eBay tat volume 3.

[Hertz]

£600

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1728187

[Cavcraft]

CLASSIC 1992 VAUXHALL CARLTON ESTATE J REG | eBay

Is the inside of the roof rusty?

[Cavcraft]

reliant robin car estate | eBay

This lady seems to have found a stunt double to help her sell her car

[Erebus]

3 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

 

One for the ambitious towbars thread

[Cavcraft]

1998 Ford Mondeo St24 saloon mk2 2.5 v6 manual radiant red classic ford | eBay

[Cavcraft]

Check this out all you EV deniers, a 23 plate electric car for £2,500! 

Saturn City Bug Electric car BARN FIND ideal alternative to a disability scooter | eBay

When it inevitably shits itself ten miles into ownership, they've thoughtfully given you a clue what to do on the gear console thing

[egg]

3 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

Check this out all you EV deniers, a 23 plate electric car for £2,500! 

Saturn City Bug Electric car BARN FIND ideal alternative to a disability scooter | eBay

When it inevitably shits itself ten miles into ownership, they've thoughtfully given you a clue what to do on the gear console thing

LOVE how a 23 plate car is a bran find.

@wuvvumwas getting excited* about these at one point - this is quite a cheap one?

[Cavcraft]

1991 Ford Escort 1.3LX 3 door | eBay

Truly terrible cars, but strangely alluring all the same. 

[Cavcraft]

1 minute ago, egg said:

LOVE how a 23 plate car is a bran find.

@wuvvumwas getting excited* about these at one point - this is quite a cheap one?

He could get to know it well on the 8 month journey home.

 

[egg]

1 minute ago, Cavcraft said:

Truly terrible cars, but strangely alluring all the same. 

Indeed, we don't have a thread about h-reg Ford Escorts do we!?

[Cavcraft]

1974 Datsun 100A estate, dry stored since 1988, BARN FIND extremely rare car | eBay

That's bloody fantastic.

[egg]

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/1998-toyota-century-v12

Quote

Written records indicate that the car was first registered in the UK in 1998 with the registration number ‘JPN 1D’, and it is believed to have originally been used by the Japanese embassy. DVLA records suggest that the car was previously registered overseas, and that it was first registered in the UK in October 2004, wearing the registration number ‘R85PPE’.

Believed does a lot of heavy lifting in car ads.

[Cavcraft]

1989 G reg Citroen BX 16 RS Pilot 1.6 Petrol 5 Speed Manual Full Service History | eBay

'Brand new weber carb - £900'

 

[Schaefft]

2 hours ago, egg said:

I do have a trusted local chap who would probably take it for you (he does work on my cars including pre-flight MOT checks), but he's rarely available at short notice. Sadly I have no-where I could store it for you.

Its just one of those rare opportunities at a reasonable price. Black is extremely uncommon for them, and a manual V6 is probably borderline extinct. Realistically I'd be much better off with a manual Xedos 6 or Millercycle 9 if I really need to scratch that Mazda itch (regularly want to!).

[egg]

8 minutes ago, Schaefft said:

Its just one of those rare opportunities at a reasonable price. Black is extremely uncommon for them, and a manual V6 is probably borderline extinct. Realistically I'd be much better off with a manual Xedos 6 or Millercycle 9 if I really need to scratch that Mazda itch (regularly want to!).

Do you reckon it has 4 wheel steer?

from Wiki

'European models were also available in a model with four-wheel steering until a mid-1994 lineup adjustment. This was only offered in the hatchback with the 2.5-liter V6 and a manual transmission and not many were sold.'

[Schaefft]

7 minutes ago, egg said:

Do you reckon it has 4 wheel steer?

from Wiki

'European models were also available in a model with four-wheel steering until a mid-1994 lineup adjustment. This was only offered in the hatchback with the 2.5-liter V6 and a manual transmission and not many were sold.'

Im not sure if there would be a 4ws badge on the back, I dont think this one had one indicating it. The ad just got deleted again as well.

[D.E]

Excellent* pictures

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1728538

[Cavcraft]

56 minutes ago, egg said:

Indeed, we don't have a thread about h-reg Ford Escorts do we!?

Well, you could always start one!

There can't have been many 'H' reg ones full stop, didn't the Mk4 finish on an 'H'?

[egg]

1 minute ago, Cavcraft said:

There can't have been many 'H' reg ones full stop, didn't the Mk4 finish on an 'H'?

