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LightBulbFun Rank: Talbot Tagora

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2 hours ago, Bear said:

One to tempt @LightBulbFun?

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theres been a few Petrol Argsons on eBay at once recently, If I had somewhere to put one, I totally would get one, but sadly I dont! they do need under-cover storage which I simply dont have

1 hour ago, Stinkwheel said:

1948!!!

That look like it was made in 1919

Have disable people always gotten the thin end of the wedge for motoring or what?

well thats not very fair, its a bit like looking at a Ford Popular and judging the whole British car market/scene by it!

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in the late 1940's you could have the Invacar SuperLuxe for example which as you can see is much more refined machine from the same period (and is why Invacar became such the big name they did :) ) 

31 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Makes you wonder what the Argson Basic looks like.

search my thread for 'hand propelled' :) 

20 minutes ago, horriblemercedes said:

How do you steer it?

by turning the up right "T" handle on the left side of this machine (its a rare left hand control machine, normally it was on the right)

Stinkwheel Rank: Renault 16

Stinkwheel

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3 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

 

well thats not very fair, its a bit like looking at a Ford Popular and judging the whole British car market/scene by it!

 

True, but in all honesty, the whole light car/ invalid carriage/ tricycle thing for austerity in the UK during 40's 50's and 60's onwards did leave buyers a bit short changed compared to normal cars of the time.

There is a reason Bond, Isetta, BSA etc all gave up making small cheap cars in the face of modern competition.

I'm not knocking any of them, or their owners, its just they always offered something less to disabled and poor people than everyone else got in more mainstream cars

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Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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1980 Austin Maxi 1750 L - Picture 1 of 24

1980 Austin Maxi 1750 L | eBay UK

If someone wins this I'll pay for your Runcorn bridge crossing if you promise to stop half way over and fling those fucking number plates into the Mersey/MSC/whatever it is.

alcyonecorporation Rank: Renault 16

alcyonecorporation

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58 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

The other one looks more like the one Top Gear did in India. Crap.

The Dakar Corniche wasn't really a Corniche, it was a custom spaceframe chassis with Landcruiser and Chevy bits, with Corniche panels (or replicas of Corniche panels) dropped over the top . 

 

MantaGTE85 Rank: Austin Maxi

MantaGTE85

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12 hours ago, UltraWomble said:

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Yeah, but for a certain audience group these are like a bright light to a moth

It's been messed about with more than I thought. It's a basic 5 Series, an SE tops. Only I've just noticed the bumpers are Sports items. What happened to the more elegant originals?

Remspoor Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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20 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

It's because it's a cologne V6 & I think it's a south African market car.

Roy Townsend at the Taunus GB club knows the details on the car.

 

19 hours ago, RayMK said:

It gets more confusing looking at the South African Taunus 17m (P7).  The only info I can find says they used the Essex V4 or V6, not the Cologne.  Strange logic, but it happens. Maybe the RHD for the South African market was an easier conversion with the UK's engine rather than Germany's. Anyway, I won't be buying the one on ebay as I prefer the P5 Taunus.  RHD versions have appeared on ebay in the last 15 years but I've never seen another RHD 17m P5 estate.  Dad's was bought in Germany in 1967. He kept it on returning to the UK in 1969 (ALM505H), then sold it in 1971 or '72 because it was rusting very rapidly.  It did not last much longer after that. 

 

The SA market did use the Essex V6

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_P7#Ausführungen_in_Südafrika_und_Uruguay

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I am wondering it it was a car purchased by military staff in the BAOR. That would mean they could order RHD cars and then the engine (and other spec) would be  to European market.

alcyonecorporation Rank: Renault 16

alcyonecorporation

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1 hour ago, MantaGTE85 said:

It's been messed about with more than I thought. It's a basic 5 Series, an SE tops. Only I've just noticed the bumpers are Sports items. What happened to the more elegant originals?

Because things can't just exist as they are: some thick bastard has to fuck with it. 

It's why more models of certain cars exist than others. All the others were crashed, scrapped or destroyed by morons who got bored. 

BMWs seem particularly susceptible. It is is the only marque of car of which three (3) sellers wanted to keep the battery as a condition of sale, for their next one (to be fucked). 

BMWs *do not* like old, small or random sized batteries; in my experience they are as psychotically sensitive to batteries as French stuff once past a certain age. 

