eBay tat volume 3.

[tooSavvy]

Not quite 'bring dustpan & brush'!......

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154701538245

[cort16]

The ZX versions of these with the 16v engines were pretty cool. This one has an auto box..

https://www.gumtree.com/p/nissan/1988-nissan-sunny-1.6-gsx-auto-coupe-garage-find-/1419865467

[Poweredbyhopealone]

9 hours ago, KWhite said:

Battered 600 on the K going under the hammer at 1PM 

 https://www.bca.co.uk/lot/K871WFP?VehId=8e610837-cd70-43cc-95b1-0e4d4d63d3e8&Source=DeepLinks&vrm=K871WFP

 

I don't know what part of this advert I like more.

The bloody massive dent in the wing?

The "We tried to clean it but fuck it, it's only a Rover" state of the wheel trims?

The half open window which makes me wonder if that's where it lives?

The bonnet appearing to be on crooked

The unbeleivable fake white room backdrop which will most certainly have a greasy fella with gut overhanging from his hi-vis shirt behind it?

The complete lack of attempt to match the actual ground with the 'studio' flooring?

10/10 would dispair at again.

[wesacosa]

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, tooSavvy said:

I'm unsure.... Does this guy (flippsies..) want 'the moon on a stick' or a Big Lollipop?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-Toyota-Carina-GL-Auto-1991-47-000-miles-Stored-since-2014-/265403812959?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

🤔

Billericay. Sez it all.

[alcyonecorporation]

10 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

...As long as it doesn't commit hari-kari, sure 'tis grand. 

There are ways to mitigate it - and they're cheaper than shoving an invariably knackered Legacy GT-B six-speed into an SVX after said Legacy has been pinged off the armco somewhere in the Peak District by some cretin who never serviced it. Either fit an ally rad with a stronger built-in oil cooler or bypass the factory unit altogether and go external. You're looking at a maximum of £1000 to sort it plus a few hundred more to find a chip tune that mitigates the shifts programmed originally. The box changes harder but it's not burning itself out to do so. 

That said, it's not an impossible conversion to manual but I'd be very wary of the condition of the components needed to do it. 
The US has a very (very) vocal SVX scene who like to fit 4.44 final drives to cars 'because it makes them faster'; they shout down anyone who wants to do things differently. 

Cool, yeah, and you're doing 4000 rpm at 70 and the engine's screaming its tits off. 
You know what's faster than an SVX you've bought and converted for several thousand pounds (after reconditioning the six-speed and not-readily-available-in-the-UK 4.44 rear diff)? A £1500 bone stock Impreza WRX. 

The US members can't see past their own nose. Most of them want Skylines but can't afford them owing to the price gouging from importers cashing on 25 year rule eligibility. They never got hot GC/GF Imprezas (although they did get more two-doors than the UK) and can't understand that other English-speaking markets bought SVXs which have other, cheaper ways to go fast. 

I have never understood why you'd want to make a 1700kg GT into a sports car. There are literally thousands of other options available unless you're wedded to the looks of the SVX so badly you have to have it with a manual. People simply don't understand what GTs are meant to do. 
No-one's talking about fitting better, more efficient autos into SVXs.

Maybe I should do that instead of arguing with everyone. An SVX with a modern eight or ten speed self shifter would give far better fuel consumption and be a damn sight quicker without compromising its nature. I do have a Subaru six-speed in the garage, but it's not going in the SVX. Long-term, I want a DCCD conversion on my GF8 WRX. That, to me, is worth the effort. 

Sorry, I've derailed this thread again. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 minutes ago, alcyonecorporation said:

..... No-one's talking about fitting better, more efficient autos into SVXs. Maybe I should do that...

What will fit into the available space and mate readily with the engine?

[MisterH]

28 minutes ago, alcyonecorporation said:

There are ways to mitigate it - and they're cheaper than shoving an invariably knackered Legacy GT-B six-speed into an SVX after said Legacy has been pinged off the armco somewhere in the Peak District by some cretin who never serviced it. Either fit an ally rad with a stronger built-in oil cooler or bypass the factory unit altogether and go external. You're looking at a maximum of £1000 to sort it plus a few hundred more to find a chip tune that mitigates the shifts programmed originally. The box changes harder but it's not burning itself out to do so. 

