Cavcraft Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Rover 216 Convertible cabriolet | eBay Wilko220 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Wilko220 said: These are getting well out of my price range now - yet another example of "I wish I had done it when I could still afford to" https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/bedford-ha-van/284187764186?hash=item422ae925da:g:yjsAAOSwuBdgLRrx Jeez... one of my uncles drove one of these for a company called Brock's Alarms in the early 70s. KGC 414K. Yep, mine of useless info, me. eddyramrod and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Mopar Valiant wagon project, 1000 BINs, Kroonstad, Free State Dick Longbridge, Remspoor, strangeangel and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 mot'd £2500 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peugeot-504-GL-Diesel-Pickup-Tow-Bar-Removable-Canopy-Liner/294030896138?hash=item44759b6c0a:g:w3YAAOSwpupgNOE3 Cavcraft, SteersWithThrottle, Mr Laurence and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Looks a bit ruff etc https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/lupo-1-0-dog-car-dog-van-advertisement/224366235578?hash=item343d450fba:g:4uEAAOSw-iFgOPK1 willswitchengage and Cavcraft 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 ex gambian embassy "MY UNCLE IS A PRINCE IN GAMBIA AND AIR TO A COLLECTION OF DESIRABLE DAIMLER LIMOUSINES. TO PURCHASE THIS COLLECTION TRANSFER 1 MILLION GAMBIAN DOLLARS INTO THE BANK ACCOUNT PAYEE MR SMOKEY A BANDIT" Other stereotypes apply https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1976-DAIMLER-DS-LIMO-4-2-EX-GAMBIAN-HIGH-COMISSION-LIMOUSINE-WITH-DOCUMENTS-V5/184683629329?hash=item2b00008b11:g:eSoAAOSwzUpgN9do busmansholiday, spartacus, Disco Fever and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 10 hours ago, Cavcraft said: Tx2 black cab | eBay 'Ladies love this car' I reckon playing 'Fake Taxi' outside some scouse night club could be interesting. I was waiting in the Honda accord, outside a comedy club at the Albert Dock, for my wife and her 3 mates to come out, and at least 6 people tried to open the back door, so i guess an actual real taxi, would get more. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 13 hours ago, horriblemercedes said: "MOT and tax exempt in 2022" Brilliant! Just keep it until then and drive it with abandon I honestly think cars should require to have a had an MOT in the year before they become exempt, before they are allowed to be exempt. As in prove its road worthy, before you no longer have to prove it's road worthy. Shite Ron, BeEP and Rusty_Rocket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shite Ron Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 This is a new one on me I am well aware of 2CV’s and Dyane’s but not the Duane? May be one of those odd people who think cars are male or female selling it? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-Duane/124599218917?hash=item1d02b132e5:g:eqUAAOSwIzBgOgLd Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 40 minutes ago, New POD said: I honestly think cars should require to have a had an MOT in the year before they become exempt, before they are allowed to be exempt. As in prove its road worthy, before you no longer have to prove it's road worthy. I'd endorse that too. And if it was SORN over the 40 year mark, an MOT before being granted MOT-exempt status It is a bit silly that I could drag some rotbox from 1980 out of a garage, get it running and as long as it doesn't have big rust holes in the bodywork and looks sort of ok, I'm pretty much guaranteed to get away with just driving it Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughant Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, horriblemercedes said: It is a bit silly that I could drag some rotbox from 1980 out of a garage, get it running and as long as it doesn't have big rust holes in the bodywork and looks sort of ok, I'm pretty much guaranteed to get away with just driving it I remember junkman of this parish (in a previous life) doing just that with some old merc he had. Battery, fresh fuel, straight out of the garden it had been stored in for at least the last 10 years and put on the road..... I thought it was a cool thing to do anyway Edited February 27, 2021 by vaughant Awful spelling Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 1 hour ago, vaughant said: I thought it was a cool thing to do anyway Very cool. Until the brakes fail or a wheel falls off and you end up running over a bus queue of schoolkids, I suppose. strangeangel and SteersWithThrottle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 13 minutes ago, Wilko220 said: Very cool. Until the brakes fail or a wheel falls off and you end up running over a bus queue of schoolkids, I suppose. That’s the best part. Minimad5, vaughant, SiC and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 I must confess I am very uneasy about this MoT exemption business - sure, I bet those who watch Roadkill/Vice Grip Garage etc. love how something gets hauled out of a scrappy and driven away with huge holes in the floor and of a standard akin to the Jag in Withnail and I, but I don't want one of these pricks barrelling into the back/side of me because their brake pipes exploded under pressure. I once asked about this on an American channel and the response I got was "it's called freedom, you Europeans should try it sometime". Craig the Princess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 25 minutes ago, Conrad D. Conelrad said: That’s the best part. More points if they are Retired nuns in a wheelchair, carrying a basket of kittens, and being pushed by a child. barrett, busmansholiday, R1152 and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 19 minutes ago, R1152 said: I don't want one of these pricks barrelling into the back/side of me because their brake pipes exploded under pressure. Yeah - and it will only take a small number of such cases before certain types are putting it about that all classic / old cars are death traps etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 TBF in the nearly nine years since the first MoT exemptions came into law, I have not heard of a single case of an 'unsafe' vehicle causing or being involved in an accident due to not being roadworthy. And believe me, if it had happened then the press would be all over it. I think for the most part people who own old cars are quite sensibleabout what they're driving, and much more attuned to faults developing