blackbird

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1977-CHRYSLER-TALBOT-ALPINE-1-FORMER-KEEPER-47K-MILES-FROM-NEW-COULD-BE-UNIQUE/312132327529?hash=item48ac895869:g:SVAAAOSwCRRa9t~m

Check this out.....6700 miles only...
 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1988-NISSAN-URVAN-E24-BARN-FIND-CLASSIC-ONLY-6700-MILES-TIMEWARP-CONDITION/302736537438?hash=item467c80f75e:g:KywAAOSwtJha9wWP
 

That looks like a mini that someone described over the telephone to someone who speaks a different language , which is probably exactly what it is.

Wow, rear overhang!
 

 
 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IVECO-MOTOR-CARAVAN/222922590605?hash=item33e738c98d:g:D8sAAOSwunBa0M2-

What a beauty...
 

 
 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1988-MAZDA-626-GTI-2-016V-DOHC/282941745324?hash=item41e0a468ac:g:noUAAOSwQRla4ulJ

Savvy seller also has this beauty.
 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/nissan-maxima-3-0s-v6-j30-datsun-skyline-laurel/232745557784

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-Sunny-1-5-SGL-Maxima-56000-Miles/273178418826

 

Can I still get the dealer type stickers , who does them ??

AS racing colours van
 

 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Chevrolet-1978-Custom-van-G10-American-custom-paint-350-V8-Auto-sidepipes-5spoke/323171300112?hash=item4b3e82b310:g:1~AAAOSwfXJauRkv

Perfect.

 

 

And it is running and here in Worcestershire.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pontiac-bonneville/173238403225?hash=item2855d04099:g:FeUAAOSwl7NauVOi
 
Nearly forgot the best bit Stacked headlights!

Proton for £350 with 39k miles.
 

 
Sell the plate to a Merc owner, CASHBACK.
 

 
https://www.gumtree.com/p/proton/proton-sl-auto/1292441606
 
 

Cedric.
 
https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1407087162.htm?ca=12_s
 

 

Salty but I REALLY like this
 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-PRIMERA-2-0-SGX-AUTOMATIC-SALOON-ONE-DRIVER-FROM-NEW-AND-25000-MILES/173217218581?hash=item28548d0015:g:r0gAAOSw2DBaqZXw

is it just Me, or is this a very short wheelbase?.....
 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fiat-Ducato-Dethleffs-Motorhome/152957306023?hash=item239cf744a7:g:WIQAAOSw43hatla3
 

This rusty-arched Bluebird has just popped up on my local Gumtree.
 

Giffer Bluebird is back on.
 

Ruffgeezer
 

So I bought a Terrano II R reg same weekend as a Nissan Bluebird G reg last year
 
The Terrano had a huge stack of paperwork ( some for expensive recent welding work , pay attention this is important later !!) ,
 
amazing condition inside with leathers electric everything (not your usually dog chewed farm van
 
no rust on front wings (rare)
 
it had about 9 months MoT , what could go wrong £700 quid ......
 
Well
 
Around January it started not starting , just click .
So new battery first , still sometimes not starting
 
So looking to do the starter motor and maybe the ignition switch
Not too bad , about 200 for the starter motor , willing to invest that in it , lets try that 1st
 
Took it to a garage I've used for years , and that look after my bluebirds ,
I get a call off them asking if I want to invest the 200 , as they think its fubar'ed !!
 
I was a bit surprised by this , they said come round and we'll put it up on the ramp for me to see , they basically said this was dangerously rotten on the chassis
 
So I went round and yes , bugger me , its rotten , VERY Rotten
 
This has not happened since the last MoT (late September ) , deep horiible , split !! rusty rot !!!
 
Basically I guess it was a dodgy MoT or a blind tester , no way it should have passed the last MoT
 
This garage I use has a welding fetish and even they wouldn't go anywhere near it !!!!
 
The Rot was on the front chassis where the front diff rests
 
 
It had rot in other places , that could have been done , rear spring mounts for example
I said hold on the starter motor for now and off I went
 
I liked the truck , So I popped round to a local Landrover specialist
These people are very well know , restore land rovers , put in whole new galv. Chassis on etc
Ive always wanted to go round to see them , now here was my chance , they'll be up for this I thought
 
No.
 
They had a really good look over it , fair play, and instead of maybe giving me a price
he basically told me it was absolutely F'ing F'ed !!!!
Asked me what it owed me, and said if not too much I should scrap it !! , told me I was lucky to have not tried to tow with it !!
 
I knew these things were rot boxes , but FFS ( I think DollyWobbler did actually directly warn me !!)
 
My plan was to get it to the next MoT and then Scrap it , I knew I wouldn't pay to get it trough the next one but thought I could get it there
 
So off it goes to "Remove my car " for £340 quid
 
so £360 quid for 2 Months use ,
 
Shame I did like it , Much prefer the rounder pre-facelift one
 
 
 
So the Bluebird I bought the same weekend (which I actually thought was a bigger risk that weekend then the Terrano ) is my lovely daily ,
 
In Bluebirds we trust
 
 
 
 
 
Anyone else check the scrap value of their cars before they buy .........or is that just me ..
 
My basic shite calculation on the value of a car starts at scrap and add on up from their
 
But then I do live at the spikey end of the pineapple car wise
 
 

Don't buy anything that cannot be fixed cheaply.
Do not buy anything that cannot be sold on.
If you ignore the above you are a member of this forum....

Buying terminally rusty chod, like the rest of us?
 
Are you using tapatalk or browser, I was only being a bit cheeky in my first post. Made me laugh like some of those ebay adds which read like tolstoy

The value of mine goes up and down, varying by how much petrol there is in it.

When most people buy a car it involves walking into a dealers, drinking awful coffee from a plastic cup, signing some awful forms from a plastic salesman and getting a bunch of flowers on the passenger's seat.
 
The Autoshite way is utterly superior in every way, except that the car doesn't usually go.  A trifling matter when you consider the upsides.  Good luck!

Well, true, but I'm struggling to imagine the scenario.
 
"Love, have you seen my car keys?"
"I haven't dear, have you seen mine?"
"Nope.  Fuck it, let's scrap the car.  It needed a wash anyway."