Ebay tat

[Guest Kyle]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0336839977

Maybe this should be in the 'bargains' thread being £1500 with no ticket, but I would love something like this to blat about in over the summer.

CHERRY BOMB ZORST GR8 4 ECHOING OFF BUILDINGS.

Overpriced or not, it's making my bell end drip.

[Claypole]

That carinas shite and possibly shagged

"THE AA IN THEIR WISDOM TOLD HIM HEADGASKET GONE.

I FOUND EXPANSION BOTTLE OVERFILLED - NOW CORRECTED."

Do the AA get it wrong that easily?

 

PAYPAL 4% EXTRA

Isnt that againt ebay rules

 

Started at £250

It is so just to be an arse I've reported him.

 

If I have to pay their fees then he can.

[Guest]

It is so just to be an arse I've reported him. If I have to pay their fees then he can.

[bones96]

im liking this

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0330915402

My eyes are drawn towards the snippets of A60 pick up you can see in the photos!

i thought it was mister bickles ute ????

[wuvvum]

That carinas shite and possibly shagged

"THE AA IN THEIR WISDOM TOLD HIM HEADGASKET GONE.

I FOUND EXPANSION BOTTLE OVERFILLED - NOW CORRECTED."

Do the AA get it wrong that easily?

 

PAYPAL 4% EXTRA

Isnt that againt ebay rules

 

Started at £250

It is so just to be an arse I've reported him.

 

If I have to pay their fees then he can.

Looks like he doesn't like paying his own eBay fees either - the BIN is the £150 sticker price plus the £28 selling fee...

[keef]

im liking this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0330915402

Another plate-rape victim?

[pogweasel]

Engineless tax-exempt Avenger.

Lob in a turbo diesel from some old Peugeot or Ford for ultimate mingebag motoring.

[Pete-M]

im liking this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0330915402

Another plate-rape victim?

I don't reckon plate-rape is that bad. After all, with a lot of this stuff it's the plate that keeps the car together.. A mate bought an Auntie Rover 105 from the local reg place a couple of years ago, not a bad old thing, but it'd been kept together to keep the plate 'alive'. Reg place got it and wangled it through an MOT (apparantly a legit one) and flogged it to my mate who kept it going for a year then sold it on.If it hadn't had a pinchable plate it would have gone in the great weighbridge race of 2008.

[Guest]

Those in the know can work out roughly when a plate transfer took place, the *SJ series was being used some years ago, so that Prefect won't have lost its original mark recently. It does annoy me how some MOT stations get away with dragging long-dead old junk out of barns, awarding them a hooky test certificate then flogging plate and blatantly unroadworthy vehicle separately - does VOSA ever latch onto such suspicious activity and check out such outfits?

[keef]

If it hadn't had a pinchable plate it would have gone in the great weighbridge race of 2008.

There is that, but I'm sure a lot of folk get "caught out" thinking the plate is "original". It just seems a shame that the plate is often worth more than the car.

[gtd2000]

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fully-restored-Ge ... 0365221105

Hey it's got "Initial D" wheels!

 

In my opinion this Trueno is probably one of the best preserved in this country.

Yeah that centre console looks really well-preserved.

Panel fit is second to none as well:

 

 

Does "restore" just mean it was sprayed white then?

[retrogeezer]

I've got absolutely no idea what a 'Trueno' is...

 

As for the resto, I'd be suspicious of any estimate typed out in a word document :

 

[Guest]

Japanese naming - fliplights were Sprinter Trueno, fixed lights (like we had) were Corolla Levin.The panel fit thing is just weird, I've never seen one of them with bad panel fit - if that's the work of the bodyshop I wonder what the rest of the work was like?Also, why has he painted the lower headlights bit white? The flush grille looks a bit odd too, I'm no Trueno expert but I'm sure I've never seen that before.The whole thing doesn't bode well to me.

[pogweasel]

this is well nice:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0340045275

[Guest]

This is pretty good on Retro Rides:

 

1990 Vauxhall Astra 1.4 Merit Estate

 

3-door version! Don't see that much now. Looks nice for £100, even sports the original trims, bit scabby in places but looks like it'd tidy into a minter quite easily.

[blackbird]

If it hadn't had a pinchable plate it would have gone in the great weighbridge race of 2008.

There is that, but I'm sure a lot of folk get "caught out" thinking the plate is "original". It just seems a shame that the plate is often worth more than the car.

I take it if a Car with it's original good plate weighed in it reverts back to the DVLA to sell on ?There is 1AN trapped somehow on a Morris Minor I suspect that MM will live for ever Still can't work out why it can't be transfer off been on the bay of E a couple of times

[blackbird]

 

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NISSAN-PRAIRIE-MODIFIED-RALLY-ADVERTISMENT-RACE_W0QQitemZ300311311436QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAutomobiles_UK?hash=item300311311436&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A7%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A3%7C294%3A50[/url]

[blackbird]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1983-SAAB-99-GL-RED_W0QQitemZ320365077207QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAutomobiles_UK?hash=item320365077207&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A7%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A3%7C294%3A50

according to a specialist saab garage locally,this is a straight saab 99 GL,but someone at some point has tried unsuccesfully at some point to bolt on a turbo unit.

