some people!
meanwhile...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Microcar-Virg ... 3641.l6368
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-Cali ... 3641.l6368
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/292112014057? ... rmvSB=true
What would you buy & why?
Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..
Mmm, there's an Ant in the background of Joe's listing for the Microcar. I fit in [the Ant] and technically, because some of them are tricycles for VED purposes, I'm allowed to drive one since tricycle isn't divided into manual and automatic sub categories. But most are registered as PLG because they're over the 550KG weight limit, well over it, especially if fitted with a caravan, like this one, sold through a Swiss Reliant dealership:
Joe has more Reliant stuff than anyone else in the UK, he occasionally has random other old motors in his extensive stock and without him, many hard to find parts would have become obsolete yet out of his millions of Reliants, it's that modern Micro that caught your eye?
What's the seller of the Calibra going on about? "Private plate?"
The car has its original N plate, the number is out of the select (1-20) range and it's carried that number since it was first registered. What's "private" about that? I fear we may be looking at the work of this chap again:
Humvee, a proper one, far too big for UK roads, a bit juicy I expect, what with its 6 litre Diesel engine, but it will drink corn oil at 26ppl from the Booker or Cashco (if bought in forty gallon drums). But much as I love that and even if it were worth the price of a perfectly worthy HMO that would earn for me, I'm not temperamentally suited to something so capable of leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. See if I were to own that, I'd probably end up in gaol and get my face all over one of these "Police, camera, trail of carnage" type TV shows!
Joe has more Reliant stuff than anyone else in the UK, he occasionally has random other old motors in his extensive stock and without him, many hard to find parts would have become obsolete yet out of his millions of Reliants, it's that modern Micro that caught your eye?
What's the seller of the Calibra going on about? "Private plate?"
The car has its original N plate, the number is out of the select (1-20) range and it's carried that number since it was first registered. What's "private" about that? I fear we may be looking at the work of this chap again:Humvee, a proper one, far too big for UK roads, a bit juicy I expect, what with its 6 litre Diesel engine, but it will drink corn oil at 26ppl from the Booker or Cashco (if bought in forty gallon drums). But much as I love that and even if it were worth the price of a perfectly worthy HMO that would earn for me, I'm not temperamentally suited to something so capable of leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. See if I were to own that, I'd probably end up in gaol and get my face all over one of these "Police, camera, trail of carnage" type TV shows!
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..
corrected that for you mateJPB wrote: Sat May 20, 2017 9:31 am I'm not temperamentally suited to something so capable of leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. See if I were to own that, I'd probably end up in gaol and get my face all over one of these "Police, camera, trail of carnage" type TV shows again..
meanwhile
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RELIANT-ANT-T ... 2498428916
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/12249842 ... rmvSB=true
jowett automatic?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1949-JOWETT-J ... 2498428916
Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..
Nice paintwork, seat height good, door pillar in the way of access but hey, what an interesting car. Though a Subaru conversion is much more in keeping and would make the right noise. V8s, pah! Common as muck.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..
That '29 Ford looks interesting, but at an opener of £14K I'd want the rest of it included! You know, the little details that may not seem much but are needed such as its wings, bonnet and some form of roof. 
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..
you want a roof as well?..now your just being picky!JPB wrote: Sun May 21, 2017 5:31 pm That '29 Ford looks interesting, but at an opener of £14K I'd want the rest of it included! You know, the little details that may not seem much but are needed such as its wings, bonnet and some form of roof.
Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..
might need an auto box fitting..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-econolin ... 3641.l6368
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-econolin ... 3641.l6368
Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..
There, I fixed that for you!
Mind you, a tidy one of those is a very lovely thing indeed, though GM's similarly styled van of the period would be my preference.J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..