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5 hours ago, MisterH said:

Sunbeam Rapier H120: classiccars

I think it speaks to the strength of the design that when done up in H120 form with stripes and Rostyles (or similar) It looks fan-fecking-tastic, like a real baby muscle car.  Indeed this is one of my all time want cars, shame that prices are getting unfeasible now...

I bought an Alpine in 1978 for £375 (it was already rusty but the brown paint hid most of it). It chucked some rings one day so I found a bloke selling a Holbay engine in Rotherham and bought it (and the clutch release arm and bearings which are different). Fitted it then it failed an MOT for galloping rot.

Somebody told me about a stash of bodyshells in a scrappy near Gainsborough, so I went and bought one. Mate fetched it on a trailer (this would be 1981 ish) and rebuilt it. Father, wife to be hated it, but I loved it, went like stink (I removed the interlocks on the overdrive 'box so I effectively had 8 forward gears!!)

Some twat ran into it one frozen winter morning in 1986 and wrote it off. I still miss it.

wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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15 minutes ago, tooSavvy said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2002-Suzuki-Swift-1-0-Sky-Limited-Edition-3dr-Hatchback-Petrol-Manual-/334114187232?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

Two and a half bags for this grotfest...

*MOT 2015 'front floor mounts' adv is the 'horns' = it's on borrowed time!!

Mine's a Sky with a similar history of rust and not many more miles on the clock.  I'd be happy with a fifth of that price.

Soundwave Rank: Citroen Ami

Soundwave

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Given their relative scarcity, seems to be an awful lot of Safranes coming up for sale as of late. This one is specifically a Renault Safrane Car, just in case you thought it might be a Renault Safrane fondue set.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124860950476

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/yC4AAOSwVUphHmeQ/s-l1600.jpg

155V6 Rank: Lancia Gamma

155V6

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9 hours ago, MisterH said:

Sunbeam Rapier H120: classiccars

I think it speaks to the strength of the design that when done up in H120 form with stripes and Rostyles (or similar) It looks fan-fecking-tastic, like a real baby muscle car.  Indeed this is one of my all time want cars, shame that prices are getting unfeasible now...

Father_155 had an H120 in the early eighties,it was a flying machine after the Renault 8s & 16s he'd had before it.

A couple of years later,he had a standard Rapier.I learned to drive in this,along with his Mini Pickup.I always wished it was the H120 though 🤔

Then in the early nineties,he got another H120 which had been restored & I got to drive it a few times 😎

Unfortunately,this was when he had the habit of driving cars until the Mot ran out,& it was parked in the front garden where it still is now.I reckon the glass might be usable,but that's probably about it 🙄

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wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Those Rapiers are a nice thing, but I would baulk at paying £5K+ for what is basically a Hillman Hunter in a party frock.  I like Hunters but the most I've ever paid for one is about £350.

busmansholiday Rank: Lancia Gamma

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17 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Those Rapiers are a nice thing, but I would baulk at paying £5K+ for what is basically a Hillman Hunter in a party frock.  I like Hunters but the most I've ever paid for one is about £350.

Had a GLS, which is the Holbay engined one. Seem to remember it cost me less than a hundred quid from a kid who was about to weigh it in at the scrappies I was hunting for Mini parts in near Beckles (sis lived there, I went down for the weekend to fix their Countryman - proper original mini one). Left it at her house, went down next weekend, changed head gasket and rocketed it home. Ran out of fuel in Lincoln, ever tried finding a petrol station in Lincoln on a Sunday night in the early 80's?. Passed its MOT, ended up using it for spares for Rapier.

And that odd tapping noise you get from Holbay engines ??. It's because they used hollow push rods with shrunk fit cam followers and rocker cups. They eventually wear loose, you have to remove them all and check them before centre punching the bastards that's causing the noise.

Ask me how I know.

 

wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

wuvvum

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43 minutes ago, busmansholiday said:

And that odd tapping noise you get from Holbay engines ??. It's because they used hollow push rods with shrunk fit cam followers and rocker cups. They eventually wear loose, you have to remove them all and check them before centre punching the bastards that's causing the noise.

I never knew that.  I always assumed it was "because Rootes".

mintwth Rank: Renault 16

mintwth

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46 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

cheap for a T16S

Oddly enough, was looking at a much less rough T16S only a few hours ago

Shite Ron Rank: Citroen Ami

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I went to see this with a friend yesterday evening. The seller seemed a decent genuine person who had bought it off a man who was giving up driving at 100 years old in 1991. The MOT failure also helped his decision. He apparently had it off his niece who owned it from new. Apparently only 250 were sold in blue mink and it will make a nice car when done. The R/H rear quarter and rear panel are full of filler where it had a poor repair, it also had a terrible repaint so must have been looking sorry for itself 30 years ago when last driven. The back end is in a bad way from exposure to the elements but the front was surprisingly good under the bonnet. It is too much money for me but would be a rewarding project for someone with more spare time.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334117961860?hash=item4dcafb8084:g:BG0AAOSwPTRhHRxO

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