Soundwave Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1714071478779340 Well, this is definitely a thing that exists. Not sure 3 people would be especially comfy in there. cort16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 5 hours 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 bought an Alpine in 1978 for £375 (it was already rusty but the brown paint hid most of it). It chucked some rings one day so I found a bloke selling a Holbay engine in Rotherham and bought it (and the clutch release arm and bearings which are different). Fitted it then it failed an MOT for galloping rot. Somebody told me about a stash of bodyshells in a scrappy near Gainsborough, so I went and bought one. Mate fetched it on a trailer (this would be 1981 ish) and rebuilt it. Father, wife to be hated it, but I loved it, went like stink (I removed the interlocks on the overdrive 'box so I effectively had 8 forward gears!!) Some twat ran into it one frozen winter morning in 1986 and wrote it off. I still miss it. lesapandre, face, Remspoor and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 18 minutes ago, Soundwave said: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1714071478779340 Well, this is definitely a thing that exists. Not sure 3 people would be especially comfy in there. Location --- Doncaster, land of the...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 33,000 mile Starlet for £850 https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108176324037 Justwatching, 500tops and willswitchengage 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2002-Suzuki-Swift-1-0-Sky-Limited-Edition-3dr-Hatchback-Petrol-Manual-/334114187232?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 Two and a half bags for this grotfest... *MOT 2015 'front floor mounts' adv is the 'horns' = it's on borrowed time!! wuvvum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 15 minutes ago, tooSavvy said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2002-Suzuki-Swift-1-0-Sky-Limited-Edition-3dr-Hatchback-Petrol-Manual-/334114187232?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 Two and a half bags for this grotfest... *MOT 2015 'front floor mounts' adv is the 'horns' = it's on borrowed time!! Mine's a Sky with a similar history of rust and not many more miles on the clock. I'd be happy with a fifth of that price. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Given their relative scarcity, seems to be an awful lot of Safranes coming up for sale as of late. This one is specifically a Renault Safrane Car, just in case you thought it might be a Renault Safrane fondue set.https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124860950476 MisterH, Erebus, Kringle and 5 others 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw118 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Have we had this yet? BX 19TDRSWTFBBQ £320 so far, Sapcote, which is in that Leicestershire apparently. Needs pretty much everything tho. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174892897079?hash=item28b86dd337:g:EHYAAOSwYjJhGVc7 Shite Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw118 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 BRANFIND Summerzet, £127 so far. Be like @Angrydicky https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184998031753?hash=item2b12bdf189:g:CqMAAOSwSBFhF57J Remspoor and Angrydicky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Is that the ASPD livery? wuvvum, LightBulbFun, Kringle and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw118 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Zodiac Mindwarp. £200 start. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174898471064?hash=item28b8c2e098:g:3uAAAOSwguFhHX7M Quote ENGINE DOES TURN VERY FREELY JUST NEEDS TLC Austat, Shite Ron, busmansholiday and 4 others 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 9 hours 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... Father_155 had an H120 in the early eighties,it was a flying machine after the Renault 8s & 16s he'd had before it. A couple of years later,he had a standard Rapier.I learned to drive in this,along with his Mini Pickup.I always wished it was the H120 though 🤔 Then in the early nineties,he got another H120 which had been restored & I got to drive it a few times 😎 Unfortunately,this was when he had the habit of driving cars until the Mot ran out,& it was parked in the front garden where it still is now.I reckon the glass might be usable,but that's probably about it 🙄 BL Bloke, Remspoor, busmansholiday and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Those Rapiers are a nice thing, but I would baulk at paying £5K+ for what is basically a Hillman Hunter in a party frock. I like Hunters but the most I've ever paid for one is about £350. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justwatching Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 1988 Alpine Renault GTA specialist recommissioned and ready to use | eBay SteersWithThrottle, Marina door handles, willswitchengage and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 17 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Those Rapiers are a nice thing, but I would baulk at paying £5K+ for what is basically a Hillman Hunter in a party frock. I like Hunters but the most I've ever paid for one is about £350. Had a GLS, which is the Holbay engined one. Seem to remember it cost me less than a hundred quid from a kid who was about to weigh it in at the scrappies I was hunting for Mini parts in near Beckles (sis lived there, I went down for the weekend to fix their Countryman - proper original mini one). Left it at her house, went down next weekend, changed head gasket and rocketed it home. Ran out of fuel in Lincoln, ever tried finding a petrol station in Lincoln on a Sunday night in the early 80's?. Passed its MOT, ended up using it for spares for Rapier. And that odd tapping noise you get from Holbay engines ??. It's because they used hollow push rods with shrunk fit cam followers and rocker cups. They eventually wear loose, you have to remove them all and check them before centre punching the bastards that's causing the noise. Ask me how I know. Shite Ron, MisterH, lesapandre and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174899639006?hash=item28b8d4b2de:g:LJwAAOSwIqRgn8gk the 1970s were abit of a low point in automotive design still would though Remspoor, eddyramrod and BL Bloke 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/384340004473?hash=item597c730e79:g:TNEAAOSwBGNhHRCe shame its fucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294343029082?hash=item448836315a:g:hSAAAOSwVvphHNHG be exactly like Mr Ramrod, cos this is his car. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255064052292?hash=item3b63009244:g:YmAAAOSwgzxg-yOJ a bit older, and a bit more money...... Remspoor and Schaefft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/353625642647?hash=item5255bb1697:g:ztIAAOSwYVRhGSY2 a tidy looking old bus, just a shame its so DAMN ugly!! BL Bloke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133846398403?hash=item1f29ddf5c3:g:i6kAAOSw5YVhFOla lovely, but its expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 43 minutes ago, busmansholiday said: And that odd tapping noise you get from Holbay engines ??. It's because they used hollow push rods with shrunk fit cam followers and rocker cups. They eventually wear loose, you have to remove them all and check them before centre punching the bastards that's causing the noise. I never knew that. I always assumed it was "because Rootes". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 This has to be cheap for a T16S these days, even as rough as it is. willswitchengage, MorrisItalSLX and Shite Ron 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mintwth Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 46 minutes ago, wuvvum said: cheap for a T16S Oddly enough, was looking at a much less rough T16S only a few hours ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil1971 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 £575 for a couple of Sierras in Kent, Facebook marketplace 2.3 auto petrol Ghia and 2.3 manual diesel Ghia willswitchengage and adw1977 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w00dy Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255099905856 Supernaut, MorrisItalSLX, BertiePuntoCabrio and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumblespeed Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Not just a Metro, a Vanden Plas no less: BertiePuntoCabrio, timolloyd, LightBulbFun and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Honda Accord with Rover L-Series diesel engine. Strange! https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1356175 M'coli, Shite Ron, BL Bloke and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shite Ron Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 I went to see this with a friend yesterday evening. The seller seemed a decent genuine person who had bought it off a man who was giving up driving at 100 years old in 1991. The MOT failure also helped his decision. He apparently had it off his niece who owned it from new. Apparently only 250 were sold in blue mink and it will make a nice car when done. The R/H rear quarter and rear panel are full of filler where it had a poor repair, it also had a terrible repaint so must have been looking sorry for itself 30 years ago when last driven. The back end is in a bad way from exposure to the elements but the front was surprisingly good under the bonnet. It is too much money for me but would be a rewarding project for someone with more spare time. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334117961860?hash=item4dcafb8084:g:BG0AAOSwPTRhHRxO eddyramrod, Remspoor and anonymous user 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, willswitchengage said: Honda Accord with Rover L-Series diesel engine. Strange! https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1356175 ....and supposedly only 4 still running out of the 500 built. Someone got a bargain as it's already sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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