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Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Cheap Atlantean.  Drivable on a car licence, although I'm not sure the 40-year MOT exemption applies to buses as the seller is claiming?

 

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It does if you don't use it commercially.

Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Junkman

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If I were in the money, I'd make something proper nice out of this.

I really like the styling and I'm convinced the right colour combo would work really well.

Bonus GM 3.8 V6 drivetrain ruggedness allows one to concentrate on the looks without ever having to worry about forward motion.

Tadhg Tiogar Rank: Talbot Tagora

Tadhg Tiogar

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Want BX estate.

 

Not brave enough for 4x4 system that's made of brie.

 

..and supposedly the only one left in the entire country... Great Missenden, not too far away

SierraMikeHotel Rank: Renault 16

SierraMikeHotel

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..and supposedly the only one left in the entire country...

That's definitely not true, although they are rare. Because made of brie.
Tadhg Tiogar Rank: Talbot Tagora

Tadhg Tiogar

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That's definitely not true, although they are rare. Because made of brie.

 

Mushy reliability?

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Dick Cheeseburger Rank: Talbot Tagora

Dick Cheeseburger

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Just spotted on the bay. Seems a genuine cheapy.

 

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Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Junkman

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I was looking at that when it was on Craigslist in New York. The pictures were much better and it was about $1500 I just wasn't convinced it was a sound car. I suspect there is a fair bit of filler under the shiney paint

 

Do you realise how much wob these had applied in the factory?

 

You can't get a five metre ship assembled by unskilled labour that's still underpaid looking straight without at least half an inch of that shit applied and thus it's exactly what Detroit did. The common number one mistake in Europe when restoring such a car is leaving it off, that's why they usually have more waves down the flanks than the Atlantic.

 

Do not assume that septic chod is even close to European tat in workmanship. It's all mackle, like their houses.

Real US car buffs like me love it. Anybody holding an English passport apparently fails to get the concept big time, that's why yanks in the UK look like they do.

 

Getting 18 feet of Imperial look straight takes 50 pounds of bog, guess how I found out.

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dozeydustman Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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I love 205s more than most, and a minty red XS is almost as good as they get...

 

 

But they want TEN fuckin GRAND!!!!!

 

 

Do wot m8?! That Maserati junko posted is only 7.

Quite. 10k is pushing it for an XS. Then again there was only 8 months’ worth of production of the XS with the suitcase engine, so one in that spec is fucking rare.

 

IMO they’re actually a better drive thn the GTi - almost as quick but without the aggronofnhigh insurance premiums and the associated XU injection problems

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Timewaster Rank: Isuzu Florian

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Quite. 10k is pushing it for an XS. Then again there was only 8 months’ worth of production of the XS with the suitcase engine, so one in that spec is fucking rare.

 

IMO they’re actually a better drive thn the GTi - almost as quick but without the aggronofnhigh insurance premiums and the associated XU injection problems

Pointless fact: In 1994, as insurance costs had killed GTi values and XSs were in demand it was cheaper for me to buy and insure a 1.6 GTi than an XS. So I did.

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Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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Shitters discount available on this. I have decided to punt it on as I prefer the Solex (unless someone offers good money for the Solex)

 

Hadn't realised that was yours, it's absolutely ace.

Aston Martin Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

Aston Martin

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Shitters discount available on this. I have decided to punt it on as I prefer the Solex (unless someone offers good money for the Solex)

It reminds me of a Motocompo.

dozeydustman Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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Pointless fact: In 1994, as insurance costs had killed GTi values and XSs were in demand it was cheaper for me to buy and insure a 1.6 GTi than an XS. So I did.

 

 

That must have reversed by time I hit 21 in 1999 and had my XS. £300 p/a cheaper to insure the XS than the GTi

Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Shitters discount available on this. I have decided to punt it on as I prefer the Solex (unless someone offers good money for the Solex)

 

 

Hadn't realised that was yours, it's absolutely ace.

 

I concur.

What would be the Shiter's price, please?

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