New members, introduce yourself here.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

1 hour ago, Tineca said:

Howdy.  Just thought I’d say hello. This is my Moggy 😀

That's a gem - very late saloon, too. Stick up a thread on it; I'd be intrigued to know more! I had bags of fun with my old trafalgar blue 2 door years back. 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Tineca said:

Ann thanks. It’s a 1970 with 53k original miles. It’s got all the history and bill of sale. I’ve had a few Moggies but this is the nicest. It’s going to get a few subtle upgrades to make it safer. Van rims and 175s, mg metro head and inlet and carb. Anti roll bar on front and disc brakes. Underneath its mint. I like bmw e30s and sold a 323i last year which is now in Yorkshire restoration on YT. Like narrowboats too.  Dear me  narrowboats, morris minors when did I get old!, 😀

 

Dunno your age but many young'uns like Mogs & barges.

[Tineca]

I also have a fleece 😀 

[smoggy]

Hello. I'm an old new member. I was active on here many years ago when I owned two Peugeot 205s and shared a DAF44 with a mate. We also bought an MR2 together and I then drifted off for a while to have kids and sold my Boxster. 

I couldn't remember my login so I have re registered. 

I'm currently driving a BMW 330e as a daily (but that's not why I'm here) and also a 1998 Alfa GTV which I've had for a few weeks. 

It has already shat itself and I've just got it running again with a new clutch slave cylinder. 

It's a lovely old thing and it's great to have an old car (and some clutch fluid) on the drive again!

[stuboy]

On 02/05/2024 at 19:33, smoggy said:

It's a lovely old thing and it's great to have an old car (and some clutch fluid) on the drive again!

marking its territory

[Shadow]

Well Hello all. I have been a lurker for some time now and never really posted much.

so here is my old shed.

she has been on ashes to ashes and was Alex Drakes car. (Keeley Hawes)

she’s running a 2.3l4 engine wit Eli.

she has central locking,

electric windows

rear disk conversion 

power steering

remote boot release.

and we live in mid Devon.

whats ya thoughts

 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Shadow said:

whats ya thoughts

COOl car, welcome

[Eyersey1234]

4 hours ago, Shadow said:

Well Hello all. I have been a lurker for some time now and never really posted much.

so here is my old shed.

she has been on ashes to ashes and was Alex Drakes car. (Keeley Hawes)

she’s running a 2.3l4 engine wit Eli.

she has central locking,

electric windows

rear disk conversion 

power steering

remote boot release.

and we live in mid Devon.

whats ya thoughts

 

Chodtastic, welcome to the mad House. The kettle is in the corner with the biscuits, that is if @Dan302 hasn't scoffed them all 🤣

[Wibble]

Welcome @Shadow, I recognise the car from buysellcortina.

[Shadow]

Thanks for the welcome.

My other old shed.

[SEATMad]

1 hour ago, Shadow said:

Thanks for the welcome.

My other old shed.

Cool collection! Love this sunny! Welcome  

[wesacosa]

18 hours ago, Shadow said:

Well Hello all. I have been a lurker for some time now and never really posted much.

so here is my old shed.

she has been on ashes to ashes and was Alex Drakes car. (Keeley Hawes)

she’s running a 2.3l4 engine wit Eli.

she has central locking,

electric windows

rear disk conversion 

power steering

remote boot release.

and we live in mid Devon.

whats ya thoughts

 

Welcome, that's cool. I love Ashes to Ashes. Had a chance to buy a couple of the cars from the show over the years (Dolomite and Mk3 Escort) but nice to see someone who has one.  

[Eyersey1234]

15 hours ago, Shadow said:

Thanks for the welcome.

My other old shed.

A friend of my grans had a E reg white Sunny in the early to mid 90s, unfortunately it was written off at a roundabout after someone ran into the back of it 

[stuboy]

welcome aboard.... love the sunny and the cortina.

[Bianconeri2]

I feel like an imposter in some respects. My original screen name was Bianconeri but I managed to lose / mess up that sign on and couldn't make contact with the mods to get it resolved. I am also currently carless - a medical condition  means I can't drive. That may prove to be temporary.

