wuvvum Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Early 405 MorrisItalSLX, dome, Brodders and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, cort16 said: If you live in Australia yes if you live in Cornwall no. So I couldn't get it back on £30 of fuel with the wind behind me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Early 405 A mate rents a farm building as his workshop and has done for years. I remember the farmer had an E plate 405 which he ran into the ground. Not seen one on an E for ages though. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Soundwave said: No MOT, and advisories for rot on its last one... but much cheapness, and when did you last see one?https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202011126042371?sort=distance&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=Used&advertising-location=at_cars&radius=1500&postcode=cv100nr&include-delivery-option=on&price-to=1000&year-to=1995&page=2 I always liked those, and that a manual sport version and not too far from me. Suspect it might need a few quid spending on it. Interestingly one of the other cars they are selling is a £110k Bentley SUV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 7 minutes ago, wesacosa said: I always liked those, and that a manual sport version and not too far from me. Suspect it might need a few quid spending on it. Interestingly one of the other cars they are selling is a £110k Bentley SUV Do it - you know it makes sense! You buy it, find out it's more rotten than you thought, get it fixed, and by the time it's MOT'd you're so fed up with it you put it on a roffle, and I'll buy 3 randoms. Simples! colino 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 9 minutes ago, Soundwave said: Do it - you know it makes sense! You buy it, find out it's more rotten than you thought, get it fixed, and by the time it's MOT'd you're so fed up with it you put it on a roffle, and I'll buy 3 randoms. Simples! Its got to the point where if someone isn't trying to flog a car like that for 2 grand as a unique investment opportunity and rare appreciating classic, I assume it must be scrap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 "I'm wanting to move onto a new chapter in my car-ownership" https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-cars/other-firebird-1994-3400-cc-/1389906181 SteersWithThrottle, sheffcortinacentre and warch 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 15 hours ago, Shite Ron said: This looks nice: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alfa-romeo-giulietta-2-0RS-twin-cam-116-series/114522683038?hash=item1aaa15769e:g:flwAAOSw59Jfsquv The last two company cars I had were Giulietta ‘s the new ones are nowhere near as nice as this: Numberplate looks familiar. I wonder if this is the same one I saw running through Golders Green at the time when Northern Rock were experiencing some financial difficulties? Must remember to dig into the shite photo archive...... Shite Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 These LDV's are the go-to vehicle if you want a shit camper conversion that looks worse than death https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ldv-convoy/114518596766 This looks literally 50x less appealing than clamping my knackers in a 'Breville' toastie maker then turning it on and listening to Ed Sheeran's 'Galway Girl' on repeat as it warms up SmoothieAuxFruit, cobblers, spartacus and 17 others 2 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 25 minutes ago, Mr_Bo11ox said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ldv-convoy/114518596766 This looks literally 50x less appealing than clamping my knackers in a 'Breville' toastie maker then turning it on and listening to Ed Sheeran's 'Galway Girl' on repeat as it warms up Absolutely beautiful. Who WOULDN'T want to go for a slash in full view of everyone passing by? face, Amishtat and wuvvum 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Or a shit, just drop your keks and give everyone a full moon through the rear window. Its not even a high roof so good luck standing up afterwards, you'll have to 'fall forwards' and crawl away off the friggin Frank Zappa FFS face, Mr Laurence, Steviemillar and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Mr_Bo11ox said: Or a shit, just drop your keks and give everyone a full moon through the rear window. Its not even a high roof so good luck standing up afterwards!!! Agh Ugh, imagine being stuck in an LDV van with the olfactory aftermath of last night's badly-cooked camping food. I mean being stuck in any van with that is bad, but an LDV just adds that extra layer of desperation. Mr_Bo11ox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Why the fuck do people bother? that LDV would make a much better camper if you just slung an old mattress on the floor in the back. If you need a piss, just open the sliding door and piss directly out of it, that's what about 90% of people do anyway. Stevebrookman and willswitchengage 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 I prefer to comply with public decency laws by using the offside rear wheel (wees only). That said I did catch one of my colleagues standing behind his work caddy pissing into it through the rear doors. Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 16 hours ago, cort16 said: Friggin Nora what's this all about? