Wilko220 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Absolute basket case, but then I suppose it would have to be for under a grand. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BARN-FIND-1982-Austin-Morris-Mini-Estate/313434416944?hash=item48fa25a730:g:XcQAAOSwAQ5gOUKJ Remspoor, anonymous user, Mr Laurence and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-herald-12-50-1966-for-restoration/184668934824?hash=item2aff2052a8:g:KDsAAOSw5J5gLWZa Mr Laurence, wesacosa, timolloyd and 17 others 2 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 The back ground picture )of the garages) to that Marina van look really familiar. Is that a 'shiter's house? Not @triggerI know but something rings a bell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 These are getting well out of my price range now - yet another example of "I wish I had done it when I could still afford to" https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/bedford-ha-van/284187764186?hash=item422ae925da:g:yjsAAOSwuBdgLRrx Remspoor, meggersdog, spartacus and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAUXHALL-ASTRA-GTE-CONVERTIBLE-2-0-8V-SPARES-OR-REPAIRS/164716440475?hash=item2659dd6b9b:g:-owAAOSwqo1gGzLS Vince70, BlankFrank, Cavcraft and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shite Ron Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 10 minutes ago, Cavcraft said: The back ground picture )of the garages) to that Marina van look really familiar. Is that a 'shiter's house? Not @triggerI know but something rings a bell. I think he is a regular seller on ebay, previously under the name tonytheskip, or something similar. Was previously selling Consul’s and mk1 Granada’s now seems to be selling Marina van’s and pickup’s. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Must be the day for these Quote the roof has no holes in it which is a bonus https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1989-VAUXHALL-ASTRA-GTE-CONVERTIBLE-BY-BERTONE-BRAND-NEW-MOT-SERVICE/353399587225?hash=item524841c199:g:0vkAAOSwkG1gN83G BlankFrank, Rusty_Rocket, Vince70 and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Kudos for the getting the fella who filmed the intro to 'Rhoobarb & Custard' to take a photograph of your van, M8 Nissan vanette cargo 2000 model | eBay Supernaut, willswitchengage, Vince70 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 10 hours ago, Austat said: A more complete Toledo for 750 quid: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/182564170329638/?ref=search&referral_code=undefined "Bought as a project, now selling as back to work." I reckon we'll see quite a few of these projects appearing back over the next few months as lockdown eases and weather improves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 This looks like an Essex girl's slipper MG TF 135 White 2002 with Hard Top Spares or Repair | eBay Vince70 and Wilko220 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Tx2 black cab | eBay 'Ladies love this car' I reckon playing 'Fake Taxi' outside some scouse night club could be interesting. Shite Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Rover 25 1.4 5 door hatch 2001 long Mot | eBay *It'd be a lot more desirable if the last two numbers of the reg plate were swapped round. timolloyd and clayts450 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Rover 216 Convertible cabriolet | eBay Wilko220 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Wilko220 said: These are getting well out of my price range now - yet another example of "I wish I had done it when I could still afford to" https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/bedford-ha-van/284187764186?hash=item422ae925da:g:yjsAAOSwuBdgLRrx Jeez... one of my uncles drove one of these for a company called Brock's Alarms in the early 70s. KGC 414K. Yep, mine of useless info, me. eddyramrod and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Mopar Valiant wagon project, 1000 BINs, Kroonstad, Free State Dick Longbridge, Remspoor, strangeangel and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 mot'd £2500 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peugeot-504-GL-Diesel-Pickup-Tow-Bar-Removable-Canopy-Liner/294030896138?hash=item44759b6c0a:g:w3YAAOSwpupgNOE3 meggersdog, MorrisItalSLX, Sunny Jim and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Looks a bit ruff etc https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/lupo-1-0-dog-car-dog-van-advertisement/224366235578?hash=item343d450fba:g:4uEAAOSw-iFgOPK1 Cavcraft and willswitchengage 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 ex gambian embassy "MY UNCLE IS A PRINCE IN GAMBIA AND AIR TO A COLLECTION OF DESIRABLE DAIMLER LIMOUSINES. TO PURCHASE THIS COLLECTION TRANSFER 1 MILLION GAMBIAN DOLLARS INTO THE BANK ACCOUNT PAYEE MR SMOKEY A BANDIT" Other stereotypes apply https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1976-DAIMLER-DS-LIMO-4-2-EX-GAMBIAN-HIGH-COMISSION-LIMOUSINE-WITH-DOCUMENTS-V5/184683629329?hash=item2b00008b11:g:eSoAAOSwzUpgN9do Remspoor, Amishtat, Disco Fever and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 10 hours ago, Cavcraft said: Tx2 black cab | eBay 'Ladies love this car' I reckon playing 'Fake Taxi' outside some scouse night club could be interesting. I was waiting in the Honda accord, outside a comedy club at the Albert Dock, for my wife and her 3 mates to come out, and at least 6 people tried to open the back door, so i guess an actual real taxi, would get more. