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45 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-Visa-11RE/124292165345?hash=item1cf063eee1:g:CkEAAOSwEUpfMD28

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Needs a little care, but £595 classified is a bloody good price.

Given that an antique dealer infamously bought a non-runner at auction for £500......

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5 hours ago, Austat said:

First time I've heard of an Avante kit car before, VW Beetle based:

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233674358326

Seems to share some styling cues, maybe even parts (windscreen?) with the Beetle based Nova kit car. Wonder if the same people were involved?

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C134624

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-escort-turbo-diesel/164333228758?hash=item26430612d6:g:J5sAAOSwwvtfMuAO

 

'Great investment'

 

£2,250.

 

About as good an 'investment' as a fucking magnet find  Halford's 'Apollo' mountain bike that's been at the bottom of the Manchester Ship[ Canal for the last 23 years.

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Capri-3-0-customised-1978-whale-tail-x-pack-pink-purple/184396711689?hash=item2aeee68709:g:ShgAAOSwJ59fMZ-y

 

'This was caused by it trying to run away down a slope while on a jack'

 

 

Kudos for trying again to finish the fucking thing off

 

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The fuck are those back lights off, an early-ish Passat?

 

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3 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Capri-3-0-customised-1978-whale-tail-x-pack-pink-purple/184396711689?hash=item2aeee68709:g:ShgAAOSwJ59fMZ-y

 

'This was caused by it trying to run away down a slope while on a jack'

 

 

Kudos for trying again to finish the fucking thing off

 

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The fuck are those back lights off, an early-ish Passat?

 

What a shed. Why fuck about with a great car like that? Much as I love well done custom cars that is far from well done in any sense of the word.

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Smokey-Grey-93-1-9D-VW-T4-SWB-LHD-173-5k-Miles-Unique-Interior-Lots-of-extras/283974353343?hash=item421e30c1bf:g:csoAAOSw38dfK9QE

 

'My husband & I spent all of lockdown completing the interior...'

 

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They didn't state how long this 'lock down' was, by the looks of it probably about twenty five fucking minutes on Monday morning which was enough time to glue some cracked old fence panels together.

 

.'...only to learn that she may need a new EGR valve which we just can't afford.'

 

Did they actually have an EGR on these in 1993?

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38 minutes ago, SteersWithThrottle said:

Seems to share some styling cues, maybe even parts (windscreen?) with the Beetle based Nova kit car. Wonder if the same people were involved?

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C134624

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AFAIK totally separate from Nova cars, sold around 50.

I went to look at one once, seller had welded a 2" steam pipe roll cage in , because he thought it might turn over!

Was a red one on here recently, or something very similar.

https://motor-car.net/british/item/19056-avante-uk

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5 minutes ago, Mally said:

AFAIK totally separate from Nova cars, sold around 50.

I went to look at one once, seller had welded a 2" steam pipe roll cage in , because he thought it might turn over!

Was a red one on here recently, or something very similar.

https://motor-car.net/british/item/19056-avante-uk

Front looks nice, back less so.

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Has anyone here ever heard of the dealer ‘a-buyers-gallery-of-supercheapies’? Because if you haven’t, then you’re in for a treat. Every single one of their (unpunctuated) ads reads like the ramblings of a lunatic. Below are a few highlights, all quoted verbatim:

 

 

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Im going against all my RULES here to suggest a young lass buys it as I don’t sell to anyone who is under 35 or has no balls

 

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NO Cretins

 

On the ad for an automatic Chrysler crossfire:

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That Growling Sound from the Engine has to be one of the most satisfying Sexual Noises since lovemaking was invented in the 60's*Strictly 2 seater with room for their weekend sex Toys and Lingerie heading for a MUCKY weekend

 

On the same ad (remember, an automatic crossfire):

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with the assuring quality that it will become a CLASSIC within NO time

 

 

All three of the following are for the same car:

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MASTERPIECE LUXURY CRUISER

 

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Pure Redneck

 

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your Mother will think you've won the lottery

 

Any guesses?

 

Nope.

