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[DodgyBastard]

Looks smart that, has someone on here owned it before - that plate looks familiar? Mega barg for £500!

It was on the eBay tat thread but I vaguely remember the plate from somewhere too, I think it might have been for sale in my local scrapyard at some point, not quite sure.

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[DodgyBastard]

 

 

 

Spotted this beauty on eBay, a 505 has been at the top of the WANT list for a while,  I did try and swap my 230TE for it last year but the seller wasn't all that interested and someone else bought it which is quite handy as it's now even closer.  I've left a deposit on it and hope to have it collected this week. I'm going to roffle the Scirocco over on facebook to raise some funds and make space.

The 505 is a GTD 2.5 turbo diesel Auto so hopefully it'll be as wafty as the Mercedes I just got rid of.

[Zelandeth]

Oh wow, well found!  Haven't seen one of those basically since the 90s!

[timolloyd]

Fond memories of the A reg 505 my Dad had in the early 90s. They were pretty rare back then.

[loserone]

Amazing!

[Daviemck2006]

A bus firm I once worked for had a fleet of 505 estates for using as feeder cars picking school pupils up in country areas to meet the busses on the main roads. I liked driving them. I would bet that Zel would know which bus firm it was, as they would have been in his area.

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[Zelandeth]

13 hours ago, Daviemck2006 said:

A bus firm I once worked for had a fleet of 505 estates for using as feeder cars picking school pupils up in country areas to meet the busses on the main roads. I liked driving them. I would bet that Zel would know which bus firm it was, as they would have been in his area.

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Quite possibly Cheyne's Coaches/Amber Travel - Cheyne's provided our school transport when I was in Fisherford in the mid 90s, but it was a Pug 505 which ran our school meals over from Auchterless - wouldn't have surprised me if that was done as part of the same contract.

[Daviemck2006]

Quite possibly Cheyne's Coaches/Amber Travel - Cheyne's provided our school transport when I was in Fisherford in the mid 90s, but it was a Pug 505 which ran our school meals over from Auchterless - wouldn't have surprised me if that was done as part of the same contract.

It was Hays of Huntly I worked for that ran the 505s. We did have a contract for school meals, I never did it but I think I it was from Auchterless to Fyvie. That was around 2000 to 2002. The 505s were all quite elderly by that time and were being replaced with transits, usually 12 seaters with 3 taken out so they could be driven on car licences.

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[DodgyBastard]

This just arrived, love it!

[loserone]

Quite, quite envious

[DodgyBastard]

Another car should be arriving tonight, a 205 Mardi gras diesel.

I'm most likely going to strip it for bits, the d-turbo needs a rear axle and I think reb needs an engine so that's a couple of big bits being removed.

If anyone wants anything give me a shout, it'll all be going cheap I should think.

[loserone]

@Tickman drivers door bits?

[DodgyBastard]

I took the 505 to work today and managed to score a red parking permit to park inside the gate next to all of the managers cars, I saw a few people looking around it to find out what it was. I'm sure it's doing wonders for the companies image having this old shitter parked outside of "advanced manufacturing".
With any luck they will move me to a different department...

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[Dick Cheeseburger]

^ Photo required for maximum entertainment. 

What happened to your ex Slater/blue forum 505? 

This one looks bloody lovely to be fair

[DodgyBastard]

^ Photo required for maximum entertainment. 
What happened to your ex Slater/blue forum 505? 
This one looks bloody lovely to be fair

No photos allowed unfortunately.

I never ended up buying the other 505, I put a deposit on it then decided against it, it needed far too much work to put right, a guy I know did buy it and fabricated some wide metal arches and resprayed it black.

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[DodgyBastard]

Yeah, I bought the right one!

[Tickman]

9 hours ago, DodgyBastard said:

If anyone wants anything give me a shout

Will certainly want some bits, I shall have a think.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

3 hours ago, DodgyBastard said:

Yeah, I bought the right one!

Yours is a much better starting point! Having said that, it's great to see the 505 above live again. Has he got a build thread on it anywhere? Could do with getting him on here... Edit: Just found the thread for it on the blue 👍🏻

All this 505 talk has reminded me of a local Cornish lad who picked up a rough 505 gti from nearby a few years back. It's a great watch - he's keeping it for spares for his decent, identical 505 gti. In fact, I'm wondering if it was you who shared the link originally?!

 

[loserone]

His HDI 305 is awesome

[Dick Cheeseburger]

He's a talented lad. 

[DodgyBastard]

205 has arrived!

 

 

[greengartside]

@DodgyBastardyou after any spares for your 505? One being broken down my way…

[DodgyBastard]

 

 

Went out to take some photos tonight, it's such an angry looking bastard, I love it.

 

 

[bezzabsa]

is the LDV for sale???? LOL, looks tidy!

[barrett]

On 7/27/2021 at 10:19 AM, DodgyBastard said:

If anyone wants anything give me a shout, it'll all be going cheap I should think.

If you can be arsed taking it off, I really need an offside front wing. It's a big job to remove though so understand if you cba

[Kiltox]

@DodgyBastard are you attending FOTU or can you not stand the cost of multiple car transporters to take your entire fleet there? 😂 

[DodgyBastard]

[mention=5696]DodgyBastard[/mention] are you attending FOTU or can you not stand the cost of multiple car transporters to take your entire fleet there?  

I don't have anything shiny enough for it.

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[DodgyBastard]

12 hours ago, barrett said:

If you can be arsed taking it off, I really need an offside front wing. It's a big job to remove though so understand if you cba

The wing has a rusty hole on the top.

[barrett]

49 minutes ago, DodgyBastard said:

The wing has a rusty hole on the top.

Please stand down.

Is it a non-turbo? I am now DESPERATE for a hub carrier but obviously I don't know which side. Are yours alright, and how much would you want for them??

[Dick Cheeseburger]

16 hours ago, bezzabsa said:

is the LDV for sale???? LOL, looks tidy!

Are you one of those who goes to a car boot sale and promptly asks how much to buy the table, but none if the items sat on it?!