Show me your shite!

[ChinaTom]

No change for me this year yet in terms of additions - the cull continued with the tearful parting with the Pajero, but older cars like that do not take kindly to being parked up for months on end, so thought it best to move it on.

 

UK Daily. Nice old bus that will pass 190k miles this year with no major hassle. Bodywork starting to go, but only cosmetically.

 

UK: Had this about 10 years now and used it as an alternative to RyanAir to get me to Germany and back for a few years. It began to rot and break down a bit so I laid it up for a few years and now it is coming to the end of a restoration - the costs of which would bring a small country to its knees. But, love does silly things to a chap.

 

China Daily. Still providing faithful service - Great Wall Deer XLWB.

[Negative Creep]

Nothing for me at the moment. Will get something when I get back to the UK, but may not be able to get something straight away

[Peter C]

povo spec 200 4-speed manual. Bought off Martin buckley of c&sc. Lots of filler in the rear arches

 

Ex Martin Buckley ehh? Is that the one that he sold with a short MoT, crusty sills and a knackered driver's seat base and then promptly replaced it with an ivory coloured W123?

[steve austin]

Thats a lovely looking capri has it has much bodywork done in your ownership?

 

Cheers

No it's totally original (has had an o/s wing at some point assume from a knock in it's early days)

I bought it off a guy who only used it in summer months since 1990 - i bought it with 56,000 in 2002 and it's now got 61,000 (Ithink!!)

Never been welded (other than that wing !!) and dosn't need any

You are living my dream, a heady mix of classic Fords and Japs! Where do you keep em all? Renting an airfield?

[steve austin]

Go on then!

 

Let's start in a bad place. The CX. Currently knackered because the fuel pump isn't pumping. Does look nice and is sublime when working!

 

A better Citroen. My BX TGD which has been brilliant. Yes, I've spent money on it, but it's been brilliant.

 

This is how it started out last September.

 

Then we went silly with some stickers...

 

And drove it all around France - here at the Loheac motor museum. Well worth a visit

 

The Westminster. Soon to depart hopefully... (forgot to include the sunvisor, anyone need one?)

 

The Mini. Wife's Daily. Currently not charging very well again, even though it's got a nearly-new alternator. Mind you, my wife keeps leaving the headlights on which doesn't help...

 

Lastly, the 2CV, giving it some hoon as usual. I'll never be without a 2CV!

Always wanted the big CX but am scared of all that suspension stuff!

[steve austin]

In full "Autoshite calendar" spec.

Had my share of Montys and Maestro's inc Monty MG 2.0EFI and a very nippy 1.6 Maestro that leaked more oil than BP on a bad day! Still hankering after another of either breed though, especially a turbo

[steve austin]

I like the ZR750, are they any good? Always fancied one but are they under powered? I cant afford anything but shite hahaha, see my pics

 

Not especially fast, woefully low-geared, and doesn't handle particularly well, but quite nice looking (IMO) and very easy on the wallet to own, which was exactly what I needed when I bought it....Biggest attribute though, is comfort. It did 655 miles to Ullapool in a day without so much as a numb bum!

Aaah, maybe I will give one a miss then. I like nippy bikes that go round corners as I dont commute far on my old beasts. The ZRX is quite a surprise as it is pokey (100bhp) and handles for a big ol lump. The 10 is fast but I wouldnt push it on the twisties too hard!

[steve austin]

My trusty 300 dizzler, over 400K on the clock and still chugging allong

 

povo spec 200 4-speed manual. Bought off Martin buckley of c&sc. Lots of filler in the rear arches

 

picked up yesterday. Bought dirt cheap- Ill have to get back to you wether or not it was a good Idea. Had sat in a lockup for a bit, had a 250 mile journey ahead of me but got me back no probs (with even the cruise control working) its a 4.0

Cant beat an old Merc, they just keep going. I always wanted a Jag too but its the mpg that puts me off, can handle low 20's but they are terrible arent they?

[Justin Case]

In full "Autoshite calendar" spec.

 

Is that a Ledbury Maestro. If so, then double bonus shite points

[steve austin]

Up until last Friday I was driving this right ol' piece of shite:

 

I'm now driving a 'future shite' car...with an un-shite spec (sorry for the dark pics):

Aha, there you are! I had a couple of mk5 Escorts, served me well as I remember but prone to rust? Had a nice Primera Sport+ with the CVT six speed gearbox. Sold it 2yrs ago to a guy in Norwich and unfortunately the box went and he scrapped her as repair was quoted at £800! Hey ho, think I have a pic somewhere.....

