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Pffft. Boring



Definitely need a Class 2 HGV licence. But once you’ve got that licence you can jump into one of these any time you like. Bound to be useful one day.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185294775433

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334324906436 ... SwYIJh9A0N

I found another one !

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255386026946

That last one's got a poor man's Hawaiian Tropic vibe to it

Mk2 Cavalier convertible. Weirdly appealing.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115256585514

Gavster wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 3:31 pm That last one's got a poor man's Hawaiian Tropic vibe to it

Scarborough Tropic.

Sundayjumper wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 8:00 pm Mk2 Cavalier convertible. Weirdly appealing.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115256585514

Did you see this Manta listed underneath?



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304360046271 ... 1113.m2108

I did, but quite inexplicably it doesn't do it for me.

Eighties - yes
RWD - yes
Boxy arches - yes
Large spoiler - yes
Silver - slightly tenuously I'll accept grey as being dark silver - yes

Overall - somehow.... not feeling it.

nuttinnew wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 8:08 pm

Gavster wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 3:31 pm That last one's got a poor man's Hawaiian Tropic vibe to it

Scarborough Tropic.

Beanie & I can be Cortina Starcraft fweinds.

If I bought one of those I'd be sleeping in it for sure (due to my wife kicking me out of the house).

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1978-Alfa-Ro ... 635-2958-0

Looks very very saleable. Oddly enough it was Jonny from tlbs who sent me the link. As if I don’t have enough on my hands already

Nice E34. Appears to have a Pistonheads sticker on the rear bumper ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393935966692

integrale_evo wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:02 pm https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1978-Alfa-Ro ... 635-2958-0

Looks very very saleable. Oddly enough it was Jonny from tlbs who sent me the link. As if I don’t have enough on my hands already

Very nice to find a 1-owner UK car, but it looks rotten, like it's probably only the paint that's holding the rust together ! Malta is a waaay better environment for a car to live in the last 30-40 years.

Gavster wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 3:31 pm That last one's got a poor man's Hawaiian Tropic vibe to it

Talking of Tropic;




Jobboan Tropic;



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224833826580 ... 1110.m1982

integrale_evo wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:02 pm https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1978-Alfa-Ro ... 635-2958-0

Looks very very saleable. Oddly enough it was Jonny from tlbs who sent me the link. As if I don’t have enough on my hands already

I'm not sure Pompeii is the best inspiration or name for a colour

Sundayjumper wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:03 pm Nice E34. Appears to have a Pistonheads sticker on the rear bumper ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393935966692

Nice That's got to be far too tempting though

nuttinnew wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:17 pm I'm not sure Pompeii is the best inspiration or name for a colour

Arguably bad taste considering the number of people that died but in terms of the brightness and intensity of the colour (that was intended rather than how it is now...) I can see the logic.

Speaking of bad names, this sprung into my mind, of many many years ago, when Gavster & I saw a model of caravan named "pastiche". It means "copy" and generally insinuates a bad copy. Yet this manufacturer thought it was a good name. It's a pastiche of a caravan ? That's not good.

(not my pic):

Sundayjumper wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 9:58 pm

nuttinnew wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 8:08 pm

Gavster wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 3:31 pm That last one's got a poor man's Hawaiian Tropic vibe to it

Scarborough Tropic.

Beanie & I can be Cortina Starcraft fweinds.

If I suddenly come into millions of quid, you know this is a thing that's happening.

Surely they were looking for Panache but chose the wrong fancy sounding word