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Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1973-Triumph-GT6-BARN-FIND-low-mileage-stood-for-years-lots-of-history/124075493685?hash=item1ce379c935:g:UIsAAOSwvoZePcLq

 

'Lots of history'

 

 

1975-1982: Salt mine, 1982-2011: Shropshire Union Canal?

 

BeEP Rank: Renault 16

BeEP

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On 2/6/2020 at 10:49 PM, Cavcraft said:

Patrick's excelling himself again

 

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Maestro-HLE-1983-classic-car-barn-find/333506990616?hash=item4da690d218:g:vuUAAOSw4Z5ePHID

 

(For once, it's not my computer making that picture look winky wanky woo)

 

23 hours ago, Craig the Princess said:

Can't see a fucking barn m8.

(I'm 80% sure that went through @BeEP's hands a few years ago).

Yes, mine from 2012 (I think) until autumn 2016 (see photo in my cars thread).  Was a really solid car with an exceptional interior.  I suspect the subsequent owner has swapped it for the interior in one of his others and just thrown whatever he had left into it.  No front carpets, badly split passenger's seat, dashboard and all plastic trim broken or ill-fitting.  As with most of his other cars it was stored on grass, which has doubtless contributed to the welding now needed.  Not sure when he sold it on, although I notice it's never been MOTd again. I suspect it will still make a fair bit more than I sold it for though!

Skizzer Rank: Isuzu Florian

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8 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

What a shit day for the owner of this :(

That’s heartbreaking.

An original UK SM, 73k, on its third owner, Nyree Dawn Porter’s car in The Protectors, original interior, manual and carbs.

Ethanol in petrol eating fuel hoses can fuck right off.

Here it is in happier times.

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HillmanImp Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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13 hours ago, Skizzer said:

This is WELL FIT YO and £3k doesn’t seem excessive.

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https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F114102311194

 

Flippin’ beige, too. Bring it on.

I grew up on the south coast of England and these seemed to be exclusively driven by rich very old ladies with purple rinses. 

Does anyone else have the same connotations with mk1 MR2s? Was it the same in affluent areas elsewhere in the country? Mrs Barrington-Smythe, driving her two tone MR2 to the shops with her red terry towling safari suit and alligator handbag. 

vaughant Rank: Lancia Gamma

vaughant

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15 minutes ago, skattrd said:

07 for £800? that seems cheap, is it Merc engine in these?
If so its worth it as I loved the 2.7 Merc 5-pot.

It's saying 2.7 so I would say yes. 

Is a great engine, only issue is the injector seats really and a few elements of the crappy cdi system. 

Remove cat innards for many more bhp's and mpg's, I even gained an extra gear in mine!!! 

vaughant Rank: Lancia Gamma

vaughant

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4 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

I grew up on the south coast of England and these seemed to be exclusively driven by rich very old ladies with purple rinses. 

Does anyone else have the same connotations with mk1 MR2s? Was it the same in affluent areas elsewhere in the country? Mrs Barrington-Smythe, driving her two tone MR2 to the shops with her red terry towling safari suit and alligator handbag. 

Yes I would agree, the MK2 was also a popular choice but eventually replaced with the merc slk because Toyota managed to fuck up the mk3 so much. 

I had one of these in 2000 and it was the hardest car I ever tried to sell, in dog dick red and wob I had one one phonecall in 3 weeks and still nobody came to look at it. I dropped the price more and more but still developed no interest at all. 

I couldn't gel with it although in typical Toyota fashion there was nothing really wrong with it, but it just didn't appeal. 

Ended up swapping it for a non running fiesta rs turbo which I made some progress on then decided to move it to a garage where someone I knew with loose lips told a local dodgy twat who subsequently passed this info onto some goons who stole the engine and box out of it.

Local police showed their usual enthusiasm* in dealing with the culprits despite practically taking them to the purpotrators door. 

"no evidence m9". 

I'd love to give you a "me and my mates went round and duffed them up" style of story but alas with a good job and responsibilities along with continual denials from the scumbags in question plus no real proof, I had to chalk that one up to experience. 

I had a loan of a mr2 turbo rev 1 and thought that was a brilliant motor but big balls required for wet weather. 

Mr_Bo11ox Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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I've been looking a lot ak Mk4 Astras lately, particularly the pov spec ones.

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAUXHALL-ASTRA-Club-Blue-Manual-Petrol-1999/312985057809

This one is a quite early 1.6 8v CLUB spec which means trims & quite rare wind up front windows, even the mega mingebag 'Envoy' spec soon adopted leccy jobs. Shame its got metallic paint though - 90% of these things are in dismal silvery grey colours. If it was flat white or red I might not be able to resist it!!!!

Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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21 minutes ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

I've been looking a lot ak Mk4 Astras lately, particularly the pov spec ones.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAUXHALL-ASTRA-Club-Blue-Manual-Petrol-1999/312985057809

This one is a quite early 1.6 8v CLUB spec which means trims & quite rare wind up front windows, even the mega mingebag 'Envoy' spec soon adopted leccy jobs. Shame its got metallic paint though - 90% of these things are in dismal silvery grey colours. If it was flat white or red I might not be able to resist it!!!!

 That's a horrible colour.

vaughant Rank: Lancia Gamma

vaughant

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5 minutes ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Yeah I love that white Astra, £2000 is too salty for me though!!!

I would agree, 2k is double it's value in my eyes but I suppose its mint and low miles and could be a car for life if you're that way inclined. 

More up my street and a few months back now, I saw a lovely black 3dr 2.2 Sri making excellent progress along the M4 by Swindon with a "for sale, 1 owner, 12months mot £995" sign in the back window. 

OK not povvo spec but these seem to be maturing nicely now. 

Saying that any mk4 that came through Witney auctions got snapped up immediately by an (excuse racist stereotypes) Albanian looking fellow who was there every week buying them. Must have some sort of decent rep then? 

Alan_Green Rank: Renault 16

Alan_Green

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58 minutes ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

I've been looking a lot ak Mk4 Astras lately, particularly the pov spec ones.

How about reddish-bronze?  35K miles. Year's MOT. 9 stamps inc cambelt.  I know the seller and can see the car from my desk.  Looks pretty damn good.  Electric windows though.  He'd take £650 I'm sure.  https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202001306757391?advertising-location=at_cars&sort=distance&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=New&radius=1500&make=VAUXHALL&model=ASTRA&postcode=gu511du&page=1 7b0d9c757b2447da81844559b3a1daf0.jpg

Sir Snipes Rank: Lancia Gamma

Sir Snipes

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If that Mk1 MR2 is genuine and up for £3k I'm fully expecting to see it relisted in a new location for £10k before the end of the month.

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