eBay tat volume 3.

[AMC Rebel]

Loving the Kiwi caravans - I noticed books were v.expensive when I was there - just one of the quirks of NZ I guess.

[anonymous user]

That Land Rover 107 station wagon is superb. How much would postage be to South Wales?

[richardthestag]

and in other news today ...

 

PROJECT Chassis - modSports, Thunder Saloon, Hill Climb

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PROJECT-Chassis-modSports-Thunder-Saloon-Hill-Climb/132003312172

 

 

These owners went some way to converting it to an Esprit silhouette car, but was not completed.

 

 

 

didn't quite get around the chassis then, or maybe skills couldn't keep up with enthusiasm

 

 

verdict - dump the body and do something useful with the chassis

 

Just as a not there is no suspension with the car and I could not tell you what the suspension was off. We had intended to design custom double wishbone suspension for it but time and money was never on our side.

 

 

Oh

[richardthestag]

Agreed - there is no end to the offensiveness of that - and the brake master cylinder arrangement looks like something my 8 year old daughter would lash up and then be disappointed with.

 

I cant stop looking at the damn thing

 

Someone put a shit load of effort into it to make it ... well frankly just shit!

 

I reckon that the foot pedal is rear brakes only because the bars have a 5 meter brake line going seeming towards the front brake. the rear brakes then are servo assisted by the huge servo under the seat. Going to make any retardation interesting especially if the front wheel has any more than 1/1000th degree lock on it

 

the turning circle looks like it would compete with a super tanker

 

and all the weight from the chassis box section, still powered by what looks like the original pre xflow 997. 39 bhp iirc Never going to need the blast blanket on the bell housing is it!

[oldcars]

Look at this early 75 with black sills & trims! Been off road for 10 years but only £100!

 

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201611089564200?advertising-location=at_cars&make=ROVER&radius=1501&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&sort=price-asc&model=75&postcode=eh331af&page=1

[AMC Rebel]

I wish idiots with angle grinders and welders would stop making everything into fucking trikes.

But then we'd have nothing to point at and laugh!  At least they seem to be leaving obscure Japanese stuff and base model Sierras alone for now.

[AMC Rebel]

 

I bloody love these

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/57-chevy-station-wagon/252633933099?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D38661%26meid%3D42ab80e0514346f88effe0c188b2a3b8%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D112204133508

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Look at this early 75 with black sills & trims! Been off road for 10 years but only £100!

 

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201611089564200?make=ROVER&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&sort=price-asc&radius=1500&advertising-location=at_cars&postcode=eh331qj&model=75&page=1

 

This is cool.

 

Is there any simple way of fathoming out where a flippin car is located from the Autotrader website?

[oldcars]

This is cool.

 

Is there any simple way of fathoming out where a flippin car is located from the Autotrader website?

If you search for it with your postcode it should say mow far away from you it is.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

yeah but that's not the same as saying where it is

[oldcars]

yeah but that's not the same as saying where it is

Agreed. 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I've fathomed it off the STD code, its on Cavcrafts manor!!!!

[Junkman]

and in other news today ...

 

PROJECT Chassis - modSports, Thunder Saloon, Hill Climb

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PROJECT-Chassis-modSports-Thunder-Saloon-Hill-Climb/132003312172

 

 

 

didn't quite get around the chassis then, or maybe skills couldn't keep up with enthusiasm

 

 

verdict - dump the body and do something useful with the chassis

 

 

Oh

 

The chassis is completely useless. It defies basic principles of chassis geometry, is factor eleven overengineered where it's completely unnecessary,

but lacks strength where it would be essential.

Just one example is the bars to which the upper suspension brackets are attached being bluntly welded to diagonal crossbars supported by nothing.

There is a lot of other evidence throughout the chassis that the concept of triangulation and direction of load input has not been understood.

But a rather complex truss was made to merely support the floor, which is as neccesary as a goitre.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

and it looks wank, don't forget that

[Junkman]

I reckon that the foot pedal is rear brakes only because the bars have a 5 meter brake line going seeming towards the front brake. the rear brakes then are servo assisted by the huge servo under the seat. Going to make any retardation interesting especially if the front wheel has any more than 1/1000th degree lock on it

 

This puzzles me with every trike. Do the front and rear brakes have to be independent, like on a motorcycle?

If yes, which brake is more effective? The front one, as with motorcycles? Or the rear ones, as with old motorscooters?

If the front one is the more effective one, all of them have massively overdimensioned rear brakes by default.

If the braking system is integral, how is the brake balance between the front wheel and rear wheels achieved?

This I already don't understand with Reliants, or any other car with a single front wheel for the matter.

[vulgalour]

Sunroofs were a slightly more austere affair back in the '30's.

 

I learned a thing a few years ago that those are actually cigar vents so you could smoke all you liked and never have to open a window.

[Junkman]

This is how to do a chassis:

 

 

It even incorporates controlled deformation in case of a crash.

[cort16]

mint

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/mitsubishi-L200-Project-good-engine-and-gearbox-/162281917649?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368

[cort16]

H O T

 

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1993-FIAT-TIPO-2-0ie-16V-SEDICIVALVOLE-5-Door-Rare-Retro-Hot-Hatch-146BHP-VGC-/272420311641?hash=item3f6d841259:g:WYAAAOSwo4pYKxoD

[Junkman]

These are leaving shite territory at an alarming rate.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Reliant-scimitar-GTE-1972-3-0-Essex-ford-engine-complete-car-spares-repair-race/371789160946

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Even when they cost £30k they will still be shite

[cort16]

These are normally hopeless looking efforts when you see them on ebay. This one's really nice. 7 grand though.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Matra-Simca-Bagheera-X-/332033913198?hash=item4d4ec3716e:g:mC4AAOSw4GVYLDQe

[GrumpyCat]

This is cool.

 

Is there any simple way of fathoming out where a flippin car is located from the Autotrader website?

 

Sometimes chucking a few different postcodes works to get you closer. Postcode CH5 4WL is 1 mile away according to Autotrader, so that puts it somewhere in Connah's Quay.

[sporty-shite]

Sometimes chucking a few different postcodes works to get you closer. Postcode CH5 4WL is 1 mile away according to Autotrader, so that puts it somewhere in Connah's Quay.

 

Or you could just phone them........

[Mr_Bo11ox]

You could do, but it seems mental that a national website of cars for sale does not say where the listed cars actually are.

[Junkman]

Apart from that, I wish they had such a good search functionality as for example Leboncoin.

[richardthestag]

at the risk of hijacking the EBay Tat fred, I do find autotrader advance search quite good. Especially if I don't really know what I am looking for. ~1 son is looking for a cheap first run around and autotrader has help us expand choices to cars that we hadn't even thought about

[sporty-shite]

You could do, but it seems mental that a national website of cars for sale does not say where the listed cars actually are.

Fair point. I was actually thinking that it would be easier to phone then chuck in a load of random postcodes!!

[richardthestag]

RANGE ROVER CLASSIC MONTEVERDI 1982 BULKHEAD

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RANGE-ROVER-CLASSIC-MONTEVERDI-1982-BULKHEAD-/332034227970

 

Mate! were you masturbating while taking the piccies?

 

 

 

THIS DOES HAVE ROT SEE PICS

 

 

 

Ummm

[Asimo]

How the hell has it managed to rust here?

There is a really crude weld just there and a crack often developes in the inside of the door at that weld. Time, leaks and BL paint technology does the rest.