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 13 hours ago, horriblemercedes said: "MOT and tax exempt in 2022" Brilliant! Just keep it until then and drive it with abandon I honestly think cars should require to have a had an MOT in the year before they become exempt, before they are allowed to be exempt. As in prove its road worthy, before you no longer have to prove it's road worthy. Shite Ron, BeEP and Rusty_Rocket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shite Ron Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 This is a new one on me I am well aware of 2CV’s and Dyane’s but not the Duane? May be one of those odd people who think cars are male or female selling it? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-Duane/124599218917?hash=item1d02b132e5:g:eqUAAOSwIzBgOgLd Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 40 minutes ago, New POD said: I honestly think cars should require to have a had an MOT in the year before they become exempt, before they are allowed to be exempt. As in prove its road worthy, before you no longer have to prove it's road worthy. I'd endorse that too. And if it was SORN over the 40 year mark, an MOT before being granted MOT-exempt status It is a bit silly that I could drag some rotbox from 1980 out of a garage, get it running and as long as it doesn't have big rust holes in the bodywork and looks sort of ok, I'm pretty much guaranteed to get away with just driving it Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughant Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, horriblemercedes said: It is a bit silly that I could drag some rotbox from 1980 out of a garage, get it running and as long as it doesn't have big rust holes in the bodywork and looks sort of ok, I'm pretty much guaranteed to get away with just driving it I remember junkman of this parish (in a previous life) doing just that with some old merc he had. Battery, fresh fuel, straight out of the garden it had been stored in for at least the last 10 years and put on the road..... I thought it was a cool thing to do anyway Edited February 27, 2021 by vaughant Awful spelling Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 1 hour ago, vaughant said: I thought it was a cool thing to do anyway Very cool. Until the brakes fail or a wheel falls off and you end up running over a bus queue of schoolkids, I suppose. SteersWithThrottle and strangeangel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 13 minutes ago, Wilko220 said: Very cool. Until the brakes fail or a wheel falls off and you end up running over a bus queue of schoolkids, I suppose. That’s the best part. vaughant, Supernaut, SiC and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 I must confess I am very uneasy about this MoT exemption business - sure, I bet those who watch Roadkill/Vice Grip Garage etc. love how something gets hauled out of a scrappy and driven away with huge holes in the floor and of a standard akin to the Jag in Withnail and I, but I don't want one of these pricks barrelling into the back/side of me because their brake pipes exploded under pressure. I once asked about this on an American channel and the response I got was "it's called freedom, you Europeans should try it sometime". Craig the Princess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 25 minutes ago, Conrad D. Conelrad said: That’s the best part. More points if they are Retired nuns in a wheelchair, carrying a basket of kittens, and being pushed by a child. yannbeam, vaughant, barrett and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 19 minutes ago, R1152 said: I don't want one of these pricks barrelling into the back/side of me because their brake pipes exploded under pressure. Yeah - and it will only take a small number of such cases before certain types are putting it about that all classic / old cars are death traps etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 TBF in the nearly nine years since the first MoT exemptions came into law, I have not heard of a single case of an 'unsafe' vehicle causing or being involved in an accident due to not being roadworthy. And believe me, if it had happened then the press would be all over it. I think for the most part people who own old cars are quite sensibleabout what they're driving, and much more attuned to faults developing than your average person on the street. And most people really don't want to risk writing off their pride and joy - even if it was recently pulled from a hedge - so tend to keep on top of upkeep. I'd be much more worried about the thousands of people who drive modern cars without MoT, tax or insurance simply because they casn't be bothered/don't care about breaking the law nomiST, RobT, Conrad D. Conelrad and 11 others 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_Rocket Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 There's so few tax/ MoT exempt cars running around compared to the millions of newer cars on the road, it's unlikely to attract the attention of the authorities when Mr knowitall drives around in a dangerous 'classic'. Sure, you'll get the idiots who happily drive around something they've dragged out of a barn with fresh air holding the rear suspension to the car, but they're thankfully few and far between. When the brakes do fail or the wheel falls off, you can only hope they don't take someone else with them at the same time. Edit- wot Barret said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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