eBay tat volume 3.

[sheffcortinacentre]

2 hours ago, Yoss said:

Surely you need an Amphicar to go with this.

Yes, I've read the advert and it has space for an outboard motor, but doesn't actually have one. And I assume you lose the chassis when you go watering but I love the idea of an Amphicar towing this along. And trying to reverse park. 

Chassis is permanent fixture to best of my knowledge.

[puddlethumper]

47 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Chassis is permanent fixture to best of my knowledge.

I think the tow bar hinges up and then it's rev up and eff off.

[cort16]

Semi automatic apparently 

 

https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-cars/standard-10-super-semi-automatic-/1409051034

[New POD]

Its given me a semi. 

[eddyramrod]

Automatically?

[barrett]

As an ex-Standard owner, I love 'em as much as the next bloke, but that's the first time I've seen a Standrive car described as:

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highly desirable

ha!

[anonymous user]

Did that have some weird system using iron filings and electromagnets? Or was that the Routes group?

[barrett]

I think it's just a centrifugal clutch and some sort of torque converter, like a preselector, so it's 'neutral' at idle speeds and controlled by engine revs. Should be good in theory but I can't believe anything that complex built by half-cut men in Coventry smoking Woodbines and wearing shop-coats could actually function properly in the real world

[High Jetter]

Ooh, harsh. West Mids were master lockmakers, massive choice of engineers in Cov

[garethj]

33 minutes ago, anonymous user said:

Did that have some weird system using iron filings and electromagnets? Or was that the Routes group?

I think it was the push-button transmission in rear engined Renaults of the ‘60s.  Bonkers

[nivek]

1 hour ago, anonymous user said:

Did that have some weird system using iron filings and electromagnets? Or was that the Routes group?

Easidrive! It used a 'magnetic powder' that could be troublesome. It was definitely available on the Minx and probably other Rootes products as well.

[somewhatfoolish]

Slightly less sprightly than an early 60s badermatic saloon; a K6 call box, some restoration required.

[Isopon]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334063088732?hash=item4dc7b6345c:g:93EAAOSwjZ9g4Bxd

[willswitchengage]

Full banger action here. MoT and well serviced but looks hilarious.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324700476041?hash=item4b99a81289:g:2-cAAOSwtRJg34tH

[adw1977]

1972 SAAB 99 Restoration or Parts Donor

1972 SAAB 99 4 door saloon , in very rare Saab "OPAL" green it is a rolling shell which is very solid , engine is gone but comes with 2 spare gearboxes.

Classified ad price: £650

Ebay link

[adw1977]

1982 Vauxhall Cavalier Mk2 1.3 2-door, very rare car, barn stored 25 yrs

TWO DOOR Mark 2 Cavalier, I didn't think there were any left!  Only available for a few months in 1.3 base flavour only.

Current bid: £343 - Reserve not met

Ebay link

[MisterH]

1 hour ago, adw1977 said:

1982 Vauxhall Cavalier Mk2 1.3 2-door, very rare car, barn stored 25 yrs

TWO DOOR Mark 2 Cavalier, I didn't think there were any left!  Only available for a few months in 1.3 base flavour only.

Current bid: £343 - Reserve not met

Ebay link

These have always fascinated me since I saw one for sale a while back, like the 2 door Sierra in the UK, it has always been a bit of a unicorn, are there any 2 door, UK market Sierra 2.0iS's left? 

Seems a missed opportunity to not have a 2 door SRi...

[bunglebus]

I was just about to post that ^ must be virtually unique in the UK now

[barrett]

That Cav is being sold by the ghost of deceased/discraced former Autoshite poster boy "Pogweasel" who sadly lost the use of his brain in a bizarre gardening accident several years ago. If you buy it, you'll get to meet a living (dead) legend.

[bunglebus]

How about this instead?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ULTRA-RARE-MICRO-CAR-BARN-FIND-for-restoration-NO-RESERVE-City-com-el-pvc-/203513258864?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

 

[bunglebus]

54 minutes ago, MisterH said:

are there any 2 door, UK market Sierra 2.0iS's left? 

