Disco Fever Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lamborghini-Espada-Series-2/163802343260?hash=item262361675c:g:scsAAOSw~ZpdRLWy Best part of £200k, let's get that out of the way. A friend's dad had one of these in the late 80's / early nineties, I think he traded an Interceptor for it but I reckon it was a £30k car max back then. I recall exposed alan bolts holding the dash together but it was a truly special car and the rows of Dellorto carbs were a wonder to behold. Regretfully, it was destroyed in a garage fire and it appears that my chances of ever getting one are becoming more and more remote. Mr Laurence, worldofceri, Shite Ron and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Prefect Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 10 hours ago, timolloyd said: Secma QPod? Me neither. Bonus: Y Tho face on it. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Secma-qpod-/154273121510?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 Its a "3 wheeler", but with stabilisers! (which seem to be missing from the one on eBay, although they are on the spare engine) See the example below. I can only assume stability must have been a problem. timolloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shite Ron Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 5 minutes ago, Disco Fever said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lamborghini-Espada-Series-2/163802343260?hash=item262361675c:g:scsAAOSw~ZpdRLWy Best part of £200k, let's get that out of the way. A friend's dad had one of these in the late 80's / early nineties, I think he traded an Interceptor for it but I reckon it was a £30k car max back then. I recall exposed alan bolts holding the dash together but it was a truly special car and the rows of Dellorto carbs were a wonder to behold. Regretfully, it was destroyed in a garage fire and it appears that my chances of ever getting one are becoming more and more remote. One of these would be on my shopping list if I won the Euromillions, although I would still struggle to get my head around spending so much on a car. Disco Fever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2flags Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Rover 100 metro Rover 100 1.1 111 Ascot 3dr 1998/R * NEW MOT AND SERVICE * | eBay Seems to be a nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Fever Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audi-rs4-b7-avant/114611263196?hash=item1aaf5d16dc:g:8-oAAOSw-4Bfje4O I'm pretty sure that there's a thread all of it's own on this subject but a mate and I were chewing over what you could spend £15k on, stick in storage with light maintenance every few months and double your money in 10 years. Could this be it? I'd want to rag it around too much so no good for me. SmoothieAuxFruit and Tenmil Socket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 53 minutes ago, Ford Prefect said: Its a "3 wheeler", but with stabilisers! (which seem to be missing from the one on eBay, although they are on the spare engine) See the example below. I can only assume stability must have been a problem. The 350cc version had four wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dacia-1310-Estate-/193831285503?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 willswitchengage, Burnside and Macscrooge 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 4 hours ago, Disco Fever said: I’m lucky enough to have driven one of these, albeit only about ten yards onto my trailer and then off again. I’m normally a bit ‘whatevs’ about supercars and ‘proper’ classics as I know I will never afford one, but I was quite taken by the Espada. I could see myself smoking around in one, (wrongly) thinking I look awesome. mk2_craig, Burnside, somewhatfoolish and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 LDV Pilot Ice Cream van https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Transit-ice-cream-van-ldv/393084564277 Quote Hi selling ice cream van spares or repairs hard ice cream freezer needs tidying up I was converting in to mobile sweet shop but shop cum up so I've sweet shop Quote I have sweet shop I was going convert an park out side schools Am I trapped in an episode of friggin Phoenix Nights or something? Burnside, Coprolalia, worldofceri and 13 others 2 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Right. It's been a long time since an Autoshite Save happened. They're always brilliant and glorious, and a source of good reading material. So can everyone have a think about what they actually WANT from life, realise it's an original Austin miniMETRO in Brown, cough up some pennies and get this thing bought? I've ommitted the front valance photo because I don't want to frighten you off. Seriously, this is what it's all about. This. A brown miniMETRO. With further brown. No excuses. Who's in? wesacosa, wuvvum, Alan_Green and 23 others 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 That is just glorious EssDeeWon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Where do we sign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 55 minutes ago, Wilko220 said: Where do we sign? This That colour is fanfuckingtastic Three Speed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 If you're the sort of enthusiast who enjoys pot-hunting, I reckon that Metro is a shoe-in for a prize at the Festival of the Unexceptional after some careful restoration, should that event ever take place again. I have no interest in Metros, and even I think that's pretty damn class. The seats are INCRED. Three Speed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 1 hour ago, BorniteIdentity said: Right. It's been a long time since an Autoshite Save happened. They're always brilliant and glorious, and a source of good reading material. So can everyone have a think about what they actually WANT from life, realise it's an original Austin miniMETRO in Brown, cough up some pennies and get this thing bought? I've ommitted the front valance photo because I don't want to frighten you off. Seriously, this is what it's all about. This. A brown miniMETRO. With further brown. No excuses. Who's in? @Zelandeth to the early Metro Phone please (BTW can someone explain to me please what the different head lights on the Metro mean?, I have seen some with flush mounted head lamps and others with recessed ones but I have seen both styles on Metros of the same age so is it a Trim level thing or?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 1 minute ago, LightBulbFun said: @Zelandeth to the early Metro Phone please (BTW can someone explain to me please what the different head lights on the Metro mean?, I have seen some with flush mounted head lamps and others with recessed ones but I have seen both styles on Metros of the same age so is it a Trim level thing or?) bASe spec ones were recessed - higher spec ones were flush. That was only for the first couple of years of production from memory. There will be people what know better than me. