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45,048 · January 14

Some Jags with Mk numbers

27,250 · January 14

There really isn’t a single thing about the Jag mk10 that looks bad or wrong is there!? It’s absolutely perfect.😍

60,378 · January 14

They can definitely be improved under the skin

45,048 · January 14

Just won a couple more auction lots. More on this when I have been to collect. Purchased mainly because of the amount of Minis and Metros.

27,250 · January 14

25 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

They can definitely be improved under the skin

The only thing I’d do to one is fit the V8 from a Majestic Major, as Jaguar should’ve done to begin with. Not that I dislike the XK engine.

27,250 · January 14

3 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Just won a couple more auction lots. More on this when I have been to collect. Purchased mainly because of the amount of Minis and Metros.

Nice!

I’ll give that broken Dinky TK bin truck a home if you don’t want it!? Always after the damaged ones as cab donors.

40,660 · January 14

13 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

The only thing I’d do to one is fit the V8 from a Majestic Major, as Jaguar should’ve done to begin with. Not that I dislike the XK engine.

The problem with the Mk10 is that there’s more of them than people want to restore, a rough one isn’t worth going near. The cost to respray one is prodigious as are engine rebuild costs. Hence a fairly straight one with a bollocksed engine wouldn’t be expensive.

40,660 · January 14

6 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

That Renault G series is a beauty!

I agree, do they do the pre Iveco-ENASA cab Pegasos? Once you head off the beaten track there’s a surprising number of Pegasus still in use in Spain even though they bit the dust in 1994.

27,250 · January 14

17 minutes ago, sierraman said:

The problem with the Mk10 is that there’s more of them than people want to restore, a rough one isn’t worth going near. The cost to respray one is prodigious as are engine rebuild costs. Hence a fairly straight one with a bollocksed engine wouldn’t be expensive.

The banger boys still seem to keep picking them, likewise the S type/420. Tbh it’d probably be more difficult to find a donor Daimler Majestic Major engine. Not exactly that common even when new.
I’ve seen Jags before re-engined with things like Chevy & Ford V8’s, which are much cheaper to rebuild/buy than the XK and offer more power straight out of the box, but somehow it seems a bit vulgar to me to be fitting engines like that to a Jaguar!
I wonder what a Jaguar V12 would be like in a mk10!?

27,250 · January 14

21 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I agree, do they do the pre Iveco-ENASA cab Pegasos? Once you head off the beaten track there’s a surprising number of Pegasus still in use in Spain even though they bit the dust in 1994.

Is the ENESA type the same as DAF, Seddon Atkinson and Pegaso used? Or later than that?

Theres a Pegaso Troner available, which is the DAF/Seddon/Pegaso cab.
Also the similar looking Tekno.
Then there’s the older 60’s and 70’s ones too like the Comet & Super Comet.

Ive got a few of each of those above for donor chassis!
Pretty sure the only Pegaso trucks we got here were the Troner’s. But they were very few and far between.

40,660 · January 14

31 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

The banger boys still seem to keep picking them, likewise the S type/420. Tbh it’d probably be more difficult to find a donor Daimler Majestic Major engine. Not exactly that common even when new.
I’ve seen Jags before re-engined with things like Chevy & Ford V8’s, which are much cheaper to rebuild/buy than the XK and offer more power straight out of the box, but somehow it seems a bit vulgar to me to be fitting engines like that to a Jaguar!
I wonder what a Jaguar V12 would be like in a mk10!?

Thirsty. 🤣

40,660 · January 14

25 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Is the ENESA type the same as DAF, Seddon Atkinson and Pegaso used? Or later than that?

Theres a Pegaso Troner available, which is the DAF/Seddon/Pegaso cab.
Also the similar looking Tekno.
Then there’s the older 60’s and 70’s ones too like the Comet & Super Comet.

Ive got a few of each of those above for donor chassis!
Pretty sure the only Pegaso trucks we got here were the Troner’s. But they were very few and far between.

These type.

27,250 · January 14

9 minutes ago, sierraman said:

These type.

