ShiteRider Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ShiteRider Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 And now hows this for cool. sheffcortinacentre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiteRider Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 Obviously it's cooler than Walt Disneys' head, sadly it's as rotten as his body.What does the AS collective think? AMC Rebel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I have been to look at a fair few SA imports and my conclusion is paintwork must be peanuts over there as every single one had filler and freshish paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiteRider Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 According to the guy bringing them over it's not unusual for the guys finding the cars to blow them over two or three at a time.....outside....in the sun....and the flys....and sand.Hence why most things coming over are similar pastel shades regardless of age and make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 A lot of mk1 granadas coming over as well - some good, some not. ShiteRider 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Cool wheels, and a nice dash, shame it's bollocksed but could be a good donor. ShiteRider 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I really like that! I think these look there best when they don't have vinyl roofs or side trims and deeper dish steel wheels, saying that i bet it will need a lot of work No idea on price but i wouldn't be surprised if you get laughed at for suggesting £1500, i hope I'm wrong though. ShiteRider 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselassist Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Ive a weakness fro the early mk3 Cortina's with the slope down dash; I remember as a lad of about 7 years of age, I used to play in the uncle's 'spares mk3 tina' donor for his later facelifted one - I think he got it for free or very near to that... much preferred the early one; also my dad brought my younger back from the hospital in a yellow early mk3 Cortina, but he had no luck with it "never buy a car in the dark" etc etc n that was one of the handful of trips when he had it running well- it sat outside for months, years even, n he hates us even mentioning it.... loving these pics tho - full of memories... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiteRider Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 I tried buying this red mk3 but Nathan, the lad selling it wanted 4 grand......he got told to FRO.Then many realisations where had, i owned multiple projects which i just wasn't getting time to work on.Lack of shite mojo and general malaise at life meant it was time to clear the decks and save up and just have one decent hobby car and one decent daily. Don't get excited yet, neither has been acheived.I can't be bothered selling stuff on ebay in general, but after past experience trying to sell cars on it and having to deal with weapons grade fuds i went a different (and new to me) way. Facebook......I don't have a facebook account myself but a mate listed the two scabbiest cortinas on some abandoned old shite page,The blue saloon went firstLeaving the burblely beast lonely.But not for long Coprolalia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiteRider Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 The saloon went to a banger racer from coventry who kept all the good bits (it went with a load of panels) and sold it on soon after.The estate was bought by a middle aged wiganer (who also flipped it for a small profit ) who said he was after a project, didn't want any extra bits, even the ones specifically for that car which turned out well for me as i made more off them than i did the car.So space was made and money recieved, but then came the crisis point i didn't want to get rid of the beige car as it was so mint and virginal which also meant i didn't like using it in winter. So it sat.... I had a for sale thread on here i'd put no effort into updating facebook had proved itself to me to be another arsehole magnet so i spread the word out in the trade and it soon found itself sold. trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiteRider Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 I've no doubt the beige one will soon appear on ebay, here the picture i was to lazy to update the for sale thread with. nacho man, Skizzer and anonymous user 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiteRider Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Skizzer and anonymous user 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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garbaldy Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 It's a bit late showing us it now after it's sold,Did the doctor buy it then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiteRider Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Your probaly wondering why so many photos of a car i now no longer own.... I don't know myself to be honest, catharsis maybe. I think it'll probaly spend the next couple of years bouncing around ebay for an asking price it'll never justify which would be shame and a waste of a good car but at the same time i did 6000 miles in 5 years and never even taxed it since the last mot so have done it no better. At least now there's more of a chance of it finding a better home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiteRider Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 It's a bit late showing us it now after it's sold,Did the doctor buy it then.No i guy i know who specialises in salvage light commercials, it's a bit of nostalgia for him.To be honest i hate selling anything as i really don't like dealing with people and this was very easy as he already knows the car and the price was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiteRider Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Daily duties have generally been performed by the vectra of much brokenessWhich replaced the fiesta of much rustiness, which now probaly cocoons the beans in your cupboard.The vectra has done everything asked of it and more.....including killing its DMF.This has become a slippery slope of spending that has included a brake pedal master as well as full clutch and flywheel kit, full cambelt and pully kit, water pump, thermostat, full service and god knows what else.All it needs now is most of the suspension replaced.......Due to it frequent ramp time i thought of purchasing a second daily (only here would that make sense)As luck would have it this fiesta turned up at the right time for cheepsWhich has now been handed over to my mum as a runabout after bailing me out the shit for a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiteRider Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 So the current stands at:The free Lupo, that bizarrely i've never taken a picture of despite owning for ten years.The £150 peugeot partner van that i use as a shed The £100 fezza mum usesThe money vampireAnd the £150 dodge viperWow, 32 years old and a vauxhall vectra is the most valuable thing i own......i've really fucked my life up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Had i known about the Cortina i would have had a bid on that, how much was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiteRider Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 £2k in crisp fifties. trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monza Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I've still got your old black one. Going strong. Used most days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monza Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I've still got your old black one. Going strong. Used most days. dome, anonymous user, Skizzer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 £2k in crisp fifties. That was cheap if I'm honest. I would have paid that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiteRider Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 I'm happy with what i got. I could of put on ebay for say 3.5k then kept relisting it every month for a year knocking 250 a time off all the while constantly dealing with dickheads.It's perspective i suppose. I paid £1300 for it five years ago and have enjoyed it ever since and it has cost relatively little to maintain. To my mind that's five years of fun motoring for free. nacho man, mat_the_cat, dome and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiteRider Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 I've still got your old black one. Going strong. Used most days.That's looking great mate, a real credit to you, i'm glad your still enjoying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I don't want to rub salt in the wound but have you seen this?. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322461383288?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&fromMakeTrack=true monzaE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monzaE Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I don't want to rub salt in the wound but have you seen this?. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322461383288?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&fromMakeTrack=true Getting up to it's proper value of at least £3K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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