 

[Mrs6C]

20 minutes ago, Bianconeri2 said:

I feel like an imposter in some respects. My original screen name was Bianconeri but I managed to lose / mess up that sign on and couldn't make contact with the mods to get it resolved. I am also currently carless - a medical condition  means I can't drive. That may prove to be temporary.

 

If you would like to return to your previous Bianconeri account, let me know by PM and I'll sort it out for you.

[Bianconeri]

On 11/05/2024 at 09:19, Mrs6C said:

If you would like to return to your previous Bianconeri account, let me know by PM and I'll sort it out for you.

All sorted now thanks

[babulio]

Hi - I just discovered this forum - some of the more unhinged content reminds me of the A5 format 'Jalopy' magazine of the 1990s.

I am mostly interested in bikeShite - I have a Yamaha IT425g, a Suzuki Burgman 200 and a Honda GL1800 as well as custody of my GF's Suzuki RGV250 (which is awaiting reassembly in the shed).

Previous bikeShite includes Kawa z200, Kawa GPz750, Kawa GPz1100, Kawa GPZ900R, Yamaha IT250g,  Yamaha SRX600,  Suzuki GS125,  Honda ST70, Honda C90, Honda CD250.

As for carShite - I have a pair of ancient Porsche 924 autos to circumvent the ULEZ idiocy where I live.

Previous carShite includes (many) Jaguar XJ40s, Citroen CX estate, series 3 Land Rover air portable, Fiat 126 , Ford Capri 2.8 and a 1995 Suzuki Baleno auto (easily the best car ever IMO).

Well over three quarters of the above were either free or dirt dirt cheap. The best way.

[babulio]

11 hours ago, babulio said:

 Honda CD250.

Fiat 126

...sorry, brain fade - I meant Honda CJ250 and Fiat 128

[Remspoor]

On 23/05/2024 at 19:51, babulio said:

some of the more unhinged content

How dare you. Our doctors are the finest that the metal health care can provide. They tell us  that we are not unhinged, we are certifiably reasonable in an insane world. 

Welcome to this bit of sanity*.

[stuboy]

13 hours ago, babulio said:

Fiat 128

ohh pictures pictures

[babulio]

12 hours ago, stuboy said:

ohh pictures pictures

Found and scanned one old photo of the Fiat and a couple more (of the GPz1100 and the Land Rover).

[MXShite]

Hi everyone,

I'm from the UK originally but now live in Mexico. I've owned a wide variety of old sheds over the years, and often ship UK cars over here to play around with and sell on when I'm bored with them. Over the past 10 years or so I've had:

1997 Volvo 850 T5

2x MR2s, 1 turbo and 1 non turbo

5x Jaguar XJs 2003-2006

3x Range Rovers 2006-2008

4x Rolls Royce Silver Shadows 1975-1979

More Land Rover 110s than I can count

My current fleet consists of a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee with the 5.7 hemi, a 2003 Lincoln Town Car, an ex military 1987 Land Rover 110, a 1994 Land Rover Defender 110 and a 2013 Cayenne.  I've read these forums for years but never signed up until now. I'm not a mechanic but I do have a lot of experience buying old sheds so hopefully I can help a few people out along the way.

I was hoping to be able to access the classified ads but it looks like I'm not able to, maybe because I don't have enough time or posts? I'll leave a few pictures below of some of my past and current cars.

 

[Eyersey1234]

Welcome @MXShite

[IronStar]

Hello everyone,

Self-identified Alfista and serial basket case purchaser here. Some of the people on here may know me from the different venues of the internet. People usually have problems remembering the cars they had for these, but I have no such issues - I've never sold a car 😄

I have, in no particular order:
 

2007 Alfa 159 1.9 16v

2003 Alfa 156 1.9 8v

1992 Alfa 155 1.8 TS 8v

1992 Mazda 626 2.0i

1976 VW Beetle 1200J

2003 Peugeot 307CC 2.0

1979 Mini 1300

2003 Yugo 1.3

1992 Yugo Cabrio

2x Citroen BX Break - 1.7 and 1.9 diesel

1984 Golf I 1.6D

2003 Fiat Bravo 1.6

1998 Citroen Saxo VTR

1,5 x BMW E21 1.5

 

No, they're not all driveable, let alone insured and registered, why? No, I don't own a huge estate and storing them is a PAIN. 😄

Pleasure meeting you guys!

