Would anyone ...

[Station]

buy this for 200 quid tax and test?

 

Surely worthy of a few months of cheap motoring?

 

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.c ... read=81800

[dollywobbler]

Yes. You would buy it. Look forward to reports!

[ashmicro]

£200 can't go wrong at that. Probably would polish up reasonably well, too.

[Minimad5]

Price a clutch first

If you need a hand with it, then throw me a message / txt.

 

If you buy it, you HAVE TO get some "powered by fairy dust" stickers whilst it is still pinky red

[Station]

^ Think that's sorted with the addition on the back:

 

 

Clutch 40 quid

 

And bodge on an old exhaust from somewhere! GR8 for attractin womin. rear dor 4 back seat lovin.

[Lukas]

Horrible looking, very small and very uncomfortable car...

[fearthecat]

I think whoever buys it should use some 'frosted glass spray' so the windows look as faded as the rest of the car.

[Station]

Two of those things could echo the current car I have!

 

Does anyone know what 'freckle off an Italian' mean?

[Milford Cubicle]

I think wuvvum and Nigel Bickle really rate these. what more can you ask for?

[Station]

It says in the advert that, and I quoth, 'it's been sat up since October, as the old man died when he drove back from the MOT'.

GR666 4 possessed accidents.

[Minimad5]

I think thats the last thing we all need, a dead Dave.

[autofive]

It says in the advert that, and I quoth, 'it's been sat up since October, as the old man died when he drove back from the MOT'.

GR666 4 possessed accidents.

the shock of a MOT pass perhaps?

[Minimad5]

Dave if you are going to get this, give me a shout and i will come with you (Taking the camera of course). It'll be a laugh.

And in the even of a sudden death, i will take many pictures.

 

Maybe the old guy died from Clutch smoke inhalation

[Pete-M]

Aren't these worth about £2bn and capable of 900 mpg?

 

I thought not.

 

Do you not think it would get very boring, very quickly? It would be difficult to beat for disposable motoring in a few ways, but it's not impossible to find a fully working, taxed and tested Xantia TD for only a few quid more and the Xantia would be an infinately preferable thing to actually spend time in. Xantias are good things. Little Korean econoboxes are rarely anything other than dire.

[Volksy]

Yeh, but I dig fizzy econoboxes, as much as wafty saloons. I bet they are an absolute hoot to drive, on their terrain.

[Station]

Yeah, just for literally a couple of weeks. Getting quotes of 500 quid (cheapest). Why the hell can't I get cheaper insurance anymore? I'm suddenly paying twice what I normally do.

[nigel bickle]

Do indeed rate.

 

Equipped each offspring with one, taxed,insured, Mot'd for1 yr- their decision thereafter.

 

The 1300's are a hot to drive, dirt cheap to run & ultra reliable.

Each was duly sold on, by said offspring ,for a tidy profit.

 

And they're so ugly you dont need to ever lock them!

[MrDuke]

Only buy it if you're intending to recreate the original whitewall tyres. They were the single best thing about them.

[Tartan58]

I learnt to drive and sat my test in one of those. To be fair I didn't have much to compare it against at the time but I wouldn't rush to get in another one!

 

Just bland, surely there's much more interesting options for £200.

[gtd2000]

They are well regarded in the USA for achieving fairly stellar mileages - manufactured in Korea but with Ford Festiva badges and solid Mazda mechanicals.

 

As mentioned - not exactly of aesthetic interest but good basic transport none the less.

 

Not interference engines too, I believe..., so no need to worry about cambelts even when they snap!

[Station]

I learnt to drive and sat my test in one of those. To be fair I didn't have much to compare it against at the time but I wouldn't rush to get in another one!

 

Just bland, surely there's much more interesting options for £200.

Taxed and tested til November for 200 quid though? I've got a large size gas guzzler, just want some cheap.

[M'coli]

Just bland, surely there's much more interesting options for £200.

Isn't that one of the points of Autoshite?

[Tartan58]

Just bland, surely there's much more interesting options for £200.

Isn't that one of the points of Autoshite?

Meh, perhaps - I'm just a newby with 5 posts though so what do I know

 

Too new to be interesting Autoshite was my thinking...

[MK5 Escort]

£200 for it sounds okay to me. Personally, I'd be tempted to keep it into next year - just to get some of your money back (or money's worth, rather) from the exhaust and clutch it needs. Then flog it next spring for £300-325.

 

Indeed, other than the offside front wing which would probably require a mop, I suspect that would polish up quite well with a good morning's/afternoon's work and I reckon the bumpers would come up quite well too. Mmmmm - velour seats too! You just don't get them any more...