eBay tat volume 3.

[Gazebo]

On 5/14/2021 at 7:08 PM, Asimo said:

 

https://www.autoscout24.com/offers/others-others-sunbeam-rapier-fastback-gasoline-brown-2bd4b3c0-8c70-ee5b-e053-0100007f8663?cldtidx=8&cldtsrc=listPage&searchId=266329127

I like a Rootes/ Chrysler vehicle as much as anyone, but a Rapier has never been worth 7000 euro's.  Rarity seems to be driving this valuation.

 

[Gazebo]

Smacks head on seeing Austin 1300 for £6995.

I remember my Dad selling his for sub £200

[Skizzer]

8 hours ago, barrett said:

Fucking hell that Alpine is INCRED. I really, really, really, really want that.

Me too. I’d love a Chrysler-badged Alpine, S is the ideal spec and that one doesn’t look too fucked. Nowhere to put it though.

They’re not bad cars; the engines are noisy and 60s tech from the Simca 1100, but reasonably effective and the car as a whole is comfy and practical, if not especially exciting. They sold like gateaux chauds in France.

 I like them because they are just so handsomely proportioned and look amazing with white plastic bumpers.

[MisterH]

17 minutes ago, Skizzer said:

Me too. I’d love a Chrysler-badged Alpine, S is the ideal spec and that one doesn’t look too fucked. Nowhere to put it though.

They’re not bad cars; the engines are noisy and 60s tech from the Simca 1100, but reasonably effective and the car as a whole is comfy and practical, if not especially exciting. They sold like gateaux chauds in France.

 I like them because they are just so handsomely proportioned and look amazing with white plastic bumpers.

Ikr, I am somewhat of an oddball on Volvo 480 Club Europe for loving the cars with the black bumpers, just as long as it doesn't have the black rubbing strips:

🤢

 

I agree that the Simca Alpine (sorry) is an extremely well styled car, not to exciting, but not dull enough to be a total turn off. In other words, how boring should be done

[Supernaut]

Thank @320touring for bringing this to my attention, as he was interested in it.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/mercedes-benz-250d-diesel-a-saloon-1993-2497-cc-4-doors/1405067005

Good luck getting hold of the seller, though! We both tried!

[Rustybullethole]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164857521079?hash=item26624623b7:g:PAwAAOSwPgtgmB7f
 

[cort16]

I've no idea whats happening here either

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334001256777?hash=item4dc406b949:g:YfIAAOSwX59gnqyV

[cort16]

friggin nora look at the paint job on this thing

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174768980159?hash=item28b10b00bf:g:L1cAAOSw9j5gnn69

[Aston Martin]

9 hours ago, doug said:

@Aston Martin 

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I'm confused, this place was selling this last year. They also say it's accident damaged. For £2.5k? 

[Isopon]

This is the definition of a clown car

half of it's missing ffs

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333981637345?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200818141841%26meid%3D725b999311e748caafacd58e1469f86a%26pid%3D101111%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D284287461430%26itm%3D333981637345%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2563228%26algv%3DDefaultOrganicWithAblationExplorer&_trksid=p2563228.c101111.m2109

[WillCarter]

I'd love to put this back together as it is with something like a 2.0 Pinto under the bonnet. 

[garethj]

3 door 306 looks good, other than the dodgy graphics 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133751286455

 

oh Christ🙄

[sheffcortinacentre]

24v or and V8 would be better!

[garethj]

Low mileage 900

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265159692737

[garethj]

Metallic beige 😀

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114781882174

[garethj]

MX6 looks nice.  
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174768016044

A bit like an MX5 from the front

 

And an MR2 from behind 

 

And a Nissan 100NX in the middle, if it was originally filmed in 4:3 format and you were watching it on widescreen 

[Yoss]

10 hours ago, MisterH said:

Were they a rare case of a car actually being awful then? I unfortunately have never had the pleasure* of growing up with them around 

I had a Solara for a week, it was fine. It wasn't mine, it belonged to a friend. He liked them and had several Alpine/Solara. We just swapped cars for the week just for the hell of it. I left him with my Triumph 1300TC. So it very much depends on where your expectations are starting from. It was nice and comfy. The only downside I remember, and this was twenty years ago but I still remember this, was the window winders. They were too far forward and took about ten winds up and down. But then I was coming from a Triumph that only took one and a half winds so I was spoilt really. Still prefer my Triumph to any electric windows. 

[garethj]

I didn’t know they did the early TT as a diesel 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184836747269

[garethj]

54,000 miles😳

These 900s look great

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144036408939

[garethj]

Imagine how many times this has pulled into a Little Chef car park

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324597786695

[garethj]

1.8 V6

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164864062667

[Austat]

6 hours ago, MisterH said:

Nice Colour

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154417093703?_trkparms=aid%3D1110010%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.DISCCARDS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200818141627%26meid%3Db38723574d634f36b0593c53ae3a2d80%26pid%3D101110%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D174768936656%26itm%3D154417093703%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2563228%26algv%3DDiscOrganicBase&_trksid=p2563228.c101110.m1982

Parking it partially in a river isn't going to help with the ADO16's infamous rot problems:

[Rustybullethole]

That’s the Ford at Eynsford in Kent. Drove my transit through it last month and the bow wave came over the windscreen. 

[JeeExEll]

17 hours ago, WillCarter said:

I'd love to put this back together as it is with something like a 2.0 Pinto under the bonnet. 

Around 1988 I had a previously-giffer-owned Mk4 2.0S with 66k on it, to which I fitted with a 285 cam and Weber 40s.  Had standard 3.77 diff and (excellent) 4-speed box.  Thrashed and revved it so much on quiet country roads that the piston rings were fucked.  It used to blow oil out of the filler cap, which collected on the underside of the bonnet, - the oil then slowly found it's way down to the front edge of the bonnet, then as you were driving it streaked it's way up the top of the bonnet and onto the windscreen, blurring your forward vision when you switched on the windscreen wipers.  Feckin Henry Ford and his design faults.

Replaced the void bushes and cut the coil springs down by about an inch (guesswork, with a hacksaw) so the handling was good and predictable once it was all leaning in one direction.  It didn't like changing direction quickly but it was great fun trying though.  Screeeeeeeeeechhh.

Aahh well, it's now time to get into 3-litre Capris then . . .

Had planned an Essex V6 conversion for the Cortina when a manual Granada 3.0 GL estate was breaking for spares locally, then thought 'fuck it, just buy Capris'. 

Long time ago.

[Rod/b]

7 hours ago, garethj said:

I didn’t know they did the early TT as a diesel 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184836747269

Its reg’d as a petrol 1.8 so I guess they didn’t.

[Supernaut]

10 hours ago, garethj said:

Low mileage 900

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265159692737

 

10 hours ago, garethj said:

54,000 miles😳

These 900s look great

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144036408939

Stop it. Stop it. Stop it. Stop it!

These are both in way nicer condition than my 9000, and they're such good prices!

[sdkrc]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hyundai-xg30-v6-12months-mot-38k-/284289057406

[Tadhg Tiogar]

12 hours ago, garethj said:

Low mileage 900

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265159692737

I wonder if there are any 900 Sensonics still running?

[Austat]

6 hours ago, JeeExEll said:

I wonder how many of the PNO ###R reg Cortina MK4s are left. My favourite of the series was the Yellow 2.0S, PNO 546R, that was used in the Sweeney and lots of publicity work back in late 1976:

 

[Richard_FM]

A couple from the PNO...R series in my collection.