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Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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7 hours ago, lesapandre said:

(Direct cremations are about £1000 - as opposed to multiple £1000's and getting rinsed by the big undertakers with their shiny cars and shiny cuffs and 'dearly departed' nonsense. You still get to have your own event in the crematorium chapel. 

All just means it's more informal than having some vultures in attendance. Highly recommended.

Maybe the person in the Mondeo was making a last journey in their favourite car. Of course they could keep the connection by flicking the ash into the ashtray afterwards.)

I think I'd rather be alive during my cremation than go to the church in the back of a Mondeo hearse.

Supernaut Rank: Talbot Tagora

Supernaut

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6 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

I think I'd rather be alive during my cremation than go to the church in the back of a Mondeo hearse.

Aye aye, calm down.

I'm sure we could rustle up a Vectra estate for you if you ask nicely.

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busmansholiday Rank: Lancia Gamma

busmansholiday

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7 hours ago, lesapandre said:

(Direct cremations are about £1000 - as opposed to multiple £1000's and getting rinsed by the big undertakers with their shiny cars and shiny cuffs and 'dearly departed' nonsense. You still get to have your own event in the crematorium chapel. 

All just means it's more informal than having some vultures in attendance. Highly recommended.

Trust me, they're more than a grand and you cannot go into the chapel, well certainly for the one we organised in September.

 

Oh and there was a Transit van with coffins in and a Transit Connect as well.

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lesapandre Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

lesapandre

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8 minutes ago, busmansholiday said:

Trust me, they're more than a grand and you cannot go into the chapel, well certainly for the one we organised in September.

 

Oh and there was a Transit van with coffins in and a Transit Connect as well.

I've been involved with two. Both under £1000 - there was the opportunity to attend inside the chapel on both occasions for any ceremony required. It may be down to your provider.

'Private ambulances' tend to be small vans run by those who undertake the direct cremations - any provider would naturally use a respectable vehicle thought it may indeed be modest. The other vehicles seen may have been provided by the families as a way of making a saving. 

Others may prefer more elaborate ceremonial provided by undertakers - but clearly more expensive.

But death is an expensive business - and folk have to do what they can afford. 

3VOM Rank: Citroen Ami

3VOM

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25 minutes ago, busmansholiday said:

Trust me, they're more than a grand and you cannot go into the chapel, well certainly for the one we organised in September.

 

Oh and there was a Transit van with coffins in and a Transit Connect as well.

Some of those might be the equivalent of a "pauper's funeral". I can't remember the correct term. Public Health Funeral. The deceased goes straight from the morgue to the crem and likely the ashes get scattered nearby. Used where there is no money any or relatives taking an interest. Funeral co will get several hundred.

You can always take "The Big Lebowski " approach.

 

808 Estate Rank: Renault 16

808 Estate

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Breakdown truck. I guess there isnt much this cant tow. :D

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226454774947?itmmeta=01JD2TGQXE1DFD31ZYATWKG4D2&hash=item34b9c1a4a3:g:tS0AAOSwaO9nOlm-&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4Mxmj%2BiGvOveHXEBClPb29ijJIMNlZSmRwdb1A9WzE4J%2Fw1%2BOLg2uQE7b9WKKwo7MPVRJMDnOfQ5XCqWn42x5QnNcUhUqwbO3MWif9zQSvBTW2nn5Ba6lLiBkjr4YWRvWehhHBd9AUO4bX0mUeZXv4cMY%2F%2BLNOgu2HH3U8DW5sSIvJmcPH4un7e23w6ouwMzDYQ3fqaf0gKkiDK12%2Bu0KD58ZN2zT1j8b8DIvEffjya72HS9oQpcpChjrytUx3Fj0r4TILjOAOG6bR5Ls22K0PP2q0xN%2BMOwUavAfH7rie5o|tkp%3ABk9SR-L-wtroZA

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Shite Ron Rank: Citroen Ami

Shite Ron

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Ooooof! This is very sexy. Not red sorry @Wibble. Not Roman bronze either which the seller incorrectly states (unless it has had a bad respray since I last saw it) The colour is Sable brown and I like this car a lot, Wibble, if you view it in black and white or are colour blind then it could be red, maybe.

I am sure this used to have Capri wheels on, it looks much better with the proper ones on it now.

The number plate is very apt as driving or even seeing this would bring me a lot of joy.

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https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1806405

Wibble Rank: Renault 16

Wibble

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16 minutes ago, Shite Ron said:

Ooooof! This is very sexy. Not red sorry @Wibble. Not Roman bronze either which the seller incorrectly states (unless it has had a bad respray since I last saw it) The colour is Sable brown and I like this car a lot, Wibble, if you view it in black and white or are colour blind then it could be red, maybe.

