captain_70s Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, barrett said: Yep, that's just ruined an exceedingly rare and potentially quite valuable car. It seems 75% of custom projects never get beyond the stage of ruining the donor car. I suspect it's because most people who think they're viable have no concept of how much work it requires, much less the smarts to actually build something functional. See also, all the cars where an engine swap went as far as binning the original powerplant and then realising it doesn't fit and none of the original drivetrain is going to work with it. "All the hrd wrk alredy dun, ez project" Wilko220, alcyonecorporation and Amishtat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284532860038?hash=item423f7ae486:g:pU0AAOSw-pNhlVOy Fancy a gamble? Quote Engine needs either repairing or replacing as it won’t start up. Shite Ron, Stevebrookman, 500tops and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Yes - sawing the roof off anything is easy... tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/293360379323066/Sent from my SM-A127F using Tapatalk Dick Longbridge, Dyslexic Viking, tooSavvy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 30 minutes ago, D.E said: ...Fancy a gamble? eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Hmm..... Roof chop and 'claim a first' for FWD turbine install* *Original drivetrain removed - 'all the hrd work Dunn, m8!' 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 23 hours ago, grogee said: "Ambassador, with this wheelarch rot you are really spoiling us" Just 4000bins. Very weird pictures. Par, which is miles away from everywhere. (I do want one but not this one) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Ambassador-1984-2-0-HL-/203694445356?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 This Embarrassador appeared in the driveway of a house a stone's throw from our place around six months ago. I'd never seen it before so I assumed it had been liberated from a garage or something. At a brief glance, it looked squeaky straight and clean although the ebay listing suggests it's just starting to go around the edges. It looked pretty immaculate when it was spotted for sale a couple of years previous... Remspoor and MorrisItalSLX 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 15 hours ago, Asimo said: Right wheels, right colour, definitely the right engine. https://en-gb.facebook.com/marketplace/item/320374286248222 EFA, this is Autoshite after all ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angle Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 County! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1989-FORD-TRANSIT-MK3-4X4-COUNTY-4X4-12-MONTHS-MOT-37-000-MILES-/133937795878 500tops, Blake's Den, w00dy and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angle Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Go on then, who wants a rusty Lagonda? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1982-Aston-Martin-Lagonda-saloon-Wedge-5-3l-V8-requires-work-runs-drives-ok-/175026597329 MorrisItalSLX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 2 hours ago, TheOtherStu said: A TVR Tasmin isn't a kit car? TVR loved a bit of wedge in their earlier models. It was built like a kit car in the factory....My understanding is that every one is different, not by design, but by the whim of the workers. Stevebrookman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 11 minutes ago, angle said: County! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1989-FORD-TRANSIT-MK3-4X4-COUNTY-4X4-12-MONTHS-MOT-37-000-MILES-/133937795878 At least a flat bed has slightly less chance of being turned into a horrific abortion of a camper. wuvvum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 13 minutes ago, angle said: Go on then, who wants a rusty Lagonda? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1982-Aston-Martin-Lagonda-saloon-Wedge-5-3l-V8-requires-work-runs-drives-ok-/175026597329 @SiC you like welding and you're good with electrics, perfect car for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 7 minutes ago, Supernaut said: At least a flat bed has slightly less chance of being turned into a horrific abortion of a camper. And funnily enough my first thought was, I could build a nice camper on that. Luckily I remembered straight away that I would never use it. Supernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 18 minutes ago, angle said: Go on then, who wants a rusty Lagonda? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1982-Aston-Martin-Lagonda-saloon-Wedge-5-3l-V8-requires-work-runs-drives-ok-/175026597329 Original posting here Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 3 hours ago, TheOtherStu said: A TVR Tasmin isn't a kit car? TVR loved a bit of wedge in their earlier models. 