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Ratdat Rank: Renault 16

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Oh no no no! It's very dangerous to my overdraught and the chances of a indulgent christmas that that Simca is not far away from me:? That's one car high on my list of must haves at some point. I'd like to see it first had though as the rust in the door and bumper are a bit concerning.

Mr_Bo11ox Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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FUCKING BOLLOCKS I have just won this for £46.

 

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250186822434

Picked this up last night and A-framed it back from Oxford. It is in remarkable condition for a £46, 20-yr old Subaru. Its had just two little bits of welding on the rear of the sills, apart from that it is untouched structurally. Paint is 100% original. Thereis some grot on the front wheelarches which is annoying but other than that the body is amazingly sound. It has a noisy tappet, a rattle in the front suspension and a slippy clutch, but none of that should be too hard to fix. It is very posh inside with velour seats, central locking, eleccy windows and so on, not like the basic farmer-spec specials I remember. Headlining is a bit saggy. It is lovely to drive like they always are, light steering, perky engine, nice driving position, good suspension travel. I'm very pleased with it.

 

I will try and rustle up some pics later.

Torsten2001 Rank: Renault 16

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Belgian shiteVauxhallhttp://cgi.befr.ebay.be/Vauxhall_W0QQit ... dZViewItemFord Hangliahttp://cgi.befr.ebay.be/Hanglia_W0QQite ... dZViewItemTaunushttp://cgi.befr.ebay.be/Ford-Tonus-17M_ ... dZViewItemMinerva Landiehttp://cgi.befr.ebay.be/jeep-minerva_W0 ... dZViewItemRitmohttp://cgi.befr.ebay.be/FIAT-RITMO-105t ... dZViewItemFiat 850http://cgi.befr.ebay.be/FIAT-850-COUPE- ... dZViewItemRenault 6 4x4!http://cgi.befr.ebay.be/Renault-6-4X4_W ... dZViewItem

nigel bickle Rank: Renault 16

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Love the Renault 6 4 by 4. Might have a punt -to go with the 12 4by 4 I'm building.taunus looks interesting too.Guess it all hangs on the transit beavertail in the Alps I've sniped for an hours time!

nigel bickle Rank: Renault 16

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who cares -as long as it has the important 4by4 bits!

Volksy Rank: Renault 16

Volksy

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Not on ebay..

 

Was trailing the net trying to find some more photo's of an R6 4x4, not much reference, except that they are very rare...

 

But found this....

 

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:D:shock::D

mouseflakes Rank: Renault 16

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Yargs! That's fantastic. What a machine!

Volksy Rank: Renault 16

Volksy

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I actualy would quite like that, if I lived in the states, and could afford to run it!It is quite horrific, but i guess thats part of its charm, i wouldn't like it cruising slowly past me on a dark night if you see what I mean! :shock:

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If I parked that outside my house, one end of it would be in a different postcode!

Volksy Rank: Renault 16

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haha, you could always get a table tennis net for the bootlid! :shock:

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Oi you, where's these promised Subaru pics?!I need to "relieve the pressure".

Timewaster Rank: Isuzu Florian

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Hmm, £100 for a set of crusty secondhand calipers, dread to think how much the whole car would be. Luckily its in fuggin cornwall so it doesnt matter to me!

I seem to remember that Princess calipers are used on 2 litre stock cars amongst others, Escort rwd track drift etc. :roll:They are probably like 10" wheel mini front calipers. Impossible to buy and all kippered anyway.
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i don't like to bad mouth someone's ride but that van would have taken a fair while to do - surely there was enough time to just STOP and THINK :shock:

Milford Cubicle Rank: Renault 16

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I think they might be factory-made, or there's a factory in Japan converting them, because they're quite numerous.

pandamonium Rank: Renault 16

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Yeah, there's a place in Southend imports them and figaros I think, I'll get pics soon.

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They're a kit in Japan, there's also less-popular (but much better looking) 70s American van style fronts. Subaru made a "Classic" version of the Atrai with round headlights like that and lots of plastic chrome. I believe the kits are just an adaptated version of that front-end and that you can get the kits as standalone or buy one already made up like that. I would guess there are bodyshops there that specialize in "making" them too.What is funny is that the vans themselves are relatively worthless and ten-a-penny in Japan. A 1991 Sambar in Japan would probably be given away for free without the bodykit on and all the supposedly mad stuff like aircon, 4WD, turbos etc. are pretty commonplace features. I would bet that they got it for something like £500, even then only because someone might have wanted the bodykit to put on a newer one.I'd love to be one of the people who arranges stuff like this to be imported, sounds like not a great deal of work for big profit if you know what you are doing!There is a similar thing happening with Daihatsu Midget IIs, random kei-cars and Nissan Figaros (though the Figaros are worth a bit more than the rest). Doesn't matter if it cost them barely more than the costs for shipping/registering it here, as 90% of the punters don't know that!

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