Squire_Dawson

Thanks all for making it a lovely day out. Felt very social indeed, in fact missed half the cars going though and hardly took any photos! Too busy chatting.
 
Highlights:
* The 59 reg Seat Ibiza that needed a jump and then ran on two, possibly one, through the Shed of Shame making a noise not unlike a Kubota. Bidding reached £590 and then they rightfully kicked it out of there before we were submerged by unburned petrol.
* The madness that was one (black, definitely* never been a taxi) Zafira making £725 and then the very next, better specced, lower mile one making £320. Guess which one I chose in the game, and guess which one Mrs_Pillock chose?
* Having an attack made against my life by an auction driver in a BMW 7-series. I was minding my own business and the next thing I know he's gunning the engine and driving straight at me. Well, that or he tried to get it through the roller shutters next to my seat at 2mph and took a chunk out the bumper just after the hammer fell. Buyers went straight back to haggle some money off
 
There was a gangsta Merc CLS with cutaway arches, Halfords wheels and an obscured VIN number

 
There was this.... thing.... that had a variety of 'shiters guessing how it had been painted but most of them revolved around "from a distance", "with their eyes closed" and "using a paintball gun filled with humbrol enamel". It had been painted both top and bottom, but not at the same time so there was still a join line. You can literally get your hand inside the engine bay through the panel gaps.

 
This was my burger. 

 
This was the inside of a Range Rover foglamp



Sloth, do you still have any old auction sheets that are scannable? I feel the need to BIG some DATA and see how long some of last year's tat lasted.

I am currently on child minding duty but will work out and post the auction game results later this evening.
 
Thank you all for taking part.

If they were all listed on eBay from different areas of the country they would be laughed at for the worthless junk they are, if they were even deemed worth crowing about in the first place. Just because the site has some 'legendary' status does not change the fact that they are all still hopeless pieces of shit which ought to be stripped and cubed at the soonest opportunity. There are loads of well preserved examples of each of these cars and when they come up for sale hardly anybody gives a wank. Get over yourselves FFS, its hardly a treasure trove.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Barn-Find-Austin-Princess-1899/173846873547?hash=item287a14c5cb:g:PIUAAOSwSk9clTEv
 
"barn find" Princess, and this is the best picture....
 

one of these is a mechanised turd......
 

 
the other is an Austin Allegro!
 
round steering wheel though

 
BUT the rest of the car is hot, hot, HOT!!

 
We wants it, we NEEDS it.......
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1975-austin-allegro-77k-miles-full-history-tax-exempt-museum-piece-new-mot/123702504412?hash=item1ccd3e6bdc:g:lxMAAOSwUElclJE8

One eyed Ant, anybody?
 

 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Reliant-Ant-Pick-up-1979-in-need-of-full-restoration/192866608869?hash=item2ce7bee6e5:g:pckAAOSw829clPgP

Things you didn't know, part 673.1: Kim Jong Un lived in Derby in 1986
 

 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1986-escort-cabriolet/293018005699?hash=item44393bf0c3:g:gNYAAOSwRfRcip7m

Expectation Vs reality
 

 

 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIAT-500-1971-classic-RHD-RESTORATION-PROJECT-SPARES-OR-REPAIR-BARN-FIND/273773815198?hash=item3fbe30e59e:g:Jx4AAOSws3dclSbj
 
'Fiat uk should have a record of this car'
 

At least you'll have somewhere to live.

I am the current high bidder on this.......Dont tell the Mrs..
 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAN-TGA-XXL-Spares-or-Repair/123702764429?hash=item1ccd42638d:g:FdQAAOSwinlclNuh&autorefresh=true
 
 
 

Hmmmmm........Looks alright for a £300 starting bid....
 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jaguar-XJ6-3-2-Sport-1996-Spares-or-Repair/173845096327?hash=item2879f9a787:g:fyYAAOSwo4Vck5Bb
 

 
 
On second thoughts...
 

 
 
I'm out.

2019 MOT no. 3 has occurred at Rocker Towers as well.....T25 just needed some switch cleaner on the hazard warning switch and a couple of wiper blades.  Unfortunately, the coolant and oil leaks are not good news although I knew about the coolant one.   Really going to bite the bullet on this one and suck up the cost of a new engine later in the year.   I want to go part time before Summer 2020 and the van will be essential to my new-found leisure time.....

I will resume painting soon.
 
However, thermionic audio equipment has been procured, as stated:
 

 
So that'll need some serious love to get going.
 
Phil

I shall be attending this soiree of dubious entertainment and have 
some tat that others may be interested in. I've got a big eff off vice sold
to  sofarsogood but I've also got a couple of old metal oil measuring jugs,
(Castrol, Shell, half gallon), Jerry can, small grease gun, cage light for keeping
you company while under your heap classic, some clip on lights and some 
other bits. Nothing above the price of 4 beers. 
See youz at the Truckers. Mmmm Bacon !

If they were all listed on eBay from different areas of the country they would be laughed at for the worthless junk they are, if they were even deemed worth crowing about in the first place. Just because the site has some 'legendary' status does not change the fact that they are all still hopeless pieces of shit which ought to be stripped and cubed at the soonest opportunity. There are loads of well preserved examples of each of these cars and when they come up for sale hardly anybody gives a wank. Get over yourselves FFS, its hardly a treasure trove.

If they were all listed on eBay from different areas of the country they would be laughed at for the worthless junk they are, if they were even deemed worth crowing about in the first place. Just because the site has some 'legendary' status does not change the fact that they are all still hopeless pieces of shit which ought to be stripped and cubed at the soonest opportunity. There are loads of well preserved examples of each of these cars and when they come up for sale hardly anybody gives a wank. Get over yourselves FFS, its hardly a treasure trove.

If they were all listed on eBay from different areas of the country they would be laughed at for the worthless junk they are, if they were even deemed worth crowing about in the first place. Just because the site has some 'legendary' status does not change the fact that they are all still hopeless pieces of shit which ought to be stripped and cubed at the soonest opportunity. There are loads of well preserved examples of each of these cars and when they come up for sale hardly anybody gives a wank. Get over yourselves FFS, its hardly a treasure trove.

EFA.
 
 
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Shame you didn't have enough time to drop some sugar in the tank.

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What'd be brilliant (but completely out of reach) would be to buy everything including the 'building' and resurrect it somewhere as a real life AS headquarters. 

Proper cars on a proper production line painted in proper colours.
 

 
When I am in charge every production line will be forced by law to look like a packet of Skittles. These days th most colourful thing on the assembly lines are the machines.

Doom Blue.

 
Ive commented before though that since the 90's cars have got very boring in their palate 
Look at a picture of a car park in the 70's or 80's and it was a sea of colour - look now and its just drab.
 

 
Now...

There’s loads of those old telephones with dials still in our substations at work, most still work too. They all seem to be black, brown or beige.
They’ve probably been in there since the places were built in the 50’s and 60’s.

Well, if we are comparing our telephones, here are some of mine:
 

 
Note: 1 UK model present in the collection.