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[OwdChina]

and the second clue

[Ghosty]

I want to say Dolomite...

[OwdChina]

third too............it's late here, so I'm gonna stop with this till tomorrow...........it's a HOOT.......I can't believe how fast these things were !

[OwdChina]

Not a Dolly

[OwdChina]

For you Ghosty

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Triumph 2000/2500?

[panhard65]

I was thinking more TR6 or Stag. Probably a spitfire though

[OwdChina]

Triumph 2000/2500?

Nope........but your close....................Panhard...........One is correct.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Must be a stag!

[OwdChina]

[OwdChina]

LOL the cobwebs are great. It sat in a garage for 5 years after a body off rebuild. The chasis, engine and transmission are all like new.............then they lost interest and the body is cack. Not a straight panel.

[alf892]

TR6...........in nice order underneath with loads of new bits that has been stood a while?

 

Lets have more pics of the whole thing

[alf892]

I love to see suspension bits painted like that........looks like each part was cleaned/repaired as required before being assembled with cleaned or new bolts. Proper job

 

Loads better than the whole lot being splashed over with chassis black or nasty underseal

[OwdChina]

SWMBO is in China for two weeks. "Get me another car..............I'm sick of that Ondah"......OK. Job done.

[cort16]

It's good they kept it in a giant cardboard box.

 

If I had to pick a triumph it'd be a tr6.

[OwdChina]

Will take more pics tomorrow when it's off the deck.

 

[OwdChina]

It's good they kept it in a giant cardboard box.

 

If I had to pick a triumph it'd be a tr6.

The cardboard is for when the truck needs work...........leaks more oil than the Amoco Cadiz

[OwdChina]

 

 

   

 

[DeeJay]

That looks the Dogs Danglies, 

Stag with BL badges. Well you learn something new everyday.

James Mays favourite classic convertible.

(Don't quote me on that).

[theorganist]

Just took the Princess for the second MOT under ownership.

 

All it needs are two brake pipes and a CV gaiter plus a rebound strap under advisory.

 

Very pleased.

[dugong]

Went and collected this thing last night in the C4 for the workshop. A 'Sixties Grundig Mondello 6GB radiogram. The legs were on the passenger seat [fnarr]. It has a DIN out for a tape and or phono deck, so the appropriate jack will allow me to run a phone or CD player through it. The (built in) turntable needs a new belt, and other than a frosted screen, the whole unit runs brilliantly (and loud). I've seen these go in raging hipster shops for £500+ so it was a bit of steal at £20, even if it meant a trip to Guildford to pick it up, very close to the McLaren works.  

It's a long time since I've driven the C4 any kind of distance (or any long run at night since my accident, for that matter). Compared to the MGF and MX-3 it feels like a truck on stilts (with incredibly numb steering). 

I forgot how miserly it was on fuel, and how comparatively decent the stereo was. It's still rather useful. 

Have a bonus shot of the GHETTO_PHONE_CHARGER in action:

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Please stop posting this picture, it looks too much like some sort of device for giving Lord Sterling pleasure when he's away from the 1987 Rover all models brochure.

[HillmanImp]

Mrs Imp just got offered £5,200 for her Mazda 2 that was written off last week. It was a 2010 car with 50k on the clock and in very good condition (all the scratches and dings were repaired last year) although the interior was a bit grim with a couple of holes in the carpet and some broken switches plus it was pretty grubby like girls cars often get.

 

Looking online that pretty much seems to be a good valuation. Similar cars within 50 miles of here are up for sale online for between £4,500 and £5,500. I was exepcting to get offered £4k and have to fight our way up to a fair settlement but this seems spot on to me.

[vulgalour]

Drove the Xantia on some errands after all that carpet refitting faff yesterday.  It's a nice thing, it's a very nice place to be, I'm making a mistake keeping it up for sa-ARRGH MY FUCKING BACK.

 

Every time, every freaking time I start to give it the benefit of the doubt those seats put paid.  If these seats from Moog are comfortable then it's a keeper, that's for definite now because the only problem with the car is the seats.  In fact the only problem is one seat, the one the driver sits in.

[cort16]

Going to look at a possible swap with one of my dream germanic performance wanker mobiles for the CL tonight.

[Volksy]

Mrs Imp just got offered £5,200 for her Mazda 2 that was written off last week. It was a 2010 car with 50k on the clock and in very good condition (all the scratches and dings were repaired last year) although the interior was a bit grim with a couple of holes in the carpet and some broken switches plus it was pretty grubby like girls cars often get.

 

Looking online that pretty much seems to be a good valuation. Similar cars within 50 miles of here are up for sale online for between £4,500 and £5,500. I was exepcting to get offered £4k and have to fight our way up to a fair settlement but this seems spot on to me.

 

See if you can argue it up further!

[EssDeeWon]

Mrs Imp just got offered £5,200 for her Mazda 2 that was written off last week. It was a 2010 car with 50k on the clock and in very good condition (all the scratches and dings were repaired last year) although the interior was a bit grim with a couple of holes in the carpet and some broken switches plus it was pretty grubby like girls cars often get.

 

Looking online that pretty much seems to be a good valuation. Similar cars within 50 miles of here are up for sale online for between £4,500 and £5,500. I was exepcting to get offered £4k and have to fight our way up to a fair settlement but this seems spot on to me.

 

That sounds OK. I heard of someone else getting a decent first offer recently.

 

I dread to think what would happen if the 75 was written off.......I'd probably owe them money for the postage of sending the written formal offer.

[messerschmitt owner]

 

Went and collected this thing last night in the C4 for the workshop. A 'Sixties Grundig Mondello 6GB radiogram. The legs were on the passenger seat [fnarr]. It has a DIN out for a tape and or phono deck, so the appropriate jack will allow me to run a phone or CD player through it. The (built in) turntable needs a new belt, and other than a frosted screen, the whole unit runs brilliantly (and loud). I've seen these go in raging hipster shops for £500+ so it was a bit of steal at £20, even if it meant a trip to Guildford to pick it up, very close to the McLaren works.  

 

It's a long time since I've driven the C4 any kind of distance (or any long run at night since my accident, for that matter). Compared to the MGF and MX-3 it feels like a truck on stilts (with incredibly numb steering). 

 

I forgot how miserly it was on fuel, and how comparatively decent the stereo was. It's still rather useful. 

 

Have a bonus shot of the GHETTO_PHONE_CHARGER in action:

 

who'd have thought - it's FrankenMo

[dollywobbler]

I'm very excited about tomorrow's capers. Especially as just £23 is getting me all the way to Bootle. I've only visited Liverpool once. In the dark. Because I was lost trying to find Blackpool. I think that must have been in 1997. We were in a Dyane that used more oil than fuel. Finished work, picked up friends, drove to Blackpool, ate some food, drove back to Birmingham. Work next day. Lunacy.

[Shep Shepherd]

Took delivery of The Volvo's new fuel filler flap hinge today. It's the first ever car body part I've had to fit with a hammer and drift