500tops Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Why upload 24 photos when just 6 will do?! Snake Charmer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWeldedShut Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 2 hours ago, Boycie said: Is there gun case in the boot .... Should only be driven wearing sunglasses and leather gloves Which gloves though? Posh driving gloves (I'm the driver M8, I never get involved on the pavement. These knuckles are virgins.) Or a la Bond (multi-tasking is a thing) Snake Charmer and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 8 hours ago, Mr_Bo11ox said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266667137912 Ah shit man, just look at how much more you could have earned with a poorly-drafted description and a few hastily-snapped photos outside some old pile. £50 says this is back on the bay before the month is out. Urko, sutty2006, Snake Charmer and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 I agree - £2500 was cheap, but £5150 after 12 hours on the bay seems very flakey Coprolalia, Dayno, MJK 24 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 What are we betting the £5,150 was from someone whose cat jumped on the keyboard. eddyramrod, garethj, Matty and 2 others 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 7 minutes ago, sierraman said: What are we betting the £5,150 was from someone whose cat jumped on the keyboard. “Sorry my 6 yr old kid managed to log on my eBay account and buy 14 cars in one night” kinda story? Had that a few times in the past. Uncle Jimmy, egg, sierraman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 3 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said: Which gloves though? Posh driving gloves (I'm the driver M8, I never get involved on the pavement. These knuckles are virgins.) Or a la Bond (multi-tasking is a thing) Id prob go for the Gorman in Brannigan look , however as it AS instead of a Ropey E type id be trying to knock the duke down in a black Hyundai coupe ... ETCHY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Regan was in a squad Zepher in the The Sweeney pilot " Regan " , funnily though he ends up in his own consul later in the film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 From the 1971 Richard Burton flick Villain. ...And the aforesaid Regan car. Snake Charmer, ProgRocker and warren t claim 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobloseven Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Saw a Mk 4 on the road yesterday.Looked lost amongst the moderns.Good to see one in use though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Fair to say these prob the last of the American influenced Fords Snake Charmer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Charmer Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Found this in a damp corner today, came out of that car. When bought in 2007 the then owner boasted how fantastic and reliable it was and he would jump in it now and drive to Scotland, it wouldn't miss a beat. Took two days to drive home from Essex to Heathrow as it would run for 7 miles then stop, not fun on the M25. We made it to South Mimms and came back the next day armed with plugs and points etc., then dived into it. I found a lot of very fine rust in the carburettor, the fuel pump has a glass bowl and looked okay but there was an additional inline filter that also looked clean. Then I noticed it was round the wrong way, took it off and it was packed solid with fine rust from the tank. New filter fitted and we sailed home. With the carb top off there is a loose check ball for the accelerator pump, seems someone had dropped said ball down the inlet and caused all that damage to the piston compressing the ring lands so the rings were stuck hence the engine rebuild. There are still a matching set of light dings in one cylinder head Vulcan Engineering could not remove with a light skim! Nyphur, Asimo, Lacquer Peel and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWeldedShut Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 7 hours ago, Boycie said: Id prob go for the Gorman in Brannigan look , however as it AS instead of a Ropey E type id be trying to knock the duke down in a black Hyundai coupe ... Brannigan? The John Wayne comedy caper. Locations in that are totally screwed if you know Central London but it's one of those movies just worth watching to get a feel for mid-seventies London. Plenty of Hyundai coupes seem to be for sale around here - maybe we could have a reconstruction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustybullethole Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Photographing with nice backdrops does work. Me and a mate used to flip old heaps for pocket change and quickly noticed taking the snaps outside the posh houses up the road worked better than snapping them outside my council block. Hope it finds a good home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 4 hours ago, Boycie said: Fair to say these prob the last of the American influenced Fords Mk3 Cortina could probably squeeze through on a technicality. warren t claim and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urko Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 On 11/02/2024 at 16:39, Boycie said: Fair to say these prob the last of the American influenced Fords Disagree - 90s Fords looked extremely similar either side of the Atlantic - Granada vs Taurus. Merkur Scorpio, though short lived was almost identical to the Euro one - unless you'd argue that Europe was influencing the US of course sierraman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Charmer Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 538 watchers on Ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 2 hours ago, Urko said: Disagree - 90s Fords looked extremely similar either side of the Atlantic - Granada vs Taurus. Merkur Scorpio, though short lived was almost identical to the Euro one - unless you'd argue that Europe was influencing the US of course By the 90s? Yes of course they were! Urko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 8 hours ago, Urko said: ... Merkur Scorpio, though short lived was almost identical to the Euro one Well, yes, because it WAS the Euro one. Exported from Germany in federalised condition. Urko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Charmer Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 On 11/02/2024 at 16:39, Boycie said: Fair to say these prob the last of the American influenced Fords I always thought the successor to the Zephyr Zodiac and Executive, the Consul Granada still had some American styling cues with the long rear lights and body contoured chrome bumpers. eddyramrod, RoadworkUK, Wibble and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 19 hours ago, Snake Charmer said: I always thought the successor to the Zephyr Zodiac and Executive, the Consul Granada still had some American styling cues with the long rear lights and body contoured chrome bumpers. I always thought the back lights / bumper on the Consul / Granada were reminiscent of the Mustang. Snake Charmer and Urko 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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