 

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This was on a different, ad, but probably far more apt for the Sebring:

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disappointment will naturally prey on your mind the rest of your life and make you the most miserable human being in the world

 

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PRECIOUSLY RE BUILT AFTER SUFFERING SOME PAST MINOR INJURIES WHILE BEING DRIVEN AT LESS THAN 15 MPH BY OLD LADY (I THINK) CAT S which only means that Mrs Old Lady was probably (maybe) in a supermarket car park after buying her cat Tiddles his cat fodder and was STARTLED BY THE LACK OF WHISKA'S ON THE SHELVES AS THE PANDEMIC HAD WIPED THE NORMALLY BUSTLING AISLES OF TIDDLES FAVOURITE LIP SMACKING GOODNESS, SHE PANICKED (PROBABLY) AND ENDED UP BASHING INTO SUPERMARKET TROLLEYS IN DESPERATION TO FIND URGENT CAT FOOD AS SHE WAS DOWN TO HER LAST 1000th TIN, she muttered to the paramedic who was first on the scene that she hadn't seen supermarket SHORTAGES like that even in WW2 which is hardly surprising because there wasn't any supermarkets then, Mrs Old Lady survived the crash but sadly Tiddles didn't as he couldn't use the tin opener to feed himself while Mrs Old Lady was in a coma.. too bad hey?

 

Every ad is like this. There’s a Picasso with a description that’s just tangent about bin men and all the people who work for him. The car basically isn’t mentioned.

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1 hour ago, Mr Laurence said:

 

Has anyone here ever heard of the dealer ‘a-buyers-gallery-of-supercheapies’? Because if you haven’t, then you’re in for a treat. Every single one of their (unpunctuated) ads reads like the ramblings of a lunatic. Below are a few highlights, all quoted verbatim:

 

 

 

 

On the ad for an automatic Chrysler crossfire:

 

On the same ad (remember, an automatic crossfire):

 

 

All three of the following are for the same car:

 

 

 

Any guesses?

 

Nope.

 

 

 

This was on a different, ad, but probably far more apt for the Sebring:

 

 

Every ad is like this. There’s a Picasso with a description that’s just tangent about bin men and all the people who work for him. The car basically isn’t mentioned.

Wasn't there another Rayman Boy's Antique/ Chelsea Dolls House nut job on eBay a few years ago? Maybe he's come back to life with all his absolute bollocks.

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1 hour ago, Ford Prefect said:

That looks good! Bet not many ended up like that. The single parallel arm wiper is a nice touch.

It did actually look really good to say that I made the front end all on my little fat lonesome out of fibreglass and filler though the splitter had a base of plywood (how ashamed am I?) and made the rear spoiler out of a Richard Grant thing for a mk4 Escort and lots of cutting (to widen it) and various bits of allsorts to get it to sit like that. It was done on a budget to be honest as I paid too much for the base heap (and it was!) and had to buy/build a new engine and do all the floors, suspension and the body.  Painted it outside and the rear flairs were off an Alfa 75 Veloce thing, the sideskirts came from a shower surround and the front was whatever I could get my hands on!

Got it all legal and promptly blew the engine from arseoles to breakfast time wich was a bit of a gutter as it was tuned 914 motor with twin twinchokes and a hot cam and lots of good bits inside. Sadly the engine I bought to base it on (only used the crank and rods, heads and crankcases) had a slightly bent rod which I didn't spot/check on before I built it.

 

Never mind, sold the engine in bits for more than it cost me and bought a type 4 2 litre piece of shit for £100 and sold the car. When all was said and done, it still drove like a Beetle and I hated it!

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4 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

....and the Toyopet Crown was an interpretation of ......?

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I'd be surprised, given the Crown was launched four years before the Lark. It's like when people say the Datsun Fairlady is a rip-off of the MGB, despite the MGB being launched a year after the Fairlady. Japanese designers definitely copied from Western designs, quite blatantly at times, but by the 1950s they were mostly treading their own path, and more just following the general styling zeitgeist as much as anyone else was

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