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

[MantaGTE85]

On 6/28/2023 at 10:55 PM, alcyonecorporation said:

No, they're already broken. 

Now off the DVLA site, so an early end for😢 this one.

[Adrian_pt]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404526785480?hash=item5e2face3c8:g:TukAAOSw4dtlGZfw

Christ I'm going to have some horrible dreams

[Asimo]

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/362728619546610

[Missy Charm]

On 06/06/2023 at 11:28, Asimo said:

Somebody please shred this nightmare so it doesn’t keep appearing in my searches! https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2517479205071014

That was a working hearse at one time.  Here's a couple of photos of it in happier (sadder?) times:

Although, a more recent snap shows it having developed the boss-eyed look, along with deterioration of the bodywork:

 

The carriage lamps/ornamental lampposts were still on the roof at that point.  These things always seem to die after leaving the custody of their original owners.  Call them projects or labours of love but what they are are monuments to an individual, the limits of ego and imagination realized in metal and fibreglass.  They never seem to survive without that psychic attachment, are nothing without the living part.  It's the same with certain houses, although they get remodelled.  

Street machines aren't quite the same because customizers change them.  A Zephyr or similar can have multiple paint jobs, multiple alterations and multiple lives.  Pure custom jobs such as that hearse only live once.  

[bunglebus]

And in the case of that one, I say thank goodness!

[jakebullet]

Dewsbury innit.

[bunglebus]

Condition: Used - good

[EyesWeldedShut]

On 07/12/2023 at 20:41, Missy Charm said:

That was a working hearse at one time.  Here's a couple of photos of it in happier (sadder?) times:

Although, a more recent snap shows it having developed the boss-eyed look, along with deterioration of the bodywork:

 

The carriage lamps/ornamental lampposts were still on the roof at that point.  These things always seem to die after leaving the custody of their original owners.  Call them projects or labours of love but what they are are monuments to an individual, the limits of ego and imagination realized in metal and fibreglass.  They never seem to survive without that psychic attachment, are nothing without the living part.  It's the same with certain houses, although they get remodelled.  

Street machines aren't quite the same because customizers change them.  A Zephyr or similar can have multiple paint jobs, multiple alterations and multiple lives.  Pure custom jobs such as that hearse only live once.  

Go - who bought it?

[jakebullet]

Er, £5k for a stripped cat S? What use is this other than to put the id on a stolen one?

[stuboy]

11 minutes ago, jakebullet said:

Er, £5k for a stripped cat S? What use is this other than to put the id on a stolen one?

5k.... wtf

[jim89]

On 07/12/2023 at 20:41, Missy Charm said:

That was a working hearse at one time.  Here's a couple of photos of it in happier (sadder?) times:

Although, a more recent snap shows it having developed the boss-eyed look, along with deterioration of the bodywork:

 

The carriage lamps/ornamental lampposts were still on the roof at that point.  These things always seem to die after leaving the custody of their original owners.  Call them projects or labours of love but what they are are monuments to an individual, the limits of ego and imagination realized in metal and fibreglass.  They never seem to survive without that psychic attachment, are nothing without the living part.  It's the same with certain houses, although they get remodelled.  

Street machines aren't quite the same because customizers change them.  A Zephyr or similar can have multiple paint jobs, multiple alterations and multiple lives.  Pure custom jobs such as that hearse only live once.  

Reverting into Brum...

[Justwatching]

What the...

"done to a good standard and is an eye catcher"

M8 the rear deck is held open with a piece of wood.

Nobody wants to be seen in this heap. Just strip it for parts and cube it. 

Marketplace – 1992 Rover convertible/pickup | Facebook

[delux]

1 hour ago, Justwatching said:

What the...

"done to a good standard and is an eye catcher"

M8 the rear deck is held open with a piece of wood.

Nobody wants to be seen in this heap. Just strip it for parts and cube it. 

Marketplace – 1992 Rover convertible/pickup | Facebook

Could strike a match on that paint finish! How will he sweep the floor if someone buys it with that deck stay?

[GR8 PL8 M8]

[bunglebus]

Those black plates can't be original Shirley, so I'd say that was probably on the road recently enough to be considered a classic rather than just old

[Datsuncog]

Clearly, the smoking of crack recreationally is reaching endemic levels in rural areas of Dungannon.

"The project will therefore need a body and chassis from some other source."

Uh-huh.

"The engine (2500cc, American carb version) was in good order and I believe it is very restorable."

That'll be completely seized, then?

"A nice project of a very desirable and collectable car for someone."

This is very much not a nice project for anyone.

[bunglebus]

What were the Power Take Off shafts used for? Looks like it might have seen agricultural use I suppose

[High Jetter]

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

What were the Power Take Off shafts used for? Looks like it might have seen agricultural use I suppose

I wondered about that too

[Datsuncog]

I'd imagine a more factually accurate advert might run:

"About thirty years ago I got this fucked TR6 from Raymie down the road because I'd heard tell that classic cars were gonna be worth big money. He had imported it from the US-of-A via a small-ad in Classic American magazine, promised as a rust-free California car but it actually came from a pond in Nebraska and it was totally hanging. The paperwork was all wrong, so he couldn't get it registered, even then.

