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Tadhg Tiogar Rank: Talbot Tagora

Tadhg Tiogar

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12 hours ago, grogee said:

Ill-proportioned kit car, ...

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That's mild compared to a Bond Minicar which has some serious distortions!

barrett Rank: Lancia Gamma

barrett

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2 hours ago, High Jetter said:

My thoughts also. They've probably ruined a perfectly good P4 in the process.

Yep, that's just ruined an exceedingly rare and potentially quite valuable car. I'd love a 52-54 P4 (definitely 'peak P4') but I can only recall seeing one other for sale in the last few years. The world really, really doesn't need yet another JET1 replica.

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captain_70s Rank: Lancia Gamma

captain_70s

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3 minutes ago, barrett said:

Yep, that's just ruined an exceedingly rare and potentially quite valuable car.

It seems 75% of custom projects never get beyond the stage of ruining the donor car.

I suspect it's because most people who think they're viable have no concept of how much work it requires, much less the smarts to actually build something functional.

See also, all the cars where an engine swap went as far as binning the original powerplant and then realising it doesn't fit and none of the original drivetrain is going to work with it. "All the hrd wrk alredy dun, ez project"

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tooSavvy Rank: Talbot Tagora

tooSavvy

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3 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

 

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Hmm..... Roof chop and 'claim a first' for FWD turbine install*

*Original drivetrain removed - 'all the hrd work Dunn, m8!'

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Dick Cheeseburger Rank: Talbot Tagora

Dick Cheeseburger

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23 hours ago, grogee said:

"Ambassador, with this wheelarch rot you are really spoiling us"

Just 4000bins. Very weird pictures. Par, which is miles away from everywhere.

(I do want one but not this one)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Ambassador-1984-2-0-HL-/203694445356?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

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This Embarrassador appeared in the driveway of a house a stone's throw from our place around six months ago. I'd never seen it before so I assumed it had been liberated from a garage or something. At a brief glance, it looked squeaky straight and clean although the ebay listing suggests it's just starting to go around the edges. 

It looked pretty immaculate when it was spotted for sale a couple of years previous...

 

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New POD Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

New POD

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2 hours ago, TheOtherStu said:

A TVR Tasmin isn't a kit car?

TVR loved a bit of wedge in their earlier models.

It was built like a kit car in the factory....My understanding is that every one is different, not by design, but by the whim of the workers. 

anonymous user Rank: Isuzu Florian

anonymous user

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7 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

At least a flat bed has slightly less chance of being turned into a horrific abortion of a camper.

And funnily enough my first thought was, I could build a nice camper on that. Luckily I remembered straight away that I would never use it.

grogee Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

grogee

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3 hours ago, TheOtherStu said:

A TVR Tasmin isn't a kit car?

TVR loved a bit of wedge in their earlier models.

'Kit car' is my disparaging term for these Blackpool fibreglass wonders. By the letter of the law they are series production cars but as @New POD@Tadhg Tiogarsays quality was poor on the good ones. Downright dangerous on the bad ones. 

All of that said, I would give my eye teeth for a hard top Tasmin

Tadhg Tiogar Rank: Talbot Tagora

Tadhg Tiogar

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1 minute ago, grogee said:

... as @Tadhg Tiogarsays the quality was poor on the good ones. Downright dangerous on the bad ones. ...

Er...thanks, but it was @New POD who said that, not me!

grogee Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

grogee

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1 minute ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Er...thanks, but it was @New POD who said that, not me!

Phone malfunction. Left handed typing. Eating a burger. Sorry

lesapandre Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

lesapandre

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1 hour ago, Supernaut said:

At least a flat bed has slightly less chance of being turned into a horrific abortion of a camper.

Yes - you need to tow a caravan with that and put some scrap in the back.

Tadhg Tiogar Rank: Talbot Tagora

Tadhg Tiogar

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2 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Loads of days to run. That will go for a lot more.

At least some of the original LED display still works, but wasn't there a vac-fluorescent version as well?

Blake's Den Rank: BL Wedge

Blake's Den

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How about the 'remains' of a Mini Clubman? Basically just the wing and V5. Looks like someone's Mini is about to go missing 😔

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115099404177?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l1120&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=f1a02d886ca64eefac5556576a9f2546&bu=43180989887&ut=RU&exe=99323&ext=234175&osub=-1~1&crd=20211118054253&segname=11021&sojTags=ch%3Dch%2Cbu%3Dbu%2Cut%3Dut%2Cnqt%3Dnqt%2Cnqc%3Dnqc%2Cmdbreftime%3Dmdbreftime%2Ces%3Des%2Cec%3Dec%2Cexe%3Dexe%2Cext%3Dext%2Cexe%3Dexe%2Cext%3Dext%2Cosub%3Dosub%2Ccrd%3Dcrd%2Csegname%3Dsegname%2Cchnl%3Dmkcid

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This really gets on my goat. We does ebay allow such listenings to run? They are clearly only for one purpose. 

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TheOtherStu Rank: BL Wedge

TheOtherStu

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1 hour ago, grogee said:

'Kit car' is my disparaging term for these Blackpool fibreglass wonders. By the letter of the law they are series production cars but as @New POD@Tadhg Tiogarsays quality was poor on the good ones. Downright dangerous on the bad ones. 

All of that said, I would give my eye teeth for a hard top Tasmin

Ah ok, fair enough. I always fancied a Tasmin or 280S when I was a younger man.
Either that, an X1/9 or MR2 MK1. Both of which are absolute rust buckets, hence why I ended up with a Mk3 MR2

grogee Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

grogee

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1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

At least some of the original LED display still works, but wasn't there a vac-fluorescent version as well?

I thought it was CRT but either way it was certainly utterly bonkers and really really unreliable. 

Glorious. If I had more money I'd buy it just to sit in and press the buttons

anonymous user Rank: Isuzu Florian

anonymous user

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6 hours ago, barrett said:

Yep, that's just ruined an exceedingly rare and potentially quite valuable car. I'd love a 52-54 P4 (definitely 'peak P4') but I can only recall seeing one other for sale in the last few years. The world really, really doesn't need yet another JET1 replica.

Got to admit this one is pretty good though, a proper job running a proper engine, I doubt the real one will ever run again 

TheOtherStu Rank: BL Wedge

TheOtherStu

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I know how hard it is to sell a Cat D. Not surprised he's not got many bites, especially with a car known to suffer from HGF.

From a personal point of view, I would buy another Cat D/N, but only if I knew I was keeping it for a few years. I kept the last one for 5 years, so it wasn't an issue. But if you're one of these people that change cars annually, I'd stay away.

I don't know enough about cars to start playing the Cat C / S game though.

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