[dollywobbler]

Steve - Citroen hydraulics are not scary. It's a myth. On CXs, it's the bloody electrics you need to be scared of!

 

In 15k miles, the BX has developed only a couple of small leaks fixed with easily replaced parts. Overhauling the suspension on each corner amounts to the same job as changing an oil filter. One sphere is your spring and damper. Simple!

[steve austin]

Oh ok. I had a bad experience with a "bargain" Citroen xantia a few years back that needed a total suspension overhaul that was a fair few hundred quid to rectify if I remember. Also, my dad has a 65 ADO16 that needs attention to suspension and that aint cheap either? I get scared by this fluid jiggery pokery!

[dollywobbler]

It can be costly when it goes wrong, but it's like anything. Regular care is the key. If you don't replace a knackered accumulator sphere, the pump has to work almost all of the time and so will fail. If you don't replace spheres, the ride goes crap.

 

But then when you look at modern cars, a lot of them are very good at snapping coil springs, and shock absorbers need replacing from time to time.

 

The one big, nasty job on hydraulic systems is replacing the 'octopus,' which is where a load of hydraulic lines go into one big blobby thing. It's in a crap place on almost all hydraulic Citroens, and you can't get them for some cars.

[HereHareHere]

Is that a Ledbury Maestro. If so, then double bonus shite points

Damn straight it is. It's actually in remarkably good nick and has given a pretty good account of itself during the 15 months (and 5,000 miles) I've had it. The wipers froze to the windscreen and buggered the whole linkage back in Feb, and the centre section of the exhaust fell off last month just as I was joining the M4 for a 100-mile drive to London. Other than that, nothing but a growing fondness for Tesco Value 20w/50.

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

steve man, please don't quote hundreds of pictures just to make one comment.

[Gompo]

[Anglevan]

Thats a lovely looking capri has it has much bodywork done in your ownership?

 

Cheers

No it's totally original (has had an o/s wing at some point assume from a knock in it's early days)

I bought it off a guy who only used it in summer months since 1990 - i bought it with 56,000 in 2002 and it's now got 61,000 (Ithink!!)

Never been welded (other than that wing !!) and dosn't need any

You are living my dream, a heady mix of classic Fords and Japs! Where do you keep em all? Renting an airfield?

 

To be honest I really need to sell some, I've always loved old Fords (pre 90) and as I worked for a Mitusbishi dealer again I have a soft spot for them to. In an ideal garage i'd add a Starion turbo. I am having cravings for something BL at some stage and a Austin 1300 GT would be nice

All cars are dotted around, I have a lock up I rent + the Anglia is being rebuilt at a friends barn. Need to sell Camper and maybe one of the Lancers / XR2 as some point but no rush just yet..

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

Nice to see an Integra that isn't white Gompo! Is it a UK car? I've always quite fancied one.

[Tartan58]

Enjoyed flicking through this thread - good to see what everyone's driving and gives me some good ideas (as well as making me a teeny bit jealous)

This is the extent of my fleet just now:

..rather un-shite but unless something cataclismic happens I intend keeping it until it is!

 

Scour the classifieds daily for something shite but nothing's come up at the right price and within a reasonable distance yet, if I'd been down south I'd have bought many by now! (this beauty is giving me some serious thinking to do just now but is a bit out of my budget just now)http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C185715/#

[Spottedlaurel]

No real additions at all this year:

 

 

Laurel just got a new MoT on it, going well.

 

 

Camry Sport daily, hopefully it'll be doing this again at Marham next April, but in the meantime it's running on the estate's old 15" steels and looking filthy.

 

 

My much-loved Camry estate, which I had on the road for 2+ years, sold to Wuvvum who took it up to 203k miles, then I bought it back off him for spares. It now sits on the 17" Sport alloys just to keep it mobile (they got worn down to the canvas on the track day).

 

 

The dead Laurel. Clearly not a recent photo, but it looks little different to this now. Plan is for it go by the end of this year, but it keeps providing bits and I've got other things to do.

 

 

Mrs SL's Primera. Was actually mine, but father-in-law needed a car so we donated her Carina E just visible in the background to him and she took this over. Green Bluebird was sold to Craig Cheetham who was briefly on here. DVLA says its last tax expired at the end of April 2010, be a shame if that one has been scrapped/raced as it was a tidy example. As ever, wish I'd still got it...

