'just bloody scrap it' - the eBay 'fuck me, what were they thinking' thread

[GrumpyCat]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/480370997410186/

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, GrumpyCat said:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/480370997410186/

Ground up restoration project.

[horriblemercedes]

2 hours ago, GrumpyCat said:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/480370997410186/

"Needs a lot of welding" 

[bunglebus]

If the spine's OK it's a viable base for a buggy project. Looks terrible but that and the V5 is enough 

[MiniMinorMk3]

Yep that's a good buggy project. The only bad bit if the front end were it has rotted through and one of the front beam bolts has snapped off.

[Stanky]

On 08/01/2023 at 11:23, GrumpyCat said:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/480370997410186/

Location: Southwold. About a mile offshore from 1977 - 2021 by the looks of it?

[LightBulbFun]

apparently the Great Unknown has an unladen weight of 760Kg... who knew!

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/883908359269825/

and next time someone comes to you and they say they have this unknown weight on their shoulders you can tell them its actually a bastard lovechild of a Mk2 Transit and a Bedford Rascal!

[cobblers]

  Fuck my arse, can you imagine what "major" repairs look like to this lad?

 

Money well spent!, maybe you could "press" them over the massive gaping holes where there should be metal all over the fucking bodyshell

 

[DavidB]

2 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

apparently the Great Unknown has an unladen weight of 760Kg... who knew!

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/883908359269825/

and next time someone comes to you and they say they have this unknown weight on their shoulders you can tell them its actually a bastard lovechild of a Mk2 Transit and a Bedford Rascal!

It looks like Nicholas Lyndhurst.

 

[cobblers]

28 minutes ago, DavidB said:

It looks like Nicholas Lyndhurst.

 

I'll go with Tracey Thorn

[somewhatfoolish]

Did someone 3D print a 66% scale Transit and forget to lock the aspect ratio? 

[DVee8]

21 hours ago, DavidB said:

I was 100% thinking about her as well but couldn’t remember the band she was in.

Everything about the girl..

[MiniMinorMk3]

2 minutes ago, DVee8 said:

Everything about the girl..

Everything But The Girl

[bunglebus]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125711476126?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=efu85yQwRc-&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=X5RtjeAxSP-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[FakeConcern]

Quote

Full V5 in our name, 2 Door Saloon, 

 

[mk2_craig]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125711476126?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=efu85yQwRc-&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=X5RtjeAxSP-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

It would be hilarious if that turned out to have been a ringer once already earlier in its lifetime. 

[bunglebus]

P1ss take?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/902683967410447/

[martc]

On 1/11/2023 at 4:53 PM, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Everything But The Girl

Phun phact - they named themselves after Turners furniture shop in Hull, who had the slogan 'everything but the girl' above the window. Implication - you can have the settee but not the simpering model sprawled all over it. Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt were students at Hull Uni.

[barefoot]

I think that they've just released a new album called fuse and are talking about touring. 

[FakeConcern]

3 hours ago, barefoot said:

I think that they've just released a new album called fuse and are talking about touring. 

New single too

 

[Remspoor]

Spain; Elche near Alicante,

Fiat Uno Turbo. 2000€

Only one image.

https://www.automercadillo.com/clasico-o-historico/fiat-uno-turbo-del-1988_i38315

[bunglebus]

Did a bomb go off in it or has it been lifted by the roof? 

[MikeR]

was it found near a tunnel in France ??

[Stanky]

29 minutes ago, MikeR said:

was it found near a tunnel in France ??

"has royal provenance"

[Jerzy Woking]

I wonder which one of the dozens of scrapyards near Elche that is in.

[mk2_craig]

8 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Spain; Elche near Alicante,

Fiat Uno Turbo. 2000€

Only one image.

https://www.automercadillo.com/clasico-o-historico/fiat-uno-turbo-del-1988_i38315

Steering wheel on the opposite side of the car compared to where I’d expect it on something in that part of the world. 

[bunglebus]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125735497070?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=efu85yQwRc-&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=X5RtjeAxSP-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[Remspoor]

23 hours ago, mk2_craig said:

Steering wheel on the opposite side of the car compared to where I’d expect it on something in that part of the world. 

Still a lot of expats trying to importing or using RHD cars.

The issue with this car is that it is not standard. importing a car into Spain that has been modified is impossible. Even modifying a car registered here is almost impossible. Loads of paperwork needed and mods have to confirm to EU conformities.

[Remspoor]

On 1/24/2023 at 4:12 PM, Jerzy Woking said:

I wonder which one of the dozens of scrapyards near Elche that is in.

Thought you would be interested. 😁

I have no idea. The website looks is a bit iffy. Only one image per advert. Little details of the advertiser.  Dates on some adverts are historic. I came across it by accident.

[Stanky]

Credit to my brother, but someone appears to be trying to sell a transit thats been used to ramraid a Radio Rentals store. Except its being sold in Silent Hill?

If you go to view this you will never be seen again.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/ford/ford-transit-/1449742040