[wesacosa]

1 hour ago, IronStar said:

Hello everyone,

Self-identified Alfista and serial basket case purchaser here. Some of the people on here may know me from the different venues of the internet. People usually have problems remembering the cars they had for these, but I have no such issues - I've never sold a car 😄

I have, in no particular order:
 

2007 Alfa 159 1.9 16v

2003 Alfa 156 1.9 8v

1992 Alfa 155 1.8 TS 8v

1992 Mazda 626 2.0i

1976 VW Beetle 1200J

2003 Peugeot 307CC 2.0

1979 Mini 1300

2003 Yugo 1.3

1992 Yugo Cabrio

2x Citroen BX Break - 1.7 and 1.9 diesel

1984 Golf I 1.6D

2003 Fiat Bravo 1.6

1998 Citroen Saxo VTR

1,5 x BMW E21 1.5

 

No, they're not all driveable, let alone insured and registered, why? No, I don't own a huge estate and storing them is a PAIN. 😄

Pleasure meeting you guys!

welcome.. That's some list. would love to know more about the Yugos

[Homersimpson]

Hi everyone,

I have a number of classic cars that I have restored and am in the process of restoring and daily drive a 2007 Ford Fiesta known as 'The nailesta' because of its general rundown state and rusty bodywork.

[IronStar]

3 minutes ago, wesacosa said:

welcome.. That's some list. would love to know more about the Yugos

I live in the homeland of Yugos, so whilst they are a highly endangered species, there are still some around, mostly in different states of disrepair. There's been a sort of Yugo renaissance for the last couple of years, with prices of parts soaring and prices of actually nice or special ones exploding.

I bought the '03 one in 2021,  to steer my thoughts away from some stuff that was happening at that time, which is a common theme with the cars in the fleet(*). The original intent was to do it up a bit and drive around. I realized the stuff from the first paragraph, and that if I want to have one, the time is running out to find one that isn't rusted to hell at a reasonable price. I ordered a bunch of parts, some of which I had to wait for months for, nicer interior, the lot, but rapidly ran out of time (and honestly, arsed a bit) to finish it up.

Parallel with that, and all other cars really, I've been looking for a Yugo Cabrio for years. Zastava made only 500ish of them, with a bit under half being exported outside of ex-Yugoslavia. They rust as bad as normal ones, probably even worse when the roof inevitably leaks, and they were treated as disposable, as any other Yugo, so there's next to none left. Whilst the front end is the same as a regular Yugo, there are a bunch of differences and cabrio-specific parts that can be only sourced from another one or what little Zastava had in stock when they closed the doors in '08 and sold off everything. They are commanding crazy prices when they crop up for what they are (upwards of 6-7k for one that needs work but can be driven), so I took a gamble on a really leggy one that was mostly complete in July last year. All the parts I bought for the first one and didn't go on the car ended up on a Cabrio, plus a bunch more that needed to be added to the list. I was really hoping it would be - get someone to sort out the mechanicals quickly, replace the leaking roof as the bodywork looked decent, and drive it to a vacation.  However. It was in a crash at some point and terribly repaired, and under the factory bodykit, floorboard reinforcements and carpets were shoddy repair work, bent structural parts, and rust. LOTS of rust.  Almost every panel on the car needs replacing, welding, patching, or some sort of re-fabrication. 

It's been sitting in a bodywork shop since December. It's priority 999 in the shop as there's so much work and they can't make next day money on it, so it's taking forever. So far, another completely rotten Cabrio shell was cut up for bits, another whole regular Yugo was used for bits, and we ordered every single available NOS panel for it. ETA? No one knows.

As for the regular one, it's sitting in front of the garage, interior partially disassembled for me to find time to deal with it to find it's way on the car priority list so I pay someone to work on it. Oh and I need to order all the parts that were ordered for it originally, again.