'Kit car' is my disparaging term for these Blackpool fibreglass wonders. By the letter of the law they are series production cars but as @New POD@Tadhg Tiogarsays quality was poor on the good ones. Downright dangerous on the bad ones. All of that said, I would give my eye teeth for a hard top Tasmin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 1 minute ago, grogee said: ... as @Tadhg Tiogarsays the quality was poor on the good ones. Downright dangerous on the bad ones. ... Er...thanks, but it was @New POD who said that, not me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 1 minute ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Er...thanks, but it was @New POD who said that, not me! Phone malfunction. Left handed typing. Eating a burger. Sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 DERV Granada, can't copy link for some reason adw1977, BeEP and wuvvum 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 52 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Original posting here Loads of days to run. That will go for a lot more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Supernaut said: At least a flat bed has slightly less chance of being turned into a horrific abortion of a camper. Yes - you need to tow a caravan with that and put some scrap in the back. Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, lesapandre said: Loads of days to run. That will go for a lot more. At least some of the original LED display still works, but wasn't there a vac-fluorescent version as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake's Den Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 How about the 'remains' of a Mini Clubman? Basically just the wing and V5. Looks like someone's Mini is about to go missing 😔 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115099404177?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l1120&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=f1a02d886ca64eefac5556576a9f2546&bu=43180989887&ut=RU&exe=99323&ext=234175&osub=-1~1&crd=20211118054253&segname=11021&sojTags=ch%3Dch%2Cbu%3Dbu%2Cut%3Dut%2Cnqt%3Dnqt%2Cnqc%3Dnqc%2Cmdbreftime%3Dmdbreftime%2Ces%3Des%2Cec%3Dec%2Cexe%3Dexe%2Cext%3Dext%2Cexe%3Dexe%2Cext%3Dext%2Cosub%3Dosub%2Ccrd%3Dcrd%2Csegname%3Dsegname%2Cchnl%3Dmkcid This really gets on my goat. We does ebay allow such listenings to run? They are clearly only for one purpose. willswitchengage and Remspoor 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherStu Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 1 hour ago, grogee said: 'Kit car' is my disparaging term for these Blackpool fibreglass wonders. By the letter of the law they are series production cars but as @New POD@Tadhg Tiogarsays quality was poor on the good ones. Downright dangerous on the bad ones. All of that said, I would give my eye teeth for a hard top Tasmin Ah ok, fair enough. I always fancied a Tasmin or 280S when I was a younger man. Either that, an X1/9 or MR2 MK1. Both of which are absolute rust buckets, hence why I ended up with a Mk3 MR2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: At least some of the original LED display still works, but wasn't there a vac-fluorescent version as well? I thought it was CRT but either way it was certainly utterly bonkers and really really unreliable. Glorious. If I had more money I'd buy it just to sit in and press the buttons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 6 hours ago, barrett said: Yep, that's just ruined an exceedingly rare and potentially quite valuable car. I'd love a 52-54 P4 (definitely 'peak P4') but I can only recall seeing one other for sale in the last few years. The world really, really doesn't need yet another JET1 replica. Got to admit this one is pretty good though, a proper job running a proper engine, I doubt the real one will ever run again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan29 Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 MGF £895 : https://www.facebook.com/groups/653884311422745/posts/2448234528654372/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherStu Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 I know how hard it is to sell a Cat D. Not surprised he's not got many bites, especially with a car known to suffer from HGF. From a personal point of view, I would buy another Cat D/N, but only if I knew I was keeping it for a few years. I kept the last one for 5 years, so it wasn't an issue. But if you're one of these people that change cars annually, I'd stay away. I don't know enough about cars to start playing the Cat C / S game though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 4 hours ago, Blake's Den said: How about the 'remains' of a Mini Clubman? Basically just the wing and V5. Looks like someone's Mini is about to go missing 😔 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115099404177?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l1120&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=f1a02d886ca64eefac5556576a9f2546&bu=43180989887&ut=RU&exe=99323&ext=234175&osub=-1~1&crd=20211118054253&segname=11021&sojTags=ch%3Dch%2Cbu%3Dbu%2Cut%3Dut%2Cnqt%3Dnqt%2Cnqc%3Dnqc%2Cmdbreftime%3Dmdbreftime%2Ces%3Des%2Cec%3Dec%2Cexe%3Dexe%2Cext%3Dext%2Cexe%3Dexe%2Cext%3Dext%2Cosub%3Dosub%2Ccrd%3Dcrd%2Csegname%3Dsegname%2Cchnl%3Dmkcid This really gets on my goat. We does ebay allow such listenings to run? They are clearly only for one purpose. Strange too. That's a 1978 and am I right in thinking all Clubmans would be tax/MOT exempt anyway? I'm sure it'll end up on a 1995 Cooper or something in fairness. Blake's Den 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265411336445?hash=item3dcbbf98fd:g:s00AAOSwAm1hlk54 Edit: so this guy has a Twingo, Avantime, Cube, and a Fiat Coupe? That's ace. busmansholiday, Yoss, Kringle and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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