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Wibble Rank: Renault 16

Wibble

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5 hours ago, Shite Ron said:

I think when you look at the price of a brand new car it starts to make sense, my very bland company car has a list price of near £40,000 and I would much prefer a new Cortina. Although many new cars are company cars imposed on employees like mine, there is a large amount of people choose to buy new cars which baffles me. Also this is most likely to be put in someone’s garage just for them to look at, I know a few people who do this with more expensive supercars and I know quite a few Porsche owners who rarely use them, to me a Cortina would be preferable and there are possibly a very limited number of like minded people. Another consideration is restoration costs, it would cost far in excess to restore a car and when finished they are not as original as this.

Have you seen the cost of new mk1 Escorts? They seem to have no problem finding buyers at way in excess of this price and a Cortina is far nicer car.

Having said all the above I think it is a very good price, however I am such a tightwad I also would not pay that much, this is probably why I am on here and not pistonheads.

 

All very good points but I think I’d just be too scared to drive it. I’d be worried about being rear ended at every junction, or some other mishap outside of my control. It’s not the red estate I want but is a Caribbean blue saloon, like my first, so had me twitching.

lesapandre Rank: Talbot Tagora

lesapandre

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4 hours ago, wesacosa said:

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"The loom for the injection system is missing (no idea why)"

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sheffcortinacentre Rank: Lancia Gamma

sheffcortinacentre

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10 hours ago, goosey said:

It’s a difficult thing for me to explain, as nice as the car is, it is on the expensive side so why would the dealer mark it up so high if there wasn’t a target buyer/market and who is that target buyer? An enthusiast would see it as too expensive and so would someone looking to buy it as an investment as it’s already priced above what people see it as worth 

im just curious 

Greed, dealers think that people are gonna buy these instead of escorts but it's a completely different buyer.

EyesWeldedShut Rank: Lancia Gamma

EyesWeldedShut

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5 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Greed, dealers think that people are gonna buy these instead of escorts but it's a completely different buyer.

Yup - not too many Cortinas on the rally scene - Escorts are very much in demand there. Plenty of Rally boys around here and they aspire to an Escort (although my haylage guy is doing rather well in an early Citroen C3)

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High Jetter Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

High Jetter

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1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

"The loom for the injection system is missing (no idea why)"

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Bloody tree huggers!

Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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kawasaki st1000 chopper. - Picture 2 of 16

kawasaki st1000 chopper. | eBay  

'Tyres will need resealing because they go down over a couple poof days'

Have we had Homophobic in the Daft tyre names thread yet?

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Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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My Mini isn't steering

It's Oxford scrap yard feast

From Cowley up to Blackburn

liquid yellow shit machine

it's 22 this season

he's on the boat to Asia

and when the fucker's fragged

we're gonna sing and dance

Yellow Mini one, 2003 Plate, 1.6 Petrol, Manual Spares And Repairs - Picture 2 of 7

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Mini's on fire

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

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Mini's on fire

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

 

 

urpert Rank: Austin Maxi

urpert

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22 hours ago, D.E said:

Rare Classic 1981 VW Polo GLS

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Maximum oof. My mum had a white W-reg one of these (significantly rustier in 1986 than this one is now). 

I’d forgotten the second set of tiny column stalks on each side for hazard lights and headlights. Also, how hipster does that dash now look with the slice of wood and the B&O radio style slits in it?!

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UltraWomble Rank: Talbot Tagora

UltraWomble

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42 minutes ago, urpert said:

Maximum oof. My mum had a white W-reg one of these (significantly rustier in 1986 than this one is now). 

A girl I fancied the arse off's mum had a yellow one. (I fancied the girl, not her mum)

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D.E Rank: Lancia Gamma

D.E

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Also my wife can't see the appeal in a 35 year old tin can that sounds like a tractor with a head cold. 

Unbelievable!

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I tried to get AI to write this, but it kept referring to it as a GTi and if that's what you're expecting you'll be sorely disappointed.

 

EyesWeldedShut Rank: Lancia Gamma

EyesWeldedShut

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5 minutes ago, D.E said:

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Unbelievable!

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Some nice other tat parked in the background too. £1 starting bid? Bit rich for me*

*i.e. the wife says 'non'

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tooSavvy Rank: Talbot Tagora

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On 08/04/2025 at 09:32, Momentary Lapse Of Reason said:

"Singer Chamios. 1967 Mk 2."

Western Super Mare Starting price £4500

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Plus lots of Sport parts

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Gone are the days of £150 Imps.... I've seen a few.

This will need metal (probably a lot...) and panels aren't cheap [Hadrian used to do quite a few bitd].

The money being pitched about for these [*asking isn't getting!!] seems a bit learry TBH 🙄.

Parts haul is *always cheaper 'thrown in' than buying off eBay but - for a shed - I still say pricey.

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