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2 hours ago, brownnova said:

Anyone fancy a Renault 14 for cheap cheap money? Seen on FaceAche. 

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And if you did break it exactly who would you sell all those bits to? There are probably exactly 2? on the road. There cannot be 200 of these left?

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6 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

And if you did break it exactly who would you sell all those bits to? ...

Well, there's that fella who managed to get himself one from Ireland recently.....

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3 hours ago, cort16 said:

Worth it just for the interior

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1976-AMC-PACER-PROJECT-RED-WITH-GORGEOUS-NAVAJO-INTERIOR-4-2-AUTO-RARE-CAR/133151698812?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

The Pacer is a seriously cool car if you have ever seen one in the metal.

It's like a car that was designed by aliens who watched a lot of TV on the the other side of the galaxy and then designed a car to use when they landed on earth - to blend in and failed. 

It's like a car...but not quite. 

Badly made - gutless - it looks small but is really very big, but small inside, asymmetrical doors...yes definitely alien produced.

Fantastic - this is cheap they are worth more and have a following stateside.

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Full horror story here - an economy compact that, well, wasn't...about 20mpg.

http://www.curbsideclassic.com/vintage-review/vintage-rt-road-test-1975-amc-pacer-the-worlds-biggest-small-car/

The kind of thing David Cassidy drove in some cheesy 70's TV show.

I have driven one of these - torpid, wooden and about 5-turns lock to lock...it was being sold by a dealer in about 1980 when I used to wash his cars...

Amazing car - 

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29 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

And if you did break it exactly who would you sell all those bits to? There are probably exactly 2? on the road. There cannot be 200 of these left?

One licensed and three SORN. If the drive wasn't full I would buy it.

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27 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

.....The kind of thing David Cassidy drove in some cheesy 70's TV show....

... but arguably far better known for its starring role in Wayne's World....

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V70 2.5 £450, owner given up driving..89933dd4a5702fe025db1227f732dd38.jpg

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So much good stuff about at the mo..

V plate 306 petrol auto, 35k miles, decent MOT history..



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9 hours ago, lesapandre said:

And if you did break it exactly who would you sell all those bits to? There are probably exactly 2? on the road. There cannot be 200 of these left?

I do love it when people say they will break it unless they get £x by Sunday.

Just ask them for, say, first dibs on the doors or summat and say you can pick up on Monday

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10 hours ago, vulgalour said:

SODMOT

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUSTIN-3-LITRE-SALOON-AUTOMATIC/113862617061

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Shame to see it bangered. I had one - based on my ownership IMHO a poor car - bit like the Pacer... but supercool. The principle problem is the crappy engine which is very reluctant to rev....and poor MPG...but there was a Wolseley prototype in the car pool at Longbridge that was very popular - it had the Rover V8 in it and the old thing handles ok. Killed by internal company policymaking and the BMC - Leyland merger. A big expensive ugly Austin was always going to be a hard sell - but a Wolseley 8/180 - might have found a niche. Would be a great car to recreate and would give the car the power it needs. 

This car was up against the Big Fords, Rover 3500, Triumph 2000 etc. Only 8000 sold but definitely worth saving as the last big Austin.

A car that must have had a lot of care lavished on it at the factory - beautiful finish inside. Mine was a manual. I owned it 30 years ago and was then in pretty good condition. Hope it survives.

Not sure who did the nose and tail job on the 1800 hull - whether it was Pininfarina or in house at BMC. If the latter would have been the work of Ricardo Burzi in the BMC design office. More than a little 1962 Ferrari 250 GTE about the rear wing line and boot shape.

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