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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vw-beetle-based-unique-custom-Sokol-Not-a-kit-car/162988337252?hash=item25f2dca864:g:iXUAAOSwlFJayme1

 

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The electrics need finishing, I started to fit a standard loom in place of all the complicated electrics.'

 

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Yes, highly brilliant work replacing all the 'complicated' standard electrics with several thousand feet of speaker wire, some of which appears to have been plugged into a fucking domino. Let alone the safety deposit box mounted to the front, which presumably throws a winch wire out for the RAC when you crash into a postage stamp on the road.

Deserves a second look.

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That is 999/10 shite :-)

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The want is strong but no MOT, sadly,. I wish sellers would stick em in as I cannot see this needing much - barely used in last few years. £450 BINS Sarfend

 

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Look..... T-series loveliness*

 

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rover-600-Ti-1996-97-P-Reg-No-MOT-but-runs-fine/263596865511?hash=item3d5f98f7e7:g:p64AAOSwi6JatrBj

 

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980-AUSTIN-ALLEGRO-3-1-3HL-ONE-LADY-OWNER-FOR-31-YEARS-ONLY-46K-MILES/273139089252?hash=item3f985bbf64:g:JUQAAOSwBK5awjJ6

 

snapdragon..........

 

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its badged as a lowley "L" so i don't think it would have had these quad lights (which look so very fine on an allegro) or the headrests from the factory, but i wouldn't let that stop me.

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if only i had not bought that hatefull little shitbox mini, i'd be all over this like fleas on a dog..... FUCK!!

 

Fuck me, I want it. Bit rich for me mind.

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What a shame the Sokol has got into the hands of a typical Dubber who has done the all-important job of junking the engine and replacing it with a wheezy VW lump and lowering the whole thing to a stupid degree, and then butchering the electrics. Totally out of keeping and inappropriate. 

 

That thing has been on and off eBay as long as I can remember. It was Sir John Whitmore who made the first effort to save it, I think, but no subsequent owners have had much luck getting it to work. I'd say it was about 75% less likely to ever go back on the road after the last owner's efforts. Great work man!

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vw-beetle-based-unique-custom-Sokol-Not-a-kit-car/162988337252

'The electrics need finishing, I started to fit a standard loom in place of all the complicated electrics.'

 

Cor

 

That Sokol must have been some weapon when if it all worked.  Look at the electronics inside the door.  In fact, everywhere,

 

It's been in the very thread before

http://autoshite.com/topic/31287-ebay-tat-volume-3/?p=440719

 

And the pervious one

http://autoshite.com/topic/29-ebay-tat/?p=1868

 

And here

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/2739658/And-the-answer-is....html

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/14267/lot/637/?category=list

http://car-from-uk.com/sale.php?id=36070

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231057463837

 

And Pan Tatar was a legend by all accounts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Tatar

 

GIB, etc

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^ Was he the car-builder's son who did the electronics? This sort of period electronics is interesting, it would be good to see more info on the quirky stuff he built for that car.

 

Edit, I just read the Bonhams article, (see link in flat4alfa's post above), John Tatar would be the original builder's grandson.

Interesting links indeed.

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1963-COMMER-CARRIER-vintage-truck-lorry/132575575323?hash=item1ede1ebd1b:g:Vu4AAOSw6ZZay76N

 

Impressed if the next picture is from when he went on holiday in it and it broke down

 

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