I didn't know there was such a thing - thought UK market only got 1.3 and 1.6 MK1 3 doors in base and L flavours, while our continental cousins got MK1 and 2 3-doors in all sorts of specs. I remember seeing lots in Spain in 98, an early red MK2 GLS sticks in my mind as my dad had a similar 5 door at the time

[adw1977]

47 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I didn't know there was such a thing - thought UK market only got 1.3 and 1.6 MK1 3 doors in base and L flavours, while our continental cousins got MK1 and 2 3-doors in all sorts of specs. I remember seeing lots in Spain in 98, an early red MK2 GLS sticks in my mind as my dad had a similar 5 door at the time

Pretty much.  The three door in the UK came in 1.3, 1.6 and 2.3D base and 1.6 and 2.3D L.

[MisterH]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

I didn't know there was such a thing - thought UK market only got 1.3 and 1.6 MK1 3 doors in base and L flavours, while our continental cousins got MK1 and 2 3-doors in all sorts of specs. I remember seeing lots in Spain in 98, an early red MK2 GLS sticks in my mind as my dad had a similar 5 door at the time

 

10 minutes ago, adw1977 said:

Pretty much.  The three door in the UK came in 1.3, 1.6 and 2.3D base and 1.6 and 2.3D L.

This is going to bug me now, I am sure there was a period press photo I saw of a 2.0i S with RHD, but the internet is so big I can't possibly find it, is there a website where you can clearly see what was sold where? 

[wuvvum]

28 minutes ago, New POD said:

There was a bloke down my road in Birmingham that had a 3 door beige 1.3 auto ghia Sierra. 

Did he park it next to his diesel Maxi?

[bunglebus]

30 minutes ago, MisterH said:

is there a website where you can clearly see what was sold where? 

Best I've managed is searching for scans of the Ford Cars brochures. They seemed to be released and revised monthly in the late 70s and early 80s

[MisterH]

Not bad for 3 bags, love the graphics down the side 

[garethj]

2 hours ago, barrett said:

That Cav is being sold by the ghost of deceased/discraced former Autoshite poster boy "Pogweasel" who sadly lost the use of his brain in a bizarre gardening accident several years ago. If you buy it, you'll get to meet a living (dead) legend.

Top stalking skillz!  I wonder if he ever managed to shift that Escort estate he had?  Hopefully in the Autoshite tradition he offloaded it 20 minutes before prices rose by 600%

[garethj]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

How about this instead?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ULTRA-RARE-MICRO-CAR-BARN-FIND-for-restoration-NO-RESERVE-City-com-el-pvc-/203513258864?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

 

I used to drive past a house which had one of those and a Maserati parked in the driveway.  I can only assume that the owner didn’t need to commute into work often

[barrett]

18 minutes ago, garethj said:

Top stalking skillz!  I wonder if he ever managed to shift that Escort estate he had?  Hopefully in the Autoshite tradition he offloaded it 20 minutes before prices rose by 600%

That is precisely what happened haha. I think he's probably still a bit pissed off about that, or would be if he was still alive

[New POD]

17 hours ago, adw1977 said:

1982 Vauxhall Cavalier Mk2 1.3 2-door, very rare car, barn stored 25 yrs

TWO DOOR Mark 2 Cavalier, I didn't think there were any left!  Only available for a few months in 1.3 base flavour only.

Current bid: £343 - Reserve not met

Ebay link

When I was very into mk2 cavaliers, I had the opportunity to buy a project 2 door. 

It was yellow, had very little interior, a badly fitted CalibrE body kit and a 2.0 SEH that didn't run. 

I also turned down a rhd 2 door ascona C 1.8 GT, which was basically an Sri or a convertible before they cut the roof off. (previously owned by someone in the armed forces stationed in germany, who had ordered it with RHD) 

You kick yourself.  

I stopped being into mk2 cavaliers when I witnessed through the power of the internet, someone, take an almost perfect 2 door, and fit a 2.0 LET, 18 inch alloys a Calibra leather interior and a CalibrE body kit to it.  For some reason, I suggested it would have been better with 14 inch steel wheels, no body kit and a terracotta interior, to make a proper sleeper, and rightly g it chastised for my opinion.  I mean yes, it's your car, and you can do what you like.