Flashband Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 On 3/21/2021 at 3:52 PM, somewhatfoolish said: Do we have a thread for ugly limo conversions? stretch Wide Mouthed Frog, 2500 BINs, Cannock How is that worth 2.5K? Even the most cut price funeral directors would want something a little more up market and whitby goth is cancelled. Does remind me of the time I was dating a goth girl and was invited to accompany her and her friends to whitby goth weekend in a converted hearse. Got to the pickup point to find plastic garden chairs screwed to the floor and a CRT tv glued (yes really glued) in to provide entertainment - I refused telling all that thing is a death trap and police magnet, got accused of being 'negative and disruptive' by the despondent driver/creator. In the end followed them up in my car with girlfriend sulking all weekend due to be me being apparently awkward. Annoyingly the shed was driven around for a couple of years with no agro from the police and me being accused of jealousy by the creator - what he did about MOT's I dont know Wilko220, horriblemercedes and MisterH 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 17 hours ago, MisterH said: Didn't even know these were sold in the UK, I really dislike it when people put those shortened number plates on UK cars, it is really annoying Here it was a decade ago. Lots of welding since according to MOT history. I think it still looks lovely as it sits. MisterH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteersWithThrottle Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 3 hours ago, busmansholiday said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PORSCHE-PANAMERA-TECART-TURBO-damaged-spares-or-repair-WITH-PARTS/402727248560?hash=item5dc46a22b0:g:I5AAAOSwJ6xgGUcW&redirect=mobile £17,100 Quote "IM SURE FIRST TO SEE WILL BUY " That NSF wheel has an interesting* camber for something with "no structural damage". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 1 hour ago, juular said: Triumph Dolomite SPARES or REPAIR 1978 "Vehicle is rusty." https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-Dolomite-1978-SPARES-or-REPAIR/233740514509?hash=item366c0534cd%3Ag%3ARRAAAOSwALVfgF~F&LH_ItemCondition=3000 Looks like a bit of a treasure trove, that place. Glimpse of a 204 saloon in the background of this pic... juular 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 19 minutes ago, barrett said: Looks like a bit of a treasure trove, that place. Glimpse of a 204 saloon in the background of this pic... They seem to have a few ads up, all £500. Here's a similarly sad Aggro. Check out the rows of prime Autoshite in the background. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Allegro-L-SPARES-or-REPAIR-1980/233740456890?hash=item366c0453ba%3Ag%3AG9cAAOSwcgdfgFaF&LH_ItemCondition=3000 michael t and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 PHWOARR! Not 100% sold on the rear end, anyone behind you in a traffic jam will be able to see every single packet of biscuits you'd bought at Tesco https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154386495079?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l3160&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=00236db9bed4403394b85eb790144957&bu=44661195773&ut=RU&osub=-1~1&crd=20210324045424&segname=11021&sojTags=ch%3Dch%2Cbu%3Dbu%2Cut%3Dut%2Cosub%3Dosub%2Ccrd%3Dcrd%2Csegname%3Dsegname%2Cchnl%3Dmkcid Tadhg Tiogar, Skizzer, Supernaut and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 This is making me feel all financially irresponsible. Shame about the sunroof. When If it was mine, the badges and aerial would have to go. Not sure about the overriders. “Automatic” badge from a mini! How many fonts does one bootlid need? I wonder if the self levelling works? https://swva.co.uk/classic-car/austin-3-litre-auto-1971/ Dick Longbridge, Wilko220, juular and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 5 hours ago, Shite Ron said: I remember quite a few tracks around 30 years ago, they were great fun but I think they were banned for being too dangerous. They would only go around corners by leaning and getting them on two wheels. My first go was a track at Ford Fair, on the first corner I turned the handlebars and went straight on through the barrier. Once I realised you had to get them on two wheels it was great fun. It must have been 1988 as I tried the course where you keep a tennis ball in the bowl on the bonnet of a brand new green Sierra GLS! I also went on a trike in France where it tipped over backwards as I went up a steep hill, they are fun but dangerous in the wrong hands. I had a friend who raced them before they got banned in the early 90s. I had a go on his hill farm in County Durham, with a pretty similar experience to yours - once you get the hang of cornering on two wheels and counterbalancing over the side like you’re sailing a solo racing dinghy, they’re hilarious. Until you get it wrong, anyway. Still would, if I had a farm. Maybe. Shite Ron and tooSavvy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 3 hours ago, Stanky said: PHWOARR! Not 100% sold on the rear end, anyone behind you in a traffic jam will be able to see every single packet of biscuits you'd bought at Tesco https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154386495079?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l3160&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=00236db9bed4403394b85eb790144957&bu=44661195773&ut=RU&osub=-1~1&crd=20210324045424&segname=11021&sojTags=ch%3Dch%2Cbu%3Dbu%2Cut%3Dut%2Cosub%3Dosub%2Ccrd%3Dcrd%2Csegname%3Dsegname%2Cchnl%3Dmkcid Strip of black vinyl across the bottom of the screen would sort that right out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Have we had this Lanchester 14 yet? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/313464589537 LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 3 hours ago, Stanky said: PHWOARR! Not 100% sold on the rear end, anyone behind you in a traffic jam will be able to see every single packet of biscuits you'd bought at Tesco https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154386495079?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l3160&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=00236db9bed4403394b85eb790144957&bu=44661195773&ut=RU&osub=-1~1&crd=20210324045424&segname=11021&sojTags=ch%3Dch%2Cbu%3Dbu%2Cut%3Dut%2Cosub%3Dosub%2Ccrd%3Dcrd%2Csegname%3Dsegname%2Cchnl%3Dmkcid Every time I see a Hustler I think of all the interesting injuries you could sustain in a collision. SteersWithThrottle and Stanky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 33 minutes ago, R1152 said: Every time I see a Hustler I think of all the interesting injuries you could sustain in a collision. ...to say nothing of any pedestrian if such collision involves one.... SteersWithThrottle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 8 hours ago, busmansholiday said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Sierra-2-9i-XR4x4-Barn-Find-Restoration/274731255196?hash=item3ff742459c:g:oasAAOSwtmVgRTae&redirect=mobile #notmyserria Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 5 hours ago, juular said: They seem to have a few ads up, all £500. Here's a similarly sad Aggro. Check out the rows of prime Autoshite in the background. