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[HMC]

Used the Cadillac for the school run. Had a busy and quite tiring day at work so it was the perfect antidote to all that. It’s now poised for the morning leg

 

[wesacosa]

On 4/24/2022 at 9:33 PM, Yoss said:

Was watching this Škoda on ebay, just out of curiosity of course. 

With 42 minutes left it was on about £1800. I went away to do other things, when I came back... 

The world truly has gone mad. I think I've missed the boat on these now. 

I wonder if its a phoney bid.  The car was originally red and the paint is totally fucked, its not actually orange. It had rust holes in it and has gone around the clock. I know it's a rare GL but surely it's not gone for 5k.  if it did, I wish I'd bought that 14k 120L with the mint interior from manor park classics 

[Split_Pin]

Another visitor to the driveway tonight for some scratch removal, polish and wax.

Very nice car indeed this and rewarding to make shiny. I shall make do with my scale model E36 collection for now!

BTW I make no apologies for tyre dressing. Ever.

I'm off to my parents house tomorrow for the much bigger challenge of cleaning out my mums Corsa to make it saleable. It had been used as her allotment hack for several years. Things are growing in it. Wish me luck!

[Yoss]

23 minutes ago, wesacosa said:

I wonder if its a phoney bid.  The car was originally red and the paint is totally fucked, its not actually orange. It had rust holes in it and has gone around the clock. I know it's a rare GL but surely it's not gone for 5k.  if it did, I wish I'd bought that 14k 120L with the mint interior from manor park classics 

It does seem OTT. The last time I looked good ones might be £3.5k to £4k but this as you say isn't a good one, though it is a 130. We'll see if it reappears in the next week or so. 

[dome]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

Another visitor to the driveway tonight for some scratch removal, polish and wax.

Very nice car indeed this and rewarding to make shiny. I shall make do with my scale model E36 collection for now!

BTW I make no apologies for tyre dressing. Ever.

I'm off to my parents house tomorrow for the much bigger challenge of cleaning out my mums Corsa to make it saleable. It had been used as her allotment hack for several years. Things are growing in it. Wish me luck!

There's an XJ6 here needing polished up ready for sale if you fancy teaching me how to do it. I'm terrible at cleaning cars👀

[Split_Pin]

Any time man, I'm no expert though, I can just make things shiny!

[Zelandeth]

59 minutes ago, Yoss said:

It does seem OTT. The last time I looked good ones might be £3.5k to £4k but this as you say isn't a good one, though it is a 130. We'll see if it reappears in the next week or so. 

Ouch...yeah, from the photo I just assumed it was Rowan Red (orange) and just flat as they always seem to be.  Looks tidy enough from that solitary low resolution photo...and given their values these days I'd expect a *good* 130GL to make four grand or so, five seems a bit of a stretch but not impossible.  

If it's *not* a good one though as it sounds...yeah...wonder if someone is going to get a nasty surprise on the collection mission!

[High Jetter]

37 minutes ago, dome said:

There's an XJ6 here needing polished up ready for sale if you fancy teaching me how to do it. I'm terrible at cleaning cars👀

I saw a Series 1 XJ driving today, drool ensued.

[Ohdearme]

On 4/24/2022 at 12:23 PM, Ohdearme said:

In answer to the question nobody except Mrs ODM is asking…will a £10 eBay win of a 2m by 3m shed fit in an Espace…

 

Yes…but nobody said it had to go back together🤞🤞🤞

Shed is still in car as I haven’t taken it out.

Sat in it today to do a conference call as it was in the sun all day and lovey and warm, shame about the four billion shed spiders that have woken up and turned the interior into a Halloween set.

 

[High Jetter]

Eject shed? You can still sit in car.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

9 hours ago, stuboy said:

One for the kent members you may of seen this news post about a house in ramsgate.. well the cleared some of it and I got excited thinking I seen a citreon bx but not, it's a skoda favourit I think...but still cool.

 

Must've been a 'shiter...

He's got a fair collection. Apparently still lives there and is 'polite and well dressed'. I bet the neighbours love* him. 

Two points of note. 

1. I spot a Trafic, Favorit, Sierra and possibly MR2. Any other suggestions? 

2. What the hell is going on with the roof on the house on the left?! 

 

[catsinthewelder]

Looks like a T25 pickup in front of the Traffic.  Blue Peugeot 406 and black Corsa C? out back.

There was a law down London way that dividing walls between houses had to be higher than the roof which led to some interesting roof shapes.

[BorniteIdentity]

Back in 2016 you may remember I found myself in the absurd position of owning two low spec Ford Sierras within the space of three weeks.  Along with the infamous red bASe, I somehow won this for a bargain £550 on ebay.

I sold it quite quickly for £1250 - and the armchair trader who bought it flipped it quite quickly for about £1800.  

Really, REALLY disappointed to see it in this absolute state.

Obviously, when you sell a car, you forfeit any right to complain about what happens next - but it's just very sad really.  That car was a solid 8/10 right up until the moment I sold it.

