Asimo Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 What were they thinking, importing this J4 from Portugal? Two thousand hopeless pounds worth of oxide and lichen. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Morris-BMC-1970s-J4-Van-Panel-hot-rod-rat-rod-project-price-reduced/373069835211?hash=item56dcb1ebcb:g:UWcAAOSwi8VeuqW0 adw1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Price reduced!... Need to move that decimal point a bit further to the left. LightBulbFun and Eyersey1234 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubbo Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Asimo said: What were they thinking, importing this J4 from Portugal? Two thousand hopeless pounds worth of oxide and lichen. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Morris-BMC-1970s-J4-Van-Panel-hot-rod-rat-rod-project-price-reduced/373069835211?hash=item56dcb1ebcb:g:UWcAAOSwi8VeuqW0 ‘Requires plenty of welding to floor’ ’This is far from a 5 minute job’ This really made me chuckle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 35 minutes ago, busmansholiday said: Price reduced!... Need to move that decimal point a bit further to the left. I bid 27p and a Mars Bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delux Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 On 3/5/2020 at 11:23 PM, Cooper1 said: What the ever loving fuck is this.. ? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CORTINA-MK3-2000E-1975-P-REG/264652424849?hash=item3d9e838691:g:3ZsAAOSw9lteTSGj 7 "project" there is fuck all left!! Interior suggests it was the car Kate and Leonardo invented dogging in, recently recovered from the Titanic! LightBulbFun and Eyersey1234 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mk1-Escort-1660-Mexico-RS-V5-Rally-Car/254642141538?hash=item3b49dab962:g:J6AAAOSwGhBe~Ply puddlethumper, bunglebus, outlaw118 and 10 others 1 9 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw118 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 ^^^HAHA Just about to post this..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 26 bids and over 3 grand with 6 days still to go. Utter madness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 17 minutes ago, quicksilver said: 26 bids and over 3 grand with 6 days still to go. Utter madness! Fuck me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Gill-man's not too pleased someone's nicked his pride'n'joy... https://giphy.com/gifs/absurdnoise-absurdnoise-horror-movies-vintage-VsJbyI1T9ymQM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camryv6 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 4 hours ago, quicksilver said: 26 bids and over 3 grand with 6 days still to go. Utter madness! Do you think they are bidding just for the V5 ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwdChina Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 13 minutes ago, camryv6 said: Do you think they are bidding just for the V5 ? ? Yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 53 minutes ago, camryv6 said: Do you think they are bidding just for the V5 ? ? Yeah I sent this to my mate last week. Another ring a ding kit. EBay want to hang there heads in shame. I considered that the only correct thing to do was create another eBay account then win it. Then continue to do so every time it gets relisted and see who gets bored first. Luckily I'm not that sad ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camryv6 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, Matty said: Yeah I sent this to my mate last week. Another ring a ding kit. EBay want to hang there heads in shame. I considered that the only correct thing to do was create another eBay account then win it. Then continue to do so every time it gets relisted and see who gets bored first. Luckily I'm not that sad ? Yes i know what you are saying, but can't you get a new shell now, or at least you could before the pandemic ? Edit Yes you can https://www.motorsport-tools.com/ford-escort-parts-mk1-mk2/body-shell.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 yeah don't get me wrong I could be well wide of the mark, it'd be nice to think that's all that's going on. I have a horrible feeling though that at some point someone's mint mexico will go missing 1duck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 My thoughts exactly. What are the chances that will suddenly reappear fully restored, at the same time as someone else's treasured Escort mysteriously and coincidentally goes missing? Matty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1duck Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 10 hours ago, camryv6 said: Yes i know what you are saying, but can't you get a new shell now, or at least you could before the pandemic ? Edit Yes you can https://www.motorsport-tools.com/ford-escort-parts-mk1-mk2/body-shell.html £7500 isn't bad to be fair, but wouldn't it need to be on a Q plate? At what point is it considered significant modification? