BorniteIdentity Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Someone spotted this over the weekend and posted it on @trigger's excellent East Coast Retros facebook page - and it really piqued my interest. It's for sale 3 miles from my parents, it's a local Ipswich car with HDX suffix to match my Mini. My parents nearly always had a japanese car on fleet, and we were regulars at Carrs Honda in Ipswich - trudging around the forecourt once a month to see what had arrived. In fact, my parents had an earlier bronze Civic. Two owners. 23,000 on the clock. I got bored waiting for my Dad to go and speak to the garage owner - so called him up. Today. We know the proprietor, he used to service and look after my Nan's Mini back in the 80s. He wants £2495 for it which, on balance, is probably about right. I'd dearly love to buy it but it's about £500 more than I'm comfortable paying for it and I don't need 1 car at the moment - never mind 7. I imagine he only gave the old girl a few hundred quid for it as "it's an old car love" which is a further frustration, but I never resent someone earning a living. I just wish they'd not to it at my expense sometimes!!! Anyway - if anyone's serious (he'll not welcome being fucked about) then it's at Brands Garage in Trimley. spartacus, BL Bloke, Mr Laurence and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Correctly propelled and controlled Camry. Buy this and never require the Tat thread ever again. £1400 on Facebook Marketplace. MorrisItalSLX, Disco Fever, Schaefft and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 1 hour ago, richardmorris said: Have we had this fabulously interiored S class yet? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLASSIC-1997-MERCEDES-BENZ-S320-3-2-AUTO-53-800-MILES-FROM-NEW/353103494687?hash=item52369bbe1f:g:6QIAAOSwr9ReaiV9 We had that exact model as a wedding car (rented and driven by my Brother in law to save dosh), that had a black interior though. I could live with that at a push though. Disco Fever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 52 minutes ago, mk2_craig said: Loads of other tat in the sale too. Anybody brave enough to take on a 1968 Berliet PCM-RE double deck bus? That's probably the only one left in existence. If I win the lottery then yes, fixing (or getting parts) would be fun* especially as, IIRC, it's front wheel drive. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 47 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said: Someone spotted this over the weekend and posted it on @trigger's excellent East Coast Retros facebook page - and it really piqued my interest. It's for sale 3 miles from my parents, it's a local Ipswich car with HDX suffix to match my Mini. My parents nearly always had a japanese car on fleet, and we were regulars at Carrs Honda in Ipswich - trudging around the forecourt once a month to see what had arrived. In fact, my parents had an earlier bronze Civic. Two owners. 23,000 on the clock. I got bored waiting for my Dad to go and speak to the garage owner - so called him up. Today. We know the proprietor, he used to service and look after my Nan's Mini back in the 80s. He wants £2495 for it which, on balance, is probably about right. I'd dearly love to buy it but it's about £500 more than I'm comfortable paying for it and I don't need 1 car at the moment - never mind 7. I imagine he only gave the old girl a few hundred quid for it as "it's an old car love" which is a further frustration, but I never resent someone earning a living. I just wish they'd not to it at my expense sometimes!!! Anyway - if anyone's serious (he'll not welcome being fucked about) then it's at Brands Garage in Trimley. Wow, genuinely interested in that! Will probably PM after work. Did you look closely? MOT history is rusty and looks like it's been welded. Manual / engine size? BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 43 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said: Someone spotted this over the weekend and posted it on @trigger's excellent East Coast Retros facebook page - and it really piqued my interest. It's for sale 3 miles from my parents, it's a local Ipswich car with HDX suffix to match my Mini. My parents nearly always had a japanese car on fleet, and we were regulars at Carrs Honda in Ipswich - trudging around the forecourt once a month to see what had arrived. In fact, my parents had an earlier bronze Civic. Two owners. 23,000 on the clock. I got bored waiting for my Dad to go and speak to the garage owner - so called him up. Today. We know the proprietor, he used to service and look after my Nan's Mini back in the 80s. He wants £2495 for it which, on balance, is probably about right. I'd dearly love to buy it but it's about £500 more than I'm comfortable paying for it and I don't need 1 car at the moment - never mind 7. I imagine he only gave the old girl a few hundred quid for it as "it's an old car love" which is a further frustration, but I never resent someone earning a living. I just wish they'd not to it at my expense sometimes!!! Anyway - if anyone's serious (he'll not welcome being fucked about) then it's at Brands Garage in Trimley. I wonder where he got those windscreen stickers with 'Preparation' spelt wrong on them? BeEP, Disco Fever, Tadhg Tiogar and 5 others 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Just now, Mr_Bo11ox said: I wonder where he got those windscreen stickers with 'Preparation' spelt wrong on them? That's tremendous. I didn't even spot it! I'd like to think he called someone up and they printed them verbatim just out of spite, in full knowledge of the speeling error. Mr_Bo11ox and Sir Snipes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradders59 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 1 hour ago, New POD said: DAMM that is flipping fantastic and shit at the same time. I'd like to own that and swap the block for a 3.2 out of an omega. Shouldn't be a difficult conversion to do. There was a 2.5 V6 version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, Bradders59 said: Shouldn't be a difficult conversion to do. There was a 2.5 V6 version. It is a 2.5 V6 To be fair the car I really wanted / wish they made was a mk3 cavalier 4x4 GSi with a 3.2 V6 and the turbo 6 speed gearbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Mr_Bo11ox said: I wonder where he got those windscreen stickers with 'Preparation' spelt wrong on them? [Some] people take these cars onto the forecourt to drive foot traffic, they are often not over anxious to sell erm. Come looking at that and you end up driving off in a 2017 electric Cockfumbler Wizzomatic with HID headlamps the bulb change for which costs more than your first house. