair with the original silver trailer that I'm looking for... I've had half an eye out for one for a long long time now, but surprisingly haven't encountered one in any of the sundry tat boxes that have been hoked through over the years. It's an odd but ingenious little toy, allowing an articulated truck to be packaged in a standard Matchbox pack... I'm sure the original cab has been missing for 35yrs+, so I don't think a few more weeks will make much difference!

I think the seventies were a very exciting time for cars hence I have several mk4 Cortina’s an early mk2 Granada, a series 1 Rover 2600 SD1 and an S reg Citroen 2400CX. I often wonder if I had been the age I am now rather than 7 years old would I have found the cars so exciting or would I have had more interest in forties cars. If I had more space (and money) I would also have a Rolls Royce Camargue and Ferrari 400 amongst others. Definitely a great time for cars.

The Alfa Romeo Giulietta, the stumpy version of the Alfetta. I had a 2.0 in the mid 1980s. Great handling car, fragile gearbox, started to rust in odd places. Matra Simca Ranchero, the first SUV? Opel Rekord/Vauxhall Carlton Peugeot 305, the last of the indestructible saloons?

A RAC publicity shot from the early eighties hence the much hated Frank Spencer Beret being worn. Back then if you was seen by a superintendent not wearing it you would get a right bollocking. An ex colleague who was much older than me claimed he glued his Beret to the top of the dash of his Sherpa van (diesel with sliding doors no less) to keep his fags and tip money in.

The car was stuck this morning but got it loose thanks to the orange things in the picture have no idea what they are called but they are fantastic.

Now that's thrown me. I had assumed the outer bumper device was the siren louspeaker and the inset device the pass light. Like these So what is on the Corgi Zephyr then? Big blue light and a bell? A flat design large electric bell? It also seems odd this Zephyr IV from almost a decade later would be fitted with a pair of Winkworth bells from another era Corgi's own advertising drawing shows an old Winkworth on the other side too This Zephyr III wears a trio as well What a racket

Yeah, as mentioned, 'fun' cars like convertibles or 2 seaters often seem to have high number of owners. I've never particularly paid attention to number of keepers. Some of the lowest mileage/owner cars I've had were terrible. Ps. Is it bad that I kinda want to rescue that Rover @catsinthewelder? 🤔😬

Lancia Thema LX Turbo - WB & Sons (wbandsons.com)