Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:56 am
Someone has far too much screen time! Watch out, Rich, all of this eBay spotting could damage your eyes and as we all know, builders need their eyes in working order to make sure that they don't send out bills for less than the proper amount.
I'm intending to look at all of the links though that red Mercedes-Benz 190 is one I've been viewing recently as I was sure that the price was about ten times over the car's true value.. Or is it? Low mileage, it's red, it seems to have dodged the rot that usually killed off a 190 and who knows? Some mug sorry; some canny collector may yet decide that it's worth having as a museum exhibit or, buried nose down in a field, as a work of "art".
The Prairie is perhaps less perfect than the vendor says, is that not rust blistering around the tailgate? I like the idea of an automatic Prairie, but the fact that it's been chopped about to create a WAV means that there'd be even less structural rigidity at floor level than is usual in an already floppy shell. I could use a Prairie for something but the space available in the back of the unmodified car would accommodate the chair (folded) and leave me with much more passenger room.
Convertible taxi? Eeeewww!
Hearse? Maybe, but not that one thanks. I really like the Sherpa, though why anyone would replace one ancient, rattly old engine with another is something of a mystery. MGB? Yeah right, 'cos there simply aren't enough of those already in use, but someone will no doubt buy it, mend it and park it among rows upon rows of similar ones on a field, every Sunday throughout the show season. Where's the "yawn" emoticon when it's needed?
The Bagheera is at least something (much) more interesting and should also find its new custodian some time soon. Honda? Hmm, nice enough old thing. The Clio deserves to be preserved but it would be a long term "investment" that may never be especially sought after.
R4 Malibu. Mmm, sexy! Disco on stilts, running a Cummins B6 engine? Oh wow. Oh wait, it seems to come without one of those airport mobile stairs to get people up to it. Nice idea though, I'm off to look up things about that engine and to measure the Pajero's engine bay!
Wover Metwo? Perfectly worthy little thing I'm sure, and a bit lively with that 1.4 litre K series and a CVT, but it fails to excite me, maybe I'm too fussy in my early middle age?
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I'm intending to look at all of the links though that red Mercedes-Benz 190 is one I've been viewing recently as I was sure that the price was about ten times over the car's true value.. Or is it? Low mileage, it's red, it seems to have dodged the rot that usually killed off a 190 and who knows? Some mug sorry; some canny collector may yet decide that it's worth having as a museum exhibit or, buried nose down in a field, as a work of "art".
The Prairie is perhaps less perfect than the vendor says, is that not rust blistering around the tailgate? I like the idea of an automatic Prairie, but the fact that it's been chopped about to create a WAV means that there'd be even less structural rigidity at floor level than is usual in an already floppy shell. I could use a Prairie for something but the space available in the back of the unmodified car would accommodate the chair (folded) and leave me with much more passenger room.
Convertible taxi? Eeeewww!
Hearse? Maybe, but not that one thanks. I really like the Sherpa, though why anyone would replace one ancient, rattly old engine with another is something of a mystery. MGB? Yeah right, 'cos there simply aren't enough of those already in use, but someone will no doubt buy it, mend it and park it among rows upon rows of similar ones on a field, every Sunday throughout the show season. Where's the "yawn" emoticon when it's needed?
The Bagheera is at least something (much) more interesting and should also find its new custodian some time soon. Honda? Hmm, nice enough old thing. The Clio deserves to be preserved but it would be a long term "investment" that may never be especially sought after.
R4 Malibu. Mmm, sexy! Disco on stilts, running a Cummins B6 engine? Oh wow. Oh wait, it seems to come without one of those airport mobile stairs to get people up to it. Nice idea though, I'm off to look up things about that engine and to measure the Pajero's engine bay!
Wover Metwo? Perfectly worthy little thing I'm sure, and a bit lively with that 1.4 litre K series and a CVT, but it fails to excite me, maybe I'm too fussy in my early middle age?
And that's all of the extra tabs closed now, browser back to normal speed.