Guest Breadvan72 Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 Not sure if spotted on the eBay thread. I was looking for a donor car and found this, far too yummy to scrap:- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291104730791?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 eddyramrod 1
Mr Livered Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 Then save it, dear Breadvan, dear Breadvan, then save it. Junkman, Bobthebeard and Squire_Dawson 3
Guest Breadvan72 Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 Tempted, but already got a late one, and have to pay school fees, Vat bill, and such.
320touring Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 Tempted, but already got a late one, and have to pay school fees, Vat bill, and such.Piffle. Git er bought Bobthebeard, eddyramrod and Junkman 3
Guest Breadvan72 Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 You are all EVIL. The car is in Suffolk, and I am in Norfolk this weekend. I will lob over and have a look at it on Sunday if poss, if only to report on the car for anyone else who might be interested. If it looks aaaaaaaaaaaaaaace and not mahoosively rusty and the seller will take a bag or less, I might be stupid, but I will put my special sensible pants on before I go. DSdriver, scruff, tooSavvy and 1 other 4
Junkman Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 Can't you get someone to drive you there and show up completely pissed? catsinthewelder, Vince70, DSdriver and 3 others 6
Sigmund Fraud Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 ALL old cars are worth saving... The question you should ask is whether the salvation of this particular car is up to you and whether you have the time/space/funds to carry it out. If the answer to that reality check question is yes, then go ahead and buy it ! If the answer is no, try asking yourself the same question later this evening, when you've had a bit too much to drink. Then go ahead and buy it ! eddyramrod and inconsistant 2
320touring Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 You are all EVIL. The car is in Suffolk, and I am in Norfolk this weekend. I will lob over and have a look at it on Sunday if poss, if only to report on the car for anyone else who might be interested. If it looks aaaaaaaaaaaaaaace and not mahoosively rusty and the seller will take a bag or less, I might be stupid, but I will put my special sensible pants on before I go.I wager if the seller will take less than 5k you'll be on it like a tramp on chips..
Bobthebeard Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 ALL old cars are worth saving... The question you should ask is whether the salvation of this particular car is up to you and whether you have the time/space/funds to carry it out. If the answer to that reality check question is yes, then go ahead and buy it ! If the answer is no, try asking yourself the same question later this evening, when you've had a bit too much to drink. Then go ahead and buy it ! This has been my usual method of buying old chod.It has never really* worked TBH. Alcohol + Man Maths etc. Not that it will stop me using this method the next time of course, just an advisory. theorganist 1
HillmanImp Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 Mental that it is on the same suffix as my old Fulvia They are wildly different cars to have been on sale at the same time (although oddly look quite similar at the front now I have put them together).
Mr_Bo11ox Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 Those older Chrome-bumper Betas look great don’t they. WOULD
RichardMoss Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 They are lovely looking cars and I am just not brave enough to take one on
Bobthebeard Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 They are lovely looking cars and I am just not brave enough to take one onWise words well spoken. If that chod purchasing resolve survives beer/wine then you are indeed a master of yourself.I am not btw. spike60 and eddyramrod 2
eddyramrod Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 If that was on offer with ticket, I literally would never have looked at an MR2. It's bloody lovely and I so would! MrsR is so glad it wasn't me won the 108 million last week... Junkman 1
Guest Breadvan72 Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 I would love that. Just look at that interior. Sadly it's a bit too much of a schlep from West Cork. If I buy it and take it to Oxfordshire, I can then sell it to one of the Welshland dwellers, and then... I am going to look at the car tomorrow. I need a grown up to accompany me and confiscate my wallet, but no chance of finding a grown up in here. ed5000 and Skizzer 2
Sudsprint Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 That car is absolute Beta heaven. An uber early HPE with the wonderfully fussy first series dash and seats so gorgeous you don't care if they are uncomfortable. It just needs saving.
MikeKnight Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Oooooh, cor blimey! If I had the room in the workshop I'd have this bought for the business to complete and sell on. Unfortunately the distance required to trailer it back would also negate any profit.
Guest Breadvan72 Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 From the photos, the groovalicious mustard fabric looks a bit shaggerooned, but the seat design is fab, and the rear seat on these early cars has a fonkaaaaay wrap around effect at the sides. The early dash is indeed fun, as noted above. Contrary to pub myth, late Betas are not especially rustaholic by the standards of their time, but an early one - who knows?
ProgRocker Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Wow, that doesn't look too bad. What peculiar looking seats.
Guest Breadvan72 Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Wow, that doesn't look too bad. What peculiar looking seats. Totally Space 1999 ProgRocker and ShiteRider 2
Sigmund Fraud Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Totally Space 1999 2001 : A shite odyssey ! So if you do end up buying it, watch out for suspicious red lights on the dash... Your life may be at stake ! ProgRocker 1
spike60 Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 I love the idea of an old Lancia but garageless and living by the sea not a good start. What finishes it is despite, or perhaps because of, owning 4 Alfas in the past my balls just aren't that big!
Guest Breadvan72 Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 I am not going to see the car as my travel plans have altered. I have spoken to the seller, who comes across on the phone as a genuine sort of bloke. His price ideas seem realistic to me. He says that the front wings are the main issue, rust wise.
Sigmund Fraud Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Does this mean you've bought it, then ? inconsistant and Junkman 2
pompei Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Hey, Hillman Imp, have you got a link to that Fulvia you posted? I think I know that car.
Skizzer Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 It's a wee sweetie, and I've expressed my wantage for an HPE on here before, but I'm fully stocked with projects at the mo and short of dry storage. If I bought it, it would probably have dissolved before it got an MOT.
Guest Breadvan72 Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Not bought, and I probably won't. Even though I am a prime candidate to be the Lucasian Professor of Man Maths, even I am not sure that I can take this on, for various reasons of skintage and wife kicking me in nadgereage. I appreciate that one of the greatest joys of Autoshite is the vicarious thrill of watching others make highly ill advised motoring related purchasing choices, and to assuage any disappointment that some may feel in this respect, I suggest that you try reading this post aloud in a Stephen Hawking voice. pompei, scruff, inconsistant and 3 others 6
Manbearpig Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Wow, that doesn't look too bad. What peculiar looking seats. Who are these seats designed for, Stretch Armstrong?
Guest Breadvan72 Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Stretch Armstrong, you beauty! What a happy being reminded of some daft old shiz you had forgotten moment!
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