Sold ford £300 taxed to get you home

[theshadow]

mot 6 mths,duratec engine cheap runabout,priced at a firm £300,new tyres allround last year,given it a service,plugs,oil,pollen filter etc,new front pads,some old mots,fitted hong kong fuey heater valve,was stuck on hot,now all fine,cheap banger transport for 6 mths, BL1 2LT,poverty spec version,windup windows,powersteering,very rare for its time abs...

[sierraman]

Can't go wrong with that!

[Kiltox]

Where’s the bloke looking for a cheap car

[mitsisigma01]

Prestatyn , yehitsryan or something similar

[The Moog]

The answer to every cheap car question is The Shadow 

[BorniteIdentity]

Has anybody actually met "THE SHADOW™" or do you just collect the keys from a sealed brown envelope in a dog shit bin, with the v5 to follow in the post??

[Split_Pin]

Looks a great buy for someone!

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

The ShadowTM is an omnipresent force. He is around us at all times, leading us to make poor car buying decisions. 

 

I am off to look at a 2011 318i Touring that doesn't start and a 525i Sport with side damage. Long live The ShadowTM

[Broadsword]

£300 for 6 months frugal motoring is a real bargain.

[SRi05]

As much as I have a burning hatred for Mk1 kas that does look like a tidy runabout for someone

[Rave]

The ShadowTM is an omnipresent force. He is around us at all times, leading us to make poor car buying decisions. 

 

As far as I can see if The Shadow fell in shit he'd come up smelling of roses!

[The Moog]

I have met and done business with The Shadow ... a thoroughly nice purveyor of automobiles 

[chaseracer]

Sent PM to Ryan.

[BorniteIdentity]

As far as I can see if The Shadow fell in shit he'd come up smelling of roses!

Pics or GTFO.

 

Actually, don’t spoil it.

 

I like the idea of him being a man of significant means and excellent sartorial judgement, whilst masquerading as an illiterate northerner in cheap jeans.

[D Spares & Tyres]

Can't go wrong with that!

Prestatyn , yehitsryan or something similar

KA at the seaside? WCPGW with that?

[chaseracer]

Would easily probably maybe last 'til the end of the six months' ticket!

[Broadsword]

Mechanically these are quite ok I’ve found. Alternators are problematic, but take off the front bumper, N/S headlight out and ease off the top engine mount and you should have enough wiggle room to change it. Whether or not the car collapses due to rust in those 6 months is a slightly different matter.

[stephen01]

I have a real softspot for Ka's the rate they are being scrapped they will comand decent money in a few years. It's a shame the new drivers dont take to them more but someone who's 17-25 will spunk a few k on something better spec'd which is a shame really. 

[theshadow]

bill for all the welding done last year,plus suspension arms,half tank nectar from morrisons petrol station,put in by previous owner,he even coated chassis in duck oil etc and 2 keys

[oldcars]

Pez station collection shot.

[vaughant]

Mechanically these are quite ok I’ve found. Alternators are problematic, but take off the front bumper, N/S headlight out and ease off the top engine mount and you should have enough wiggle room to change it. Whether or not the car collapses due to rust in those 6 months is a slightly different matter.

Exactly how I do them other than I only remove the bumper as far as I need. And it's probably the worst job on the car showing how simple they are to work on.

 

My son's nearly 23 and loads of his mates had them too. Mechanically they die very hard so won't give you really any major grief. The endura de engine in that is a nice lump as well, much quieter than the thrashy old Valencia despite that being pretty much indestructible.

 

Great buy for 6 months motoring.

 

 

 

*** Edit, noticed welding and duck oil applied, may go on longer ???

[gadgetgricey]

Thinking about this as a learner car for No1 son.

Clutch ok, and how crusty are rear arches?

[theshadow]

clutch ok,drivers wheel arch good,passenger rear found hole tickled it with sparkly,was near fuel pipe,so did not stay too close,all solid now,seam sealed etc,previous was done on sills.has the later duratec engine,alot smoother,than ohv,floorpans,bootfloor,front chassis legs,all solid,on the button for starting.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Thinking about this as a learner car for No1 son.

Clutch ok, and how crusty are rear arches?

 

 

They're plastic.

[theshadow]

up on g./tree

[alcyonecorporation]

 

I like the idea of him being a man of significant means and excellent sartorial judgement, whilst masquerading as an illiterate northerner in cheap jeans.

 

To have ambition was my ambition

But I had nothing

To show for my jeans

(Gang of Four) 

[theshadow]

its so funny on scumtree,with the texts etc you get :mad: :mad:

[Kiltox]

Like people wanting to pay £40 for it?

[sierraman]

I'd just stick to Autotrader.

[theshadow]

you have to pay on there :-D :-D it was good years ago,when they sold the mag,sold talbot rancho,simca etc on autotrader ,or cheapies just stick outside,with for sale sign,i have cctv trained on them.