I brought my da's Charolais bull down to him to cover ten of his heifers by way of exchange, and then dragged the TR6 back up the lane behind the Massey. I'd no idea what I was going to do with it, but I fancied myself  going for a bit of a rake down to to Young Farmers Club, y'know, impress the lassies a bit. But I then let it sit rotting in the corner of the yard for ten years, filling up with water, before it broke in half.

One day I was feeling unusually inspired, so I hacked off everything left behind the bulkhead with a Stihl, pulled the front end round behind the pigsty, and converted the propshaft to run an old Ferguson take-off so it could mix slurry, as a static engine, like. But it wasn't very good at this, especially after I tried running it on red diesel, so I haven't used it since 2006.

I found the remains the other day when I was out baiting rat traps, and wondered if there were any feckin eejits out there who would give me money for a 'project' which only needs a chassis, a body, an interior, trim and an engine to make perfect."

[SEATMad]

Anyone fancy spending 1500 big ones on this heap?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1127540595259124/?ref=category_feed&referral_code=undefined&referral_story_type=listing&tracking={"qid"%3A"-2458310635302917550"%2C"mf_story_key"%3A"6539661819469427"%2C"commerce_rank_obj"%3A"{\"target_id\"%3A6539661819469427%2C\"target_type\"%3A0%2C\"primary_position\"%3A36%2C\"ranking_signature\"%3A4258802149566297040%2C\"commerce_channel\"%3A504%2C\"value\"%3A0.00022631309274277%2C\"candidate_retrieval_source_map\"%3A{\"6539661819469427\"%3A111}}"%2C"ftmd_400706"%3A"111112l"}

[sheffcortinacentre]

One careful owner ,never raced or rallied.

[stuboy]

2 hours ago, SEATMad said:

Anyone fancy spending 1500 big ones on this heap?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1127540595259124/?ref=category_feed&referral_code=undefined&referral_story_type=listing&tracking={"qid"%3A"-2458310635302917550"%2C"mf_story_key"%3A"6539661819469427"%2C"commerce_rank_obj"%3A"{\"target_id\"%3A6539661819469427%2C\"target_type\"%3A0%2C\"primary_position\"%3A36%2C\"ranking_signature\"%3A4258802149566297040%2C\"commerce_channel\"%3A504%2C\"value\"%3A0.00022631309274277%2C\"candidate_retrieval_source_map\"%3A{\"6539661819469427\"%3A111}}"%2C"ftmd_400706"%3A"111112l"}

well ventilated..

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

One careful owner

It's all the others that were the problem 

[Austat]

"1974 ford Torino complete shell no rust just burnt rear minor damage"

The "Minor damage" in question:

"no running gear"

(*sigh) Typical FB marketplace behaviour.

Here's the link.

[sierraman]

On 24/02/2024 at 07:49, bunglebus said:

What were the Power Take Off shafts used for? Looks like it might have seen agricultural use I suppose

It’s quite a well known fact that Triumph worked with Harry Ferguson to develop a range of farm implements for the TR range, if you’d had a day at a classic car show you could simply pull over into a field and start threshing hay or irrigating the crops via the PTO take off. 

[Yoss]

I realise you say this in jest (I assume) but it is fairly well known, in Triumph circles at least, that the TR2-4 engine is vaguely related to that in Ferguson tractors of the time. They were first used in the immediate postwar and very unsporting Standard Vanguard and Triumph Renown of course. There is nothing really transferable between the car and tractor engine, the tractor version was only designed to rev to 2k for instance, but the two start with the same basic block and were developed from there for both uses.

Obviously none of this applies to the straight six in the pictures above but your post reminded me of that bit of history.

[Asimo]

£800! Wouldn’t be a bargain if it was useable. These have to be the shittest thing BMW have ever made.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202402266940515

[Split_Pin]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/396006159844719/

Look at this absolute pile of wank. Mini bolted to an Audi TT 180 2wd.

If you are going to combine 2 cars which in their own right have good qualities, at least make the best of both of them.

Rust, bad wiring, battery held in with rope and expanding foam in the floors.

I'm all for having a go, but for example I know I have no artistic talent so I wouldn't try and paint a picture of Edinburgh Castle and then sell it as such.

[Dave_Q]

I'm not one for grassing in general but that is one of the worst things I've ever seen. 

On no planet should it be wearing the Mini ID and TBH it doesn't look like it should ever be on the road in any capacity. 

Is it possible to submit this sort of thing to DVLA? It could do with a marker that it can't go on the road without an IVA...

[N Dentressangle]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

Rust, bad wiring, battery held in with rope and expanding foam in the floors.

To cushion the impact when you eventually inevitably hit that tree