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anonymous user Rank: Isuzu Florian

anonymous user

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4 minutes ago, grogee said:

Is that the new Audi Q7?

No, it can't be, there isn't a hideous child swallowing grille on the front.

garethj Rank: Isuzu Florian

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Mk IV Continental.  This car is so classy it's got Roman numerals in its name.

Nowadays, pimps have no imagination; they drive a black 4x4 with huge chrome wheels and tinted windows. The more adventurous will have a floor length, white fur coat and some ostentatious jewelry, but where's the flair? And where are the flares?

Back in the '70s, superfly guy was rollin' low in a 2 door Lincoln with hidden headlights, a trunk lid shaped around the spare tire and opera windows in the C pillar.

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lincoln-Continental-MkIV-/203706133628?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

wuvvum

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7 hours ago, Rod/b said:

Reduced to £1000 for this week. Norfolk / Suffolk borders. Come on Autoshite, do your thing.

Isn't that Spottedlaurel's old one?

High Jetter Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

High Jetter

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5 hours ago, MisterH said:

And now I have only gone and bought it...

You are amongst friends. Tell us, how does that make you feel?

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Spottedlaurel Rank: Lancia Gamma

Spottedlaurel

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11 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Isn't that Spottedlaurel's old one?

It certainly is. Looks like it went straight through its MoT after I sold it to Robert.

MisterH Rank: BL Wedge

MisterH

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10 hours ago, High Jetter said:

You are amongst friends. Tell us, how does that make you feel?

Nervous, hopeful, and determined. I had wanted a quattro, but I know this car is C928 LHK which has long since lurked on the internet. Being a Sport the value should rise equivalent to the quattro, so unlike the Rover I am not trapped with it unable to sell it (except to Skizzer🤣). I am excited to finally scratch that B2 bug (ok the quattro is a B2 but it is something very different) and while it hasn't got the 5 pot, the 4-pot is a much more sensible engine to have. However there are a few annoying things like bits of missing door trim and a respray that may or may not be the right colour I do not know, but fingers crossed. 

My aim will be to make it look totally OEM again, a lot of these cars are made up to look like cruisers, but I want mine to look like it would be bought by a Scientist, as they were originally aimed at. Probably.

Overall now, while I am trying to be very sensible and practical with it, It will hit me when I bring it home I am sure. By that time, as the Passions once brilliantly put, I will be In Love with a German Film Star. Hopefully... 

Rod/b Rank: Renault 16

Rod/b

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4 hours ago, MisterH said:

Nervous, hopeful, and determined. I had wanted a quattro, but I know this car is C928 LHK which has long since lurked on the internet. Being a Sport the value should rise equivalent to the quattro, so unlike the Rover I am not trapped with it unable to sell it (except to Skizzer🤣). I am excited to finally scratch that B2 bug (ok the quattro is a B2 but it is something very different) and while it hasn't got the 5 pot, the 4-pot is a much more sensible engine to have. However there are a few annoying things like bits of missing door trim and a respray that may or may not be the right colour I do not know, but fingers crossed. 

My aim will be to make it look totally OEM again, a lot of these cars are made up to look like cruisers, but I want mine to look like it would be bought by a Scientist, as they were originally aimed at. Probably.

Overall now, while I am trying to be very sensible and practical with it, It will hit me when I bring it home I am sure. By that time, as the Passions once brilliantly put, I will be In Love with a German Film Star. Hopefully... 

I had a 1986 Coupe GT with the 4 pot 1.8 and it was a fucking brilliant car. I always regretted getting rid of it. 

bezzabsa Rank: Renault 16

bezzabsa

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17 hours ago, garethj said:

An aircooled Tatra V8 diesel in this, it’s also 8x8 and amphibious too which makes a 4x4 look decidedly unprepared for things.

image.thumb.png.6e85a7229b08338057ed669ea599d063.png
 

16 grand and doesn’t go, like, so it’s not an obvious candidate for family runabout 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OT64-SKOT-Amphibious-APC-8-wheel-drive-/255236214799?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

Is it ULEZ exempt??? please say YES!! imagine the fun dropping this outside the HOP and letting that diesel sing, and choke everyone in a 1/2 mile radius, just to show how stupid the ULEZ is !!!!

bezzabsa Rank: Renault 16

bezzabsa

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2 hours ago, KitKat said:

V6 Renault 25. Dashboard looks immense. Atlantis or SG1? 

