Practically Classics Forum

Basically, they're ringers, stolen in the UK, and sold on for export with an I'd from a V5 bought off ebay, its no coincidence that this mainly affects minis and landrovers. The original ID of these cars is long gone, they'll never be able to trace them back to their original owners, so its a shame,...

Oddball? Anything metric! Some Jags, beemers, metros, maestros, montegos from a short period in the eighties, and probably some exotica too. You can still get them in the beemer sizes at astronomical prices, but if you have a metro running 315mm rims, you have two options- either get a set of imperi...

Mine lives outdoors under a port type thing I knocked up round the side. Keeps most of the rain off, but leaves it open to the wind so damp doesn't build up. If I drive it in the wet it soon dries out, especially if its windy.

Polly want a cracker?

Correct! If o won the lottery, which will never happen as I don't buy a ticket, a Scott would be on the list, or if I was really lucky a 70's Silk reinterpretation of the flying squirrel......soooooo coooool 8-) interesting that Alfred Scott invented the kickstarter...shame he rode around in his soc...

we've had a Jowett.....here's something else from up North......clue, the motorcycle it's based on was pretty sophisticated in it's day, elegant too, but this attempt to turn it into a light car doesn't really work aesthetically, despite the early spaceframe you can see a glimpse of below the door, ...

Are we looking at a LaFrance Speedster?

i wouldn't bank on it......whe Eichmann was grabbed by the Mossad he'd just got off the bus!

But did they go looking for a particular car, i.e. a Porsche, or did they trawl dvla for some variation on the plate and then buy that particular car, whatever it was? Either way, I suspect they planted the story in the argie press and it just went wrong.

That's the case with most cars now....Mrs Rusty's Korean oilburner comes complete with full Bosch diesel management and injection system, which is now sourced by Bosch from China. The brake parts are dead ringers for girling units but without a big G on them, no doubt other bits will be from around ...