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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255783960452 ... 1197.m1850

@nuttinnew rare indeed. Shame that looks so scabby.

That was Richard Kitchen's until he cleared some of his projects out (upndown channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/UPnDOWN). I think he regrets selling it now though

There was a 4x4 one of those parked up the road from me for a long time. I used to pass the house every day walking the dogs. It appeared one day, never moved again for years until I saw it being transported away a few months ago. Not my kind of thing but I do appreciate the rarity and wacky engineering.

July 2020:

My first car was a bright yellow 2CV. My Dad got it from the car auction in Wimbledon for £50 because of some kind of engine problem. We got a used engine from a breakers for a further £50 and swapped it over. The 2CV is so simple. The bonnet slides off and the wings unbolt. The engine is so small you can literally have one person stand either side and lift it out I abused the car for years and eventually sold it to some students who reckoned they were going to drive it to Italy. No idea if the really did or not.

Anyway, it was completely identical spec to this one. They're not £50 any more. Things like Escorts don't surprise me too much with the way the prices have rocketed, the competition heritage etc., but the 2CV was never regarded that way, it wasn't an aspirational car, nothing. It was just a cheap runabout. It wasn't even cheap & cool like a Beetle was. I don't get it.

<shrug>


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144787236371

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/199 ... cosworth-3

That facelift bonnet looks bloody awful. I struggle to believe that out of the hundreds of thousands of mk5 escorts built they had zero parts left in storage / as spares

Sundayjumper wrote: Wed Nov 02, 2022 9:42 am There was a 4x4 one of those parked up the road from me for a long time. I used to pass the house every day walking the dogs. It appeared one day, never moved again for years until I saw it being transported away a few months ago. Not my kind of thing but I do appreciate the rarity and wacky engineering.

July 2020:


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Wasn't it a bit odd that the BX 16v GTi was the 2WD car with the 4x4 GTi only being available as an 8v or has my memory let me down?

I’d imagine 4x4 would raise the engine and a 16v head probably wouldn’t fit under the bonnet

Sundayjumper wrote: Wed Nov 02, 2022 9:54 am ...the 2CV was never regarded that way, it wasn't an aspirational car, nothing. It was just a cheap runabout.

But the advertising was at least very self-aware:

Same as all manner of dross you see at massively inflated prices. People have fond memories of them as cheap shit cars which fell to bits, now have disposable income, have a boring sensible everyday car and fancy something that’s a bit of a contrast and seek out a really good version of the crap car they ran on a shoestring.

There are plenty of people who love 2cvs and have been throwing galvanised chassis’ under them for decades which I guess isn’t cheap in itself if you’re paying someone to do it despite the amazing simplicity.

Mito Man wrote: Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:05 pm No idea why I like old army based shite

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165748796578

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125568796795 ... SwPF5jQt4H

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144798754049 ... SwkndjaBQA

nuttinnew wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 4:57 am

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144798754049 ... SwkndjaBQA

Not usually fussed by VW's but I like the grandad spec stealth of that. Good effort!

McSwede wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:00 am

nuttinnew wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 4:57 am

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144798754049 ... SwkndjaBQA

Not usually fussed by VW's but I like the grandad spec stealth of that. Good effort!

257bhp from a 1.9 TDI is pretty serious....

I used to know a guy who had a Fabia vrs that must've been running something like that. It was properly fast.

nuttinnew wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 9:01 pm

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125568796795 ... SwPF5jQt4H

Love the concept, hate the execution.

That polo perfect demonstrates what harry was talking about when a stupid metro was posted somewhere- build the engine and throw it in anything until it rots and change it into another shell

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/14063411

> Love the exterior colour.

> Do not love the interior colour.

> Do not love teh price.