[Louise2cv]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1983-SAAB-99-GL-RED_W0QQitemZ320365077207QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAutomobiles_UK?hash=item320365077207&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A7%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A3%7C294%3A50

according to a specialist saab garage locally,this is a straight saab 99 GL,but someone at some point has tried unsuccesfully at some point to bolt on a turbo unit.

I drove past that yesterday, was going to take a spotted photo!

[Guest]

I take it if a Car with it's original good plate weighed in it reverts back to the DVLA to sell on ?

In theory - if it is declared broken up - then yes, in practice - DVLA have got so many tasty un-issued combinations yet to flog off that it's highly unlikely.

There is 1AN trapped somehow on a Morris Minor I suspect that MM will live for ever Still can't work out why it can't be transfer off been on the bay of E a couple of times

It was probably off the road before DVLA computerised the register, and whoever resuscitated the car had to go through the whole "prove what it is to get the original mark back" procedure, involving the owners club etc. This procedure still applies to barn finds that havent been taxed since before the mid-late 1970s and therefore are not on the Swansea computer. The original mark is then usually reinstated, but as "non-transferable".So somebody probably rebuilt a rotten Minor at enormous expense solely to cash in on the plate, thinking that it would sell for £££££ and more than cover the cost of restoration - only to have their plans thwarted

[trigger]

Quite fancied one of them for a while now, Just wonder how easy it is to live with as a everyday car.

[wuvvum]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1983-SAAB-99-GL-RED_W0QQitemZ320365077207QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAutomobiles_UK?hash=item320365077207&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A7%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A3%7C294%3A50

according to a specialist saab garage locally,this is a straight saab 99 GL,but someone at some point has tried unsuccesfully at some point to bolt on a turbo unit.

That was sold by a mate of mine. If the chap thought that it was a genuine 99 Turbo then he's a bit of a plonker - the presence of a single Stromberg under the bonnet should have been a bit of a giveaway, as well as the lack of boost gauge or any of the other extras that 99 Turbos had.

[Milford Cubicle]

Weren't the engine and gearbox strengthened too? Don't think it was just a case of wacking on a turbocharger.

[Owain-328i]

I take it if a Car with it's original good plate weighed in it reverts back to the DVLA to sell on ?

In theory - if it is declared broken up - then yes, in practice - DVLA have got so many tasty un-issued combinations yet to flog off that it's highly unlikely.

There is 1AN trapped somehow on a Morris Minor I suspect that MM will live for ever Still can't work out why it can't be transfer off been on the bay of E a couple of times

It was probably off the road before DVLA computerised the register, and whoever resuscitated the car had to go through the whole "prove what it is to get the original mark back" procedure, involving the owners club etc. This procedure still applies to barn finds that havent been taxed since before the mid-late 1970s and therefore are not on the Swansea computer. The original mark is then usually reinstated, but as "non-transferable".So somebody probably rebuilt a rotten Minor at enormous expense solely to cash in on the plate, thinking that it would sell for £££££ and more than cover the cost of restoration - only to have their plans thwarted

Why does a plate become 'non-transferable'? My bm has had a private plate in the past, but is now back on its original plate (which is nothing special) but on the V5 states non-transferable??

[dollywobbler]

I take it if a Car with it's original good plate weighed in it reverts back to the DVLA to sell on ?

In theory - if it is declared broken up - then yes, in practice - DVLA have got so many tasty un-issued combinations yet to flog off that it's highly unlikely.

There is 1AN trapped somehow on a Morris Minor I suspect that MM will live for ever Still can't work out why it can't be transfer off been on the bay of E a couple of times

It was probably off the road before DVLA computerised the register, and whoever resuscitated the car had to go through the whole "prove what it is to get the original mark back" procedure, involving the owners club etc. This procedure still applies to barn finds that havent been taxed since before the mid-late 1970s and therefore are not on the Swansea computer. The original mark is then usually reinstated, but as "non-transferable".So somebody probably rebuilt a rotten Minor at enormous expense solely to cash in on the plate, thinking that it would sell for £££££ and more than cover the cost of restoration - only to have their plans thwarted

Why does a plate become 'non-transferable'? My bm has had a private plate in the past, but is now back on its original plate (which is nothing special) but on the V5 states non-transferable??

You've answered your own question. If the DVLA issues another plate (ie to replace one that's been taken off for whatever reason) then it's deemed non-transferable.

[Owain-328i]

Ah right. So the original registration can now not be transfered to another vehicle? Can it be put on retention should i want a private plate? (not that i do)

[FredTransit]

My Daimler had a private plate for years (which was etched on the windows), then when it was sold got it's original plate back (I know cos the original plate is on the service record) is it common for plates to be 'returned'?

[Guest]

is it common for plates to be 'returned'?

A Trader mate has a plate he puts on his cars that he runs for a while. They allways revert back to the original plate so I suppose its d.v.l.a policy to do so.

[blackbird]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-Skoda-Felici ... 0317819729

 

Not particularly cheap

Cars like this are odd only a few hundred made , but there's always some on EBAY !

 

same with the Mystic primera almost always one for sale !

[Father Ted]

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