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busmansholiday Rank: Lancia Gamma

busmansholiday

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52 minutes ago, mk2_craig said:

Loads of other tat in the sale too.  Anybody brave enough to take on a 1968 Berliet PCM-RE double deck bus?

That's probably the only one left in existence. If I win the lottery then yes, fixing (or getting parts) would be fun* especially as, IIRC, it's front wheel drive.

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willswitchengage Rank: Isuzu Florian

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47 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Someone spotted this over the weekend and posted it on @trigger's excellent East Coast Retros facebook page - and it really piqued my interest.  It's for sale 3 miles from my parents, it's a local Ipswich car with HDX suffix to match my Mini.  My parents nearly always had a japanese car on fleet, and we were regulars at Carrs Honda in Ipswich - trudging around the forecourt once a month to see what had arrived.  In fact, my parents had an earlier bronze Civic.

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Two owners.  23,000 on the clock.  

I got bored waiting for my Dad to go and speak to the garage owner - so called him up.  Today.  We know the proprietor, he used to service and look after my Nan's Mini back in the 80s.  He wants £2495 for it which, on balance, is probably about right.  

I'd dearly love to buy it but it's about £500 more than I'm comfortable paying for it and I don't need 1 car at the moment - never mind 7.

I imagine he only gave the old girl a few hundred quid for it as "it's an old car love" which is a further frustration, but I never resent someone earning a living.  I just wish they'd not to it at my expense sometimes!!!

Anyway - if anyone's serious (he'll not welcome being fucked about) then it's at Brands Garage in Trimley.

Wow, genuinely interested in that! Will probably PM after work.

Did you look closely? MOT history is rusty and looks like it's been welded. Manual / engine size?

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Mr_Bo11ox Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Mr_Bo11ox

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43 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Someone spotted this over the weekend and posted it on @trigger's excellent East Coast Retros facebook page - and it really piqued my interest.  It's for sale 3 miles from my parents, it's a local Ipswich car with HDX suffix to match my Mini.  My parents nearly always had a japanese car on fleet, and we were regulars at Carrs Honda in Ipswich - trudging around the forecourt once a month to see what had arrived.  In fact, my parents had an earlier bronze Civic.

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Two owners.  23,000 on the clock.  

I got bored waiting for my Dad to go and speak to the garage owner - so called him up.  Today.  We know the proprietor, he used to service and look after my Nan's Mini back in the 80s.  He wants £2495 for it which, on balance, is probably about right.  

I'd dearly love to buy it but it's about £500 more than I'm comfortable paying for it and I don't need 1 car at the moment - never mind 7.

I imagine he only gave the old girl a few hundred quid for it as "it's an old car love" which is a further frustration, but I never resent someone earning a living.  I just wish they'd not to it at my expense sometimes!!!

Anyway - if anyone's serious (he'll not welcome being fucked about) then it's at Brands Garage in Trimley.

I wonder where he got those windscreen stickers with 'Preparation' spelt wrong on them? 

BorniteIdentity Rank: Isuzu Florian

BorniteIdentity

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Just now, Mr_Bo11ox said:

I wonder where he got those windscreen stickers with 'Preparation' spelt wrong on them? 

That's tremendous.  I didn't even spot it!

I'd like to think he called someone up and they printed them verbatim just out of spite, in full knowledge of the speeling error.

 

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Bradders59 Rank: Renault 16

Bradders59

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1 hour ago, New POD said:

DAMM that is flipping fantastic and shit at the same time.   I'd like to own that and swap the block for a 3.2 out of an omega. 

Shouldn't be a difficult conversion to do. There was a 2.5 V6 version.

New POD Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

New POD

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4 minutes ago, Bradders59 said:

Shouldn't be a difficult conversion to do. There was a 2.5 V6 version.

It is a 2.5 V6 

To be fair the car I really wanted / wish they made was a mk3 cavalier 4x4 GSi with a 3.2 V6 and the turbo 6 speed gearbox. 

 

lesapandre Rank: Talbot Tagora

lesapandre

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2 hours ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

I wonder where he got those windscreen stickers with 'Preparation' spelt wrong on them? 

[Some] people take these cars onto the forecourt to drive foot traffic, they are often not over anxious to sell erm. Come looking at that and you end up driving off in a 2017 electric Cockfumbler Wizzomatic with HID headlamps the bulb change for which costs more than your first house. 

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BorniteIdentity Rank: Isuzu Florian

BorniteIdentity

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1 minute ago, lesapandre said:

People take these cars onto the forecourt to drive foot traffic. Come looking at that and you end up driving off in a 2017 electric Cockfumbler Wizzomatic with HID headlamps the bulb change for which costs more than your first house. 

You've not seen his forecourt.  

There's also a G reg Nissan Sunny and a W plate Corolla.

wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

wuvvum

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5 hours ago, mk2_craig said:

Fancy an XJR cheap?  Only problem is, it needs dragging back from France

https://www.lotsearch.net/lot/1993-jaguar-xj40-rhd-no-reserve-49718034

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Loads of other tat in the sale too.  Anybody brave enough to take on a 1968 Berliet PCM-RE double deck bus?

'Kinell, some of those estimates are ridiculously low.  In fact if I thought that any of them were actually going to be accurate I'd be booking a ferry ticket now.

wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

wuvvum

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This is seriously tempting.  It's a high-spec JTD with cruise and climate (like the one I had which went to Bramz then Bo11ox and I believe is still in the fold somewhere), but it's an estate so with added junk-carrying ability.  Seems like an honest seller too.  Only thing putting me off is the distance.  That and the fact that it may need rear bushes, which I remember Bo11ox saying were a twat of a job.

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richardmorris Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

richardmorris

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7 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Have we had this fabulously interiored S class yet?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLASSIC-1997-MERCEDES-BENZ-S320-3-2-AUTO-53-800-MILES-FROM-NEW/353103494687?hash=item52369bbe1f:g:6QIAAOSwr9ReaiV9

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This is tempting me more than a little. I’ve just whatsapped my mechanic friend asking if he knows weak spots. Anyone know if this engine is the same as in my 1994 e class or is it a later v6?  I don’t think the wheels are original but they don’t look bad.  

willswitchengage Rank: Isuzu Florian

willswitchengage

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How cool would these seats have been if you were still aged 17

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-Cherry-Turbo-1985/264786477076?_trkparms=aid%3D888008%26algo%3DDISC.CARDS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200220090753%26meid%3Debe6642c546446849427cfec421f971f%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D2%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D233636206830%26itm%3D264786477076%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DDiscV1&_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982

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NorfolkNWeigh Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

NorfolkNWeigh

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49 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

This is tempting me more than a little. I’ve just whatsapped my mechanic friend asking if he knows weak spots. Anyone know if this engine is the same as in my 1994 e class or is it a later v6?  I don’t think the wheels are original but they don’t look bad.  

140’s never had the V6 , just the traditional in-line 6, V8 and V12.

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Mr_Bo11ox Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Mr_Bo11ox

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1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

This is seriously tempting.  It's a high-spec JTD with cruise and climate (like the one I had which went to Bramz then Bo11ox and I believe is still in the fold somewhere), but it's an estate so with added junk-carrying ability.  Seems like an honest seller too.  Only thing putting me off is the distance.  That and the fact that it may need rear bushes, which I remember Bo11ox saying were a twat of a job.

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Those bushes are a fairly twattish job, but I did buy the proper tool for doing em, if you buy this and want to have a go at it I'll chuck it in the post to you

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