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1 hour ago, Tubbo said:

Vauxhall VX 2300

Been in a garage for 35 years

’Appologies if the window sticker offends but it’s part of the car’

Question is, would you keep the sticker or not???

 

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No. I'd fix that first. 

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On 11/9/2022 at 6:04 PM, Cavcraft said:

It's a £1,250 van for £3,950 and if you do convert it back to diesel you're essentially faced with a ticking time bomb 2.2HDi or a spazzy 2.3 Iv*co engine. 

Looking at these lately, what's the engine to go for? Facebook has the 3.0 down as the best of the bunch as the 2.0 and 2.2 are as you say, ticking time bombs. No negative opinions on the 2.3 though?

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10 minutes ago, Kringle said:

Looking at these lately, what's the engine to go for? Facebook has the 3.0 down as the best of the bunch as the 2.0 and 2.2 are as you say, ticking time bombs. No negative opinions on the 2.3 though?

The 2.0 seems ok, the 2.2 is a bit of a gamble, imho.

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17 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

In the old days. I reckon a minimum one in every three Morris Minors looked like this Jesse's diets Oil Tanker Orange/red one

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morris minor | eBay

'Please remember everyone's opinion of a vehicle is different'

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Yes, mine did back in the mid-nineties: a rough hand painted red 2 door, c.1960. It was minging. Can’t recall clearly now, but think I bought it for a few quid from the short lived dodgy car auctions off The Level down Lewes Rd, Brighton. Used to park it on the main A259 road outside my flat in Kemptown, if anyone remembers seeing it. When I’d had enough, advertised it locally and it was bought by a self-appointed junior “marque expert” from Peacehaven. Daft lad. Wonder if it made it back on the road or was dismantled for parts . . . Not long after, I found another in a front garden in Bexhill, bought it and had two reliable years out of it. I even commuted from Brighton to Haywards Heath in it for a few months. Hand painted/ rattle canned grey primer and green, a great car. Possibly the last years of genuinely cheap workable Minors.

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2 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

The 2.0 seems ok, the 2.2 is a bit of a gamble, imho.

DW12? Not too bad in Mondeos, was it? Or XFs for that matter. Decent donk IMO, and not that different from the 2.0 that was fitted to a gazillion Mondeos/407/C5 etc

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7 minutes ago, grogee said:

DW12? Not too bad in Mondeos, was it? Or XFs for that matter. Decent donk IMO, and not that different from the 2.0 that was fitted to a gazillion Mondeos/407/C5 etc

Ahh, that's the end of my limited knowledge, then. I assumed the 2.0 would be the HDi as fitted in earlier vans.

 

The 2.3 seem to pull well, but by God the noise is annoying if you boot them.

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Metro corner:

First up: 3 door Metro 1.4Li "Automatic with hand controls" spares or repairs

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Next, a 1994 1.1c 5 door "Unfortunately doesn’t start but it wouldn’t take much to get it going"

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30 minutes ago, stendec said:

Metro corner:

First up: 3 door Metro 1.4Li "Automatic with hand controls" spares or repairs

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Next, a 1994 1.1c 5 door "Unfortunately doesn’t start but it wouldn’t take much to get it going"

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My Mum's '83 Metro Auto had hand controls. And PAS (specialist fitted). And a big battery from a truck, because she only used it to bumble about the village. 

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1968 Land-Rover Series IIa

"Not really a hedge find but it has been standing in a paddock covered in brambles for about 20 years."

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Oh well, tough things them Landies, how bad can it be?

"I tried to tow it away complete but the chassis was so weak I had to break it up where it was and bring it home in bits."

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