Ebay Tat Volume 2 - Sadly deceased.

[warren t claim]

I'm trying to remember where the BL factory in Speke was. I always get the site mixed up with the old Metal Box factory. (Another high profile Liverpool failiure).

[dollywobbler]

Where was it built exactly?

I can't believe I drooled over these as a nipper, I always thought of them as supercars due to the shape!

Started off at the Speke works in Liverpool, then transferred to Coventry in 1978 I think. Then again in 1980 to Solihull just in time for production to end in 1981. Value for money!

[lancashireclamper]

Have we had this one yet?

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1972-ford-cortina ... 3f001076d2

[VWPowered]

RHD Mk1 Festa on French Plates.. and Cheap too

 

http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/117387499.htm?ca=14_s

[Minimad5]

Buy it VWP , you know you want to

[Gompo]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1980-MORRIS-MARIN ... 0540831073

Attempts to facelift the Marina really did it no favours.

I 'know' this car, driven very steadily by a typical 'old boy' and always looked very clean.

[RedSparrow]

TR7's are about as 'shite' as you can get!

 

Underpowered, strangely styled and thrown together by bolshy scousers when taking a rare day off from striking with absolutely zero regard for product quality.

 

Get one in brown with a blue door and you've hit sports shite nirvana.

I have got 2 TR7s.

Speke one has been totally rebuilt, Solihul one isn't too bad.

They are pretty high up in the crap sports car ranking I recon. There have been other shite sportscars but none so rubbishly mass produced.

I also happen to think they look fantastic!

So there.

[VWPowered]

Buy it VWP , you know you want to

nooo i want a mk2

[Minimad5]

lol okay

And if you buy a Mk2 in Red, i am driving to france in my Mk1

[lancashireclamper]

A 'Lovejoy special' with a 3.9 Rover V8 up front; surely the ultimate in Autoshite light haulage

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1984-VOLVO-260-GL ... 3f0004b704

[VWPowered]

lol okay

And if you buy a Mk2 in Red, i am driving to france in my Mk1

only gone and emailed him now

[KruJoe]

Sure, some of you will have seen this on the other side...

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=FSW&action=display&thread=81800

Pogweasel Pink FTW!

[Station]

Started off at the Speke works in Liverpool, then transferred to Coventry in 1978 I think. Then again in 1980 to Solihull just in time for production to end in 1981. Value for money!

Then in 1992, BL built a new factory to produce the TR7 on the surface of the moon, only to be told that they had in fact ceased production of the car 11 years earlier, at which point, the whole plant had to be disassembled and returned home, although half way through the workers downed tools, and the factory is currently floating in orbit forever due to half being owned by Ford, a 1/4 by BMW, and Nanjing who owned the keys to the front doors, etc etc.

[pogweasel]

Is this the newest vehicle to ever legitimately feature in "ebay tat"?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2004-ROVER-CITYRO ... 0478282345

[Station]

They would take 950 quid for it, I think that's the cheapest thing you could buy for a 2003 car??

[fordpoplier]

doesn't the queen have one of these for trips to the dump?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... K:MEWAX:IT

[garethj]

They would take 950 quid for it, I think that's the cheapest thing you could buy for a 2003 car??

You could probably get a 2003 big Citroen or Peugeot for less than that

[trigger]

Is it wrong to quite like that Rover? Are they really that bad?

 

I would thought for £950 it worth the gamble.

 

1973 Hillman Hunter 1725

 

This looks quite snazzy and it's surprising tax exempt as well.

 

1981 Toyota Hi-Lux 2.0 4x4

 

This must be getting quite rare at this age and condition, 1 owner from new and only 30k, £2200 doesn't sound expensive neither and i would thought it would export for more then that.

[pogweasel]

"Tax Free" Hunter?

The enquiry is complete

The vehicle details for NDK 384M are:

 

Date of Liability 01 03 2011

Date of First Registration 16 08 1973

Year of Manufacture 1972

Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1725CC

CO2 Emissions Not Available

Fuel Type Petrol

Export Marker Not Applicable

Vehicle Status Licence Not Due

Vehicle Colour GREEN

Vehicle Type Approval

Hmm.

Wonder how they managed that.

You can hardly ring up Rootes Group and ask...

[trigger]

I done the same thing Pog, I guess that they could prove it was made in 1972?.

[Richard]

You can probably tell by the chassis number.

[VWPowered]

doesn't the queen have one of these for going for a dump?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... K:MEWAX:IT

i actually like that but not those rimz, they kill it

[ashmicro]

Raymanboy? Possibly, however mental disorder seems likely no matter who it is:

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... _977wt_958

[kevin 900]

Raymanboy? Possibly, however mental disorder seems likely no matter who it is:

To give him credit, his spelling's better than your average eBay user though...

 

I've got a headache after reading it all.

[pogweasel]

Jesus, what a fugging loon.

[kevin 900]

One of his feedbacks on eBay;

'Positive feedback rating Nice bloke, looked like Les Battersby from Coronation Street!!'

[TagoraSX]

I'm liking that Hunter.

 

It has the Holbay engine, anyone know if the only difference between the G Luxe and the GLS are the twin carbs?

[pogweasel]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1993-SUBARU-284-4 ... 0612369407

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1964-MOSKVICH-Sal ... 0436528389

WOOP WOOP, THA'S THE SOUND OF DA POLICE.

 

I want a car that's REALLY exclusive, but at the same time looks a bit like a Granada...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1977-BRISTOL-BLMC ... 0637946236

Certainly sir, step this way...

[VWPowered]

cough splutter £12,000 for the bristol OMG cut one of my bollocks off why not..

 

i'll take the likkle police car please

[Guest]

I'm liking that Hunter.

 

It has the Holbay engine, anyone know if the only difference between the G Luxe and the GLS are the twin carbs?

Holbay engines had a reworked camshaft and bits for more power.