Yes, defo some mk4 H reg about...

[D.E]

Quote

its in a bit of a state

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145787232394?itmmeta=01HYBN51A2DQGF2PRWY5PF2Y4A&hash=item21f198a08a:g:vYcAAOSws8lmS2vH

[sheffcortinacentre]

4 hours ago, Asimo said:

Marina suspension.

This has piqued my interest as it seems too near to the end of the model's life to bother to redesign suspension. According to Wiki, September 1982 and front dampers were changed to telescopic and rear springs were changed from multi leaves to parabolic. Perhaps the lever-arm damper makers (Armstrong) went out of business?

 

To little to late

[GlenAnderson]

5 hours ago, Marshall2810 said:

Not long ago you couldn't give these away

I still wouldn’t have one if you gave it me. The cynic in me says the 40 bids have come from his mates, and it’ll be back “because of a timewaster” in a day or two…

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I don't see how those Metro soft tops can be anything other than flippin rubbish. Would be interesting to know how much commonality there is between those and the MGF though, I guess the bulkhead and sill structures are probably very similar

[timolloyd]

Quality bit of eBay AI ffs

[wesacosa]

[EyesWeldedShut]

6 hours ago, timolloyd said:

Quality bit of eBay AI ffs

I bet that engine in a motorcycle would be a very short-lived piece of motorcycle history too. 
I do love a good AI yarn

[EyesWeldedShut]

9 hours ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

I don't see how those Metro soft tops can be anything other than flippin rubbish. Would be interesting to know how much commonality there is between those and the MGF though, I guess the bulkhead and sill structures are probably very similar

You got me a-wonderin' there too.
I had a morning GoogleFoo and found the AROnline bit about the car. Reckons only mega changes to the Metro shell were at the back end. Also says the Rover 100 convertibles had  powered roof (I never knew that).
Typical ARO site though - a quick squint turns into a twenty minute read though article after article - I ended up reading the MGF bit (yet again)

[MarinaJosh]

15 hours ago, grogee said:

My guess is that:

1) BL muddled decision making and departments not talking to each other, 

2) Maestro and Montego programmes overrun so the Ital replacement date is later than planned, 

3) Marketing demanded an upgrade to this piece of shit because customers were discovering rivals that had front wheel drive, more interior space, a non-stupid dashboard and suspension that didn't date from the 1950s. 

In other words this was a stopgap to try and retain at least some customers. 

But it is an interesting* aside for a BL nerd like me. Huge want for a late SLX estate with all the 'toys' (I can't imagine what they would be though). 

It wasn't really a redesign- it had been available for many years as a Special Tuning product. It co-incided with production moving from Cowley to Longbridge. Various other changes happened too including once again fitting various pieces of trim which didn't feature on the last of the Cowley Itals (I'd love to think it's because BL had already shipped the remaining stock to Longbridge, only for somebody to realise they still had some Itals to finish but didn't have all the bits!)

[grogee]

7 minutes ago, MarinaJosh said:

It wasn't really a redesign- it had been available for many years as a Special Tuning product. It co-incided with production moving from Cowley to Longbridge. Various other changes happened too including once again fitting various pieces of trim which didn't feature on the last of the Cowley Itals (I'd love to think it's because BL had already shipped the remaining stock to Longbridge, only for somebody to realise they still had some Itals to finish but didn't have all the bits!)

That in itself is mental, the effort of tooling up a factory in a different location, for maybe 12-18 months production... Yes they had the tooling but it had to be relocated and set up again and probably trialled before full volume. 

There were some seriously suspect big calls made at this time including changing the Princess into Ambassador for a similarly short production run. Was the Ambassador sold overseas? 

[EyesWeldedShut]

33 minutes ago, grogee said:

Was the Ambassador sold overseas?

Was it sold in the UK?
Apparently so: I was in that there London back then and the  Ambassadors that I saw on a regular basis were two fleets of black ones - The Met had a couple of dozen to ferry around the top brass and there were also loads and loads of them floating around Whitehall for the lower end govt. types, MOD people and so on. (Maggie got a Jaaaag - the Whitehall fleet changed to Rover 825 as soon as they came out)

Otherwise, they were just not visible out and about - probably as frequent a sight as a Rolls Royce to be honest. A truly unremarkable car.