The last 528i I looked at was in a grim bit of Leicestershire and it turned out that the vendor was borrowing the battery fitted to the car, and that if he didn't give the battery back to his mate he could 'fucking well fuck off' and was going to be 'fucking killed.' 

sheffcortinacentre Rank: Lancia Gamma

sheffcortinacentre

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20 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

 

 

The SA market did use the Essex V6

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_P7#Ausführungen_in_Südafrika_und_Uruguay

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I am wondering it it was a car purchased by military staff in the BAOR. That would mean they could order RHD cars and then the engine (and other spec) would be  to European market.

The Essex engines ones were built there ,the clutch mech on Roy's car is a right contraption to say it was done in the factory.

sheffcortinacentre Rank: Lancia Gamma

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10 minutes ago, alcyonecorporation said:

Because things can't just exist as they are: some thick bastard has to fuck with it. 

It's why more models of certain cars exist than others. All the others were crashed, scrapped or destroyed by morons who got bored. 

BMWs seem particularly susceptible. It is is the only marque of car of which three (3) sellers wanted to keep the battery as a condition of sale, for their next one (to be fucked). 

BMWs *do not* like old or small batteries; in my experience they are as psychotically sensitive to batteries as French stuff once past a certain age. 

The last 528 I looked at was in a grim bit of Leicestershire and it turned out that the vendor was borrowing the battery fitted to the car and that if he didn't give the battery back to his mate he could 'fucking well fuck off' and was going to be 'fucking killed.' 

He wouldn't need the battery in that case.

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catsinthewelder Rank: Lancia Gamma

catsinthewelder

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Is it really the end of the world if a seller wants to keep a battery?  If they were putting one on it would be the cheapest one imaginable.

alcyonecorporation Rank: Renault 16

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Yeah, it is. I ain't buying another battery for a fucking car I'm about to buy, and, frankly, it's a red flag. 
I want to, you know, get in the thing and drive it, and not fuck about because the magpie scally of a seller 'needs' the battery? 

Usually they want the good, correctly sized battery for their next BMW because their next one has had the battery swiped, too. 

Undersized cheapo batteries make BMWs go spack. I'm not arguing about this: I've seen too many of them throw strops. 
When they get to a certain price, it seems everyone's at it. 

It seems to be a BMW thing, but if anyone - anyone - selling a car told me they 'needed to keep the battery' I'd probably walk away, unless it was so cheap I didn't care. 

Like, fuck off mate: you're selling me the car, use the fucking money to buy another battery for whatever unsuspecting piece of shit you're about to get. 
Oh wait, you can't really afford that new car, can you, so you claw the money back by doing the most random, irritating things you can, because you don't know any better and you're having the same thing done to you by the seller of the other car. 

And no, before some smart arse pipes up with 'but the battery could go the next day' yeah, it could, and that's happened to me before, but at least the battery that was fucking in it went with me driving it. 
 

EyesWeldedShut Rank: Lancia Gamma

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A bit on the pricey side for a LHD @ £6K (maybe) but it's a GTL !!!
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lesapandre Rank: Talbot Tagora

lesapandre

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9 hours ago, comfortablynumb said:

Like this, but the dash is a mess 

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The DVLA still recording it as an August 1973 Rolls Royce on that registration. 

It's not. Not sure how the DVLA points system reconciles with it - as there is nothing RR apart from the body. No tax or MoT currently recorded.

Dash:

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comfortablynumb Rank: Citroen Ami

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43 minutes ago, 500tops said:

Fiat Doblo Micro Camper – Guinness World Record Holder –Needs Engine Replacement

 

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That made me laugh 

 

" Fastest camper, needs new engine!'🤣

alcyonecorporation Rank: Renault 16

alcyonecorporation

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11 hours ago, D.E said:

MG, MGF, Convertible, 1999, Manual, 1796 (cc), 2 doors

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Dunno if Rob Zombie's doing a UK tour any time soon but he should defo buy that. 
It's like a 1:1 version of a mad Tamiya kit 'Wheelie Goth Car' or summat. 

He also managed to get a set of wheels in MGF stud pattern which weren't from another MG Rover product; that in itself is an achievement and you get fatwa'd out of the FB groups for even suggesting replacement of the wheels. 

[I also got banned once for not instantly answering someone who wanted to know where I'd bought my heater controls from but Darren, if you're reading this, you can still fuck off, you moaning little prick]. 

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