Beemer diesel for sale/swap

[Rocket88]

'Just been serviced, new front discs/pads/tyres/injectors etc. 94 Touring 525tdsi auto.long MOT [about next May] tax end next month. Reason for sale, I'm now orthopedially challenged [backs fecked] and the seats/driving position are typically Kraut, and therefore not comfy for a man of my advanced years, and disintegrating bone structure! Swap for something large, comfy, and auto, Any suggestions???

[Milford Cubicle]

I think I suggested this before, but Ford Scorpios are very comfy as long as you're not too tall.

[Rocket88]

I agree, anyone out there want to swap?

[Owain-328i]

Watch what your swapping it for mind, as the denzel tourings are still fetching good money on the bay!

[Rocket88]

Just swopped it for a really nice '91 Chevy Caprice Estate.........ripe for a gas conversion.............

[r.welfare]

Great swap! We wanna see pictures of that roadgoing whale that is the '91 Caprice!

[Rocket88]

Too technically incompetent to post photos, but if someone can give me an email address to send them to, I'll oblige

[r.welfare]

YO! Here are sum picz of Col's new wheels, REGARDEZ!

 

WOT A HONEY! The location of the pics seems familiar - Carolina Classics, a US tin specialist near Andover? - but I'm probably completely wrong...

 

Low and mean, like an estate Impala SS! I like it! Do those little divisions right at the end of the rear side windows open?

 

Almost a comical numberplate - check out the width of that mother! I don't fancy your chances much on the narrow roads up by the racecourse.

 

Col also wanted me to host some pictures of older kit, so here it is. I will refrain from commenting and let the great man fill us in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All I can say is the man obv. likes his Yank tin - and why not?

[r.welfare]

I speak too soon - the man has sent me more...

 

I love this shape - '75 was the first year for the wraparound rear window too.

 

'90s Street Machine wheels/paint?

 

Mmmmmmmm.

[Milford Cubicle]

That convertible Royale looks GR7Caprice looks very menacing, I like.

[andrew e]

Can't beat the 60's Luton tin riding on Torq thrust D's though

[Rocket88]

OK, answers to a few questions; Yes that is Carolina Classics, known them for a long time, nice people, others from the top.1] 'Glass Model A pick-up with Pinto and 5 speed, draughty but fun!2]Nash Kustom. What can I say, the work of a genius [not me, I hasten to add] Injected Pinto with 5 speed, all the rest of the mechanics as per Nash intended. Drove really well.Wish I'd never sold this baby.3]One of 4 Royale convertibles made [done in Germany apparently, on behalf of the factory]. Added ironmongery rather blunted performance....4] F150 pick up, 302 Ford lump, Jag front clip, drove really nicely5] FB Victor running 3.9 Rover and 5 speed. Another one I wish I'd kept hold of6] Sweet '55 four door. Running a straight six, which I decided to tune, instead of ripping out in favour of V8. Bought tuning kit from the States, which included twin carb set up. Found out they were the same carbs as fitted to pre injection XR3's........This engine is basically the same as 3.3 Cresta lumps, and I got close to 200 bhp after a bit of fettling.7] As the man says, a '75...with a Chevy 454 big block, ....8 mpg but hilarious8] '54 Pop with 455 cu.in Buick big block...solid mounted, Viva HA front axle, Jag rear, should have been a bag of shite, but was suprisingly good to drive, althouigh cooling was always marginal...overheated in Brighton, Bath, Bristol, and lots of other places beginning with B.....towed a caravan with this, which was amusing9] Carlton gsi manual, nice car, handled brilliantly GR8 4 ETC ETC, although gearbox used to be a bit noisy.

[Cavcraft]

Royale is fucking magic, never heard of let alone seen one before. Victor estate seems familiar, seen that before somewhere and it's gorgeous.

[r.welfare]

Col, I've received more pics and I will post 'em up tonight.Incidentally I sold a Mk2 Cav to the chap from Carolina Classics hence the link - he collects a lot of old GM stuff it seems.

[Rocket88]

Thanks Mr W, Carolina Cliff is a nice bloke, but doesn't suffer fools gladly. I've also got some other pics of tat that I'll try to retieve from the depths of my computer.....