than your average person on the street. And most people really don't want to risk writing off their pride and joy - even if it was recently pulled from a hedge - so tend to keep on top of upkeep. I'd be much more worried about the thousands of people who drive modern cars without MoT, tax or insurance simply because they casn't be bothered/don't care about breaking the law Amishtat, mitsisigma01, spartacus and 11 others 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_Rocket Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 There's so few tax/ MoT exempt cars running around compared to the millions of newer cars on the road, it's unlikely to attract the attention of the authorities when Mr knowitall drives around in a dangerous 'classic'. Sure, you'll get the idiots who happily drive around something they've dragged out of a barn with fresh air holding the rear suspension to the car, but they're thankfully few and far between. When the brakes do fail or the wheel falls off, you can only hope they don't take someone else with them at the same time. Edit- wot Barret said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 https://m.facebook.com/groups/390896610925969/permalink/4383351495013774/ MorrisItalSLX, michael t, willswitchengage and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 3 hours ago, R1152 said: I must confess I am very uneasy about this MoT exemption business - sure, I bet those who watch Roadkill/Vice Grip Garage etc. love how something gets hauled out of a scrappy and driven away with huge holes in the floor and of a standard akin to the Jag in Withnail and I, but I don't want one of these pricks barrelling into the back/side of me because their brake pipes exploded under pressure. I once asked about this on an American channel and the response I got was "it's called freedom, you Europeans should try it sometime". What a load of bollocks. The data actually says accidents are far more likely to be human error than mechanical malfunction. By an order of magnitude. Also in a classic car, you're all too aware that a moderate sized accident that you'd survive in a modern, will leave you disabled or dead. Dick Longbridge and NorfolkNWeigh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Laurence Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 7 hours ago, cort16 said: mot'd £2500 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peugeot-504-GL-Diesel-Pickup-Tow-Bar-Removable-Canopy-Liner/294030896138?hash=item44759b6c0a:g:w3YAAOSwpupgNOE3 You could still get one of these on a J reg?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, SiC said: What a load of bollocks. The data actually says accidents are far more likely to be human error than mechanical malfunction. By an order of magnitude. Also in a classic car, you're all too aware that a moderate sized accident that you'd survive in a modern, will leave you disabled or dead. We actually don't have enough data. We don't know how many miles are travelled by cars which have a serious fault. If we assume that the vast majority of cars are more or less road worthy. Then the number of miles travelled by cars that are road worthy might be exponentially bigger than the miles travelled by unroadworthy vehicles. And even when you have.an accident, it's rare that the car is inspected very deeply. So.my guess with no real data, is that of course 99.99999999999999999% of accidents are down to human error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 I could be incredibly facetious and suggest that an accident caused by a mechanical failure is still caused by human error. That would be because the human who owns it failed to maintain it properly, thus it's their error. I wouldn't suggest that though, I'm only suggesting that I might suggest that. As others have said though, some demographics of modern car owners are somewhat unnerving too. It's scary how many sub 3-year old finance spec crossovers you see with a bald tyre or two. Staying on thread though. Frisbee the trims but otherwise phwoooaaaar! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1978-Mazda-1300-1-3-3dr-ORIGINAL-THROUGHOUT-LOW-MILES-72K/154345627569 meggersdog, Cavcraft, Mr Laurence and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 18 minutes ago, SiC said: The data actually says accidents are far more likely to be human error than mechanical malfunction That’s probably because the vast majority of vehicles on the road have to pass an MOT test. Marina door handles and strangeangel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 From a purely practical basis, most pre-1980 cars are hardly ever driven and are driven by people who care lots for their vehicle and do not treat it as something expendable. Classic insurance doesn't really give the same like-for-like benefits that it does if you drive the same 2017 Fiesta as everybody else. Plus MoT testing becomes more difficult / pointless with vehicle age as there is hardly anything for the inspector to actually look at. Working lights and brakes are pretty much the only safety features worth assessing on vintage vehicles. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Check out the minty fresh interior in this! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1990-G-Nissan-Micra-K10-1-0-GS-5dr-LOVELY-CAR-GENUINE-MILEAGE-12-MONTH-MOT/393143911310 Disco Fever, michael t, meggersdog and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Currently cheap, but still got a week of bidding to go. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1989-NISSAN-300-ZX-2-2-AUTO-full-service-history-all-MOTs-and-Tax-Discs/353399308545 But, look at the interior! Absolutely glorious. mitsisigma01, MorrisItalSLX, Skizzer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sham Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Will be bought by someone who thinks a cable tied bumper is the height of sophistication for eleventy million yen. BlankFrank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Cheap Sandero https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2963168350577696 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lincoln-continental/254875565828 Quote A true head turner! Desirable and popular Suicide Door Continental on air-ride. This is a very clean, un-molested original car that has had a few custom touches added. Quote un-molested Quote original Quote Starting bid: £30,000.00 Spurious, SteersWithThrottle, BlankFrank and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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