Ones you should never have sold?

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Ones you should never have sold?

#1 Post by Paul240480 » Sun Mar 10, 2019 1:00 pm

As title, pics if poss please, I'll start:
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^^^that was my 2nd car & it never put a foot wrong, Opel! Chopped it for a Vaux Cav 1.6GL the build quality between the German & Luton (?) built ones was miles apart.

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^^^^My first Ovlov, a Torslanda, chopped it for a lovely 855T5 but always , after had a hankering to go back to a '240' shape. I did with 'The Tank', bit the B200e was never as refined as the B200f (even if the 'e' was more reliable).

Next..... :thumbs:

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#2 Post by megadethmaniac » Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:02 pm

99 Marea Weekend, should have replaced that diff and run it into the ground. Excellent motor

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#3 Post by harvey » Wed Mar 13, 2019 2:53 pm

I don't have any pics, and most of what I regret selling are bikes, but I do miss my plymouth volare wagon on the 4 wheel list, and as for the 2 wheelers, RD400 cafe racer, RD250LC (the actual press bike that was tested and featured in MCN), fast road tuned RD350LC, Suzuki Katana 1100, and a Rickman Kawasaki Z1000 turbo. All those bikes are making big bucks now.
The mk2 Escort van I put a 1600GT engine and diff in would be nice to have as well, and the Jag 420 M/OD, the list goes on......
Currently over 35 years worth of fixing 35 boxes.
Hoping to reach 65 years worth of fixing 65 boxes.

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#4 Post by 2flags » Fri Dec 20, 2019 5:35 pm

The one car I do regret selling is my 1975 Rover P6. It is the car we brought our son home from hospital in. Great car, so comfortable and quick.

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#5 Post by Paul240480 » Fri Dec 20, 2019 8:48 pm

P6’s were lovely. Never had one, but my Dad bought a P5 Coupe. That was nice, but being ‘just’ a 3.0ltr it was trouble!

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#6 Post by JPB » Sat Dec 21, 2019 7:02 am

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+ many, many more. :(
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#7 Post by GHT » Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:54 pm

JPB wrote:
Sat Dec 21, 2019 7:02 am
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+ many, many more. :(
I recognise the top one, it's a Dalmatian, right? The other dog is a Morris Oxford, I had it's canine sister, The Austin Cambridge. The bottom one is probably the Triumph Dolomite, or something similar from that era,Toledo perhaps? B/L had a great knack of bastardising what were once great marques. The other pics are probably cards from Specsavers, "Do you like this car Sir?" "No it's a ****ing abortion." "Nothing wrong with your eyes then."

There was a time when I absolutely loved The MG TD sports car, now that love has turned to ashes. Have you seen our heir to the throne's Christmas Card? Get the aspirins ready:
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#8 Post by JPB » Sun Dec 22, 2019 12:53 am

GHT wrote:
Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:54 pm
...Have you seen our heir to the throne's Christmas Card?
No, but I'm thinking that you must be close to seeing his mother's telegram! ;)
GHT wrote:I recognise the top one, it's a Dalmatian, right?
Er no, Morris Oxfords are slightly taller than a seated Dalmatian, "Bitch" - as that much missed, soppy great lump from the canine branch of the family was imaginatively named back in the day - was a Great Dane and when she wasn't sitting for hours trying to challenge the Oxford to a staring competition, she was my constant companion during the eighties. I didn't ask her to join me in the car, but as she was a good six feet tall when standing on her hind legs (with her front ones on my shoulders), I wasn't about to argue with her.
She lived a long life by Great Dane standards, managing some eleven years :shock: before she eventually succumbed to the breed's known tendency to heart failure (as few as six or seven years of life is more usual :cry: ). She was scared of smaller dogs as they tended to shelter under her when out for a run on the beach but she never showed aggression toward anything or anyone. It didn't half hurt when she stood on my toes though. :oops:
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#9 Post by GHT » Sun Dec 22, 2019 8:07 am

JPB wrote:
Sun Dec 22, 2019 12:53 am
GHT wrote:
Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:54 pm
...Have you seen our heir to the throne's Christmas Card?
No, but I'm thinking that you must be close to seeing his mother's telegram! ;)
She gets one from me actually. Too rude even for your experienced eyes
GHT wrote:I recognise the top one, it's a Dalmatian, right?
JPB wrote:
Sun Dec 22, 2019 12:53 am
Er no, Morris Oxfords are slightly taller than a seated Dalmatian, "Bitch" - as that much missed, soppy great lump from the canine branch of the family was imaginatively named back in the day - was a Great Dane and when she wasn't sitting for hours trying to challenge the Oxford to a staring competition, she was my constant companion during the eighties. I didn't ask her to join me in the car, but as she was a good six feet tall when standing on her hind legs (with her front ones on my shoulders), I wasn't about to argue with her.
She lived a long life by Great Dane standards, managing some eleven years :shock: before she eventually succumbed to the breed's known tendency to heart failure (as few as six or seven years of life is more usual :cry: ). She was scared of smaller dogs as they tended to shelter under her when out for a run on the beach but she never showed aggression toward anything or anyone. It didn't half hurt when she stood on my toes though. :oops:
Silly me, I should have realised. Walking into a pub down here in The New Forest, a family was at a table and their black and white speckled Great Dane was at their feet. I patted the dog and said: "Hello Domino," and as we walked to the bar I heard a child's voice say: "Dad, how does that man know our dog's name?" An answer like that probably makes her a contender for Love Island/Big Brother or any other contestant kind of lowest common denominator show.

One car that I did like was my 1988 Beamer, I only have celluloid photos of it and turning them into digital to post goes way over my head, but it looked exactly like this one. Can't say I should have kept it, but after all those B/L disasters that I went through in the seventies this was truly amazing. But when it did go wrong it was very big bucks indeed.
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#10 Post by Paul240480 » Tue Jan 07, 2020 4:35 pm

I can now add:
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The one on the right, the 480 was a pita.
Tank, the 240 was far more reliable than its replacement V70T5 that I am currently striving to improve.....
Spoke to Tanks now owner recently & he is smitten, Tank is 31 this month & in use daily :thumbs:

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