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Cavcraft

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2006-Vauxhall-Vectra-1-8-i-VVT-SRi-5dr/223231641743

 

1.8vvt, 100k miles, full test. I like these but would it be in any way better than a Carina 10/15 years it's senior without being a much bigger liability?

 

What a ridiculous question, it's way better than everything!

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Cavcraft

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Claude-the-famous-lobster-car-featured-on-childrens-tv-in-the-1980s-BARN-FIND/113492734349?hash=item1a6cb1b18d:g:mkQAAOSw4Y1cI-15:rk:4:pf:0

 

A bit of fibreglass and some pink/purple paint and the number could be changed to NOB 1.

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Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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Think of all the shit cars you've ever seen about
Like Hillman Avenger Gls and tigers, Hillman Minx
There are lots of fucked up cars in all this world
But have you ever seen a Punto that is pink?

 

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Think!

A Punto that is positively pink,

Well here he is, the pink Punto,
The wanky-spunk Punto,
Isn't he a Punto that is pink?

 

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He really is a heap of tat,
and what a killer, where's the filler, what a pile of shat

 

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It's in the dink - the pink Punto
The wanky tank Punto,
and it's as plain as your nose,
that it's a wob filled horror truly original,
Spunky wank Punto from head to toes

 

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fiat-punto-1-2-no-reserve/273627376126?hash=item3fb57669fe:g:5LQAAOSwcnZcI-a0:rk:9:pf:0

 

 

£49 start, no reserve. As if.

 

 

 

You're the first bidder. Good luck.
somewhatfoolish Rank: Talbot Tagora

somewhatfoolish

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Sorry I'm a couple of days behind on this thread but I cant let this pass without comment. This is the exact model I want, a 613/4. Mainly because it shares half it's dashboard with my Favorit. Air vents, big buttons, ash tray, heater control. All the same. I'd be right at home in here.

 

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Would prefer a darker colour and £18k is a bit steep for a big Favorit but still very much want.

If I'm forking out 20k for a 613 it will be one of Mr Bishop's RHD ones. It's nice but not that nice.

17-Coffees Rank: Citroen Ami

17-Coffees

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Been after a saloon from the 90's in the 2.0 - 3.0 engine range, talking to my dad at Christmas and ended up mentioning the old Ford Scorpios, the last models that are stylishly challenged, though "They must still be cheapish"

 

Oh how wrong I was...

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£6,996!!!

Okay it IS a Cozzie, looks in great condition, etc. But are they really worth that much? Its been a while since I last price checked these but from memory they were still the same price as LS400's. Guessing its they now fall into the 'FAST FOAD' price's due to it being a Cosworth and all...

 

At the other end of the scale is a non-Cosworth...

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 'only' a 2.3 with a low mileage of 66k and seems to be in good knick.

Priced at my level, at £1,750.

Skizzer Rank: Isuzu Florian

Skizzer

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Slightly leggy 635CSI, but price isn’t too insane for a tidy one these days.

 

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1989-BMW-635-CSI-AUTO/153287115482

 

(200k, £5.5k, MOT until May, to spare you the ALL CAPS AND NO PUNCTUATION M8 SO DONT ASK FOR ANY experience that is the listing.)

 

I stumbled upon it while looking for sensibly priced Granadas, pre that gopping bug eyed Scorpio excretion. That search is proving elusive. Found one for £13k, which made this 6er look particularly bargainous.

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Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Junkman

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Fuck me, look at this Punch and Judy theatre on wheels!

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2003-BMW-E46-325-Ti-M-Sport-Drift-Car-Wide-Arch-Track-Car-Modified-Road-Legal/392185089582

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Dash Lit Up Like A Christmas Tree For Obvious Reasons

 

It's anything but obvious for me, but I blame thinking processes along these lines:

 

 

E46 325 Ti M-Sport Drift Car Wide Arch Track Car Modified Road Legal

 

 

17" Deep Dish BBS Reps 10j Rear 9j Fronts All Tyres Were Brand New 2 Months Ago, Rear Nexan's 235/45/17 Front's Nexan 205/40/17 Fronts As New Rear Have Some Wear But Not Much

 

Only if the inside of your head is such a mess, you car can look like this terrible disaster does and the reasons for a dashboard to be lit up like a Christmas tree become obvious.

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Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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If those minging Granadas are really worth £6,995 (we all know they're not) just because they say 'Cosworth' on the engine, then shouldn't a Mk1 Seat Ibiza also be worth stupid money because of 'System Porsche'? Anyone who pays nigh on seven grand for that Scorpio is an idiot.

Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Junkman

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Been after a saloon from the 90's in the 2.0 - 3.0 engine range, talking to my dad at Christmas and ended up mentioning the old Ford Scorpios, the last models that are stylishly challenged, though "They must still be cheapish"

 

Oh how wrong I was...

s-l1600.jpg

 

£6,996!!!

Okay it IS a Cozzie, looks in great condition, etc. But are they really worth that much? Its been a while since I last price checked these but from memory they were still the same price as LS400's. Guessing its they now fall into the 'FAST FOAD' price's due to it being a Cosworth and all...

 

At the other end of the scale is a non-Cosworth...

s-l1600.jpg

 'only' a 2.3 with a low mileage of 66k and seems to be in good knick.

Priced at my level, at £1,750.

 

 

If those minging Granadas are really worth £6,995 (we all know they're not) just because they say 'Cosworth' on the engine, then shouldn't a Mk1 Seat Ibiza also be worth stupid money because of 'System Porsche'? Anyone who pays nigh on seven grand for that Scorpio is an idiot.

 

If I were after a 90s three litre waftbarge just for the heck of it, I'd be all over those Hyundai XG30s and piss on scene tax.

Finding one might be a bit challenging, but what's not to hate?

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Kringle Rank: Citroen Ami

Kringle

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My heart is telling me to sell my Auris and buy that, it's delicious and I'm a sucker for a blue car.

 

My head tells me that I am a fucking idiot, it would ruin me and that my family would disown me.

 

Until I pulled up on the drive with it of course.

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Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Junkman

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My head tells me that I am a fucking idiot, it would ruin me and that my family would disembowel me.

 

EFA

 

Do it!

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Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Junkman

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Armstrong Siddeley Assembly Kit.

 

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1065852

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was stripped down to the bear chassis

 

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and build up to current position.

 

Yep, and then they couldn't figure out how to hang the doors properly, as usual.

The process is explained at length in Robert Penn Bradley's book, but people who can't distinguish between 'bare' and 'bear' reading books is unlikely, which of course doesn't mean they can't put the most deluded price tags onto something.

 

And yes, I'm fully aware of the meaninglessness of my dismal shitty little life, which is wasted on reading books explaining how to hang doors on an Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire, instead of putting the most deluded price tag onto something and wait for the one deranged dinglebrain to stop by.

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Junkman

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Single digit fuel consumption....

 

 

What a selfish outlook.

We all have to make sacrifices to improve® The Climate.

Kringle Rank: Citroen Ami

Kringle

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Is that due to the demographic changing? So in 30 years time mk1 escorts will be worth fuck all?

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Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Junkman

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Is that due to the demographic changing?

 

I don't know what the reason is, but the bottom has dropped out of the 50s saloon car market globally.

Posh British immediate postwar saloons (with the exception of those wearing certain badges) were never held in high esteem by mainstream collectors to begin with, despite they are rare and arguably the best engineered cars of all time. Look at those fantastic 50s Lagonda saloons, for example. All you can find today are carcasses, engine raped to blow yet another one up with a DB2 at Goodwood.

 

Looking at the septic offerings, for decades I was mislead in believing the late 50s chod is the pinnacle, but the more I look at cars like PhilA's Pontiac, the more I realise just how well that late 40s/early 50s tat was made. And this is despite I fully well knew all along that by the mid 50s they had changed from making the best cars they could (naturally within certain constraints), to purely producing planned obsolescence to boost consumerism, with all the inherent lack of actual quality, workmanship and practicability. Look at Cuba, where the curtain fell in 1960. It's not the newest models they had that survived in the biggest numbers.

 

 

 

So in 30 years time mk1 escorts will be worth fuck all?

 

They basically are worth fuck all. Only certain inhabitants of one tiny island believe they are less shit today than they were when new, a baffling misconception. Having said that, baby boom saloons have performed admirably in the European - this does include the UK - classic car market over the past decade. Let's see what the 90s rubbish will do once it's benefitting from historic status on the paperwork in most countries. The attrition rate is currently accelerating at a mindboggling pace.

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Also if a guppy faced Scorpio is £7K it makes much more sense to buy a Daimler Majestic Major.   Even if the bottom drops out of that market, along with the floors....

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Junkman

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It makes more sense to buy a Daimler Majestic Major no matter what placebo reasons you frantically try to come up with not to do so.

Admit it.

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Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Junkman

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Should you prefer your Scorpios in the earlier shape, much shonkier and OMGSNOWKAOZ compliant, look no further.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Granada-Scorpio-2-8-4x4-/323617571807

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The car is shown on steel wheels but the original 7 spoke wheels are in the car.

 

I bet they were carelessly thrown onto the unprotected carpet and/or velour, as usual.

 

Oh. I won that bet.

 

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