cort16 Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 30,000 mile e46 coupe . Pity it’s a 318 https://www.gumtree.com/p/bmw/very-low-mileage-bmw-e46-coupe-immaculate-318/1412582846 Disco Fever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108156267847 Quote"Sadly failed MOT due to emissions plus a couple of other fixable items" I think* a couple of "fixable" items may not be quite* correct... Do not drive until repaired (dangerous defects): Exhaust emits excessive smoke or vapour likely to obscure the vision of other road users (8.2.2.2 (c)) Repair immediately (major defects): Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) Nearside Headlamp insecure headlamp mounting fixing broken (4.1.1 (c)) Nearside Headlamp aim too low and too far to the right. (4.1.2 (a)) Nearside Front Brake hose excessively damaged and offside front brake hose pipe split/deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii)) Repair as soon as possible (minor defects): Offside Rear Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.3.4 (b) (i)) Monitor and repair if necessary (advisories): Offside Rear lamp lens damage/cracked body work damaged to offside rear side panel/rear bumper Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii)) Rear Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii)) Nearside Rear Brake pad(s) wearing thin brake pads worn very low (1.1.13 (a) (ii)) Nearside Front Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing and offside front tyres tread has a serious cracks (5.2.3 (d) (ii)) Offside Rear Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e)) Offside Rear coil spring rusted Front and rear suspension components rusted interior mirror missing engine making rattling noise (emissions) test just pass horriblemercedes, willswitchengage and Remspoor 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108166287571 Low milage, 400 squid, short MoT but no mention of rust on any previous MoT. Do Judges accept"my wife wouldn't let me buy a car" as reasonable* grounds for divorce?. Shite Ron and BertiePuntoCabrio 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108176353914 Honda Logo that's had no fails or advisories in the last 10 years. Just £400 and guaranteed* to pass before Friday. BL Bloke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopon Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 pwoar best angle for these IMHO https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185005092053?hash=item2b1329acd5:g:qsYAAOSwOrlhHPyG MorrisItalSLX, eddyramrod, Austat and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 10 hours ago, Isopon said: ✔️1 owner ✔️Gti ✔️Estate ✔️7 seats https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194295270519?hash=item2d3ce68c77:g:rocAAOSwukFhHM3J I get parts for my 305 from the seller and have seen this in the flesh. He had It up for 6500 a while ago. Wood. egg and Isopon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 That Rapier is purely gorgeous! I absolutely would! busmansholiday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, eddyramrod said: That Rapier is purely gorgeous! I absolutely would! So would I, it really is gorgeous, ooohhhh. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 22 minutes ago, puddlethumper said: I get parts for my 305 from the seller and have seen this in the flesh. He had It up for 6500 a while ago. Wood. It's one hell of a car. Meanwhile.. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/626593924983260 This is near me, inbetweeners replica that needs saving. Sans MOT. This has got 'egg project' written all over it. But I'm about as likely to be allowed to buy this as I am to get Jenna Coleman's phone number. 500tops, phil_lihp, Longbridge Apologist and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterH Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 I wish they hadn't put those wheeltrims on the Rapiers, makes a dashing car look like it was from the black and white era, rather than technicolour, if you know what I mean Shite Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 1 hour ago, MisterH said: PHWOAR!!! It's like someone fitted seatbelts to an avacado bathroom suite. Fantastic! MisterH, LightBulbFun and Remspoor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 nice 156 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/161850469362454/ phil_lihp, Disco Fever, Schaefft and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 40 minutes ago, cort16 said: nice 156 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/161850469362454/ looks a STUNNA for a grand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 10 hours ago, MisterH said: I wish they hadn't put those wheeltrims on the Rapiers, makes a dashing car look like it was from the black and white era, rather than technicolour, if you know what I mean The car was Roy Axe styled...not sure if he ok'd the wheels. You are right - overall the Rapier had a slighly 'Terry and June' feel to it compared to the go-getting MK1 Capri...and subsequently sold in considerably lesser numbers. About 5000 a year which is not really profitable. About 1.2 million Mk1 Capri's were sold by comparison. This shape Rapier came out in '67 and Capri in '69 which must have hammered Rapier sales. Some of that is down to the detailing/jewellery on the cars - which Ford were so good at. With a little more bizzaz - the Rapier might have done better. That parts bin steering wheel is really unfortunate on a 'sporting' car. As are the dustbin lid hubcaps. Fins are an anachronism on a new car by 1967 too when hip 'fashion' cars were moving to a kamm-tail look. But its worth remembering that Rootes were a minnow