 

No spare money for anything else right now, though I am hoping to acquire another Camry for spares from someone locally.

[flat4alfa]

[HMC]

povo spec 200 4-speed manual. Bought off Martin buckley of c&sc. Lots of filler in the rear arches

 

Ex Martin Buckley ehh? Is that the one that he sold with a short MoT, crusty sills and a knackered driver's seat base and then promptly replaced it with an ivory coloured W123?

 

Yup, thats the car. Rewind to earlier this year, I caught the train over to Stroud, and spent some time over at his storage mill, chewing the fat and looking over his fiat 130 coupe and lagonda rapide. We agreed on a price, and I caught the moment on film for posterity

 

Ive read c&sc for years so meeting up with Martin and talking old cars was great

He wrote about it in c&sc and over a few issues of Merc Enthusiast running reports.

Since acquisition, a mate sorted the sills, The drivers seat (which had a spring poking out) was replaced by a lucky find on e bay. Next year i might have the rear arches sorted. My crap auto eletrics skills mean I still havent got around to sorting the becker radio- Peter C your w123 looks far more minty than mine

[Rusty Pelican]

This , Bit knacked , no engine and probably off to the scrappers soon

 

 

Had this since 91 , made entirely out of dead Imps , reliable and my daily from 91 to 99

 

 

Had this since 87 , nice to drive but not as much fun as the blue thing above

 

 

Ive this 86 Beemer as a daily , So nothing less than 25 years old , well happy

 

[HillmanImp]

This , Bit knacked , no engine and probably off to the scrappers soon

 

Bagsy the rear window hinges....

 

The shell looks quite good? Certainly better than mine did when I got it. Whats the griff with it?

[steve austin]

steve man, please don't quote hundreds of pictures just to make one comment.

Sorry!

[Peter C]

Yup, thats the car. Rewind to earlier this year, I caught the train over to Stroud, and spent some time over at his storage mill, chewing the fat and looking over his fiat 130 coupe and lagonda rapide. We agreed on a price, and I caught the moment on film for posterity

 

Ive read c&sc for years so meeting up with Martin and talking old cars was great

He wrote about it in c&sc and over a few issues of Merc Enthusiast running reports.

Since acquisition, a mate sorted the sills, The drivers seat (which had a spring poking out) was replaced by a lucky find on e bay. Next year i might have the rear arches sorted. My crap auto eletrics skills mean I still havent got around to sorting the becker radio- Peter C your w123 looks far more minty than mine

 

I subscribe to C&SC and buy Mercedes Enthiusiast every month. I've read a lot about your car.

 

Martin Buckley is my favourite journo, he likes the same cars as I do, although that said his Fiat 130 doesn't do much for me.

 

I recently sold a W126 300SE Merc. Just before I sold it I met a guy at a car show posing next to an immaculate W126 300SE, which he recently purchased via Mr Buckley. This is the car:

 

 

My W123 230E is in good condition but it is not perfect. I am in the process of obtaining quotations to have the rear panel beneath the screen repaired, as a little rot is starting to come through. The old Merc is a keeper so I don't mind spending money on it.

 

Where are you based brookjm?

 

Peter C

 

PS: Cool photograph, but that jacket is too small for you.

[gearoil]

Shite...

 

 

This is sitting in my shed SORN'd, seized brakes, covered in dust thick enough to write on, grot everywhere. Still starts 1st time. Just can't summon up the balls to weigh it in.

 

Broken for spares rotten shite... will have to test the water with the DVLA and their 'thou shall not self scrap' nonsense.

 

 

Family non shite...

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

 

 

[ChinaTom]

That package next to the Beta looks quite familiar - pretty sure it used to fall on my feet everytime I opened the office cupboard. I meant to ask - did those bumpers fit the 929? i notice yours has headlamp washers.

[steve austin]

Shite...

 

 

This is sitting in my shed SORN'd, seized brakes, covered in dust thick enough to write on, grot everywhere. Still starts 1st time. Just can't summon up the balls to weigh it in.

 

I was at a local car auction last week and a D plate XR4X4 came trundling into the auction hall with filled arches but sounded sweet, didnt smoke or steam, had the original alloys and a very long mot, overall condition 2 but only made £350. I was so tempted but the mrs was there!