egg Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/437765484062191 £495 seems ok Supernaut, willswitchengage, BlankFrank and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Can't go wrong etc. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/443077587097559 Supernaut and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 3 hours ago, horriblemercedes said: I don't get people like this. In order to make a point, he has alienated the swathes of people (like me) who boycott spiteful, petty xenophobes I think he's probably just not very bright. It's a shame he's such an obvious twat, as a lot of his stuff sells for bargain prices - probably for that very reason. horriblemercedes, Cavcraft and BlankFrank 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 15 minutes ago, wuvvum said: I think he's probably just not very bright. It's a shame he's such an obvious twat, as a lot of his stuff sells for bargain prices - probably for that very reason. I think you're absolutely right. And I agree on the second point too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughant Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 5 hours ago, horriblemercedes said: I don't get people like this. In order to make a point, he has alienated the swathes of people (like me) who boycott spiteful, petty xenophobes Ironically, I've found lately the most honest, straight, easy to deal with folk have been those who's country of birth is somewhere in Eastern Europe, no messing and like it used to be with a handshake meaning a handshake not "thanks for that but if one comes up £1 cheaper I'll buy that instead yet still arrange a time to collect yours and just disappear from the face of the earth until you're selling something else again that I'll waste your time with". Even had people ask me for petrol money up front if they come and look at the car and its not as described..... But at the very least they want their costs back if they buy it and a lifetime guarantee on all parts and servicing. Not sure how £1-3k traders without finance survive these days, must be one of the most thankless professions around. egg, Remspoor and sheffcortinacentre 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/429728368396247 Nice to see a Q plate, I always liked to spot Q platers in my yoof. Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Who says there's nothing at £500 at the mo? Year's test, gifferette owned https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/4720013078071580 willswitchengage, BeEP, timolloyd and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 £20 an hour ramp hire - Sandy, Bedfordshire https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/773953006520738 Quote 1 hr £20 2 hrs £35 3 hrs £50 4 hrs £60 5 hrs £70 6 hrs £80 Cavcraft, willswitchengage, w00dy and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 auctioned by Bonhams this evening - wanna go halves? https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26122/lot/118/ DSdriver, Pat Earrings and Cavcraft 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 16 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said: Far as I know at one time it was often said only one engine could be running ( but I don't think there's an actual law your breaking having both powering a vehicle simultaneously) ergo what about the several twini mokes & minis built by BMC? From reading reports years ago in a Mini book, the one that almost killed John Cooper on the Kingston By-Pass , had two fuel injected Cooper S engines runninig together. It was estimated he was doing over 100 when the welded up steering arm on the rear subframe broke free causing the car to flip end over end. The story was that when he finally returned to work, he canned the whole project. Of course that could be urban legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 If I was buying a Continental, I'd want one that didn't have a horrible modern re-registration number! egg and wuvvum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skcat Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 57 minutes ago, egg said: £20 an hour rent hire - Sandy, Bedfordshire https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/773953006520738 No bench or worktop with a vice. No compressor. No transmission jack. So if you want to get a lot of jobs done you need a sprinter sized van with all the kit. People would probably brake or steal the equipment if it was there which is probably why rental ramps don't really exist any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughant Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 1 hour ago, egg said: Who says there's nothing at £500 at the mo? Year's test, gifferette owned https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/4720013078071580 Awesome value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughant Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 1 hour ago, egg said: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/429728368396247 Nice to see a Q plate, I always liked to spot Q platers in my yoof. I used to have a q plate,illusion kitted, porsche riviera blue mk3 escort cabriolet...... Yes really. spartacus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agila Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 10 minutes ago, Skcat