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lexus-LS400-Allard-custom-built-prototype-spares-repair/233784036929?hash=item366e9d4e41:g:RhEAAOSwNNFfstuo I remember this half arsed Allard resurrection attempt. I think there were two or three different ones, unless they just made one and swapped wheels and light treatments. Looks a bit like @vulgalour could have made it, but just not as well executed as his Princess. Stevebrookman, Insideimsmiling, Tadhg Tiogar and 3 others 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 I'm getting hints of X-Type and Bristol Fighter, with a base note of Lexus and a not insignificant dash of Bernie and Leepu. Jerzy Woking, NorfolkNWeigh, Tadhg Tiogar and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 willswitchengage, mk2_craig, MorrisItalSLX and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 That Lexus-Allard thing was brilliantly ambitious as a thing to bring to market, a properly niche thing. Allard P4 is the thing to look for, there were a few prototypes that survived, one made it to road legal status, one was crashed, this might be the last of the prototypes and being a Lexus underneath how hard can it really be to sort out? They at least stayed true to Allard by making the styling weird but not in a fun way. Insideimsmiling, Amishtat, Lacquer Peel and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Mr_Bo11ox said: Or a shit, just drop your keks and give everyone a full moon through the rear window. Its not even a high roof so good luck standing up afterwards, you'll have to 'fall forwards' and crawl away off the friggin Frank Zappa FFS You've all missed the point. Shirley you open the rear doors and crap alfresco. I wonder if it open 270 degrees so you are perched on the side of the van, legs a dangling. Insideimsmiling and Amishtat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 19 hours ago, cort16 said: Friggin Nora what's this all about? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lexus-LS400-Allard-custom-built-prototype-spares-repair/233784036929?hash=item366e9d4e41:g:RhEAAOSwNNFfstuo 2 hours ago, NorfolkNWeigh said: I remember this half arsed Allard resurrection attempt. I think there were two or three different ones, unless they just made one and swapped wheels and light treatments. Looks a bit like @vulgalour could have made it, but just not as well executed as his Princess. The interweb bought up these bits. https://bringatrailer.com/2017/05/13/one-of-three-ls400-based-prototypes-1992-allard-p4/ https://drivetribe.com/p/rare-allard-lexus-prototype-for-bMNFTbbXSo26PfuzMworpA?iid=Phm4Y3xnQvuijNKO5rs0Og Supposedly only three produced and two scrapped. This ebay one looks different to the the one in the articles. This one is from flickr same reg different in details to the two shown in the above links. egg and Spottedlaurel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 If you focus hard enough on the interior shots, you can actually smell the mould. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1987-D-Renault-25-GTS-2-0-LITRE-Petrol-Automatic/203164107471?hash=item2f4d8642cf:g:vxsAAOSww6lfn8Y9 Burnside, MorrisItalSLX, Braddon81 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 15 minutes ago, Remspoor said: The interweb bought up these bits. https://bringatrailer.com/2017/05/13/one-of-three-ls400-based-prototypes-1992-allard-p4/ https://drivetribe.com/p/rare-allard-lexus-prototype-for-bMNFTbbXSo26PfuzMworpA?iid=Phm4Y3xnQvuijNKO5rs0Og Supposedly only three produced and two scrapped. This ebay one looks different to the the one in the articles. This one is from flickr same reg different in details to the two shown in the above links. I'm confused by their plan. All i can see they did it make some LS400's uglier then more than likely expected more money for them. I wonder if they had long term plans to supercharge them or something as I think that's a bit of al Allard specialty. Remspoor and NorfolkNWeigh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Back to the 80s, it's a Pooorsshheee mate , it's £1600 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/282107336553782/ dome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 I sometimes wonder how these people that think they’re going to reinvent a great British brand managed to make the money they will inevitably spunk on their vanity projects. Jensen Railton currently Lister are turning up the boost on modern Jags sticking their name on them and expecting people to pay £15000 for a £70,000 car. Wonder if the logbook says Lister or Jaguar? At least the Allard bollocks only wasted the cost of 3 LS400s, a bit of Wob and some coach tail lights. 70A6B5FA-328A-48F1-B0B6-AE1A9B343289.webp cort16, Shite Ron, egg and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Ah yes, we Brits are specialist bespoke car niche curators aren't we!* *loss making Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 38 minutes ago, cort16 said: I'm confused by their plan. All i can see they did it make some LS400's uglier then more than likely expected more money for them.... A business plan that works well for Mitsuoka. NorfolkNWeigh, Dick Longbridge, Remspoor and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Not gonna lie, I'd totally have a Railton F29 Claremont if I could afford/find one, I reckon that's a really sharp looking car even if it is little more than an old Jag in a posh frock. wuvvum, Lacquer Peel and Shite Ron 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Check this out! Not much info (like, that it doesn't have an MoT) but... Kinda feel like I need to make a matching pair https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1286978 Burnside, RoadworkUK, Remspoor and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Soundwave said: If you focus hard enough on the interior shots, you can actually smell the mould. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1987-D-Renault-25-GTS-2-0-LITRE-Petrol-Automatic/203164107471?hash=item2f4d8642cf:g:vxsAAOSww6lfn8Y9 I bought one like that from the auctions in about 2001 - it was a manual and not mouldy but otherwise pretty much identical. I paid £30 for it. Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 1 hour ago, NorfolkNWeigh said: I sometimes wonder how these people that think they’re going to reinvent a great British brand managed to make the money they will inevitably spunk on their vanity projects. Jensen Railton currently Lister are turning up the boost on modern Jags sticking their name on them and expecting people to pay £15000 for a £70,000 car. Wonder if the logbook says Lister or Jaguar? At least the Allard bollocks only wasted the cost of 3 LS400s, a bit of Wob and some coach tail lights. 70A6B5FA-328A-48F1-B0B6-AE1A9B343289.webp 83.35 kB · 4 downloads Lea Francis was my favourite. Complete with Pug 205 rear lights. NorfolkNWeigh, Shite Ron and egg 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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