Practically Classics Forum

JPB wrote: Maybe! At least the artist remembered the doors when they made the Benz, though how would anyone get from these doors into the front seat?

That can be a pain in the arse!

One word came to mind: Why? OK, maybe a second: How?

I'm guessing that the former was because they could and the latter
was with Gimp or, if it's real; with a big foxtrot oscar set of shears and some Cataloy.
Look at the shadow on the floor made by the front door..

BMW Hedgehog?

what kind of drugs was the owner taking

Been on a few times now. Any takers?

Ford Granada Hot Rod 2.0 L
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/932695952.htm?ca=18_s

Though my tastes run to:

http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/932837292.htm?ca=18_s

http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/922253314.htm?ca=18_s

http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/928339228.htm?ca=18_s

That fourth selection could well have been Vanden Plas' inspiration for their act of GBH against the poor innocent Allegro's sweet face. At least the charismatic American 4x4 is large enough to carry it off, rather well it has to be said.

Following John's comments about 'how & why' on that BMW, it beats me why somebody would take this on,when for £4K they can have this. I appreciate that the barn find is a 6/90 and the one for sale is a 4/44, even so, all that work and 1950's Wolseleys just don't have the value to match the price that the restoration is going to cost. A labour of love for sure.

rich. wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1977-DATSUN-F ... ken=cUgayN

Same colour as my 120Y Sunny, GMS124S - which was only six years old at the time - and just as rusty in many of the same places. Same supplying dealer too, but sixteen hundred effing Pounds? Has steel mixed gone up that much since I got £40 from the local breaker for a pair of abandoned student project jalopies a month ago?

I do love a 4/44 and so many of the poor things lost their engines to MG owners years ago, so it's important that some originals remain, but my favourite 4/44 locally is this one:



I like it because it had been raided for its engine but not fitted with the large journal Stanpart 1500cc lump of s**t as a replacement. Oh no, this Wolseley has a proper engine:

JPB wrote:I like it because it had been raided for its engine but not fitted with the large journal Stanpart 1500cc lump of s**t as a replacement. Oh no, this Wolseley has a proper engine:

Now that's what you call a serious lump. The 4/44 wasn't the only the only model to donate it's engine. The MG Y is seen by many MG enthusiasts as being nothing more than a spares bank for the TD. it's that XPAG engine, BMC used it quite extensively, and as such, if you had an XPAG engine, but your car wasn't a TD, not much point keeping it, is there? There are thousands of TD's still running, but there's only about sixty or so Y's. I haven't got the figures for the 4/44. My friend had an immaculate 4/44 that an injury to his back, forced him to sell. Despite the low mileage, the service history and the impeccable condition, he only got £5K for it, I wish I had known.