said: No bench or worktop with a vice. No compressor. No transmission jack. So if you want to get a lot of jobs done you need a sprinter sized van with all the kit. People would probably brake or steal the equipment if it was there which is probably why rental ramps don't really exist any more. Plus we've all had those "oh xxxx" moments when something is snapped or gone wrong, wrong part (I'm looking at you ecp). Leaving a car stuck on a ramp is not fun. Good idea in principle but in reality doesn't work. I'd only feel comfortable doing something like an exhaust back box/centre pipe change on a rented ramp. Skcat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agila Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 1 hour ago, egg said: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/429728368396247 Nice to see a Q plate, I always liked to spot Q platers in my yoof. v5 with full name and address on show with extra bonus points for the document reference number. Oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughant Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 13 minutes ago, Skcat said: No bench or worktop with a vice. No compressor. No transmission jack. So if you want to get a lot of jobs done you need a sprinter sized van with all the kit. People would probably brake or steal the equipment if it was there which is probably why rental ramps don't really exist any more. Guy who originally started our unit share was right up for this fuelled by one of the other members who never really used it. I was totally against it as it meant introducing new people into an area with access to a lot of cars /tools /bikes etc that could easily go missing. All he could see was £30 an hour for doing nothing. I then began to explain things like the insurance side of it, PLI, tool breaks and someone gets blinded etc, car sets the unit on fire and suddenly it doesn't seem like such a good idea. I think it's a bit like a rental property, if you leave things in it like washing machines etc and they break, that's your responsibility, whereas if the tennant brings their own, then it's theirs, same would apply to tools and lifting equipment. One idea was banded about of a supervised workshop where the owner/mechanic basically sits in the office but you use his tools etc and he gives you a hand /guidance if needed. I think that could work but to make it worthwhile it would really have to be your own workshop otherwise you're paying wages all day for someone to sit there doing very little for little return. 10/15 years ago that would have been great for the home mechanic to do clutches etc. Skcat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughant Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, Agila said: Plus we've all had those "oh xxxx" moments when something is snapped or gone wrong, wrong part (I'm looking at you ecp). Leaving a car stuck on a ramp is not fun. Good idea in principle but in reality doesn't work. I'd only feel comfortable doing something like an exhaust back box/centre pipe change on a rented ramp. This exact thing happened to me last week, car on the ramp with 3 easy * jobs to do for the mot that in truth shouldn't have been 2 hrs..... Spent 8hrs over 2 days doing a track rod end and a pair of cv gaiters due to me being a klutz. At his rates it would have been cheaper to get it done in a proper garage. I love having a ramp to work on and don't mind paying a premium for it as its a life saver but luckily I'm not against the clock, all we've asked for is fair play which 99.99% of the time we get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Toyota Land Cruiser 60 series Fire truck 2 door single Cab 1983 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Toyota-Land-Cruiser-60-series-Fire-Engine-2-dr-single-Cab-1983-1200-miles-only/184581654915?hash=item2af9ec8983%3Ag%3A5CAAAOSwtdhe~2SY&LH_ItemCondition=3000 Remspoor, Austat and busmansholiday 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 If this isn't cheerful enough, it has a slushbox. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Daihatsu-Charade-1994-automatic/264978876396?hash=item3db1f8c7ec%3Ag%3Ab9AAAOSwocxf2Ojy&LH_ItemCondition=3000 scdan4, spartacus and Cavcraft 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 It appears to be slushbox Wednesday, but this looks tidy. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Toyota-corolla-1-3-gl-auto-1990/274614743455?hash=item3ff050719f%3Ag%3AFjMAAOSwhKVf2di8&LH_ItemCondition=3000 Disco Fever, egg and MorrisItalSLX 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteersWithThrottle Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 18 hours ago, SiC said: No you didn't. You said... I've just read through the latest IVA manual and C&U Regs 1986 with subsequent revisions right to 2020. I see zero mention on twin engine, multiple power sources and/or which axles can or can not be powered. Also I see nothing that would even be close to a twin engine vehicle being a problem. Feel to prove me wrong with hard evidence either with the regs or any court decisions. I presaged what I said with "as far as I know" which to me means, "I am led to believe this, but if you know better please feel free to correct me". You have done the research (taking you at your word) and I stand