I am sure this used to have Capri wheels on, it looks much better with the proper ones on it now.

The number plate is very apt as driving or even seeing this would bring me a lot of joy.

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https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1806405

Ha, yes thanks, I did see it and also knew it was sable. Unfortunately though, it has to be red. I don’t care what spec it is but it must be red. I do agree about the wheels though👍

tooSavvy Rank: Talbot Tagora

tooSavvy

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2 hours ago, 808 Estate said:

Breakdown truck. I guess there isnt much this cant tow. :D

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226454774947?itmmeta=01JD2TGQXE1DFD31ZYATWKG4D2&hash=item34b9c1a4a3:g:tS0AAOSwaO9nOlm-&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4Mxmj%2BiGvOveHXEBClPb29ijJIMNlZSmRwdb1A9WzE4J%2Fw1%2BOLg2uQE7b9WKKwo7MPVRJMDnOfQ5XCqWn42x5QnNcUhUqwbO3MWif9zQSvBTW2nn5Ba6lLiBkjr4YWRvWehhHBd9AUO4bX0mUeZXv4cMY%2F%2BLNOgu2HH3U8DW5sSIvJmcPH4un7e23w6ouwMzDYQ3fqaf0gKkiDK12%2Bu0KD58ZN2zT1j8b8DIvEffjya72HS9oQpcpChjrytUx3Fj0r4TILjOAOG6bR5Ls22K0PP2q0xN%2BMOwUavAfH7rie5o|tkp%3ABk9SR-L-wtroZA

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IIRC there is one of these (for doing this work @MOD) called a 'tea pot lid' because of the architecture 🤔.

They were specced to have extreme articulation over the 3 axles.... C..A..F !! 😉

🚙💨

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RoadworkUK Rank: Lancia Gamma

RoadworkUK

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I love the pics on that Cortina Estate ad. 

This one, though:

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Can somebody please remind me what that lamp was for? I vividly remember it on my Dad's 2.0 GL – which I last sat in in 1989.

Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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3 minutes ago, Marshall2810 said:

Someone's still trying to punt on that crispy rover @DavidB spotted. Not for £800 

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Catch it now if you fancy a bid!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/267062104217?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=YGjbF5FEQD2&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=q0u7CbdYTNC&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

It had an early bid which got removed.

sheffcortinacentre Rank: Lancia Gamma

sheffcortinacentre

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Just now, RoadworkUK said:

I love the pics on that Cortina Estate ad. 

This one, though:

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Can somebody please remind me what that lamp was for? I vividly remember it on my Dad's 2.0 GL – which I last sat in in 1989.

Rear fog light 

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Marshall2810 Rank: Citroen Ami

Marshall2810

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Just now, Cavcraft said:

It had an early bid which got removed.

Chicken!

RoadworkUK Rank: Lancia Gamma

RoadworkUK

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2 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Rear fog light 

Aaah, of course! Ta!

DavidB Rank: Renault 16

DavidB

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It was sold for £280 in August prior to going to the scrap yard - the scrappy wanted £300 for it - this was parked up in a garden centre back storage area for a while as well as a few other cars, I remember seeing it. There has been a BMW E30 325i parked up there for about 25 years.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355995093350

 

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This good looking one went for £850 - just shows the actual value.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/356204333816

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Vantman Rank: Renault 16

Vantman

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1 hour ago, tooSavvy said:

IIRC there is one of these (for doing this work @MOD) called a 'tea pot lid' because of the architecture 🤔.

They were specced to have extreme articulation over the 3 axles.... C..A..F !! 😉

🚙💨

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@tooSavvy Close, ours was known as a  'coffee pot' Scammell.

Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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10 hours ago, DavidB said:

It was sold for £280 in August prior to going to the scrap yard - the scrappy wanted £300 for it - this was parked up in a garden centre back storage area for a while as well as a few other cars, I remember seeing it. There has been a BMW E30 325i parked up there for about 25 years.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355995093350

 

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This good looking one went for £850 - just shows the actual value.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/356204333816

Was that Waterworld (or something like that) on the way to Neston from Chester. One of those garden centres down there had an E30 down the back for years, I think it was a white one.

808 Estate Rank: Renault 16

808 Estate

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14 hours ago, tooSavvy said:

They were specced to have extreme articulation over the 3 axles.... C..A..F !! 😉

 

 

Yes all the old Scammell's had extreme articulation. One of the reasons they were so good.

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