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By *inaTitzTV/TS 3 weeks ago
Titz Towers, North Notts |
I keep thinking I'd like a Rover P6, but then when I was out with work on Saturday night, I passed a Capri being winched onto the back of a low loader and decided to not bother looking up classics  |
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"I keep thinking I'd like a Rover P6, but then when I was out with work on Saturday night, I passed a Capri being winched onto the back of a low loader and decided to not bother looking up classics "
Hope the Capri wasn in the process of being nicked.
The low loader theft method is likely to receive no suspicion from onlookers. I tell friends not to park in an end space if practical. |
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By *inaTitzTV/TS 3 weeks ago
Titz Towers, North Notts |
"I keep thinking I'd like a Rover P6, but then when I was out with work on Saturday night, I passed a Capri being winched onto the back of a low loader and decided to not bother looking up classics
Hope the Capri wasn in the process of being nicked.
The low loader theft method is likely to receive no suspicion from onlookers. I tell friends not to park in an end space if practical."
No, this was on a busy A road in the middle of nowhere |
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Rover P6
Benz w124
Have a RE Bullet 500 but India have diluted the classic out of it"
You have a point, it's the compromise India had to make with modern fuel-injection and cleaner emissions with them having to adhere to strict emissions regulations. Sign of the times with discontinuing a lot of the iconic classic engines on vehicles across the globe. |
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"A few currently gathering dust.
just waiting for three things, time, money & the inclination."
Time is such a big factor, a simple problem that needs a part to resolve can take months to find, and don't mention the price. Last year a speedometer repair took 4 months to complete and a tiny plastic gear cost £70  . |
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By *wcoMan 3 weeks ago
West Midlands |
"A Ford consul Mk1
In black , she is in need of a re spray after a jealous twat put a scratch (key )
Down the whole side when at my sons "
I'm not having inanimate objects being given a personal pronoun. I know they do it in films but this is the real world.  |
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"A few currently gathering dust.
just waiting for three things, time, money & the inclination.
Time is such a big factor, a simple problem that needs a part to resolve can take months to find, and don't mention the price. Last year a speedometer repair took 4 months to complete and a tiny plastic gear cost £70 . "
What bits are you looking for? |
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"A few currently gathering dust.
just waiting for three things, time, money & the inclination.
Time is such a big factor, a simple problem that needs a part to resolve can take months to find, and don't mention the price. Last year a speedometer repair took 4 months to complete and a tiny plastic gear cost £70 .
What bits are you looking for?"
He’s got the speedo cog. Just needs the rest of the car to put it in.  |
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"A few currently gathering dust.
just waiting for three things, time, money & the inclination.
Time is such a big factor, a simple problem that needs a part to resolve can take months to find, and don't mention the price. Last year a speedometer repair took 4 months to complete and a tiny plastic gear cost £70 .
What bits are you looking for?"
The list is always long, but not looking for anything specific at the moment. That price was for a new 25 tooth speedo drive for a Ford type 9 gearbox. It stopped an annoying oil leak. The four months was for a VDO speedo to be repaired after it failed touring Europe last year.
Its easy to fall out of love with classic cars when you look at the list of problems, but easy to forgive everything after a good drive. |
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The list is always long, but not looking for anything specific at the moment. That price was for a new 25 tooth speedo drive for a Ford type 9 gearbox. It stopped an annoying oil leak. The four months was for a VDO speedo to be repaired after it failed touring Europe last year.
Its easy to fall out of love with classic cars when you look at the list of problems, but easy to forgive everything after a good drive.
I agree with that, I've had 7 for 25+ years, so much fun on a sunny day, but when your going to a wedding, having mud or bits of road kill pick up by the front tyres and flung over your passenger, doesn't make you or the car very popular, LOL
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The list is always long, but not looking for anything specific at the moment. That price was for a new 25 tooth speedo drive for a Ford type 9 gearbox. It stopped an annoying oil leak. The four months was for a VDO speedo to be repaired after it failed touring Europe last year.
Its easy to fall out of love with classic cars when you look at the list of problems, but easy to forgive everything after a good drive.
I agree with that, I've had 7 for 25+ years, so much fun on a sunny day, but when your going to a wedding, having mud or bits of road kill pick up by the front tyres and flung over your passenger, doesn't make you or the car very popular, LOL
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"I used to restore them and have owned quite a few. I served my apprenticeship as a panel beater making wings and panels for cars"
Currently rebuilding a BMW M3 CSL
Just finished a 65 VW T2 splitty. Owned and worked in some very famous cars |
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I restore classic cars for customers — everything from Lotus Cortinas to E-Type Jaguars. I do the full works really, from welding and fabrication to paintwork and complete interior rebuilds.
At the moment I’m also working on a Mini that belonged to one of The Beatles, which is pretty special to have in the workshop |
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What's a good way to sell a classic car nowadays? An elderly relative wants to sell theirs, but doesn't want lots of tyre kickers & wannabe traders around their place, and looking at the auction houses they would charge £1-2k (it is a Mini Cooper that is worth £10-£15k) plus you'd have to get it there & potentially get it back if it didn't sell for whatever reserve they'll allow you. There's no room at mine for it either.
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"What's a good way to sell a classic car nowadays? An elderly relative wants to sell theirs, but doesn't want lots of tyre kickers & wannabe traders around their place, and looking at the auction houses they would charge £1-2k (it is a Mini Cooper that is worth £10-£15k) plus you'd have to get it there & potentially get it back if it didn't sell for whatever reserve they'll allow you. There's no room at mine for it either.
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Tried to send a message 🤷♂️🤷♂️ |
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Had a classic mini that I just sold ..... partially finished project, just needed the cylinder head doing, rear subframe and interior.
In the hunt for a Caterham 7 now..... preferably with the Sigma or K Series engine |
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By *ydaz70Man 3 weeks ago
Rotherham /newquay |
"Many of us can say that we once owned a car which would
now be a classic if we hadn't sold or scrapped it years ago.
The benefit of hindsight, eh!"
yep I've owned over 100 mk1 mk2 ecorts I'm my yrs only kept a few definitely could have kept more |
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"Does anyone on here have a classic car?"
Being brought up around old classics was great my dad was for the english ones vauxhall crestas mainly
My dads brother was more into the yank cars cadillacs am amazed how big they are
But like all classics i loved seeing the ladies around them  |
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"The bane of my life at the moment is an old Alfa Romeo GTV that is being resto-modded.The other half is obsessed with it and spends hours scouring the internet for parts and what not for it. "
well if you need anything to keep ypu amused whilst he is searching for parts, then you know where I am |
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but I don't own one 