 

Oh, they are both 1.3, twin-barrel carb. Some 65HP when new.

Bonus photos of a collection pic of a regular one and a pre-bodyshop pic of Cabrio.

[wesacosa]

8 hours ago, IronStar said:

I live in the homeland of Yugos, so whilst they are a highly endangered species, there are still some around, mostly in different states of disrepair. There's been a sort of Yugo renaissance for the last couple of years, with prices of parts soaring and prices of actually nice or special ones exploding.

I bought the '03 one in 2021,  to steer my thoughts away from some stuff that was happening at that time, which is a common theme with the cars in the fleet(*). The original intent was to do it up a bit and drive around. I realized the stuff from the first paragraph, and that if I want to have one, the time is running out to find one that isn't rusted to hell at a reasonable price. I ordered a bunch of parts, some of which I had to wait for months for, nicer interior, the lot, but rapidly ran out of time (and honestly, arsed a bit) to finish it up.

Parallel with that, and all other cars really, I've been looking for a Yugo Cabrio for years. Zastava made only 500ish of them, with a bit under half being exported outside of ex-Yugoslavia. They rust as bad as normal ones, probably even worse when the roof inevitably leaks, and they were treated as disposable, as any other Yugo, so there's next to none left. Whilst the front end is the same as a regular Yugo, there are a bunch of differences and cabrio-specific parts that can be only sourced from another one or what little Zastava had in stock when they closed the doors in '08 and sold off everything. They are commanding crazy prices when they crop up for what they are (upwards of 6-7k for one that needs work but can be driven), so I took a gamble on a really leggy one that was mostly complete in July last year. All the parts I bought for the first one and didn't go on the car ended up on a Cabrio, plus a bunch more that needed to be added to the list. I was really hoping it would be - get someone to sort out the mechanicals quickly, replace the leaking roof as the bodywork looked decent, and drive it to a vacation.  However. It was in a crash at some point and terribly repaired, and under the factory bodykit, floorboard reinforcements and carpets were shoddy repair work, bent structural parts, and rust. LOTS of rust.  Almost every panel on the car needs replacing, welding, patching, or some sort of re-fabrication. 

It's been sitting in a bodywork shop since December. It's priority 999 in the shop as there's so much work and they can't make next day money on it, so it's taking forever. So far, another completely rotten Cabrio shell was cut up for bits, another whole regular Yugo was used for bits, and we ordered every single available NOS panel for it. ETA? No one knows.

As for the regular one, it's sitting in front of the garage, interior partially disassembled for me to find time to deal with it to find it's way on the car priority list so I pay someone to work on it. Oh and I need to order all the parts that were ordered for it originally, again.

 

Oh, they are both 1.3, twin-barrel carb. Some 65HP when new.

Bonus photos of a collection pic of a regular one and a pre-bodyshop pic of Cabrio.

very nice thanks 

[fatharris]

On 03/06/2024 at 10:20, IronStar said:

Hello everyone,

Self-identified Alfista and serial basket case purchaser here. Some of the people on here may know me from the different venues of the internet. People usually have problems remembering the cars they had for these, but I have no such issues - I've never sold a car 😄

I have, in no particular order:
 

2007 Alfa 159 1.9 16v

2003 Alfa 156 1.9 8v

1992 Alfa 155 1.8 TS 8v

1992 Mazda 626 2.0i

1976 VW Beetle 1200J

2003 Peugeot 307CC 2.0

1979 Mini 1300

2003 Yugo 1.3

1992 Yugo Cabrio

2x Citroen BX Break - 1.7 and 1.9 diesel

1984 Golf I 1.6D

2003 Fiat Bravo 1.6

1998 Citroen Saxo VTR

1,5 x BMW E21 1.5

 

No, they're not all driveable, let alone insured and registered, why? No, I don't own a huge estate and storing them is a PAIN. 😄

Pleasure meeting you guys!

So glad you're on here - finally!

Now get a garage project thread up - it's much easier to keep track of all your shenanigans in one place 😅