eBay tat volume 3.

[Cavcraft]

10 minutes ago, Kringle said:

Looking at these lately, what's the engine to go for? Facebook has the 3.0 down as the best of the bunch as the 2.0 and 2.2 are as you say, ticking time bombs. No negative opinions on the 2.3 though?

The 2.0 seems ok, the 2.2 is a bit of a gamble, imho.

[Bamboocarman]

17 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

In the old days. I reckon a minimum one in every three Morris Minors looked like this Jesse's diets Oil Tanker Orange/red one

morris minor | eBay

'Please remember everyone's opinion of a vehicle is different'

Yes, mine did back in the mid-nineties: a rough hand painted red 2 door, c.1960. It was minging. Can’t recall clearly now, but think I bought it for a few quid from the short lived dodgy car auctions off The Level down Lewes Rd, Brighton. Used to park it on the main A259 road outside my flat in Kemptown, if anyone remembers seeing it. When I’d had enough, advertised it locally and it was bought by a self-appointed junior “marque expert” from Peacehaven. Daft lad. Wonder if it made it back on the road or was dismantled for parts . . . Not long after, I found another in a front garden in Bexhill, bought it and had two reliable years out of it. I even commuted from Brighton to Haywards Heath in it for a few months. Hand painted/ rattle canned grey primer and green, a great car. Possibly the last years of genuinely cheap workable Minors.

[stendec]

1961 Series II Land-Rover "barn find"

[stendec]

1963 Vauxhall Victor FB

[grogee]

2 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

The 2.0 seems ok, the 2.2 is a bit of a gamble, imho.

DW12? Not too bad in Mondeos, was it? Or XFs for that matter. Decent donk IMO, and not that different from the 2.0 that was fitted to a gazillion Mondeos/407/C5 etc

[Cavcraft]

7 minutes ago, grogee said:

DW12? Not too bad in Mondeos, was it? Or XFs for that matter. Decent donk IMO, and not that different from the 2.0 that was fitted to a gazillion Mondeos/407/C5 etc

Ahh, that's the end of my limited knowledge, then. I assumed the 2.0 would be the HDi as fitted in earlier vans.

 

The 2.3 seem to pull well, but by God the noise is annoying if you boot them.

[Cavcraft]

Ford Capri MK1 1600cc GT, 1971 prefacelift. 1720cc fast car. | eBay

That has to be about the perfect Capri.

[stendec]

Metro corner:

First up: 3 door Metro 1.4Li "Automatic with hand controls" spares or repairs

 

Next, a 1994 1.1c 5 door "Unfortunately doesn’t start but it wouldn’t take much to get it going"

[stendec]

1989 Austin Maestro 1.6 on SORN  "Some knocks Starts first time Full service history V5 Suit enthusiast"

[grogee]

30 minutes ago, stendec said:

Metro corner:

First up: 3 door Metro 1.4Li "Automatic with hand controls" spares or repairs

 

Next, a 1994 1.1c 5 door "Unfortunately doesn’t start but it wouldn’t take much to get it going"

My Mum's '83 Metro Auto had hand controls. And PAS (specialist fitted). And a big battery from a truck, because she only used it to bumble about the village. 

[stendec]

Early Wolseley Hornet "Used Spares or Repairs"

[stendec]

1968 Land-Rover Series IIa

"Not really a hedge find but it has been standing in a paddock covered in brambles for about 20 years."

Oh well, tough things them Landies, how bad can it be?

"I tried to tow it away complete but the chassis was so weak I had to break it up where it was and bring it home in bits."

Oh!

[Dick Cheeseburger]

11 minutes ago, stendec said:

1968 Land-Rover Series IIa

"Not really a hedge find but it has been standing in a paddock covered in brambles for about 20 years."

Oh well, tough things them Landies, how bad can it be?

"I tried to tow it away complete but the chassis was so weak I had to break it up where it was and bring it home in bits."

Oh!

Ring a ding ding!