The Tekno I think they’re generally known as.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/387796756858?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160811114145%26meid%3D8320916320be474991e5778e524f3d5c%26pid%3D100667%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D8%26sd%3D387796756858%26itm%3D387796756858%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2351460&_trksid=p2351460.c100667.m2042

They can be found cheaper than that.
I’ve got one here as a chassis donor. Somewhere! Cab is no good to me though if you want it…

33,919 · January 14

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

I agree, do they do the pre Iveco-ENASA cab Pegasos? Once you head off the beaten track there’s a surprising number of Pegasus still in use in Spain even though they bit the dust in 1994.

Those are modeled by Mira but they have massive fat tyres so I've never kept hold of them. The casting itself is nice though.

The one you've pictures is quite a late one, the earlier type had a similar grille to the previous Comet.

12,287 · January 14

I think the only Renault 18 I have is this Norev Jet Car on the Corgi transporter...

I picked up a small job lot of shite in a junk shop in Hastings this morning

The Unimog has the flags so I can replace the broken one on the really nice example I got from Dan recently. The Lone Star ElCamino is totally fucked, but interesting.

The best thing is the Dinky Supertoys Foden dump truck

I looked it up when I got home and it should have a snow plough on the front, you can see what's left of the ram for it.

It can't be a really early model since it has windows, but I haven't looked up when it was produced yet. I really like it though!

27,250 · January 14

2 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

I think the only Renault 18 I have is this Norev Jet Car on the Corgi transporter...

I picked up a small job lot of shite in a junk shop in Hastings this morning

The Unimog has the flags so I can replace the broken one on the really nice example I got from Dan recently. The Lone Star ElCamino is totally fucked, but interesting.

The best thing is the Dinky Supertoys Foden dump truck

I looked it up when I got home and it should have a snow plough on the front, you can see what's left of the ram for it.

It can't be a really early model since it has windows, but I haven't looked up when it was produced yet. I really like it though!

I must admit those Foden look better without the plough! Could you carefully cut the old mount off flush to the bumper, give the bumper a quick paint and stick a set of tyres on? It’d look fine then I think.

Good find on the Unimog as a flag donor. How on earth it’s managed to lose all its back end but keep the flags though!😄

12,287 · January 14

7 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

I must admit those Foden look better without the plough! Could you carefully cut the old mount off flush to the bumper, give the bumper a quick paint and stick a set of tyres on? It’d look fine then I think.

Good find on the Unimog as a flag donor. How on earth it’s managed to lose all its back end but keep the flags though!😄

I agree, I was thinking of making the bracket into a winch, but filing it off might be better. Apparently it was produced from 1961 until 1968.

I have a few Unimogs and most have lost the mirrors even if in pretty good shape. It is strange how things like that happen, if only we could know the story of some of these toys!

60,378 · January 14

2 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Just won a couple more auction lots. More on this when I have been to collect. Purchased mainly because of the amount of Minis and Metros.

A few nice bits in there, I had the silver Mini and I'd give a mintish one a home.

I've got a half formed plan to customise one of those Magic Roundabout Citroens too, I'll be evicting Dougal and Ermintrude though.

Will the K-7 have the little tray in the back still I wonder?

60,378 · January 14

Unboxed the mad Hot Wheels T3 race van thing

Not to everyone's taste, but cleverly done to allow for two tone colours, window unit being the grille and lights also helps.

Here it is in bits, got to be careful not to drill through the roof when preparing to thread the posts /s

I did buy this to do a proper custom, but thought it would make a good victim to try a new product on, a metalising powder. Darker colours work best but it's had an interesting effect on the brown, making it look more bronze. A set of Temu wheels finish off a 30 minute project

45,048 · January 14

3 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

The only thing I’d do to one is fit the V8 from a Majestic Major, as Jaguar should’ve done to begin with. Not that I dislike the XK engine.

I wonder if you could put a 5.3 Jag V12 in one by grafting an XJ12 front frame on, but then who would sacrifice an XJ12 to make some hybrid that very few would want.

45,048 · January 14

3 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

Nice!

I’ll give that broken Dinky TK bin truck a home if you don’t want it!? Always after the damaged ones as cab donors.

47 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

A few nice bits in there, I had the silver Mini and I'd give a mintish one a home.

I've got a half formed plan to customise one of those Magic Roundabout Citroens too, I'll be evicting Dougal and Ermintrude though.

Will the K-7 have the little tray in the back still I wonder?