That said, it's not an impossible conversion to manual but I'd be very wary of the condition of the components needed to do it. 
The US has a very (very) vocal SVX scene who like to fit 4.44 final drives to cars 'because it makes them faster'; they shout down anyone who wants to do things differently. 

Cool, yeah, and you're doing 4000 rpm at 70 and the engine's screaming its tits off. 
You know what's faster than an SVX you've bought and converted for several thousand pounds (after reconditioning the six-speed and not-readily-available-in-the-UK 4.44 rear diff)? A £1500 bone stock Impreza WRX. 

The US members can't see past their own nose. Most of them want Skylines but can't afford them owing to the price gouging from importers cashing on 25 year rule eligibility. They never got hot GC/GF Imprezas (although they did get more two-doors than the UK) and can't understand that other English-speaking markets bought SVXs which have other, cheaper ways to go fast. 

I have never understood why you'd want to make a 1700kg GT into a sports car. There are literally thousands of other options available unless you're wedded to the looks of the SVX so badly you have to have it with a manual. People simply don't understand what GTs are meant to do. 
No-one's talking about fitting better, more efficient autos into SVXs.

Maybe I should do that instead of arguing with everyone. An SVX with a modern eight or ten speed self shifter would give far better fuel consumption and be a damn sight quicker without compromising its nature. I do have a Subaru six-speed in the garage, but it's not going in the SVX. Long-term, I want a DCCD conversion on my GF8 WRX. That, to me, is worth the effort. 

Sorry, I've derailed this thread again. 

I have long had a crush on the SVX but have always been put off by the gearbox for 2 reasons: Firstly, I have never felt comfortable with the car changing its own gears, the lack of control makes me feel unsafe, however I reckon this could be mitigated by more experience with them (favourable experience I should add)  Secondly, I have it in my mind the SVXs are inherently untrustworthy, by that I mean that even if you keep on top of servicing, it is inevitable that something will shear, snap, or propel itself out of its housing. I would love to be proven wrong on all these counts as it has a shape and presence that makes me go weak at the knees, although I probably shouldn't be distracting myself, it would be nice to see what they are like. Am I right in thinking they only went with the Auto because they couldn't make a manual that could take the grunt?

[cort16]

£400 floppy top A4. No MOT obviously

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/453094039507843

[cort16]

Shite Hawk

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/422643416172989

[New POD]

I can't comment on any particular auto, but I have experience of 4* cars with auto gearboxes. 

There's no reason to feel unsafe. 

Occassionally the kickdown makes a decision you might not have made.  Sometimes it will drop a gear where you wouldn't bother in a manual, or sometimes not drop down when you'd already be in a lower gear.  

But you get used to it, and tune your right foot and with time, your subconscious understands the gearbox's rules.

* 1.8 cdi Mk2 cavalier with 3 speed auto

Omega 3.2 with 4 speed auto 

Astra J 1.6 with 6 speed auto

Astra J 1.4T with 6 speed auto 

[tooSavvy]

"change of note = no discernible change in velocity!"

Ha .... I use my stick for hanging a Low, when needing a bit oomph 🤔

[MisterH]

5 minutes ago, New POD said:

I can't comment on any particular auto, but I have experience of 4* cars with auto gearboxes. 

There's no reason to feel unsafe. 

Occassionally the kickdown makes a decision you might not have made.  Sometimes it will drop a gear where you wouldn't bother in a manual, or sometimes not drop down when you'd already be in a lower gear.  

But you get used to it, and tune your right foot and with time, your subconscious understands the gearbox's rules.

* 1.8 cdi Mk2 cavalier with 3 speed auto

Omega 3.2 with 4 speed auto 

Astra J 1.6 with 6 speed auto

Astra J 1.4T with 6 speed auto 

Thank you, obviously it is all to do with the type of car you're wanting and its intended role, but that is reassuring to know  

[New POD]

1 minute ago, MisterH said:

Thank you, obviously it is all to do with the type of car you're wanting and its intended role, but that is reassuring to know  

I mean if autos were intrinsically dangerous, I don't think even the Americans would put up with that. 

[gm]

34 minutes ago, cort16 said:

£400 floppy top A4. No MOT obviously

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/453094039507843

but might it have the elusive exhaust bits the @Split_Pinhas been looking for ? just down (up) the road from him too

 

(edit) probably not, too modern  

[wuvvum]

Commie Jeep in the parts section

[lesapandre]

1 hour ago, cort16 said:

Shite Hawk

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/422643416172989

Deserves a good home - seems to have been nocking about the internet for ages.

