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I've got a Cadillac brochure of that era, the diesel engines were actually fitted as standard - you had to choose the petrol one as an option! The brochures don't really make a great case for the diesel, drawing attention to the fact that the glowplugs usually take "just" 10-15 seconds and you sit there with a big WAIT light on the dashboard.

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Balls!! Thats on my watch list, waiting to be posted!!!

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Plenty of those GM 5.7 V8 diesels are still in use and do return about 30US/36UK MPG in good fettle.

As far as I can work out, the early ones were unreliable but later ones are sorted and reliable if looked after and serviced properly (many weren't due to the almost universal misunderstanding of diesels in the US).

 

It's about the most offensive vehicle imaginable, I'd love it.

 

What's so weird about it?

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1981-CADILLAC-BIA ... 0767784307

 

5.7 DIESEL V8, Returns 38mpg at 62mph

 

 

22 mpg if you're lucky, and being a Yank diesel, it will explode.Makes a K series look like a paragon of reliability

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Do Amis really fetch so much money, or is the seller being a bit optimistic?

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Do Amis really fetch so much money, or is the seller being a bit optimistic?

 

Um, yes. They do. Reckon it'll do £2500-3000 but could go more. Nice ones don't come up for sale very often yet values still stay lower than an equivalent 2CV (which'd probably be £5k on Ebay). James May paid an entirely reasonable £1500 for his Ami 8 estate, and that was a touch shabby in places.

 

That one's a real beauty. Shame about the cruddy number plates though. If you're going to go all illegal, go for French font or how about some nice, legal white/yellows?

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Do Amis really fetch so much money, or is the seller being a bit optimistic?

 

Um, yes. They do. Reckon it'll do £2500-3000 but could go more. Nice ones don't come up for sale very often yet values still stay lower than an equivalent 2CV (which'd probably be £5k on Ebay). James May paid an entirely reasonable £1500 for his Ami 8 estate, and that was a touch shabby in places.

 

That one's a real beauty. Shame about the cruddy number plates though. If you're going to go all illegal, go for French font or how about some nice, legal white/yellows?

 

I can see why they're attractive to some people, but then I can see why Solaras are attractive, too... :D

Had never realised that the Ami had reached "proper classic" status.

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Tempted by this...

 

$(KGrHqUOKj8E19L36O,NBNlMIDZ4h!~~_12.JPG

 

...but this factoid would be news to me. And anyone else who's got a Zetec Haynes manual:

and as it is the silver top Zetec engine has steel timing gear so no need to replace belts

Erm... Still, it's a cheap estate.

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With its Suffolk registration I’d love to know where that Yugo was first sold. Could even have been Willows Garage, the place that ChinaTom’s uncle ran.

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1950-MORRIS-MINOR ... 3366ea8687

 

I'm not sure if there is a mistake here but this is listed as only being up for £1995!

 

Nice looking car but not original enough I suspect to make big money. Seller mentions it having different (to the front) rear wings but unless the rears are substantially different I'd be curious as to why the rear axle doesn't seem to sit right. To be fair though for the money it doesn't look a bad old bus but a real shame about the original bumpers not being present.

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Cavette's right on the money, the 1275 engine and mis-matched interior will put off the lowlight purists. Still looks GR8 though.

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Yeah, I'd love that Minor. Low light charm with a good bit of go. I don't think the bumpers are necessarily "wrong" as I think it was only very early production that had the extra bit in the middle.

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Not sure on the Old Knacker low lamp. There's a black one round here that appears now and again with an A35, and the arse end looks a bit like the maroon one. Must get a pic next time of both of them, as the two old boys who own them are decent sorts.

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