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 9 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said: bASe spec ones were recessed - higher spec ones were flush. That was only for the first couple of years of production from memory. There will be people what know better than me. Thanks thats been bugging me for a few years now! so how much is it then? gotta know how much the Roffle tickets will cost, registered Jan 1st 1981, so will become Historic Vehicle eligible/ULEZ exempt extra early (I know there is a link somewhere in this forum somewhere but I cant find it on a very quick search, as when it popped up a couple days ago and did almost tag zel in it then, but I remember his had the aforementioned recessed headlamps so I was not quite sure if it was tag worthy or not LOL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 2 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said: Right. It's been a long time since an Autoshite Save happened. They're always brilliant and glorious, and a source of good reading material. So can everyone have a think about what they actually WANT from life, realise it's an original Austin miniMETRO in Brown, cough up some pennies and get this thing bought? I've ommitted the front valance photo because I don't want to frighten you off. Seriously, this is what it's all about. This. A brown miniMETRO. With further brown. No excuses. Who's in? The colour - from my research - is called PEAT BROWN. Didn't he used to do a Soul Show on BBC GLR? It is absolutely fantastic. I know @Skizzeris a metro fan! I wonder how much they'd actually sell it for before Auction End? Three Speed, Remspoor, Skizzer and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Laurence Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 @BorniteIdentity I think you forgot the link! here it is for anyone interested: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-metro-1-3s-26-000-miles-Husband-Wife-from-new-SPARES-OR-REPAIR/184604320734 Currently it's at £910, and ending tomorrow, which wasn't as expensive as I was expecting. NOS wings and valances are still fairly readily available and not that expensive. If this is anything to by, then it's still at risk of being used for parts. Somebody GIB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeEP Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I've been watching that Metro since it was first listed. There have been two bids of £2000 retracted, which when active showed that the current high bidder has bid £1900. I'd love it, but can't reconcile myself with Metro prices nowadays. I remember the totally solid 1.3S (admittedly in Arum white) with the same brown strobe interior I bought for £400 in 2000/01. And sold for about the same amount a year later... BorniteIdentity and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I couldn't justify £1900 on an old metro needing a load of work. If we are doing a group buy though I could be persuaded to chuck £250 or whatever in. But when are we gonna be able to even do owt with it? Presumably it would end up sitting about doing nothing till the friggin pandemic was over (2023)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 1 hour ago, BorniteIdentity said: bASe spec ones were recessed - higher spec ones were flush. That was only for the first couple of years of production from memory. There will be people what know better than me. Recessed lights on bASe spec Metros continued even after the facelift. Dick Longbridge, BorniteIdentity, mk2_craig and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 15 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Recessed lights on bASe spec Metros continued even after the facelift. I can't decide which I prefer? Didn't the vans also used recessed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 8 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said: I can't decide which I prefer? Didn't the vans also used recessed? I think they did, but they were more or less a derivative of base spec anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Laurence Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 13 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said: I can't decide which I prefer? Didn't the vans also used recessed? I think so; I’ve never seen a van without them. They kept making the vans with a-series engines and the old mk2 shells well into the 90’s too I think. Maestro vans had a similar style light too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 2 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said: The colour - from my research - is called PEAT BROWN. Didn't he used to do a Soul Show on BBC GLR? It is absolutely fantastic. I know @Skizzeris a metro fan! I wonder how much they'd actually sell it for before Auction End? That's fantastic; my brother had a 1.3S in light blue metallic/rust two-tone, it went well due to the branflakes weightloss programme. He fitted it with a Dolomite steering wheel and did some really terrible pigeonshit welding to get it through MoTs. Another highlight was the homemade dalek for refreshing the rideheight after it was pumped up by some idiot garagiste until it looked like a citroen with the lever on "high". By the time it got cubed the tideline was level with the top of the wheelarches. More south african treats; F350, straight 6 and spanish gears, 1800BINs BorniteIdentity, Burnside and willswitchengage 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Mr_Bo11ox said: till the friggin pandemic was over (2023)? You're optimistic! That's only two year's time I hear you though, Brother Bollocks. The Sierra was scooped up just in time at £750 with a few months ticket and not too ripe. I would struggle to stick £2k into something that needed a lot of work again. Inevitably I'd pick it up probably die before it was roadworthy again (which is my biggest concern with my Mini) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 On 1/6/2021 at 12:14 PM, strangeangel said: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/722418442020197 The vendor has a somewhat nicer one too. Shite Ron and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/diesel-peugeot-406-reliable-very-economical/1394259329?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_android&fbclid=IwAR0cBvo8sANU80CHWzYkBbq-TWBN6D8svF2Uz-JN5muKC7LcYgND8bcQ6cQ Burnside and willswitchengage 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 4 minutes ago, wesacosa said: https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/diesel-peugeot-406-reliable-very-economical/1394259329?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_android&fbclid=IwAR0cBvo8sANU80CHWzYkBbq-TWBN6D8svF2Uz-JN5muKC7LcYgND8bcQ6cQ Just came here to post the same vehicle! This looks like a lovely way to grab your Lockdown 3.0 Click and Collect. Correct upholstery. CASH ACCEPTED2001 PEUGEOT 4062.0L DIESEL5 SPEED MANUAL160K GENUINE MILESELECTRIC WINDOWSTOW BARROOF RACK (REMOVABLE)LOTS OF RECEIPTS & SERVICE HISTORY IN GLOVEBOX Good to know he accepts cash - you know, what with it being legal tender and all that. willswitchengage, Burnside, spartacus and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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