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  1. I reckon a few of us care. And if you can get them mobile enough to move and have space then I say ignore external advice and keep them.
  2. No! I'd say about half that; a friend sold a very comparable car (F reg 1.3L with full MOT but some rusty bits) for around £1100 last autumn, and he's not one to ever let anything go for a penny less than he can possibly get.
  3. So they perused ACA's classic auction last weekend and decided this was the best choice for a quick flip... https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic-auctions/2625-27-Jan-2024/4647~3-1963-nsu-prinz-4 ...they may yet be proved right.
  4. Yes, about 10 miles away again. I should probably toddle down and look at that armed with a battery, but I'm completing the purchase of a new house tomorrow (hopefully) so shouldn't really be buying more cars. Although not sure how that explains the Pixo I bought yesterday...
  5. This one has to be one of the earliest (of the few) surviving, and is winking at me temptingly from 10 miles down the road! www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1707948523029610
  6. If it feels/sounds like the clonk is through the toeboard under the front passenger's feet it will be the bush in the steering rack. Pretty much every ado16 (and Allegro, and Landcrab) I've had has done the same to some degree! NOS or refurbished rack is the solution, made harder on the ado16 by the need to drop the rear of the subframe slightly to remove it (no such need on Allegro, Landcrab or Maxi).
  7. Uno with 11 months MOT at (what seems to me) a not unreasonable price... https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1816728905443932
  8. Unless I'm reading this wrong, they'll make almost as much as any other MOT garage/centre. I take my cars to my local garage, pay my fee and barring a few exceptions (car fails badly and gets scrapped, my tame welder isn't available to fix rot I missed before the test) if it fails I'll take it back within the free re-test period. One fee paid. With the above model if it failed I'd still take it away, fix it and return for a pass, at which time they'd be paid their fee. One fee paid. They will only lose in the case of a bad fail where the car is taken away and scrapped, or if the car keeps getting presented without all the fails being fixed, and as mentioned above they probably have a piss take limit!
  9. Same for me using Firefox. mutter, mutter, ain't broke don't fix it, mutter, mutter.....
  10. only ten months or so after the test drive!
  11. Yes, it was and still is mine! Two potential sales in the offing from the ebay ad already though, so fingers crossed....
  12. Correct; seats and door cards are from a mk3 (71 onwards). Plus, mk1 front panel but mk2/3 rear wings, mk2 Morris dash and mk3 rear bumper. Safe to say it's had an interesting life, but even as an ado16 apologist I'd say it may be time to put it out of its misery now!
  13. Yes, it surprised me, especially as it's a Birmingham registration and I've had thought that they would have moved onto suffix registrations in 1963 (I know some more rural areas didn't move to suffixes until 64/65). It has the reg etched on every bit of glass (plus the rear light lenses!), but I guess that's no guarantee it's the original reg. Perhaps @LightBulbFun can suggest an explanation?
  14. No, not from the 1100 website (I assume you mean the one in Cumbria?). This one was in South Wales (hence much closer to you!); initially on facebook a couple of months ago when I had a chat with the owner, then apparently 'sold' before turning up at a breakers yard and advertised on ebay.
  15. For the second Friday morning in a row @worldofceribrought me a present... Off road since 1989, it's totally unmolested and although it does need some welding it's not a lot by ado16 standards. And the engine isn't seized which is a bonus!
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