Negative Creep Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Ok, so where do i begin? I had a 306 HDI whihc got wrote off about a month ago, after receiving a settlement from my insurers, (£850), i threw all of the money at this alfa 156. I bought it sold as seen, drove it home, and it had a slight misfire. so i whipped the plugs out, and cleaned them up, and that sorted the issue. But, on the way to tesco some 30 minutes later, the car started bellowing smoke, and started to produce a god awful rattle at 3k, so i limped it home and parked it up. it starts, and will rev to 3k when it makes a noise so i wouldnt take it any further. I have been told it needs a cam variator? I am unsure as its only since this noise it smokes. The car has 77k, i have NO service history as the garage i bought it from 'lost' it. It has the dark blue leather inside, which apart from drivers wear(nothing serious) is spotless. The rear seats look untouched. Cosmetically, the car is brilliant for an S-reg, aside from a bit of evidence of a minor scrape on the near side rear door. It has alloys fitted, the rcl doesnt work off the fob but ok on the door locks. There is only one key which is red, i presume a master key? The car will need fixing, i wouldnt recommend driving away , as it will engulf everybody within a 5 mile radius with smoke. http://pistonheads.com/sales/2202614.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogeezer Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 If he bought it from a garage he should take the thing back.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 If crashing through a hedge is your bag, this is the car for you.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0586737487 If 205 Gits were as dangerous as people make out then I shouldn't have survived past my 25th birthday, Cos I had one and drove it like a twat! Best car (for a slightly deranged 20 something petrol head) of evar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 .IDEAL FOR BIRTHDAYS WEDDINGS AND HEN PARTIES E.C.T.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1985-FORD-GRANADA ... 0453657289 While we're on big pink things... I have a real BONR for this.I used to hate them, in fact I can still smell that musty-spicy smell they all seemed to have.I rather fancy one now http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1985-NISSAN-SUNNY ... 0695857319 Wouldn't kick this outta bed, either.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1987-RENAULT-21-M ... 0542989961 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-MUSTANG-FOX- ... 0288254934 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TagoraSX Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 If my lottery numbers come up this week I will be smoking about in this. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tatra-613-5-/2206 ... 336298cd41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 .IDEAL FOR THE OVAL.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1985-FORD-GRANADA ... 0453657289 EFA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theorganist Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Tempted by that Renner 21. Isn't is Dolly Wobblers old one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Yes it is, and mine! Buy it, Buy it Buy it Buy it!! The leather is lovely!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandamonium Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :MESELX:IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brammy777 Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 ^I know that car, it really is stupidly clean, heres some more proof in this photo.Also, the stuff in the background, I have never seen ANY of them before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 C U L8R, MONEY!http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1993-L-Jaguar-XJ1 ... 0317056863 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolleyiain Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/vauxhall-viva-gls ... 0589544718*SPAFF* I had that car (I think.From memory, the reg is real similar). Ran it between '97 and '99 until it developed a rod knock and the floor fell out of it. The local tin merchant came and picked it up at that point, gave me 50 quid for it. I never saw it again. Seven clock dash in it too, I've never seen another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autofive Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 If my lottery numbers come up this week I will be smoking about in this. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tatra-613-5-/2206 ... 336298cd41 rare as it is (if the seller is to be believed) is it really worth 25 large? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1977-ROVER-3500-S ... 0520804224OM NOM NOMS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TagoraSX Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 That SD1 is a honey. I missed a 1977 auto on ebay last week by 28 quid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 I had a 1/43 scale SD1 in that yellow when I was 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancashireclamper Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1977-ROVER-3500-S ... 0520804224OM NOM NOMS! That's a George Cowley special. "THAT'S MR COWLEY TO YOU!" Didn't the same car appear in The New Avengers piloted by Patrick Macnee aka John Steed? Say what you like about Brian Clemens but he knew how to write a 70's TV show and seemed to have an affinity for BL vehicles; the man can't be all bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TagoraSX Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2002-RENAULT-VEL- ... 