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lesapandre reacted to Cavcraft in eBay tat volume 3.
Hard day at the office, @hairnet ?
Porsche diesel tractor A122 | eBay
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lesapandre reacted to SEATMad in eBay tat volume 3.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226052541832?itmmeta=01HS9MFCZXA6S8CRMR7RD8T52T&hash=item34a1c80d88:g:mCgAAOSwcGBl-JMv
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lesapandre reacted to sheffcortinacentre in eBay tat volume 3.
205/309 used to have those sunroofs, that'll have rear wings cut off a 2dr ones & doors fitted before you can say jack Robinson.
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lesapandre reacted to High Jetter in Can we have a little chat about the Vauxhall 10/4?
It's a new one on me, not that 'Popular'
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lesapandre reacted to RayMK in Can we have a little chat about the Vauxhall 10/4?
I can't remember seeing many of these around when I was a kid in the 1950s. Grandad's L type was also a rare sight. I did read about the 10/4's front suspension when I was in my Meccano phase - always have been a bit of a suspension fanatic and back then would 'invent' my own types, only to discover that it had been done before. The pseudo Dubonnet front suspension on the 10/4 was certainly novel. It did not work well in Meccano.
I've just seen @Mr Pastry's posts! He is right to point out that finding replacement parts will be tricky and not very easy to reproduce either.
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lesapandre reacted to egg in Can we have a little chat about the Vauxhall 10/4?
This one is up for £3,750 but sold at auction for less a month ago.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/343274665340655/
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lesapandre reacted to Mr Pastry in Can we have a little chat about the Vauxhall 10/4?
The front suspension is interesting:
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lesapandre reacted to Mr Pastry in Can we have a little chat about the Vauxhall 10/4?
I've always thought these had a good specification on paper- decent mechanicals and quite ahead of their time, but they seem to be unloved. It's difficult to assess how they were viewed in period, as contemporary road tests were usually very bland, and of course they weren't really British so couldn't be any good. Somebody on here I think had one, but didn't speak highly of it iirc. I should think parts supply would be very difficult now. And they did, and presumably still do, rot.
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lesapandre reacted to captain_70s in Can we have a little chat about the Vauxhall 10/4?
Vauxhall at the time was a premium brand and I think they really leaned into it still being a premium product at a smaller scale.
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lesapandre got a reaction from cort1977 in The new news 24 thread
As an aside the BBC reports that "as District Judge Daniel Sternberg disqualified the Tory environmentalist from driving, he warned that drivers who speed "emit more harmful emissions" even in hybrid and electric cars."
Interesting legal point there - that the judge is taking in the whole scope of these limits in his consideration of the offence ie not just the danger aspect.
Of course the admonishment may have been directed with some irony at Zac Goldsmith as a prominent "environmentalist" driving an electric car.
But the jist of the judgment is that some limits are indeed there to protect the environment overall.
Interesting point of law bought out there.
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lesapandre reacted to myglaren in Unpopular Motoring Opinion Thread
I had a yellow one like that, hand painted with Tekaloid, yellow to piss off the directors of the company I worked for as it had to be parked round the back of the building as it was 'socially unacceptable'.
Until they needed me to drop everything and go to a dinner to take photo's of Henry Cooper. No company cars available so they had to insure the Imp for company use.
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lesapandre reacted to busmansholiday in Eye-catching black and whites
They really do look wrong with the headlamps placed at the corners rather than a foot or so out from the radiator.
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lesapandre got a reaction from MiniMinorMk3 in Eye-catching black and whites
The K7 jet boat is now back at Coniston after restoration. The Ruskin Museum have three spare Orpheus engines and will be running the boat again on the lake.
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lesapandre reacted to Dick Longbridge in eBay tat volume 3.
I didn't realise mk1 Scrots were still available for £3k. Seems a relative barg.
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lesapandre reacted to SEATMad in eBay tat volume 3.
INVACAR ALERT!!!!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226052526817?itmmeta=01HS9G85W3DBFMNK3J8A6T861Q&hash=item34a1c7d2e1:g:MbEAAOSw5oll-I7n
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lesapandre reacted to busmansholiday in eBay tat volume 3.
@LightBulbFunand @Saabnut, how about a second project??
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lesapandre reacted to SEATMad in eBay tat volume 3.
Oof this is clean!
https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1700997
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lesapandre reacted to SEATMad in eBay tat volume 3.
Anyone fancy joining @St.Jude in owning a shagged 827?
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/775706044102155/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_top_picks&referral_story_type=top_picks
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lesapandre reacted to egg in eBay tat volume 3.
I posted this Scootacar a few weeks back, sold for £10k at auction on 1st March.
https://www.dvca.co.uk/sale-results-view.php?classic-cars=Scootacar-Tricycle9690
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lesapandre reacted to egg in eBay tat volume 3.
An unregistered Cursor, built about 10 miles from where I'm sitting right now.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1497785400952466/
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lesapandre reacted to goosey in eBay tat volume 3.
https://www.facebook.com/share/Ei5c8SqpPkpvNdEc/?mibextid=79PoIi
i see a cross flow and I want to paint it black, no colour any more just aerosol it black…..
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lesapandre reacted to Momentary Lapse Of Reason in eBay tat volume 3.
The seats are modern,
but if you have ever travelled a long way on good condition standard Morris Minor front seats you would understand why they are there ... !
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