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Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2016 6:10 am
by rich.
had the vdp princess...
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my brother has it now
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, its done 16k from new.... i drove an 1100 for about 4000 miles, i loved it but my brother refused to sell it to me, he sold it to someone else for less than i offered him
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..
Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 9:26 am
by rich.
Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 10:44 am
by TerryG
You should have done the owner a favour and parked on top of it with your tipper.
Post those pics on barryboys.co.uk they will enjoy having a laugh.
Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 2:50 pm
by rich.
![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
ill let you do the honours terry! just thought you chaps would apreciate this one.. have you spotted the badges?
Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 2:55 pm
by TerryG
At least the hubcaps and grill match :S
Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 4:15 pm
by JPB
![Confused :?](./images/smilies/icon_e_confused.gif)
OK, so is it a BMW or a Harley? Amazingly, the owner's attempt to disguise the origin of whatever sort of motor vehicle that is has worked and I really wasn't sure at first..
Kill the thing, kill it before it grows! Better yet: Give the rank object a good old rogering with a broom handle, that'll show it that your sense of humour isn't broken.
Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 7:39 pm
by GHT
rich. wrote:look at this little beauty chaps!
Beauty? Have you made that appointment with your optician yet?
I thought it was a van derivative of the Vauxhall/Opel Corsa.
Re: What classic vehicles have http://www.practically-classics.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=3you seen?
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 6:40 am
by rich.
thought you would like that one mr ght!!
i have an appointment with the optician 6th may....
Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 10:39 am
by JPB
GHT should make an appointment too, it's not a van.
I'll try to get a photo of yesterday's spot later, the daily is still down at the "local"
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Longlife franchise today, having its new, slightly more tuneful stainless exhaust made and fitted and the next unit contains an AC ME3000 whose owner picked the beast up at a BCA fleet sale (
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) for a mere £400 as the buyers were mostly after ex-Jersey hire cars to add to their retail stock of modern Fopelotasanundai white goods.
Apparently, so few older cars are sold through the non-specialist houses these days that they rarely hold jalopy sales and, worse than this, I missed a nice example of the first generation MK3 Escort XR3 that had been owned by the same careful person throughout its life to date and was a real XR3, not the common i version that followed it. That made only £280 and was bought as a first car for a teenage person. Hmm, I'd give that about a month to live..
Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 7:34 pm
by GHT
JPB wrote:GHT should make an appointment too, it's not a van...
Of course it isn't. the name, van derivative, is something that the industry gave to all those little cars with either the back windows blacked out or, a metal cover over the glass. You see motor factor companies using them, delivering spares to garages. Some have a fold flat back seat, some just have front seats only. They are all gross, perfect for anoraks to claim classic status.