Dave_Q Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I'm pretty moist for this, it's been long enough since the last one that I can forget how painful it was to get the bastard through an MOT. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Alfa-Romeo-156-Ti-Sportwagon/124404468231 It's even got nearly a matching list of MOT fails to my last one, 4 tyres, brake and suspension shizz and n/s/r sill/floor welding. Quote Do not drive until repaired (dangerous defects): Nearside Front Tyre has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure misshapen (5.2.3 (d) (ii)) Offside Front Tyre has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure misshapen (5.2.3 (d) (ii)) Nearside Rear Tyre has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure misshapen (5.2.3 (d) (ii)) Nearside Rear Tyre has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (5.2.3 (d) (ii)) Nearside Rear Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (5.2.3 (e)) Repair immediately (major defects): Nearside Front Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (3.4 (b) (ii)) Nearside Front Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c)) Offside Front Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c)) Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn Both sides (1.1.14 (a) (i)) Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn Both sides (1.1.14 (a) (i)) Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) Front Service brake excessively fluctuating Both sides (1.2.1 (e)) Nearside Front Headlamp aim too low (4.1.2 (a)) Offside Front Headlamp aim too low (4.1.2 (a)) Offside Front Road wheel badly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i)) Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) Offside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) Nearside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.3.6 (a) (i)) outlaw118, richardmorris, RobT and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 For fuck's sake don't @Dave_Q I still suffer PTSD when I hear squeaking after the last one Dave_Q, spike60, richardmorris and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermcpete Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 If not posted already..... "Morris traveller pickup project for sale 5.000 ono when done worth 15.000 just don't have the time" Oh dear...hoping it's £5, not £5k for a project. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/268805727766390 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, petermcpete said: If not posted already..... "Morris traveller pickup project for sale 5.000 ono when done worth 15.000 just don't have the time" Oh dear...hoping it's £5, not £5k for a project. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/268805727766390 Neither do I. It's a traveller partly cut up which would be better left as a traveller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Austat said: https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1281440 Pink Floyd guitarist Dave Gilmour there to the left. outlaw118 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I'm too old to get stressed out about people ruining old cars with half-arsed modifications like I used to (certain exceptions apply of course), but I definitely get properly wound up about people making a start on their half-arsed mods and then selling of the project halfway through because they CBA finishing it off. That Minor is an excellent example - it looked like it was pretty much ready to go in the first pic, and a really late Traveller in that proper '70s colour would make such a nice little car to run around in. Now it is literally just a pile of scrap. I suppose if you have a rotten Traveller you could transfer all the rear bodywork over to this one, but then you'd have to paint it and that would destroy the lovely patina... these people are just thick and really shouldn't be allowed to own old cars. RobT, petermcpete, Wilko220 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 48 minutes ago, 320touring said: For fuck's sake don't @Dave_Q I still suffer PTSD when I hear squeaking after the last one Been that man. Last of 4 Alfas I owned, sold 9 years ago but I still haven't forgotten the chew on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 45 minutes ago, barrett said: I'm too old to get stressed out about people ruining old cars with half-arsed modifications like I used to (certain exceptions apply of course), but I definitely get properly wound up about people making a start on their half-arsed mods and then selling of the project halfway through because they CBA finishing it off. That Minor is an excellent example - it looked like it was pretty much ready to go in the first pic, and a really late Traveller in that proper '70s colour would make such a nice little car to run around in. Now it is literally just a pile of scrap. I suppose if you have a rotten Traveller you could transfer all the rear bodywork over to this one, but then you'd have to paint it and that would destroy the lovely patina... these people are just thick and really shouldn't be allowed to own old cars. Yup I have not seen a late Minor in that BL colour for ages -I think it is 1970' s Harvest Gold. On a purely practical basis I have always found estates more useful than pick-ups for general use - so creating a pick-up is not a particularly useful move IMHO. Shite Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeEP Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 38 minutes ago, lesapandre said: Yup I have not seen a late Minor in that BL colour for ages -I think it is 1970' s Harvest Gold. Sorry for being a pedant but it's Limeflower (same as my mk3 ado16); as far as I know Harvest gold never quite made it onto a Minor. I'd love a limeflower or aqua traveller but fear that ship has long since sailed. Braddon81, lesapandre and Amishtat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 You are right! Slightly greenier. Lovely. BeEP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Prefect Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 4 hours ago, Cavcraft said: Found this for sale at a garage just outside Chester... MOT expired on 31 January 2015. A diesel showing just under 92000 miles at the last MoT test and a pretty good MoT history (but that view may just be a reflection on the cars I've owned) Polishes up nicely though. richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Here are the sorry remains of one of those rebodied Sherpas. Quote Starting bid: £5,000.00 🤣 puddlethumper, Dick Longbridge, Wilko220 and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 1 minute ago, wuvvum said: Here are the sorry remains of one of those rebodied Sherpas. 