corrected. Congratulations, you have won the internet today. The source of my belief on this is, iirc, a Scrapheap Challenge Special, where either one of the contestants or experts mentioned it. Now, whether this "knowledge" was as a result of previous legislation now revised due to impending hybrids, or of the "everyone knows that" urban myth variety such as common law marriage, I just don't know. Every example of this type of vehicle I've seen in the metal has been either a show car, which quite often don't even have the second engine connected to a transmission, or a motorsport special built for grass-tracking or rally-cross. I'd be interested to read the comments of an actual SVA inspector on the subject. Mad Cyril, timolloyd and strangeangel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 SAAB 9000 , 500 BINs, Poole juular 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 41 minutes ago, SteersWithThrottle said: I presaged what I said with "as far as I know" which to me means, "I am led to believe this, but if you know better please feel free to correct me". You have done the research (taking you at your word) and I stand corrected. Congratulations, you have won the internet today. The source of my belief on this is, iirc, a Scrapheap Challenge Special, where either one of the contestants or experts mentioned it. Now, whether this "knowledge" was as a result of previous legislation now revised due to impending hybrids, or of the "everyone knows that" urban myth variety such as common law marriage, I just don't know. Every example of this type of vehicle I've seen in the metal has been either a show car, which quite often don't even have the second engine connected to a transmission, or a motorsport special built for grass-tracking or rally-cross. I'd be interested to read the comments of an actual SVA inspector on the subject. To be fair, I would love to facilitate a System FMEcA, a Fault tree analysis, and a safety critically review of a twin engined car. I'm sure we could make it safe. I remember being at Santa Pod was it 2004 ? Or 2005 ? For Performance Vauxhall show. Regal had a twin LET engined nova with 400 bhp at each end, and 2 six speed gearboxes. I assumed it was road legal. Anyways up. Halfway down the home straight, one of the gearboxes failed to change up and it only managed to do the 1/4 mile in about 16 seconds instead of 8. The driver spent at least 10 seconds taking it into neutral and trying again. It would seem that the complex mechanical linkage needed tweaking. Thinking about that now, I think robotising one of the boxes, would be a solution. Or having an automatic box in the rear, which just does its own thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 13 minutes ago, New POD said: To be fair, I would love to facilitate a System FMEcA, a Fault tree analysis, and a safety critically review of a twin engined car. I'm sure we could make it safe. I remember being at Santa Pod was it 2004 ? Or 2005 ? For Performance Vauxhall show. Regal had a twin LET engined nova with 400 bhp at each end, and 2 six speed gearboxes. I assumed it was road legal. Anyways up. Halfway down the home straight, one of the gearboxes failed to change up and it only managed to do the 1/4 mile in about 16 seconds instead of 8. The driver spent at least 10 seconds taking it into neutral and trying again. It would seem that the complex mechanical linkage needed tweaking. Thinking about that now, I think robotising one of the boxes, would be a solution. Or having an automatic box in the rear, which just does its own thing. https://www.fastcar.co.uk/fast-car-news/top-7-extreme-vauxhalls/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughant Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Cheapish 120d in Norn Iron. Please view this ad: BMW 120D Not M Sport type R Vxr Amg 320 330 civic golf astra mini leon, https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/bmw-120d-not-m-sport-type-r-vxr-amg-320-330-civic-golf-astra-mini-leon/1390587947?utm_source=com.google.android.apps.docs&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_android Price: £ 1,100 Download the application from the Google Play Store. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gumtree.android Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 that twin engined Nova sounded terrible!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 25 minutes ago, vaughant said: Cheapish 120d in Norn Iron. Please view this ad: BMW 120D Not M Sport type R Vxr Amg 320 330 civic golf astra mini leon, https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/bmw-120d-not-m-sport-type-r-vxr-amg-320-330-civic-golf-astra-mini-leon/1390587947?utm_source=com.google.android.apps.docs&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_android Price: £ 1,100 Download the application from the Google Play Store. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gumtree.android puddlethumper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Leyland Sherpa Camper Van | eBay Money shot: BeEP, Shite Ron, somewhatfoolish and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 That Sherpa is within walking distance of me. But no, I'm not bidding on it. egg, spartacus and phil_lihp 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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