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1 hour ago, Asimo said:

Another brown 3500S

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£4500 near Severn Bridge.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/475897493620208/

 

Or for a third of that price, there's this 3500S in Sheffield for the brave:

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https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/165973968782645/?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post

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16 minutes ago, MisterH said:

That is almost my perfect style of project, I do have a hankering for these grey bumpered Alpines 

I hope someone can save it

I nearly had one of these rather than my Sunny Estate (long story): however my enduring memory of these cars was the furious sound of tappets almost from new.

It would however be nice to see that put back on the road.

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57 minutes ago, R1152 said:

I nearly had one of these rather than my Sunny Estate (long story): however my enduring memory of these cars was the furious sound of tappets almost from new.

It would however be nice to see that put back on the road.

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 

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Don't ask me why, Reg, but I'm not sure I can continue to live in this world without this shitty old piece of grey porridge

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Like, I'm on the verge of phoning my bank and seeing if they'll loan me £3k. WTF is wrong with me? That reg though! And everything else about it. FFFFFFFUUUU

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194128142566

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1 hour ago, barrett said:

Don't ask me why, Reg, but I'm not sure I can continue to live in this world without this shitty old piece of grey porridge

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Like, I'm on the verge of phoning my bank and seeing if they'll loan me £3k. WTF is wrong with me? That reg though! And everything else about it. FFFFFFFUUUU

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194128142566

Oh, you NEED that. It's wonderful. I remember these as a kid and loved them, even back in the early 70s when they were getting a bit crusty.

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1 hour ago, barrett said:

Don't ask me why, Reg, but I'm not sure I can continue to live in this world without this shitty old piece of grey porridge

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Like, I'm on the verge of phoning my bank and seeing if they'll loan me £3k. WTF is wrong with me? That reg though! And everything else about it. FFFFFFFUUUU

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194128142566

That doesn't sound a bad deal really. Nice to see one which appears still to have some metal left at the tops of the rear wings and hasn't been platebottied. 

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2 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 couldn't say if the whole car was awful - but the sound of tappets from the engine meant you could identify one coming towards you from 400 yards away.

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16 minutes ago, willswitchengage said:

Sporty.

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Also gets 20 mph more than normal R8s on the speedo.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265154411031?hash=item3dbc6f3a17:g:6EUAAOSwXgJgmB9p

When these were new, the company I worked for had loads of R8s, I’d often jump into one and thrash it around , but could never work out from the badge on the back how quick it would be .  Even these Gti’s could be a lottery, but there were a couple in this spec badged as Twin Cam that were proper rapid, felt quicker than the 420’s we had because they revved forever.

It must have been the pick of the bunch because John Towers’ wife worked for us and she specced a bright red416 GTi  Twin Cam with full leather as her company car even though she could have had a 3 Series or 800. Presumably he pointed her in the right direction.

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3 minutes ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

When these were new, the company I worked for had loads of R8s, I’d often jump into one and thrash it around , but could never work out from the badge on the back how quick it would be .  Even these Gti’s could be a lottery, but there were a couple in this spec badged as Twin Cam that were proper rapid, felt quicker than the 420’s we had because they revved forever.

It must have been the pick of the bunch because John Towers’ wife worked for us and she specced a bright red416 GTi  Twin Cam with full leather as her company car even though she could have had a 3 Series or 800. Presumably he pointed her in the right direction.

I must say having driven our 220GSi Twin cam it is a really impressive car, a bit crashy though and the steering is wayyy too light

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5 hours ago, R1152 said:

I couldn't say if the whole car was awful - but the sound of tappets from the engine meant you could identify one coming towards you from 400 yards away.

They're much maligned. My father owned one and he liked it that much that he went on to stick to the brand and bought two Horizons in succession. 

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