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egg Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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3 minutes ago, GR8 PL8 M8 said:

ChatGPT to the rescue! I've never used it before, and am really impressed.

Thanks. Notes location is near HMC.

GR8 PL8 M8 Rank: Austin Maxi

GR8 PL8 M8

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5 minutes ago, egg said:

Thanks. Notes location is near HMC.

I only asked it to "Please correctly capitalise and punctuate this text" just to make it vaguely readable, but it corrected spelling, translated shorthand, and inserted extra words when necessary as well.

Amusingly the Isuzu seller notes "Full description is in the pictures because Facebook won't let you write loads." - that didn't stop the Chrysler guy! 

Rod/b Rank: Renault 16

Rod/b

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Gentlemen - a request, if I may.

Please can we agree not to link directly to FB marketplace images as they break when an ad is removed. This thread is just becoming a wasteground of broken image links.
 

Thanks!

Rod/bert 

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tooSavvy Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

tooSavvy

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..... That 'split' chin lip [above] I got one from a scrappy and modded it to fit the chin of my Rapid coop 😎

🚙💨

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vinyljunky Rank Austin Metro

vinyljunky

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40 minutes ago, egg said:

https://www.maltapark.com/item/details/9675187

Maltese diesel Marina 700 euros.

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 I was wondering if late Portuguese Marinas used Ital door handles as BL was running out production but this is a 1979. 
A North Africa - Gibraltar - Cross Continent road trip par excellence perhaps 

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Dick Cheeseburger Rank: Talbot Tagora

Dick Cheeseburger

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6 hours ago, egg said:

https://www.maltapark.com/item/details/9675187

Maltese diesel Marina 700 euros.

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I'm amazed there are any classics left on Malta; I assumed 95% of them have found their way onto English salt soil potholes over the last 15 years.

Shite Ron Rank: Citroen Ami

Shite Ron

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This looks rather good despite the accident damage:

Looks nicer and considerably cheaper than the one @morrisoxide posted on the last page.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225980252679?hash=item349d790207:g:V3IAAOSwb9Nlt~fH&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4PZoigZ1Ezn7tbjep9zYBtCKfHxXNW1f0qv4c5fQ%2B1mpmtWr0vVOLw9KyvVEpquEJP8X0MQEpD3gIvQoYba63DXM7YSjcgXxMtZ3u5pN088oPOwaB%2Be0GP6z9M4ngQHK8gQca7UjCfhrPs5hzbjYBoJjp1U0HiEcOtaeHgposfZBxX3GomgFY88VdAvcMNY9Z5j1TQS8sRV8i5PHvqkG%2FEV4PhhMeedrRgHGauDmrD8N5apg3931%2Ftyx5O9K9%2BMRZqCni99aswM8DW01R3UrifduGNNsgmU0V9B89arkW%2BCV|tkp%3ABk9SR4rzv-2qYw

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grogee Rank: Isuzu Florian

grogee

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1 hour ago, egg said:

https://www.marque2mondeo.co.uk/product/7209548/ford-mondeo-st200-hatchback-early-press-car-2-5-v6-v-reg

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Allow me to bust the mythical status of the 'press car'. 

You know that joke about the 'fastest car in the world' being a hire car? 

It's actually a press car.

They are relentlessly, mercilessly thrashed and crashed. Sure they get mollycoddled back at HQ but then they're back out there being beaten to within an inch of their lives. 

There is a (true) story about a journo who was genuinely using press cars as taxi cabs. The same journo would charge, per word, for a manufacturer-submitted review.

After about six months of abuse, these press cars are unceremoniously de-fleeted and punted on as a 'demonstrator' to some unsuspecting schmuck. Run-in period? Forget about it. Run-ragged period maybe. 

Those ones on the press junket - usually LHD. They might be a little special, subtly breathed on, hand polished. They're the ones that need to look good for the photos, go well for the prose. But the beaters back home? Standard. High-spec, usually, but nothing special. 

I'd sooner have Hertz Rent-a-car as the first owner. 

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wesacosa Rank: Lancia Gamma

wesacosa

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On 27/01/2024 at 22:51, UltraWomble said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196209588931?hash=item2daf00bac3:g:MGIAAOSwyXdk8w5V

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someone on here was restoring an orange one that they tracked down via some ace detective work from Google maps (which also turned out to be the one around the corner from my old house so I could have saved the trouble 😂). can't remember who it was though for the life of me

EDIT: quick search of my posts remind me it was @howe

Yoss Rank: Lancia Gamma

Yoss

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1 hour ago, wesacosa said:

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Quote: 1 new brake pad. 

There's a sign of a car well looked after. Still would though. 

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