Image 31 - Renault 25 v6 Bacarra

shades of SD1 in there if you squint a bit

808 Estate Rank: Renault 16

808 Estate

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20 hours ago, garethj said:

Mk IV Continental.  This car is so classy it's got Roman numerals in its name.

Nowadays, pimps have no imagination; they drive a black 4x4 with huge chrome wheels and tinted windows. The more adventurous will have a floor length, white fur coat and some ostentatious jewelry, but where's the flair? And where are the flares?

Back in the '70s, superfly guy was rollin' low in a 2 door Lincoln with hidden headlights, a trunk lid shaped around the spare tire and opera windows in the C pillar.

image.thumb.png.a8bc9be92e0c9aea7740487d515fe2ac.png
 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lincoln-Continental-MkIV-/203706133628?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

That is proper gangster and has evil written all over it. Want!. :D  :D

willswitchengage Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

willswitchengage

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21 hours ago, garethj said:

Mid ‘80s Honda Civic.  I’d forgotten how boxy these things were; they make a Volvo 240 look like a Bugatti Atlantique 

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-Cars-Honda-Civic-1-4-L-1985-Low-Millage-/234297952616?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

Been for sale for about two years now with the price not budging. Determination is admirable.

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Yoss Rank: Lancia Gamma

Yoss

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22 hours ago, garethj said:

An aircooled Tatra V8 diesel in this, it’s also 8x8 and amphibious too which makes a 4x4 look decidedly unprepared for things.

image.thumb.png.6e85a7229b08338057ed669ea599d063.png
 

16 grand and doesn’t go, like, so it’s not an obvious candidate for family runabout 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OT64-SKOT-Amphibious-APC-8-wheel-drive-/255236214799?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

 

4 hours ago, bezzabsa said:

Is it ULEZ exempt??? please say YES!! imagine the fun dropping this outside the HOP and letting that diesel sing, and choke everyone in a 1/2 mile radius, just to show how stupid the ULEZ is !!!!

I would imagine it is ULEZ exempt but either way it may be the cheapest way in to Tatra ownership these days. Definitely would. Obviously, I wouldn't really as I don't have the gonads but if I was braver I would. I've seen videos of Tatra truck racing and those engines not only sound amazing but the clag is epic. 

barrett Rank: Lancia Gamma

barrett

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4 minutes ago, grogee said:

That is worryingly close to me. I am not responsible enough to guarantee that I won't buy it

you'd quite literally be FUCKING STUPID not to buy it

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MrBiscuits Rank: Austin Maxi

MrBiscuits

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13 minutes ago, grogee said:

That is worryingly close to me. I am not responsible enough to guarantee that I won't buy it

Exactly what I thought when I saw the location 😀.

Everything looks better on rostyles - even if those will be totally the wrong offset for fwd

grogee Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

grogee

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25 minutes ago, MrBiscuits said:

Exactly what I thought when I saw the location 😀.

Everything looks better on rostyles - even if those will be totally the wrong offset for fwd

Everything looks better from within a vehicle made in peak BL splendour*

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BeEP Rank: Renault 16

BeEP

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44 minutes ago, MrBiscuits said:

Everything looks better on rostyles - even if those will be totally the wrong offset for fwd

Offset of MGB rostyles is not that different to BL's fwd offerings of the 70s & 80s.  Hence their common usage on Allegro (where I have to admit I don't like the appearance), Maxi, Princess, Ambassador and even my own Maestro van!

Tadhg Tiogar Rank: Talbot Tagora

Tadhg Tiogar

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1 hour ago, grogee said:

That is worryingly close to me. I am not responsible enough to guarantee that I won't buy it

 

1 hour ago, barrett said:

you'd quite literally be FUCKING STUPID not to buy it

If he does, he won't have money or space left over for that CX he's just started fancying.....!

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