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeinabz Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mk1-Escort-1660-Mexico-RS-V5-Rally-Car/254642141538?hash=item3b49dab962:g:J6AAAOSwGhBe~PlyLog book last changed 2006Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteersWithThrottle Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 11 hours ago, 1duck said: £7500 isn't bad to be fair, but wouldn't it need to be on a Q plate? At what point is it considered significant modification? The Q plate is only required when the age or origin of major parts of the vehicle are unknown. You should be able to re-shell a vehicle without this problem if your paperwork is in order. https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-registration/q-registration-numbers LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Judging from many dealings on the mini forum, a used shell gets a Q plate, a brand new shell is treated like any other replacement part and is fine. So what happens is people reshell and either declare or not, sometimes dodgy, sometimes not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Works on a points basis but I think a used shell is automatically a Q. In reality though you’d just keep mum about it so long as the chassis tags were fitted properly and you were upfront about it to a buyer. Shite Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeinabz Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 £7500 isn't bad to be fair, but wouldn't it need to be on a Q plate? At what point is it considered significant modification?£7500 was for the mk2 , the Mk1 was £17,500 , reliving your youth has some price only to find out that they were really AS.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeinabz Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 £7500 was for the mk2 , the Mk1 was £17,500 , reliving your youth has some price only to find out that they were really AS.Sent from my iPad using TapatalkAnd to think I towed my MK1 Mexico to the scrappys in 1985 make me weep.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk SteersWithThrottle and 23rdian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdeMk1 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mk1-Escort-1660-Mexico-RS-V5-Rally-Car/254642141538?hash=item3b49dab962:g:J6AAAOSwGhBe~PlyHmm, doesn't even say Escort Mexico on the V5 like it should do. Its blank. I can't even tell if it's a Type49 shell from the photos, although it is showing the correct BFAT start to the VIN on the V5.Its madness what these basket cases sell for now, and when I think back to how many Mk1s, Mk2s & Mk3s I scrapped in my youth! I'd be a very rich man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1duck Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 4 hours ago, georgeinabz said: reliving your youth has some price only to find out that they were really AS. That's true of 99,5% of old cars , it's largely rose tinted glasses, minis and moggies were both poorly bolted together shite, when compared to say a Nissan Micra or even a fiat Punto...yet one will set you back thousands for a dog eared one, whilst the others are considered budget shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Pastry Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Agree about rose tinted glasses, but you are comparing apples with oranges. The Minor and the MIni were advanced designs when they came out, and compered very well with 1950s Fiats and NIssans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 I like old cars because of the lack of pointless crap. In a mini you feel totally connected to the road AND you can fix it when it goes wrong. Cars past about 2000 are nice on a long distance or for day to day use but aren’t fun, or at least not at road legal speeds. Way back in my early 20s I had been through various motorbikes ending up with a GSXR1100R and regularly doing speeds of 140mph + (on private roads occifer ?). I realised that any accident at that speed would be fatal, and was to a mate, RIP Paul Y. I then got into British bikes and found that I could have the same ‘near death fun’ but at speeds where both my licence and life stood a chance. Faster and more refined isn’t more fun. I still think the best car I ever had was my 944 turbo, soooo quick (for the time at least, quicker than a non turbo 911) and handled amazingly. Still had more fun in my minis doing stupid turns on roundabouts an the capris sliding at even the hint of rain. Tickman, DSdriver and Yoss 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 5 hours ago, AdeMk1 said: Hmm, doesn't even say Escort Mexico on the V5 like it should do. Its blank. I can't even tell if it's a Type49 shell from the photos, although it is showing the correct BFAT start to the VIN on the V5. Its madness what these basket cases sell for now, and when I think back to how many Mk1s, Mk2s & Mk3s I scrapped in my youth! I'd be a very rich man! In the words of Cavcraft "RINGA DIBG DING" Where is William ? AdeMk1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 12 minutes ago, New POD said: Where is William ? Buying every 2 stroke in the North West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Just now, Tamworthbay said: Buying every 2 stroke in the North West Seriously. Where is he ? Last heard of with a persistent cough and a high temp ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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