Talbot Tagora

[155V6]

Found it on Ovalchat,they've got a thread about the Tagora on eBay

 

Whoa, hold on there - is this going to get bought by a banger racer and sent to its death then?

 

Don't think there's any plans for that,they were just discussing it as being a rare car,I bet a lot of people haven't even seen one before.

[morris_ital_lover]

Found it on Ovalchat,they've got a thread about the Tagora on eBay

 

Whoa, hold on there - is this going to get bought by a banger racer and sent to its death then?

 

Don't think there's any plans for that,they were just discussing it as being a rare car,I bet a lot of people haven't even seen one before.

 

 

As 155v6 said, most old tin that appears on the web will be highlighted through ovalchat just like our ebay tat thread... naturally very little that appears there will get raced also the first Tagora has been taken years and years ago so there's not all that much cred in doing it esp as it is unproven, most will stick to grannies and corts.

 

IIRC that 28DL thread has caused a right shitstorm across the web due to what happened afterwards to the site.

[trigger]

What was the story as i don't follow 28DL, didn't most of them get stolen?

[SambaS]

What was the story as i don't follow 28DL, didn't most of them get stolen?

I'm keen to hear too. That's the problem with the web. Crims can scope out stuff to pinch so easily. Also just got what Oval Forum must be. I thought Ford at first, not banger racing

[flat4alfa]

Not just the cars.

 

Their ebay accounts were busy clearing the place out

[Skizzer]

Found it on Ovalchat,they've got a thread about the Tagora on eBay

 

Whoa, hold on there - is this going to get bought by a banger racer and sent to its death then?

 

Don't think there's any plans for that,they were just discussing it as being a rare car,I bet a lot of people haven't even seen one before.

 

 

Oh ok, I'll calm down then. Thanks

[Louise2cv]

Little bit off topic, but an added problem with "urban exploration"...

 

even if those explorers are up to nothing more than having a look/taking pics they tend leave the property unsecure and once published, highlight what's "available" in empty buildings. OH is both a copper and an active member of a local civic society and he occassionally checks out sites such as 28DL, not so long back a place featured on a site was stripped of lead and copper not long after.

 

At the end of the day, empty or not, it is somebody's property and somebody has to pay for the damage eventually.

[Louise2cv]

I didn't say ban it, I actually find the pics interesting, and I find some ofthe waste esp of buildings quite criminal in itself. I suppose I'm guilty of generalising in the same way we can about banger racers.

 

I imagine though that like most hobbies you're going to have those who stick to "the rules" and those who don't. All banger racers can show you a receipt and V5 and no explorer has ever peeled back a piece of wood over a window?

 

On the other hand I'm not stupid enough to think that crooks wait for an explorer to do all the breaking in for them.

 

As for effective policing and a police presence it's easy to say but when you find out just how thin the thin blue line has actually been spread.... The bobbies really can't do much than patrol the areas that their managers tell them to patrol and respond to 999 calls. That doesn't leave much room for the kind of policing that will happen upon trespassers/metal theives etc. Thank the govt for that.

[Louise2cv]

It was a shite way of putting it but I was actually trying to counter the "don't urb.explorers rob stuff?" idea that usually crops up.

 

I suppose the flaw in my arguement is that if stuff goes missing after someones been exploring it has to be because someone's been exploring, which I guess I'd have hard time proving?

 

Hope my chuntering hasn't offened you Tayne.

[Louise2cv]

I suppose like with gardens full of rotting cars it's up to the owner if they want them to rot, but some of these building really deserve more! There are only a few I've really taken a real look at (from the safety of a laptop ) and chatting to people who know about the history, like the hospital in Denbigh. Amazing old place.

 

Don't get me started on empty houses either! There a gorgeous little cottage by us that apparently (and I guess thats the dangerous assumption part out of the way) is being left to fall down because the owners were refused planning for either knocking it down and building something else or for major alterations. What a waste!

[SambaS]

Three and a half hours to go, who is the mysterious 1 bid'er? 'been the sole bidder for a few days. Oh and don't all bid against each other!!

[TagoraSX]

Well, my chap has just emailed me with some bad news....

 

"Considerable rust all round sunroof panel on main roof and above front and rear screens under vynil -

not a good prospect, methinks, so vinyl would need removal, to open, no

doubt, a can of worms"

 

"Overall, you really have to want to own this car, as it needs a lot of work

to get it even to presentable condition."

[Skizzer]

Well, my chap has just emailed me with some bad news....

 

 

Hope some hero saves it. Not gonna be me though.

[SambaS]

I'd take it on.... new roof from France if it's that bad. But it isn't worth me speculating I don't have £850 and I'm not all sure it's the same value for money it appeared in light of what you've just said. Not cheap getting a roof swapped but I've seen it done on a Saxo rally car. It wouldn't bother me in the slightest driving it afterwards either, I know a lot of people would be bothered.

[TagoraSX]

I've just done it on an Audi 200 and it wasn't easy, or cheap!

[Skizzer]

^although, if I may say so, the result was spectacular.

[25v6turbo]

Is this actually the only SX in the country both on the road or not?

What versions where the other ones ages ago in the U.K,the white and red ones i think?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I'd have a crack at it, if I didnt have half a Biturbo to weld up. Roofs a big flat panel, how hard can it be??

[trigger]

 

These are Boodydoo's, the red one is also a 2.6 SX whilst the white one is a 2.2 GL model, There's also this SX model that Brammy saw too so there are a few about.

 

1980s Talbot Tagora SX Saloon. by bramm77, on Flickr

 

Oh and there's also this 2.6 SX that's currently on SORN.

 

[SambaS]

It would be the finding a doner car or the holy grail: the nos panel that would slow you down. It may take years. Nice excuse to go to the International shows in Europe though.

[SambaS]

Very nice, still havn't seen one upclose, first heard of them in 'the cars that time forgot' book I had as a kid. I always hoped to see one at the Simca OC events over the years but not been so lucky, and I'm not subscribed at present

[SambaS]

40 minutes...

[SambaS]

Did anyone see the one on eBay a few years ago for spares, if you did you will know the one I mean it was, erm. Absolutely goosed. Beyond terminal...

[25v6turbo]

£920 anyone here?

[Electric Leyland]

Somebody must have??

[messerschmitt owner]

it wisnae me!

[TagoraSX]

Not me

[trigger]

It was nearly Keith Adams until i pointed him to this thread!

[TagoraSX]

Did he let the SD1 go for £2200?

[SambaS]

http://www.ooyyo.com/car-detail/?language=en-US&make=talbot&model=tagora&trim=na&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marche.fr%2Fpetite_annonce_auto-occasion-achat-vente-vehicule-de-collection-talbot-tagora-diesel-de-collection-ref41593171.html