@richardcarspottinguk on IG apparently tapped on the door and it's allegedly being sold back to the person who had it last, so maybe brighter days are coming.  

Let's leave on an upbeat note - here it is in 2016.

[wuvvum]

That Estelle looks very similar to the one I had a few years ago.

I sold that for £350, chap came down from Scotland on the train to buy it.  Despite being a 130 it was slower than the 120 I also had at the time.

[sutty2006]

3 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Back in 2016 you may remember I found myself in the absurd position of owning two low spec Ford Sierras within the space of three weeks.  Along with the infamous red bASe, I somehow won this for a bargain £550 on ebay.

I sold it quite quickly for £1250 - and the armchair trader who bought it flipped it quite quickly for about £1800.  

Really, REALLY disappointed to see it in this absolute state.

Obviously, when you sell a car, you forfeit any right to complain about what happens next - but it's just very sad really.  That car was a solid 8/10 right up until the moment I sold it.

@richardcarspottinguk on IG apparently tapped on the door and it's allegedly being sold back to the person who had it last, so maybe brighter days are coming.  

Let's leave on an upbeat note - here it is in 2016.

That same thing happened to me. I bought a red mk2 Carlton on a B plate. 1.8. Lovely car, loads of history, drove great. Even the first owner had kept a diary of every time he fueled it up, noted the mileage and MPG etc etc. I sold it to another “enthusiast” who sold it to someone in the manga club. It then reappeared on eBay parked in a field with long grass growing round it. Such a shame indeed. 
 

this is what it looked like when I sold it. Unfortunately there’s no pictures of its demise. 

[stuboy]

Popped over to crank over the zephyr... hopefully it ses as got a buyer interested..

 

[Dyslexic Viking]

I helped my dad and washed his 2009 Toyota Hiace van today. And washing the underside of this is just as exciting every year on how much rust comes off and this was the result this year.

And these were just the big pieces the little ones have fallen through. We do what we can to try to prevent this from rusting but it is not easy as the steel this is made of and the original paint is bad.

[Zelandeth]

This still has to be one of the best tools I've ever bought.  

Not something I use every day, but it's a bloody life saver when it does come out.  

I'd just spent several minutes hanging off a breaker bar trying to get the steering wheel nut off in the Caddy.  That just span it straight off as though it was finger tight.  Ideal solution to wheel nuts done up by fast fit type tyre outfits too.

Even though I understand the physics behind how it works it never ceases to be impressive to see the results.

[wuvvum]

Off on an evening collection mission. 

[Wibble]

4 hours ago, sutty2006 said:

That same thing happened to me. I bought a red mk2 Carlton on a B plate. 1.8. Lovely car, loads of history, drove great. Even the first owner had kept a diary of every time he fueled it up, noted the mileage and MPG etc etc. I sold it to another “enthusiast” who sold it to someone in the manga club. It then reappeared on eBay parked in a field with long grass growing round it. Such a shame indeed. 
 

this is what it looked like when I sold it. Unfortunately there’s no pictures of its demise. 

That is a such a shame, dad had same one on A plate new, in dark blue. Was a great car and I love them.

[stuboy]

21 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.......................

[stuboy]

bloody tyre inflator stuboy junior the first,  gave me gave up the ghost pumping up the daddy wagon tyre, anyone recommend a decent one,,?

[SiC]

9 minutes ago, stuboy said:

bloody tyre inflator stuboy junior the first,  gave me gave up the ghost pumping up the daddy wagon tyre, anyone recommend a decent one,,?

The ones that come with cars without spare tyres I find are by far the best. Either scrapyard or eBay. 

[SiC]

Car swaparoo time. 

MGB needs at least a oil change service and grease up. I'm getting quite desperate to start on the Midget too. Went for a peek earlier when picking the MGB up. I started poking more paint blisters and filler off. Also noticed a few things missing like the hard top rear brackets and passenger seat angle arm. Really wasn't the best value purchase I've made in a while..

While it fitted into the garage, I had to wind the window down to be able to slither out of it. Those rubber door guards come in handy for times like this!

Uploading and looking at this picture does make me think I really do have too many vehicles. There are still three missing from this photo 😬

[stuboy]

13 hours ago, SiC said:

The ones that come with cars without spare tyres I find are by far the best. Either scrapyard or eBay. 

u got a point the missus has one now going spare from the seat leon

[brownnova]

The Tuesday night weekly meets at Mavericks Wales have resumed! The first couple were a bit boy racer, but the sun was out this week! 

 

There was a meet there on Drive it Day too, so @Bren you might have seen cars from there  on the A548 as Mavericks is on that road near the big ship. 

[wuvvum]

And home.

[stuboy]

13 hours ago, wuvvum said:

And home.

whats it like?

[wuvvum]

Wafty.

[brownnova]

Niiiice! These have become tempting lately…. But a lot are advertised when they’re broken.