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Allegro-L-SPARES-or-REPAIR-1980/233740456890?hash=item366c0453ba%3Ag%3AG9cAAOSwcgdfgFaF&LH_ItemCondition=3000 I am really surprised those jerks that follow Bearded Mcbeard face on YT have not been there and purchased the lot. After all they can't understand why they are left to sit. They could purchase the land too and then hold an incestural exploration meeting live streamed of naturally. Jerzy Woking, Shite Ron, R1152 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort1977 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 8 hours ago, spartacus said: These had a gearbox along the same lines as a C50 etc, so you just popped it into first then twisted the throttle and off you go. I think this would have had a thumb throttle to make it safer*. I can remember just after these were launched in the UK there was a track at Home Pierpoint, (spell), in Notts, they were billed as 'moon buggies' and were the smaller 70cc version, kids were falling off them left right and centre, I had a reasonable idea of how to ride a motorbike at about 11 but these were like deathtraps ! I was once offshore with an old boy who loved these and had several. Used to ride them in the dunes north of Aberdeen. Even he would admit they had their moments and that's why the US essentially banned them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 You wouldn't want to pressure wash this too hard. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lancia-Fulvia-1-3s-Coupe-Barn-Find-Restoration-project-or-parts/284230814346?hash=item422d7a0a8a:g:GZ8AAOSwFyFgWu~k Remspoor, JeeExEll, Shite Ron and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Fans of East German nostalgia may be interested in retired ice-skater Katarina Witt's old Mk.2 Golf, which comes up for auction on 30th May in Leipzig - full DDR spec for those lucky citizens who were given one. timolloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 6 hours ago, Asimo said: This is making me feel all financially irresponsible. Shame about the sunroof. When If it was mine, the badges and aerial would have to go. Not sure about the overriders. “Automatic” badge from a mini! How many fonts does one bootlid need? I wonder if the self levelling works? https://swva.co.uk/classic-car/austin-3-litre-auto-1971/ I know this was from the last days of BMC/beginnings of BL, but really, did they have to make it so damn ugly? That has to be a major reason why they failed to sell. And yet now look, every car in every category is at least as gopping. And people buy them! All that said, this one is absolutely the spec I would choose if I couldn't have a Ford Zodiac Executive, Vauxhall Viscount, Opel Commodore, Rover P5B... or if my newly-introduced XJ6 was delayed, as so many were. Shite Ron and Amishtat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 8 minutes ago, eddyramrod said: I know this was from the last days of BMC/beginnings of BL, but really, did they have to make it so damn ugly? That has to be a major reason why they failed to sell. I don't find them particularly ugly, but I reckon the main reason it failed to sell was that by the time it came out it was selling alongside vehicles such as the BMW E3, Mercedes W114 and Volvo 164, which made the Landlobster look like a car from another generation. Yoss and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wgl2019 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 11 hours ago, busmansholiday said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PORSCHE-PANAMERA-TECART-TURBO-damaged-spares-or-repair-WITH-PARTS/402727248560?hash=item5dc46a22b0:g:I5AAAOSwJ6xgGUcW&redirect=mobile £17,100 Quote "IM SURE FIRST TO SEE WILL BUY " Bizarrely the advert seems to suggest it will be fixed* in a couple of weeks? A quick check suggests a non fucked example is only about 10% more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Here is some of a Saab 96, currently cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Here is some of a Beetle, even cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 7 hours ago, Asimo said: This is making me feel all financially irresponsible. Shame about the sunroof. When If it was mine, the badges and aerial would have to go. Not sure about the overriders. “Automatic” badge from a mini! How many fonts does one bootlid need? I wonder if the self levelling works? https://swva.co.uk/classic-car/austin-3-litre-auto-1971/ Absolutely beautiful, and the best colour. These are great, although you're right about the sunroof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Fuck a duck. @dollywobbler, you still up? RobT, Remspoor and Yoss 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Datsun-120y/353429182597?_trkparms=aid%3D1110018%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.COMPLISTINGS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200818142838%26meid%3D278b48e8c6c84e479122663b97c21145%26pid%3D101197%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D3%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D184723573620%26itm%3D353429182597%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DOrganicCompBase&_trksid=p2047675.c101197.m1850 Tenmil Socket, meggersdog, MorrisItalSLX and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Grim https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203317357200 Skizzer and Austat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Never seen one in white before but I like these early GM Saabs https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/384053364955 Strange that the pictures seem to be printouts that have been allowed to get damp and then photographed Craig the Princess, Vantman and Remspoor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Low mileage Concerto with Drift-Yo wheels. Owner is peering through a pair of binoculars for a better look https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184726205708 willswitchengage, spartacus, Tenmil Socket and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Apart from the obvious fail of a manual gearbox, this lash-up is rather appealing. Those things on the headlights and the bonnet straps would have to go but otherwise it looks ready for my world. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1958-Daimler-conquest-Hotrod/203317967238?hash=item2f56b1f986:g:6hYAAOSwV6dgW5I8 Skizzer, Remspoor, spartacus and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Basically cheaper than walking, 106 diesel https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133700256212 Man with speed camera is optimistic Remspoor and willswitchengage 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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