With an SV engine  these are very slow but OK for attending garden fetes or cross-dressing as Miss Marple or something like that.

[captain_70s]

1 hour ago, cort16 said:

Shite Hawk

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/422643416172989

Cool,  but expensive for a fairly undesirable car that looks dog rough.

[lesapandre]

17 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Commie Jeep in the parts section

The ad for this is very strange. I'd say proceed  with caution.

[lesapandre]

12 minutes ago, captain_70s said:

Cool,  but expensive for a fairly undesirable car that looks dog rough.

Yes the majority of these were scrapped by about 1966...we used to play in a derelict  one as kids. Totally undesirable family cars once the era of the 2nd hand Cortina etc arrived.

Bodywork by Raymond Loewy's studio -  very up to date on its 1948 introduction  but hampered by antedeluvian mechanics. 

Not for nothing were these known as the Lumber Hawk.

I like them - but I also like garden fetes and Miss Marple.

[captain_70s]

24 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Not for nothing were these known as the Lumber Hawk.

I like them - but I also like garden fetes and Miss Marple.

Oh, I want it badly. I've a hankering for some proper post-war porridge. 

It just looks like the sort of car thats had a "wee tidy up" with 20 tins of Isopon...

[tooSavvy]

It's no Sheerline.......

[lesapandre]

Yes. Had some under-bonnet work by the looks of it. Makes me think it may have been a blow-over for film or TV.

It's  lost its original  number by the looks of it too - may have been removed or lost.

[lesapandre]

2 minutes ago, tooSavvy said:

It's no Sheerline.......

Very underpowered- 55bhp and 0-60 in about 25 seconds & top speed probably 70-ish flat out.

[D.E]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275033622584?hash=item4009480838:g:2rIAAOSw~6phl5sC GT!

[KitKat]

25 minutes ago, D.E said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275033622584?hash=item4009480838:g:2rIAAOSw~6phl5sC GT!

Hot damn!! Another refugee from London too. I thought these came standard with the same steels wheels as the XS. 

[D.E]

17 minutes ago, KitKat said:

Hot damn!! Another refugee from London too. I thought these came standard with the same steels wheels as the XS. 

These wheels can be seen on some period press photos as well, so I guess they're original (but perhaps optional?).

[barrett]

17 minutes ago, D.E said:

These wheels can be seen on some period press photos as well, so I guess they're original (but perhaps optional?).

Yep, they were an option on the GT I think. I much prefer the XS steels. That one does look pretty great although it seems like a lot of money to me.

Here's another nice 205. This is exactly what I want to do with my one - XS wheels, body-coloured high-spec valances etc. Looks like a really neat little thing

It's a phase 1 so you get the nice early dashboard etc, too

Admittedly it's the 1124cc motor so all show and no go, but I still really like it. A reasonable £1500 to looks like the coolest kid in school.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/peugeot205.owners/permalink/4779719022085236/?sale_post_id=4779719022085236

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, lesapandre said:

very up to date on its 1948 introduction  but hampered by antedeluvian mechanics. 

That was a recurring theme with British stuff in the late '40s though - Morrises Minor and Oxford and Hillman Minx were similarly afflicted.  At least Vauxhall and Austin had overhead valve engines, but about the only mechanically "modern" car was the Jowett Javelin.

[willswitchengage]

What's in tomorrow Manor Park Classics auction?

Drive like you're the AS admin:

https://auctions.manorparkclassics.com/auction/lot/lot-5---1989-maserati-228-bi-turbo/?lot=504&so=0&st=&sto=0&au=11&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=0&pp=48&pn=1&g=1

Reasonable value Estelle or whatever these were called, better than ebay prices and in better nick.

https://auctions.manorparkclassics.com/auction/lot/lot-68---1989-skoda-120-l/?lot=444&so=0&st=&sto=0&au=11&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=0&pp=48&pn=2&g=1

Try convincing a divorce court that the reason behind your separation was that you splurged the kids' nest egg on a 3000 mile Astra E estate.

https://auctions.manorparkclassics.com/auction/lot/lot-77---1987-vauxhall-astra-13-merit-estate/?lot=517&so=0&st=&sto=0&au=11&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=0&pp=48&pn=2&g=1