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Rod/b Rank: Renault 16

Rod/b

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I thought they’d actually mounted the cap up on the back seat of that barried mk1 for a second.

I had visions of someone climbing into the back and getting ultrazapped in the back of the neck like a cow at an abattoir.

 

D.E Rank: Renault 16

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Good grief, there used to be an Escort Mk VI around here with a 306 front and these Ferrari F355 units as rear lights, but this looks even worse. 5600 BIN for something that looks like an unfinished Pimp my ride episode? Meh...

3VOM Rank: Citroen Ami

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For 5600 I'd expect a vgc Mk1 cabby. I think it's a Barry project that got abandoned and someone thinks it is worth money now.

TheOtherStu Rank: BL Wedge

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4 hours ago, New POD said:

Ring it. 

Basically this. M140s of that era are worth an absolute mint.  They're actually increasing in value.

The M140i is a 3 litre turbocharged engine with absolute bags of torque. Its replacement, the M135i has less BHP and a more sanguine 2 litre.

Thing is, it looks fairly OK at a distance - a straight swap into a chassis of a similar era. The wheels look OK too. Someone will pick that up, swap it in its entirety into a shell that has a blown engine or something and sell it off as the real thing. And arguably, this is a more honest ringer than one that's a cut-and-shut.

Agila Rank: Renault 16

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12 hours ago, Jamie said:

seriously what the FUCK could you do with this

Well you would put massive wheels on and lower it. 

Then obviously sell it 😁 👍

 

Funny coz true. 😁

Agila Rank: Renault 16

Agila

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Possibly comes with a key, maybe around the m60 somewhere.

 

IVE BEEN TOLD BY THE OWNER THAT THE KEY IS IN THE CAR SOMEWHERE, BUT IVE NOT CHECKED AS IT COULD BE ANYWHERE DUE TO IT BEING KEYLESS GO & ROLLED

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Agila Rank: Renault 16

Agila

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5 hours ago, TheOtherStu said:

blown engine or something

Somebody will be kicking some poor sod's door off at 2am to get the missing piece of the jigsaw.

 

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iainrcz Rank: Renault 16

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On 9/21/2021 at 4:39 PM, 3VOM said:

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The picture in the background must be a self portrait of whoever dreamt that up.

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Not to mention the Leeds United air freshener..

sdkrc Rank: Renault 16

sdkrc

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https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C13074271998-audi-a4-60185acd27712.thumb.jpg.06efa3c7745695df37017c5acd887894.jpg

 

£2,000 Audi A4 "limo".

Interior looks good. Body looks alright, had a timing belt and water pump, suspension work and wheel bearings...sounds pretty good, right?

 

Well...

200k miles

SORN since 2012

engine has seized 

work is required on the Auto box

 

Wonder if the timing belt was done in 2012...

TheOtherStu Rank: BL Wedge

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On 9/26/2021 at 9:06 PM, 808 Estate said:

This caused a bit of moistness.  😳

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202012217287539?model=CROWN&postcode=so157np&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=Used&make=TOYOTA&include-delivery-option=on&radius=1500&advertising-location=at_cars&transmission=Automatic&sort=price-asc&page=1

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Lots of bullshittery going on too.

Says on the advert that the MOT "expires" on 22/7/2021. Except it doesn't. It expired in February and doesn't appear to have been at all dealt with.


So we've got a 2006  poorly spec'd import (that says 2017 on the advert, except that's when it was imported) that hasn't had an MOT for 8 months and they want £7k for it. Bonkers.

It looks like something from the 1980s.

Tadhg Tiogar Rank: Talbot Tagora

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On 9/23/2021 at 3:32 PM, neil1971 said:

"I WILL ALSO GIVE THIS IN WRITTEN WRITING"

What other sort is there? Unwritten writing? But then that's not writing at all...

Invisible ink?

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warch Rank: Renault 16

warch

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https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202109137300599?model=Defender Unspecified&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=Used&advertising-location=at_cars&sort=relevance&radius=1500&make=Land Rover&postcode=sy81ay&include-delivery-option=on&page=1

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25 grand Land Rover 'hybrid' with a TVR V8. Registered as 1967 E reg so Tax and MoT exempt.

Land Rover hybrids existed mainly in the late 80s and early 90s when poor people with beards and cable knit sweaters wanted a coil sprung utility Land Rover but couldn't afford to buy a 90 or 110. The solution was simply* to buy a Range Rover with rotten bodywork but a good chassis and either shorten the chassis from 100 inches to 88 inches to fit a short wheelbase Series Land Rover's bodywork or leave it as it is and shorten the bodywork from a long wheel base Land Rover. A bonus was that the donor chassis usually came with a factory fitted V8 engine already installed for more power. Back then there was nothing especially dodgy about hybrids, there wasn't any Mot exemption for classic cars and Tax exemption hadn't yet been introduced. 

The pictures don't show the engine or the chassis, but I'd suggest that this is in fact a Land Rover 90, made in the 80s or early 90s fitted with a Rover V8 engine which could be from a TVR (I don't think they were especially different to the ones fitted in contemporary Range Rovers and Discoveries). I reckon the only bit of this that dates from 1967 is the vehicle identity, presumably taken from a scrapped vehicle to save on the hassle of having to pay for tax and MoTs. Not the first person to have done this but distinctly dodgy nonetheless. 

 

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Spurious Rank: Renault 16

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Best engine for a standard Fiesta that little Yamaha motor. 

So much better than the 1.3 Endura-E 

RoadworkUK Rank: Lancia Gamma

RoadworkUK

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Re that Land Rover:

"An extreme lodge amount of time and money"

"We came up with an i dear on trying to make it look like"

 "Everything inside as been replaced "

Do people genuinely dictate adverts verbally using voice recognition these days?

Blake's Den Rank: BL Wedge

Blake's Den

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10 hours ago, 808 Estate said:

This looks like a particularly decent winter hack for not a lot of money.

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https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202110088285713?sort=price-asc&include-delivery-option=on&price-to=8000&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=Used&make=Hyundai&model=Santa Fe&radius=1500&maximum-mileage=35000&advertising-location=at_cars&postcode=so157np&page=1

 

I've got a mk1 Santa Fe 2.7 V6 and it is surprisingly good. AWD and a rear LSD. I've got a thread on here about it (somewhere)

808 Estate Rank: Renault 16

808 Estate

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I know, I have read it. :D

I was looking at these for some time as it appealed and ticked lots of boxes. But then the Surf was offered to me and I couldnt say no to that. :D

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