[Cavcraft]

MG ZS 180 2.5 Petrol | eBay

[stendec]

Looks like the cat has become detached!

[djim]

Mildly giffered honest motoring with a years ticket

https://www.gumtree.com/p/ford/ford-escort-encore-1.3-new-12-month-mot-/1441509822

You just don't see lino boot floors very often these days.  

 

[D.E]

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A good project car for very little money. More photos on request or come and have a look. Very much open to offers! Couldn’t put a lower price. Need to move on as soon as possible.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/peugeot/-peugeot-205-diesel-hatchback-manual/1445944287

[Kringle]

Something to liven up the FOD?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285036292418

[AnnoyingPentium]

1 hour ago, djim said:

Mildly giffered honest motoring with a years ticket

https://www.gumtree.com/p/ford/ford-escort-encore-1.3-new-12-month-mot-/1441509822

You just don't see lino boot floors very often these days.  

 

I love this, but my god that number plate is rather fitting.

[Flat4]

1 hour ago, djim said:

Mildly giffered honest motoring with a years ticket

https://www.gumtree.com/p/ford/ford-escort-encore-1.3-new-12-month-mot-/1441509822

You just don't see lino boot floors very often these days.  

 

Pretty sure I learned to drive in something very similar to this!

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

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Services offered: Finance Available

Finance specialists! I wonder how long it's been since someone took out finance on a J reg Escort?

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Why buy from us?  Finance Available Good or Poor Credit History Considered

I'm in! I want the 1994 experience of financing a used Escort.

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SORRY NO FINANCE AVAILABLE ON THIS VEHICLE DUE TO THE AGE

ah shit. Still, that makes a change from what I usually get, which is "sorry no finance available, sir, because you have the credit score of a man who defaulted on the payday loans he took out to invest in cryptocurrency"

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1 Owner from new

how is that recorded on the V5?

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Logbook has 2 owners

right

https://www.gumtree.com/p/ford/ford-escort-1.6-lx-5dr/1436626386

[RoverFolkUs]

4 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

MG ZS 180 2.5 Petrol | eBay

A lot of these get condemned as fuel pumps when it's actually the immobiliser. Not sure which is worse tbh!

Watch listed so I can win it and destroy those horrific trophy lights immediately... Totally spoils the look in my opinion

[Floatylight]

Not sure if this is the right place for this as technically not for sale (but it might be)

Low mileage giffer owned Ovlov 940 MOT'd and running fine but heading for the crusher due to owner giving up driving..

At Trents recycling in Poole

 

[Asimo]

“Problème hydraulique : ne monte plus (fonctionnait il y a peu) +…”

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/2228391194.htm

 

[djim]

Pogweazle Audi 80 Coupe

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304692280961?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=s2xmAxa_Swq&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=nHzN5iNQS9u&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Various engine and bodywork problems but MOT until March apparently

Edited November 13, 2022 by djim

[Dick Cheeseburger]

2 hours ago, Floatylight said:

Not sure if this is the right place for this as technically not for sale (but it might be)

Low mileage giffer owned Ovlov 940 MOT'd and running fine but heading for the crusher due to owner giving up driving..

At Trents recycling in Poole

 

Once cars have arrived at Trents, they terminally doomed aren't they? That Ovlov looks way too nice to be cubed.

[Asimo]

The hood and the windscreen must go, (do you need wipers with aero-screens?) but otherwise this Lomax appeals.
Quite a rarity as it has GSA powertrain and 75% GSA suspension and brakes.

Fully sorted, I bet this could embarrass one of those Morgan tricycles on bumpy roads.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1282988465785265

Fun fact: Zafira and GS front brake discs are interchangeable!

 

[Garythesnail]

17 minutes ago, Asimo said:

Zafira and GS front brake discs are interchangeable!

I'd ASSumed that a GS had 3-bolt pattern hubs.

[Asimo]

Inboard brakes!

[D.E]

American flavoured Escort: 

https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/auto-s/oldtimers/m1905116730-ford-escort-se-automaat-nieuwe-apk-7-2023