My slightly knackered old cars

[DodgeRover]

Don't forget the dreadful cam rattle on the OHV engine that used to make a Talbot sound refined.

[paulplom]

Bargain for a grand that. They look archaic now even though they're a quite recent (to me) motor.

[Split_Pin]

Aye that's a superb Cavvy, I love the early ones in these earthy colours, they did a terracotta shade which was also ace.

Hopefully get my run out MK3 and the MK1 together at Retroshite in the spring!

[Hooli]

It's a Mk2 isn't it? The Mk1 was proper wheel drive.

[LynehamHerc]

Yep, the mk1 was basically a rwd Ascona with a droop snootish front.

[paulplom]

I had a 3 door mk1 coop in silver. Lovely car till I bent the front end round a lampost when I was reversing.

[paulplom]

I also remember a mk2 saloon in dog shit brown. The engine blew in that one. Put a rod through the block iirc. Oil over the road. I'm dubious to the road legality of it at the time as I did a runner and just left it blocking a T junction.

[RetroShite]

The Camry failed it's MOT a month or two ago and I've been taking my time to work through all it's issues.

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I've done all of the welding including inner sills and arches, fitted a new cat and exhaust gaskets so that should wipe a fair bit off the list. What's left is a rear shock, some bushes and a brake line which I seriously can't be bothered doing so will be farming it out to the usual MOT place.

[RetroShite]

[RetroShite]

some more updates since a while ago.

I got the A3 tdi quattro mot'd but just seemed to encounter dreamers and timewasters when trying to sell it.

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I swapped the Audi for a diesel 306 which I raffled and sold out pretty quickly.

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I bought a strange looking Simson moped for £1k

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Had some fun razzing it up and down the road then swapped for a Subaru Impreza estate with the 1.8 non turbo engine.

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It was in dire need of some new CV joints so I raffled it off, it struggled to sell out so I gave away the remaining numbers to friends so I could go ahead with the raffle. Coincidently a friend won it, replaced the knackered cv joints with new drive shafts then sold it back to me for £500. I'm still using it at the moment!


With the success of the 306 raffle netting me £1180 I thought I'd give it another go with a diesel 205 I bought for £700.

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Right enough it sold out instantly and I got back £1180 for my trouble...


That E36 I bought in July I swapped for my old Skoda Estelle which proceeded to blow its head gasket on the way home...

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My LDV Pilot finally got another mot after countless hours welding it up.

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I picked up a Triumph Acclaim for £700 then flipped it on for £1500.



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I picked up this Visa for nothing but it cost me £100 to transport, it had sat for a couple of years and was pretty disgusting inside so after getting it running and changing all of the tyres which had been slashed I decided it really wasn't for me so moved it on for £300.



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Subaru is my current daily, it heats up relatively quickly and clears the windscreen which is really all I want for a winter car.


I had some cash left over from selling the Acclaim and Visa and this popped up for sale near me.

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a 1983 Vauxhall Cavalier with the 1.3 engine and 4 speed gearbox. Drives ok for the age of it so considering using it over the winter. Rear arches are a little bit scabby but at £44 a side for the repair panels I'[m not too bothered if they deteriorate over the winter.