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 1 minute ago, lesapandre said: People take these cars onto the forecourt to drive foot traffic. Come looking at that and you end up driving off in a 2017 electric Cockfumbler Wizzomatic with HID headlamps the bulb change for which costs more than your first house. You've not seen his forecourt. There's also a G reg Nissan Sunny and a W plate Corolla. lesapandre and Kringle 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertz Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 £600 https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1242628 Disco Fever and wuvvum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertz Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 SE spec £500 https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1242992 Mr Laurence and BL Bloke 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertz Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 MG HGF https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1243327 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertz Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1243543 Amishtat, vulgalour, Disco Fever and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Hertz said: https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1243543 dri. bble. spartacus, Dick Longbridge and mk2_craig 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/264362101527925/?surface=product_details Remspoor, MorrisItalSLX, Austat and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 This looks like a nice v6 Avantime. LPG'd too. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/289726025547546/?surface=product_details 500tops, MorrisItalSLX, Retr0naut and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 5 hours ago, mk2_craig said: Fancy an XJR cheap? Only problem is, it needs dragging back from France https://www.lotsearch.net/lot/1993-jaguar-xj40-rhd-no-reserve-49718034 Loads of other tat in the sale too. Anybody brave enough to take on a 1968 Berliet PCM-RE double deck bus? 'Kinell, some of those estimates are ridiculously low. In fact if I thought that any of them were actually going to be accurate I'd be booking a ferry ticket now. mk2_craig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggersdog Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 For Mr Ramrod, it's just about AS colours too https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bedford-CF-VAN/224072177080?hash=item342bbe15b8:g:n8QAAOSwYz5fBYzc BorniteIdentity, BeEP, cpjitservices and 10 others 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeEP Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Beta 1.3 saloon! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lancia-Beta-1-3-BARN-FIND/264789533139 adw1977, BL Bloke, Retr0naut and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 This is seriously tempting. It's a high-spec JTD with cruise and climate (like the one I had which went to Bramz then Bo11ox and I believe is still in the fold somewhere), but it's an estate so with added junk-carrying ability. Seems like an honest seller too. Only thing putting me off is the distance. That and the fact that it may need rear bushes, which I remember Bo11ox saying were a twat of a job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggersdog Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Overpriced for an MoT failure IMO but it's got air brakes...who knew Offside Front Brake pipe leaking on an air braking system (1.1.11 (b) (i)) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Skoda-Felicia-Fun-Pickup-Good-Running-Project-w-Original-Truckman-Top-MOT-fail/224071790744?hash=item342bb83098:g:~9wAAOSwykdfBLy willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertz Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Quote (NOT LANDROVER) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LANDMASTER-4x4-RARE-UTILITY-VEHICLE-PROJECT-RENOVATION-NOT-LANDROVER/264789444083?hash=item3da6ae45f3:g:miIAAOSwlRZe5nUz Braddon81 and SteersWithThrottle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 7 hours ago, richardmorris said: Have we had this fabulously interiored S class yet? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLASSIC-1997-MERCEDES-BENZ-S320-3-2-AUTO-53-800-MILES-FROM-NEW/353103494687?hash=item52369bbe1f:g:6QIAAOSwr9ReaiV9 This is tempting me more than a little. I’ve just whatsapped my mechanic friend asking if he knows weak spots. Anyone know if this engine is the same as in my 1994 e class or is it a later v6? I don’t think the wheels are original but they don’t look bad. spike60 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertz Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Classy* https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lincoln-Rolls-Royce-Phantom-Stretched-Limousine-Rare-With-J-Seat-Rare-Limo/124248791995?hash=item1cedce1bbb:g:gpAAAOSwmHRfAkcr Mr_Bo11ox, richardmorris, wuvvum and 4 others 4 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 How cool would these seats have been if you were still aged 17 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-Cherry-Turbo-1985/264786477076?_trkparms=aid%3D888008%26algo%3DDISC.CARDS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200220090753%26meid%3Debe6642c546446849427cfec421f971f%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D2%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D233636206830%26itm%3D264786477076%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DDiscV1&_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982 spike60, BL Bloke, Dick Longbridge and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 9 minutes ago, Hertz said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LANDMASTER-4x4-RARE-UTILITY-VEHICLE-PROJECT-RENOVATION-NOT-LANDROVER/264789444083?hash=item3da6ae45f3:g:miIAAOSwlRZe5nUz Interesting. Showing up on totalcarcheck as 3860cc which suggests a Perkins 4.236. I once drove a Series 3 Land Rover powered by a Perkins 4.236. It was not a fast vehicle. Nor was it quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, willswitchengage said: How cool would these seats have been if you were still aged 17 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-Cherry-Turbo-1985/264786477076.... I wonder if there'll be anything left once the rust has been ground / sawn out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jds1 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 A week to save it says otherwise destined to become a banger . https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/659121977801016/ Retr0naut, Austat, Amishtat and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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