As a few have asked about the fate of some of the stuff I have gotten recently I should have a sort out and start a sales thread for the ones I do not want. And now there appears to more interest in the stuff I have just got I think that might happen sooner rather than later.

5,569 · January 14

5 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

The banger boys still seem to keep picking them, likewise the S type/420. Tbh it’d probably be more difficult to find a donor Daimler Majestic Major engine. Not exactly that common even when new.
I’ve seen Jags before re-engined with things like Chevy & Ford V8’s, which are much cheaper to rebuild/buy than the XK and offer more power straight out of the box, but somehow it seems a bit vulgar to me to be fitting engines like that to a Jaguar!
I wonder what a Jaguar V12 would be like in a mk10!?

Very popular in south Africa & the USA to repower with a V8.

43,543 · January 14

11 hours ago, sierraman said:

I remember the really naff ‘American’ special edition they did on the 18. On a French car… 🤣

It was a great seller though, especially in France. So much so, they sold out and the following year they released a 'Mark2 American' in more colour schemes in twice the number built

Back in the early 80s, Renault were proud of the fact they had the controlling stake in American Motors (AMC) and market footing in both North and South Americas. So what with riding the 'cool to be American' vibe, they produced the American edition to be the range topper, with most of the extras found on the US releases

Over in France a surviving American edition is quite sought after.

43,543 · January 14

6 hours ago, sierraman said:

The problem with the Mk10 is that there’s more of them than people want to restore, a rough one isn’t worth going near. The cost to respray one is prodigious as are engine rebuild costs. Hence a fairly straight one with a bollocksed engine wouldn’t be expensive.

When I lived in Australia for a year, over 25 years ago, I remember seeing off-the-shelf XJ conversion kits for 350 Chev motors.

There was plenty of love for the imported Jaguars, but there was little love for the engine reliability. It seemed there was no interest in bothering spending time and money on them while a crate 350 was sitting on a pallet next door

43,543 · January 14

7 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

I hope the Dinky Cadillac Superior has its rear tailgate. Are you to keep that one?

9,791 · January 15

15 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

As a few have asked about the fate of some of the stuff I have gotten recently I should have a sort out and start a sales thread for the ones I do not want. And now there appears to more interest in the stuff I have just got I think that might happen sooner rather than later.

How many tyres does that very cheap looking Stolly have?

6,105 · January 15

Received a massive box of Matchbox PowerTrack this morning courtesy of @Heidel_Kakao, thanks!

Can't take it home just yet in case I get bin bagged… still got a mountain bike here in the office that hasn’t moved in 2 years 😆

27,250 · January 15

7 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Received a massive box of Matchbox PowerTrack this morning courtesy of @Heidel_Kakao, thanks!

Can't take it home just yet in case I get bin bagged… still got a mountain bike here in the office that hasn’t moved in 2 years 😆

Ha! I remember that. I can remember the little controllers. And those plastic crash barriers were hanging around years after the rest of it disappeared too.

32,113 · January 15

9 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Can't take it home just yet in case I get bin bagged

Is this cockney rhyming slang for shagged as a result of being so attractive from owning this power track?

45,048 · January 15

16 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

I hope the Dinky Cadillac Superior has its rear tailgate. Are you to keep that one?

Sadly no tail gate.

4 hours ago, andy18s said:

How many tyres does that very cheap looking Stolly have?

Stolly?

Here's a brief look at what I got. I purchased two lots yesterday, a small box for a hammer of £25, and a larger box for a hammer of £50. With commission and fees they cost £101.

The small box had a few non-diecast things...

This old Gillette looks a bit like the one my dad used to have. It might be silver or silver plate judging by the black tarnish it has. Also included are some unused blades.

More exciting than the razor is a Hohner Chrometta 1. I thought this was a glasses case until I turned it over to find the inscription.

It's a variable tone harmonica. After a quick check on the web it turns out that they are advertised for between £20 and £50 on Ebay and Etsy.

In the box Olive Oil looks happy with all the Metros, Minis and other assorted stuff.

The big box has more of an assortment of diecast.

Four Matchbox racing Minis, with two in red.

A couple of Concordes

But my favourite piece is the cartoon Polistil Mini. I've always wanted one but I have never found one in a box of tat before.

I take a more detailed look when I have cleaned the stuff up.

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