🤣 Less 'Dad's Army' more 'You'd 'Be Barmy'. SmokinWaffle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 OOFT. Austat, richardmorris, wuvvum and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 31 minutes ago, lesapandre said: Less 'Dad's Army' more 'You'd 'Be Barmy'. Funny how it looks more authentic now than when it was new. I ve never seen one go as badly as that though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Escort with a crusty bum, anyone? Reminds me of the last time I went out in Coventry.https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/851614055604230/ davocano, Dick Longbridge, willswitchengage and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 This seems honest enough! Do love the first gen Mondeos! https://www.gumtree.com/p/ford/rare-94-mk1-ford-mondeo-ghia-2.0-zetec-years-mot-serviced-new-cambelt-mint-/1388672057 spartacus, Mr Laurence, adw1977 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 19 hours ago, LightBulbFun said: although gumtree does not let you directly copy and paste images, you can extract them quite easily if you go digging in the website back end/source like so (and then you can right click the image preview on the right and copy it or open it in its own tab etc) (hopefully you can make it out still, the Forum software has shrunk the screen shot...) Control+I on Firefox brings up a page info window. Open Media and scroll through the images until you find the one you want. Copy and past the link in new browser window. Right click copy and paste on this forum. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoftyvRS Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 43 minutes ago, 17-Coffees said: This seems honest enough! Do love the first gen Mondeos! https://www.gumtree.com/p/ford/rare-94-mk1-ford-mondeo-ghia-2.0-zetec-years-mot-serviced-new-cambelt-mint-/1388672057 Looks a peach that does, not even got yellowed headlamps! Some correct font age related plates and the original stereo back in it and it would appear factory fresh outlaw118 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scdan4 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Incontinent Amica in glos.... close to @kiltox iirc? 3 hours ago, 320touring said: For fuck's sake don't @Dave_Q I still suffer PTSD when I hear squeaking after the last one Never, ever again with someone else’s for me. Just get someone to drop you off somewhere threatening late at night in the rain and dark. Whilst there you can make a list of everything that went wrong. Then set fire to about a grand and you’ll have squeezed the Alfa experience gland dry enough for the next year or two. 320touring and Dave_Q 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2004-Rover-75-2-5-V6-Auto-CONTEMPORARY-SE-NO-RESERVE/383781802089?hash=item595b2d9069:g:2dgAAOSw5YVflx4r Have we had this? Looks okay to me and had the belts done recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 It's even MOT'd https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUSTIN-ROVER-MONTEGO-ESTATE-1992-1600LX/293804381976?hash=item44681b1718:g:j4IAAOSw-lVfmbOL outlaw118, Cavcraft, phil_lihp and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Someone please buy this before one of the bunting bastard brigade gets their hands on it. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CI-Cadet-10-Caravan-Retro-Vintage-Classic-Original-Small-Compact-Van/124407272518?hash=item1cf7405446:g:S3EAAOSwSdFfleMW sheffcortinacentre, mitsisigma01, MorrisItalSLX and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-T Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 8 hours ago, Dave_Q said: I'm pretty moist for this, it's been long enough since the last one that I can forget how painful it was to get the bastard through an MOT. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Alfa-Romeo-156-Ti-Sportwagon/124404468231 It's even got nearly a matching list of MOT fails to my last one, 4 tyres, brake and suspension shizz and n/s/r sill/floor welding. Brave!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 2 hours ago, cort16 said: It's even MOT'd https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUSTIN-ROVER-MONTEGO-ESTATE-1992-1600LX/293804381976?hash=item44681b1718:g:j4IAAOSw-lVfmbOL Ah hell yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 20 minutes ago, J-T said: Brave!! Dunno man, it's all pretty standard stuff for one of them now. You could easily spend 10x as much and end up with all that to do at the next test. Probably not gonna do it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1024195134674532/ Cavcraft and Stevebrookman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I'm not sure how much of this triggers broom is a reliant kitten but that's what it says https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1537101823165797/ scdan4 and spartacus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Wack said: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1024195134674532/ @Conrad D. Conelrad in your neck of the woods and probably something that would be of some interest to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 I don't know much about the values of these but it looks a very clean car 3.0 407 coupe https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/369641917571468/ 17-Coffees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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