shite cars Retroshite

[RetroShite]

Some more arrivals this week.

[RoverFolkUs]

Haven't seen one of those L200s for many, many years. A very rare sight on today's roads

[Shep Shepherd]

The Trabant is totally up my Strasse

[RetroShite]

Tonight's shite!

 

 

Both going tonight at 9pm, Chevette is quite a popular one, L200 not so much...

 

Next week's will be the Trabant, Discovery and DR125.

 

 

Bikes are always a hard sell, I predict I'll be losing money on this one.

 

 

[sdkrc]

Loving the branding and design. Quality curation of shite as always

[grogee]

On 11/01/2024 at 23:27, chancer said:

Oh you fuckin beezer. Identical to the one I was given when I was 16 year old. Woman who gifted it to me was a complete milf. Mine had the metal bumpers though. If it had they plastic ones the mot tester would have missed the galloping rust that would have been hiding underneath

Mmm-hmm

[RetroShite]

11 hours ago, sdkrc said:

Loving the branding and design. Quality curation of shite as always

It's good to have fun.

 

[garbaldy]

I've got a pic on a previous phone somewhere of a sticker on a rally car with that slogan 😀  we thought it was really clever word play at the time.   Along his sun visor was another.  mad bastard.  

[RetroShite]

Today's monstrosity collected!

 

[andyberg]

6 minutes ago, RetroShite said:

Today's monstrosity collected!

 

I like this very much, posh tat. 

[RetroShite]

Posh indeed!

I've been offered a part exchange for a lotus Excel. xg30 plus £3k for the lotus. 

 

 

[andyberg]

Gets better with every picture 😁 needs to go for a raffle so I have a chance of owning it.  

[mk2_craig]

OMG is that the original Minidisc player still in the dashboard? 

[grogee]

1 hour ago, RetroShite said:

Posh indeed!

I've been offered a part exchange for a lotus Excel. xg30 plus £3k for the lotus. 

 

 

Woof! @MrBiscuits the dream is alive

[RetroShite]

Not bad for a C reg maestro...

[RetroShite]

Maestro van went in for a pre mot check yesterday, results weren't the worst with it requiring a brake line, front pads and a front strut. 

I've been getting annoyed with the little Nissan Cabstar truck recently so stuck it up for sale yesterday, I find it's a little bit cramped inside and feels like a slightly larger Bedford Rascal. Long journeys hurt my feet and knees. The bed seems a bit steep and everything is just a little bit awkward. The only good thing about it is it's short and easy to manoeuvre. I had a few enquiries about it with one guy seeming very keen to buy it this morning and another offering a part exchange with me adding cash for his NV400. The person this morning didn't turn up so a part ex was arranged.

Relatively low mileage, seems to be in reasonable condition and has a rather nice and large alloy bed. It's certainly longer than the other truck. It seems comfortable to drive too.

[jonathan_dyane]

When I used to do agency work for NDS on Tyne Dock we used to refer to the Cabstars as the 'boneshakers'. There was one particularly terrible vessel (possibly the MV Autoroute) that had a long steep ramp which narrowed towards the top. The only way to get the chassis cab Cabstars up it was to drive to the end of the pontoon then reverse up at the ramp foot to the floor in reverse with the wheels spinning and the axle tramp shuffling the awful contraption all over the shop. Somehow both fun and harrowing at the same time...

[RetroShite]

Picked up another shite van, a Nissan nv200.

 

Perfect little bike hauler.

[yes oui si]

On 22/01/2024 at 11:05, RetroShite said:

It's good to have fun.

 

😂

 

... 

 

😭

[RetroShite]

On 29/01/2024 at 02:06, yes oui si said:

😂

 

... 

 

😭

Were you planning on making any arrangements to collect this shitter?

[RetroShite]

With more cars arriving every day I've run out of time with this one so it's been offered up at £2.50 a go with a £150 cash alternative but if you take the cash it's being weighed in.

It's one of those ones that the "it must be saved" brigade can try to actually save it for very little outlay. As expected loads of people have bought multiple entries and I wouldn't be surprised if it made over £2k at this rate!

[RetroShite]

Picked up the Allegro on Monday, It's not actually that bad.

 

It seems to run OK and isn't actually that rusty. I'm going to do the welding repairs first but I think Ged has taken a liking to it so he will probably end up buying it rather than going for a giveaway much to the disappointment of a few people probably...

[JMotor]

Good that people are putting their hands in pockets and having a punt.

Had considered entering that roffle too. But have enough misery with the one I already have.

Allegro looks a good base for a rolling resto once it's been fettled up.

[RetroShite]

 

Is this what happens when overdrive is engaged?

[Christine]

That's a good way to take off    .. if you slip or ride  the clutch you'll only wear out the crank thrust bearing  on those engines ...

[Boycie]

Err if you were to stumble across a Capri ....

 

 

 

[RetroShite]

Some new arrivals this week!

[grogee]

On 23/01/2024 at 16:37, mk2_craig said:

OMG is that the original Minidisc player still in the dashboard? 

I can't remember if it was a Minidisc unit but a Sony single-DIN something was 'standard' fit for these in the UK. Possibly minidisc + CD changer somewhere? 

Almost certainly dock fit or dealer fit though, rather that actually stuffed in during Korea manufacture. 

[Rod/b]

On 02/02/2024 at 22:29, RetroShite said:

 

Is this what happens when overdrive is engaged?

Holy shit, is this up for a raffle? I’ve always had almost unhealthy levels of want for a 2500

[RetroShite]

The xg30 has a single din minidisc head unit and cd changer in the boot.