51964e1791 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXrescuer Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 That's nice but at the moment it's £500 more than my available cash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HereHareHere Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 This scabby €700 Fiat 1100 is clearly but one modest entry in this gentleman's many-volumed Encyclopaedia Shiteanicus. http://www.autoscout24.it/Details.aspx?id=160290004 €700. GR8 4 XCEEDING EU OLIVE QUOTAZ. http://www.autoscout24.it/Details.aspx?id=183244114 Not sure why I like these so much. I think it might be their starring role in all those Majorette-type continental airport/police/roadworks sets. €750. http://www.autoscout24.it/Details.aspx?id=184699443 Suspect this might be a bit wobby close up, but €790 still can't be bad. Only 79k km as well - plus vinyl 'n' wind deflectors for added WIN. http://www.autoscout24.it/Details.aspx?id=185242008 €800. http://www.autoscout24.it/Details.aspx?id=183458395 Look at this! (Not too closely. What do you expect for €800?) http://www.autoscout24.it/Details.aspx?id=184907909 Just as I was getting to grips with the monstrous ugliness of these things, along comes THIS. Having said that, probably not bad for €800. http://www.autoscout24.it/Details.aspx?id=184908539 At this moment is not assemblied. €800. http://www.autoscout24.it/Details.aspx?id=183074116 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Try finding one of these which hasn't been totally bastardised. This is the most original one I could find. Shame, as these are quite zippy & totally removed from the awful 1.0 versions.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0493122039 GR8 4 GIVING A DAMN GOOD THRASHING.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0696897982 this Chevette needs saving from further TwatLookification.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0611702520 ANNOY YOUR NEIGHBOURS, PARTNER AND CHILDREN WITH THIS DISGUSTING MOTORISED TIN WHELK.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0697458162 This samba looks appealingly miserable.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0478876726 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
face Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 ANNOY YOUR NEIGHBOURS, PARTNER AND CHILDREN WITH THIS DISGUSTING MOTORISED TIN WHELK. Excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 If my lottery numbers come up this week I will be smoking about in this. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tatra-613-5-/2206 ... 336298cd41 I’m fairly sure this is the ex-Tim Bishop car. He went to Tatra in the early ‘90s to flog a fuel injection system and ended up getting the contract to develop the T613 from where it hadn’t really moved as a 1970s design with 1980s plastic bumpers stuck on. It gained a very clever sequential fuel injection system, boosting power of the quad cam V8 from 160bhp to 200bhp. They also programmed the ECU to de-clutch the cooling fan at full throttle and maximum revs which gave another 20bhp, briefly. Power steering was (I think) the same ZF rack as the NSU Ro80 and the suspension got a lot of tweaks to improve the handling. When I had one, its level of grip was way above my level of fear. Aircon was fitted as standard, early ‘90s cars had the radiator in the engine bay but later ones had it behind the front bumper. I was told that despite having orders, the factory couldn’t build the cars. This might allegedly be alleged to do with the Czech mafia of the time, allegedly. Cars were on the line being completed but when an order for wheels was placed, the lorry would arrive with suspension parts instead. This led to customer orders being cancelled and it all went off the boil. Now, Tim Bishop is the technical director of Connaught cars, so tough looking Czech assembly workers from the communist era have prepared him well for dealing with Welsh valley girls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Viceroy! Have we seen this before the pics are getting on a bit. 43000 Genuing MilesStarts & Runs OKUnleaded ConversionNo MOT & Tax, £1500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Nicely put Gareth, you're right about it being the ex-Bishop car. Probably the most famous Tatra in the world. Trouble is, no one really wants 613s and you could get a concourse 603-2 for less than 25k. Hard to put a value on a unique car but it still seems a bit rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 http://www.autoscout24.it/Details.aspx?id=183074116Is it good to have the towrope in shot when you advertise a car? I'd like to think that just out of frame is a huge pile of rust where he dropped the clutch doing a bump start and the rusty baffles shot out of the tailpipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 This fine example of a 504 cabrio is tickling my fancy. If I was looking for a way to loose several thousand pounds and years of spare evenings, this would be the way. The owner is obviously a gentleman of fine taste and huge cash reserves, look at what's parked outside his house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 I purchased her 2 summers ago to enjoy summer weekends and evenings out with my wife after she started to complain that I was ableto enjoy summer out on my motorbike while she was stuck at home! (She didn't enjoy being a pillion on the bike.) GR8 4 WHEELEEZ ON DA BIKE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 I'm not sure this is value for money as such, but it appeals as you'd be much better off buying a nice M3 cabrio or something If I was buying doomed projects from the 1971 motor show, I'd rather have this, whatever it is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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