compared to Ford's resources and the Rapier would have been developed for peanuts compared to Capri. Capri was bound to be more profitable too - there is an awful lot of complex pressings and expensive to produce detail on the Rapier. Also made at the orphan Linwood plant with it's expensive supply chain problems. A lot of parts would have been shipped up from Coventry which ate profits. Overall the car was a bit of an heroic failure - but still very very nice...a lovely old thing to own. A great achievement with the available resources - but just a bit left behind. I used to drive past the Ryton-on Dunsmoor factory in the 70's - you could see all the finished Rootes/Chrysler cars lined up outside from the A45. A great sight... A former wartime shadow factory - now all demolished. JeeExEll, timolloyd, inconsistant and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 8 hours ago, CortinaDave said: looks a STUNNA for a grand It’s nice but I never understood that spoiler . Why has an Italian saloon car got the rear wing off a Plymouth super bird ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 12 minutes ago, cort16 said: It’s nice but I never understood that spoiler . Why has an Italian saloon car got the rear wing off a Plymouth super bird ? Homologation for touring cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Just now, 320touring said: Homologation for touring cars That doesn't really look like a motor sport spoiler/wing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 1 hour ago, lesapandre said: The car was Roy Axe styled...not sure if he ok'd the wheels. You are right - overall the Rapier had a slighly 'Terry and June' feel to it compared to the go-getting MK1 Capri...and subsequently sold in considerably lesser numbers. About 5000 a year which is not really profitable. About 1.2 million Mk1 Capri's were sold by comparison. This shape Rapier came out in '67 and Capri in '69 which must have hammered Rapier sales. Some of that is down to the detailing/jewellery on the cars - which Ford were so good at. With a little more bizzaz - the Rapier might have done better. That parts bin steering wheel is really unfortunate on a 'sporting' car. As are the dustbin lid hubcaps. Fins are an anachronism on a new car by 1967 too when hip 'fashion' cars were moving to a kamm-tail look. But its worth remembering that Rootes were a minnow compared to Ford's resources and the Rapier would have been developed for peanuts compared to Capri. Capri was bound to be more profitable too - there is an awful lot of complex pressings and expensive to produce detail on the Rapier. Also made at the orphan Linwood plant with it's expensive supply chain problems. A lot of parts would have been shipped up from Coventry which ate profits. Overall the car was a bit of an heroic failure - but still very very nice...a lovely old thing to own. A great achievement with the available resources - but just a bit left behind. I used to drive past the Ryton-on Dunsmoor factory in the 70's - you could see all the finished Rootes/Chrysler cars lined up outside from the A45. A great sight... A former wartime shadow factory - now all demolished. It's also worth remembering that the Rapier was sold with only one engine, in one of three states of tune, against the Opel Manta (two engine sizes) and the Capri (all the engines you could wish for!). The base-model Rapier even had a different name (Alpine), a practice Ford used on the Zephyr/Zodiac and continued into the first couple of years of Consul/Granada. The Capri might have been the sector leader, by some margin, but the closest thing philosophically to the Rapier was actually the smaller, nimbler Toyota Celica, which received frequent updating, unlike the Rapier. Also, Rootes might have been trading on their history a little. In the early 60s the previous Rapier was the well-established king of the sector, and Ford's upstart Capri was a short-lived contender with nothing like the range the 1969-on models would have. The concurrent Alpine was a very different car; smaller and much more glamorous, using the Rapier's engine. I still think that yellow (beige?) one is delightful and I absolutely WOOD. JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Thanks Eddy for that additional info. Yes I had an early Alpine sports in the 1970's. A 1964 car but really rusty by 1978 when I bought it. But still a very nice car. Gold with a black interior. £80... Yea Rootes/Simca/ Chrysler were really chasing profits elsewhere with Avenger and then their new hatchbacks so the Rapier cars was always a bit of an anachronism which was left to wither away. As you say the Japanese stepped into the void. I had several Datsun 260K cars which were a similar concept. But they rusted too... oh yes😁 eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 There's no denying, it took a heck of a long time for the Japanese to "get" the idea of rustproofing! By the time the Rapier died (76 IIRC) all the rivals I mentioned had been replaced by new models, and all were younger designs anyway, so the Rapier was looking distinctly old-fashioned. Long model runs had fallen by the wayside. The name might carry on, but the face would keep changing. Other manufacturers joined the party, and others started a whole new fashion: see Triumph Dolomite and Sprint, with four doors and significantly more power. But BL made the same mistake, using an old platform (FWD 1300) and failing to update it. BL Bloke, lesapandre and JeeExEll 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Looks like a good buy for 700 sheets and MOT until April. 185bhp 2.0 TFsi too so it should be nippy. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/395670235452705 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Best colour, sprint engine and high tide line (5 grand though) https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/346425527160115/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_top_picks&referral_story_type=top_picks&tracking={"qid"%3A"-7934894214836388201"%2C"mf_story_key"%3A"160668546809825716"%2C"commerce_rank_obj"%3A"{\"target_id\"%3A160668546809825716%2C\"target_type\"%3A6%2C\"primary_position\"%3A0%2C\"ranking_signature\"%3A2234779528306098176%2C\"commerce_channel\"%3A501%2C\"value\"%3A0%2C\"upsell_type\"%3A21%2C\"grouping_info\"%3Anull}"} face, SteersWithThrottle and MorrisItalSLX 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 37 minutes ago, eddyramrod said: There's no denying, it took a heck of a long time for the Japanese to "get" the idea of rustproofing! By the time the Rapier died (76 IIRC) all the rivals I mentioned had been replaced by new models, and all were younger designs anyway, so the Rapier was looking distinctly old-fashioned. Long model runs had fallen by the wayside. The name might carry on, but the face would keep changing. Other manufacturers joined the party, and others started a whole new fashion: see Triumph Dolomite and Sprint, with four doors and significantly more power. But BL made the same mistake, using an old platform (FWD 1300) and failing to update it. And then of course the whole GTI world began.. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 14 hours ago, busmansholiday said: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108156256870?advertising-location=at_cars&price-to=500&postcode=TQ1 3AT&sort=distance&page=2&include-delivery-option=on Meriva in Bridgend for £255 with the helpful* total description of "silver". What more do you need to know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherStu Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 https://www.gumtree.com/p/saab/saab-9-3-estate-2007-other-1998-cc-5-doors/1412294891 Seems reasonable at £750. 93k. "Clunking" on the driver's wheel when slowing down. MOT? History? Your guess is as good as mine. Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterH Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 3 hours ago, lesapandre said: The car was Roy Axe styled...not sure if he ok'd the wheels. You are right - overall the Rapier had a slighly 'Terry and June' feel to it compared to the go-getting MK1 Capri...and subsequently sold in considerably lesser numbers. About 5000 a year which is not really profitable. About 1.2 million Mk1 Capri's were sold by comparison. This shape Rapier came out in '67 and Capri in '69 which must have hammered Rapier sales. Some of that is down to the detailing/jewellery on the cars - which Ford were so good at. With a little more bizzaz - the Rapier might have done better. That parts bin steering wheel is really unfortunate on a 'sporting' car. As are the dustbin lid hubcaps. Fins are an anachronism on a new car by 1967 too when hip 'fashion' cars were moving to a kamm-tail look. But its worth remembering that Rootes were a minnow compared to Ford's resources and the Rapier would have been developed for peanuts compared to Capri. Capri was bound to be more profitable too - there is an awful lot of complex pressings and expensive to produce detail on the Rapier. Also made at the orphan Linwood plant with it's expensive supply chain problems. A lot of parts would have been shipped up from Coventry which ate profits. Overall the car was a bit of an heroic failure - but still very very nice...a lovely old thing to own. A great achievement with the available resources - but just a bit left behind. I used to drive past the Ryton-on Dunsmoor factory in the 70's - you could see all the finished Rootes/Chrysler cars lined up outside from the A45. A great sight... A former wartime shadow factory - now all demolished. I think it speaks to the strength of the design that when done up in H120 form with stripes and Rostyles (or similar) It looks fan-fecking-tastic, like a real baby muscle car. Indeed this is one of my all time want cars, shame that prices are getting unfeasible now... BL Bloke, Remspoor, JeeExEll and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 I agree! Note the H120 got a variation on the Kamm tail too. MisterH and Shite Ron 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 14 hours ago, Isopon said: pwoar best angle for these IMHO https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185005092053?hash=item2b1329acd5:g:qsYAAOSwOrlhHPyG Floorpan (extra over rear axle) is from the estate.... *two set of golf clubs, obvs 🧐 eddyramrod, lesapandre and JeeExEll 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erebus Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 On 8/13/2021 at 9:30 AM, Erebus said: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/351677496429464/?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A646614c6-09d5-4ed5-81e9-f10a56539345 Looks pretty shonky but gotta be the cheapest MOT'd 205 for sale Now even cheaper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 1 hour ago, MisterH said: I think it speaks to the strength of the design that when done up in H120 form with stripes and Rostyles (or similar) It looks fan-fecking-tastic, like a real baby muscle car. Indeed this is one of my all time want cars, shame that prices are getting unfeasible now... I'd love one too, and looked at getting one 10-15 years ago when they were relatively cheap, but even then parts were made of unobtanium which put me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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