[r.welfare]

Cliff - yeah, that's him. Think he's sold off most of his old Vx stuff again as I saw my old Cav on the bay a few months ago...

 

I do wonder how many cars he sells - his site's a bit "hidden" (down in Enham Alamein IIRC) and the stuff quite stiffly priced (not that I know anything about Yank values); then again, I can't think of any other 60s-80s US tin retailers anywhere else round here.

 

Hot. The Sedan De Ville (or Fleetwood?) behind yours as well?

 

I think this is an A95 Westminster, but Seth will be along to correct me if it isn't

 

I'm a big fan of the '78-83 GM A-Body (Olds actually kept theirs going until '88); I assume this is a Buick Century wagon? Hot.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Hey, I sold a Vauxhall VX4/90 FE model to carolina clasics about 4 years ago.

[Rocket88]

Cliff has moved just up the road, and stopped selling cars, although he's still servicing/repairing stuff. He's not cheap, but very good. The Caprice was one of the last cars he had in stock. He says sales died a death almost overnight,when juice got to £1 a litre, the phone just stopped ringing. Sad really, but not surprising. By the way, spot on with your descriptions, apart from the peppermint green shed, which was an A50. The 100e was a sweety, 2 litre Pinto etc, the Buick has gone to the scrappy now, the Fleetwood was a rescue job, now with another Yank fan. Had a few of them, cheap to buy, lovely to drive, less trouble than a Roller. If you want a big comfy old barge, buy a Yank. Friend of mine has a '67 Daimler 2.5 V8 [Mk 2 Jag shape] Does 16 mpg over here, parts cost gazillions, always breaking down. I've had a '66 Galaxie [not the mpv horrendousness], did 15 mpg [6.3 litres] never any trouble, parts are cheap, and I paid half of what he paid for it. and it was in far better condition.

[fotorabia]

nice rides..A50s going for kiwifruit overhere just now!

[Rocket88]

I'm a big fan of the '78-83 GM A-Body (Olds actually kept theirs going until '88); I assume this is a Buick Century wagon? Hot.

 

I've had a few of these, currently got a '79 Regal Turbo 2 door [rare, even over the pond] that I'm halfway through doing a lowrider job on, when I can get my arse in gear. Had a couple of Monte Carlos, all 3.8 V6's, as is the Turbo. They're basically 350 small blocks with 2 pots lopped off, the early ones had a weird firing order, but the later ones were re-engineered to run a conventional V6 firing order

[r.welfare]

What's the price of petrol over in Jersey now? I seem to recall it was much closer to mainland prices than in Guernsey, where it was 40p/litre when I left in 2004. Haven't you guys also now got some form of VAT as well?

[mk2_craig]

Fuel's not as cheap as it might be, I stuck a tankful at 103.9p a litre into the Mondeo a fortnight ago when the average seemed to be 112.9p in the Dorset. The pump price breaks down into rather different wholesale/profit/duty proportions though, it also includes an element that replaced the annual road tax 15 years ago and as you rightly point out since May there has been a VAT equivalent rated currently at 3%.I can't understand how the powers that be haven't turned the screw a bit more to be honest, it's a captive (and largely wealthy) market with high car ownership/usage that would surely bear inflated fuel prices, with no political parties scared of not getting re-elected.

[Rocket88]

Guernsey are heading towards £1 a litre, since they also scrapped annual road tax, which was one of the more sensible ideas our politicians had. User pays more etc etc. We also have to display an insurance disc instead of a tax disc, which does seem to cut down the uninsured driver scenario. I may be wring, but I think there's a similar system about displaying an insurance disc in Ireland [not sure which side of the border]

[mk2_craig]

Flip side of binning annual licensing is that the authorities now have no idea of how many vehicles are in circulation. How many are REGISTERED, yes - but we're up to 115000 reg numbers and there's perhaps 90,000 people living here...Which doubtless will eventually be used as a convenient excuse to reintroduce a yearly tax and hopefully bias it in favour of futureshite Hyundai i10s and the Perodua range.

[Rocket88]

well, the Caprice arrived last week, straight off the boat from the UK, and then straight ON the boat to France. Did 400 miles and never missed a beat drives really well, and averaged about 22 mpg. Needs a new heater matrix [which is probably going to be a nightmare...] apart from that, spot on. If you want large shit, buy a yank!