eBay tat volume 3.

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, barrett said:

Had to do a double-take here, as I could swear this was listed before for twice the current BIN

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133743264259

But no, it's a totally different blue, low-mileage Strada automatic.

The other one is here

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265128611899

TBH the cheaper one looks much better, but what cruel world do we live in where the only two Stradi in the country (hyperbole) are both automatics??

 

The most surprising thing about this for me is that there appear to be two Mk1 Stradas within 15 miles of me - that blue one up above and the maroon one I saw in Wroxham a couple of weeks ago.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Schaefft said:

155k miles plus who knows whats hiding underneath the wrap.

Yea, was drooling over the pics and saw door shuts were blue - the penny dropped with a clang!

[Asimo]

2 hours ago, barrett said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133743264259

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265128611899

TBH the cheaper one looks much better, but what cruel world do we live in where the only two Stradi in the country (hyperbole) are both automatics??

I think this 'box is the same VAG-matic that was crap in my Audi 80 and really good in my Maestro.

But I don't care because both Stradas are bloody 4 doors!

[cort16]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194075382344?hash=item2d2fcb5248:g:A3MAAOSw98lgipTx

[wuvvum]

5 minutes ago, Asimo said:

I think this 'box is the same VAG-matic that was crap in my Audi 80 and really good in my Maestro.

But I don't care because both Stradas are bloody 4 doors!

I had a B2 Passat with that 'box - I thought it was quite decent as early '80s automatics went.

[cort16]

https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-cars/triumph-stag-for-sale/1403739335

[cort16]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284275791117?hash=item423028550d:g:IO0AAOSwuFVgiIxW

[phil_lihp]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144024298602?hash=item218884646a:g:GeEAAOSw20xgivHV

These things have a whiff of @vulgalour about them.

[DSdriver]

1 hour ago, phil_lihp said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144024298602?hash=item218884646a:g:GeEAAOSw20xgivHV

These things have a whiff of @vulgalour about them.

They just reek of post-war austerity. (Not Vulgalour, he probably smells very nice, just the Triumphs)

[phil_lihp]

That one is in bad enough condition that it'd probably be ripe for some highly inappropriate modifications, perhaps an electric conversion and a hot rod paint job.  

[vulgalour]

I adore Mayflowers, they were on the shopping list before getting the Lanchester.  I'm sure they're terrible, I've never driven one.

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, Schaefft said:

155k miles plus who knows whats hiding underneath the wrap.

Yea, was drooling over the pics and saw door shuts were blue - the penny dropped with a clang!

[High Jetter]

2 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

I adore Mayflowers, they were on the shopping list before getting the Lanchester.  I'm sure they're terrible, I've never driven one.

20 years ago you couldn't sell them - have they a value now?

[Soundwave]

4 hours ago, barrett said:

This looks incredible!

Currently £100, no reserve, and just down the road from me...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333980835288

That looks absolutely wonderful!

[vulgalour]

Values were a bit odd on them when we were looking.  There were a few hovering around the £1000 mark that needed a lot of structural and mechanical work, often with difficult to find bits of trim missing.  There were a few that were complete and scruffy with prices from £2000-8000.  Most seemed to be cherished and shiny, prices from £3000-20,000.  Felt like nobody really knew what value to put on them and opinions differed wildly.  They don't have the best parts support and are really very rust prone with almost zero panel availability so they're a difficult one to sort out it seems.  Definitely a case of buying the best example you can afford unless you're happy to go down the modifying route.  They also don't seem to sit around for sale for very long, regardless of price, and quite often cars would be removed from sale because the seller changed their mind.  It really makes me wonder what we were missing out on, they clearly have something about them that makes people get attached to them so I guess they can't be all bad.

 

EDIT:  this is about Mayflowers, not that rather lovely Skoda.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 hours ago, willswitchengage said:

That has the most penis shaped gear lever I have ever seen.

I don't know what penises you've been looking at recently, but mine doesn't look anything like that gear lever.

[moosemansjukebox]

6 hours ago, busmansholiday said:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202103250571525

Gold one too expensive?, £620 and 11 months MoT.

Thought I’d check the MOT history for this... never seen an MOT failure for bird shite before 🤣

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, phil_lihp said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144024298602?hash=item218884646a:g:GeEAAOSw20xgivHV

These things have a whiff of @vulgalour about them.

The Mayflower always looks to me like a 4-door body stuck onto a 2-door chassis.

[horriblemercedes]

3 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Forum wasn't an edition as such, it was the base model.  Like Popular on Fords.  Next one up was in fact Forum Plus if memory serves.

Not to be confused with Forman, which is what they called the estate version in Czechoslovakia.

I went to school with a Nicholas Forman. No idea what they called him in Czechoslovakia

[vaughant]

 

That's really nice, 1.4 8v is a peach too. 

56k, 700 sovs

Please view this ad:

 

Vauxhall CorsaVan 1.4i,

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/vauxhall-corsavan-14i/1403667908?utm_source=com.google.android.apps.docs&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_android

 

Price: £ 700

 

Download the application from the Google Play Store.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gumtree.android

[Rod/b]

13 hours ago, barrett said:

Cheap LGB GT

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/213602997234537/

The other picture with the can of Easy-Start laying on the floor is a bit of a giveaway...

[Austat]

13 hours ago, barrett said:

The other one is here

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265128611899

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 minute ago, Austat said:

 

Designed by computer, built by robots, flipped by morons.

[Austat]

7 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Designed by computer, built by robots, flipped by morons.

... despised by Noel Edmonds too.

 

[Jerzy Woking]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MICROCAR-VIRGO-PRATIC-PRESTIGE-B1-LICENCE-70-MPH-ONLY-8500-MILES-LOW-MILEAGE-/174747267191?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286

70 mph? I'll pass, thank you.

[SiC]

15 hours ago, barrett said:

Cheap LGB GT

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/213602997234537/

Can of easy start by the side and air filters off. Oops. 

[doug]

Spotted this and was going to see it but it got snapped up within the hour.

Sent from my SM-J330FN using Tapatalk

[Amishtat]

13 hours ago, JeeExEll said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294144762761?hash=item447c64e389:g:k5sAAOSw6clghvKo

And here's how it used to look.. Not normally a fan of modded classics but I'm pleased to see it hasn't hit the track, which I would have expected. 

[cort16]

Dotty the youtube SD1 now at 7995 BIN. Very nice car and probably worth that.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154433635685?ul_noapp=true

[Fumbler]

17 hours ago, 1duck said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203407891984?hash=item2f5c0e1e10:g:Xg4AAOSwHt1gfFKT

 

 

I was torn between the just scrap it thread and this thread. 500 quid BIN, but might be decent for spares if someone has one lying around.

Oof, there's a wealth of spares from that I'd like.