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flat4alfa Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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47 bids, sold for £40,100 :shock:

Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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From Triumph Acclaim advert: 'sensibly priced trade in considered.'

 

I'm seriously tempted to offer him my Hyundai and £200 for his car and if he suggests that I'm dreaming I'll tell him he started it.

Mr_Bo11ox Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Its not that obcsene is it? I know 2500 is a lot for an Acclaim, but It looks in pretty mint nick, if he had been asking £6k then fair enough.

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47 bids, sold for £40,100 :shock:

 

RS1800, so not exactly thick on the ground when new. Closer to £65k when mint. Deservedly so.

 

Unfortunately, that one looks like it might have issues with the n/s inner wing. It's got the proper RS strengthening on the top mounts, but the n/s one looks like it's lifting a bit. Doesn't cost much to put right, and doing it properly is easy, but the number of so-called 'specialists' out there who always get it wrong never fails to amuse.

 

Does cheer me up when I see Mk2s without MOT's fetching £40k.

warren t claim Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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47 bids, sold for £40,100 :shock:

 

RS1800, so not exactly thick on the ground when new. Closer to £65k when mint. Deservedly so.

 

Unfortunately, that one looks like it might have issues with the n/s inner wing. It's got the proper RS strengthening on the top mounts, but the n/s one looks like it's lifting a bit. Doesn't cost much to put right, and doing it properly is easy, but the number of so-called 'specialists' out there who always get it wrong never fails to amuse.

 

Does cheer me up when I see Mk2s without MOT's fetching £40k.

 

Back in about 1989 I was offered an RS1800 for a few hundred quid. I might of bought it but I'd just spunked a similar amount on a 3.4 series 2 XJ6. At the time it was seen as an Escort with an overcomplicated (misfiring) engine that didn't seem any quicker than an RS2000.

In the end with no takers I went with the pissed off owner to a local beauty spot to totally trash it for fun. Have you ever tried to roll a car? It's harder than it looks! Eventually we managed to get it on its side only to see the Michelen man smiling back at us because the floor had been patched up using an old steel tyre pressure chart that you used to see on the wall of your local filling station. We pushed it back on it's wheels to see if reversing it at speed with it's door open into a granite boulder would rip the door off like it seemed to in the American movies. It doesn't! Undeterred, I accelerated at full speed back into said boulder and smashed the door back into its aperture. Alas I'd forgotten to wind the window down causing myself and my mate to be showered in Triplex's finest... Eventually the poor beast was destroyed by fire and we made our getaway in my XJ6.

 

I wish I'd kept the VIN tag as a souvenir :cry:

 

I also hope Pete-M is in bed and this post is buried before he has a chance to read it..

Pete-M Rank: Isuzu Florian

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I also hope Pete-M is in bed and this post is buried before he has a chance to read it..

 

It wasn't. :)

 

Oh, BTW, I'd have given you a couple of grand for it back then, so you could have made a tidy profit instead of putting RS1800 values up even further :P

Spottedlaurel Rank: Lancia Gamma

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Now, my fondness for these is no real surprise. But even I’d have to say £3985 for this 2.2 estate is a bit steep:

 

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Toyota-Camry-Esta ... 0544108429

 

Ok, it’s as close to a new one you’re likely to find and does appear to have excellent history. Undeniably better than any modern Mondeo/Accord estate you’d find for £4k, but I can’t see many people going for it at that price. For that money I could buy six+ of the identical one I’m going to pick up this afternoon!

 

There’s also a V6 saloon up for circa £3k on AutoTrader, again I think that’ll take a while to shift.

Rocket88 Rank: Lancia Gamma

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Nice Skoda Fun, anyone? 73000 miles. A steal, you'll agree, at a mere £4995

 

 

If that's as good as it looks, it's about right

Rod/b Rank: Renault 16

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I'd really like one, but they can be had a lot cheaper than that. One for the want list when I move back to the UK.

Father Ted Rank: Renault 16

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

 

Talking of seats - offered this chap £400 for them, but still he keeps punting them at just shy of £700, 5th time of offering & still unsold :roll:

 

My local Citroen dealer will do me a set for just over £800 fitted.

Polystratus Rank: Austin Maxi

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I'm sure i can think of better things to spend £3250 on! You could get a decent Mk1 Astra GTE for that money!

 

Seen similar condition Novas for around £700 - at that price it's going to stay there for a very long time.

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And its the saloon no good for the bodykit brigade :lol: but it has got Autoshite approved wheeltrims.

Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Decent (really decent I mean) Novas are starting to fetch good money these days. That white one's obviously vastly over-priced but in the current market the £1300 mark wouldn't be too far out of bed.

I'd happily spend £700 on a minter saloon or not and to be honest most of the ones advertised at that sort of money are no showroom queens.

ashmicro Rank: Renault 16

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^What they said. A young chap I know just got an 88 loon Nova. To be fair it's in great nick with 30k miles, I thought he paid strong money for it, but he told me "good ones are getting dear these days"

retro80sboy Rank: BL Wedge

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whats the betting this ends up getting modded. Id love to see it kept original.

 

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-ESCORT-MK3-1 ... 2a1226fb73

 

saw this Cortina in one of my local breakers yards a few months back - looked very solid, and off the road since 1996 according to the tax disc.

 

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a zero rater seller, crap pictures and a shite description wont help it sell though -

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1976-FORD-CORTINA ... 4aac92c979

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