RE: SOTW: Ford Prefect
Discussion
ArthurDaley said:
Can anyone translate the advert into English?!
Hows this?:Offering up for sale a 1957 Ford prefect. I have at great expense, purchased a number of cans from Halfords of matt black paint and resprayed to a high standard. While in Halfords they had some window tint on 2 for 1 and I thought it would be rude not to. They even chucked in some tyre paint so now it has white wall tyres. My girlfriend gave me an angle grinder for christmas, so I thought I'd slam the prefect down and cut 2inch's off the springs. I found a new exhaust on ebay for 50p. It is with huge regret that I'm selling the prefect, but my children keep poking holes through the rust in the rear wheel arches and due to the lack of seatbelts, when I'm ragging the granny off it in the corners they keep getting slammed against the windows. It's a great car and gets looks (mainly of confusion) whenever I can get it to start. Been done off the lights by people in invalid carriages but its got so much more character than all this new rubbish. Engine bay is mint, with the original engine still there. Its my daily runner and despite it's age this rusty, festering excuse for a car hasn't missed a beat. I got to the shops once a week which is just round the corner from my house. Sometimes I even go to the park. The front, rear and boot floor pans are as rotten as a pear which isnt bad for a 55yr old car. The body is as straight as it was when it left the factory all those years ago. My mate doing work experience at the spray shop fixed up the rotten door sills, and you can only tell from about 50 yards away. Mr Maggoo did the MOT and the tax needs to be renewed in june. All that it requires is a trip to your local scrappers and you might get more than I'm asking for it. I really can't wait to sell this, it's been the worst experience of my miserable existence yet. Hope you can see sense and offer me £50 so I can get cheesed off my tits on friday night. Any offer over £10 and it's yours. Kind regards, Dion.
marshall100 said:
ArthurDaley said:
Can anyone translate the advert into English?!
Hows this?:Offering up for sale a 1957 Ford prefect. I have at great expense, purchased a number of cans from Halfords of matt black paint and resprayed to a high standard. While in Halfords they had some window tint on 2 for 1 and I thought it would be rude not to. They even chucked in some tyre paint so now it has white wall tyres. My girlfriend gave me an angle grinder for christmas, so I thought I'd slam the prefect down and cut 2inch's off the springs. I found a new exhaust on ebay for 50p. It is with huge regret that I'm selling the prefect, but my children keep poking holes through the rust in the rear wheel arches and due to the lack of seatbelts, when I'm ragging the granny off it in the corners they keep getting slammed against the windows. It's a great car and gets looks (mainly of confusion) whenever I can get it to start. Been done off the lights by people in invalid carriages but its got so much more character than all this new rubbish. Engine bay is mint, with the original engine still there. Its my daily runner and despite it's age this rusty, festering excuse for a car hasn't missed a beat. I got to the shops once a week which is just round the corner from my house. Sometimes I even go to the park. The front, rear and boot floor pans are as rotten as a pear which isnt bad for a 55yr old car. The body is as straight as it was when it left the factory all those years ago. My mate doing work experience at the spray shop fixed up the rotten door sills, and you can only tell from about 50 yards away. Mr Maggoo did the MOT and the tax needs to be renewed in june. All that it requires is a trip to your local scrappers and you might get more than I'm asking for it. I really can't wait to sell this, it's been the worst experience of my miserable existence yet. Hope you can see sense and offer me £50 so I can get cheesed off my tits on friday night. Any offer over £10 and it's yours. Kind regards, Dion.
You certainly wouldn't want to transport kids in anything like that now, would you? Street cred? I'd rather catch syphilis from a Thai hooker than be seen alive in anything this hideous.Surprised at the amount of hate directed towards it. Is it because it's a bad example or because it's a bad car? Personally I think it's been modified quite shoddily but the fundamental shape of the Prefect is lovely and I'd love to own one.
Here's some examples of what they can look like:
Most of those have engine conversions, from Pintos to Zetecs to huge V8s.
Obviously the one in the ad is a bit poo (and its owner semi-literate at best), but it's £800. Besides, if you wanted one to chop around for a V8 conversion you'd hardly start with a minter...
And if you're still not convinced:
Here's some examples of what they can look like:
Most of those have engine conversions, from Pintos to Zetecs to huge V8s.
Obviously the one in the ad is a bit poo (and its owner semi-literate at best), but it's £800. Besides, if you wanted one to chop around for a V8 conversion you'd hardly start with a minter...
And if you're still not convinced:
marshall100 said:
Hows this?:
Offering up for sale a 1957 Ford prefect. I have at great expense, purchased a number of cans from Halfords of matt black paint and resprayed to a high standard. While in Halfords they had some window tint on 2 for 1 and I thought it would be rude not to. They even chucked in some tyre paint so now it has white wall tyres. My girlfriend gave me an angle grinder for christmas, so I thought I'd slam the prefect down and cut 2inch's off the springs. I found a new exhaust on ebay for 50p. It is with huge regret that I'm selling the prefect, but my children keep poking holes through the rust in the rear wheel arches and due to the lack of seatbelts, when I'm ragging the granny off it in the corners they keep getting slammed against the windows. It's a great car and gets looks (mainly of confusion) whenever I can get it to start. Been done off the lights by people in invalid carriages but its got so much more character than all this new rubbish. Engine bay is mint, with the original engine still there. Its my daily runner and despite it's age this rusty, festering excuse for a car hasn't missed a beat. I got to the shops once a week which is just round the corner from my house. Sometimes I even go to the park. The front, rear and boot floor pans are as rotten as a pear which isnt bad for a 55yr old car. The body is as straight as it was when it left the factory all those years ago. My mate doing work experience at the spray shop fixed up the rotten door sills, and you can only tell from about 50 yards away. Mr Maggoo did the MOT and the tax needs to be renewed in june. All that it requires is a trip to your local scrappers and you might get more than I'm asking for it. I really can't wait to sell this, it's been the worst experience of my miserable existence yet. Hope you can see sense and offer me £50 so I can get cheesed off my tits on friday night. Any offer over £10 and it's yours. Kind regards, Dion.
Beautiful. Let out a little bit of wee at the kids poking rust bit.Offering up for sale a 1957 Ford prefect. I have at great expense, purchased a number of cans from Halfords of matt black paint and resprayed to a high standard. While in Halfords they had some window tint on 2 for 1 and I thought it would be rude not to. They even chucked in some tyre paint so now it has white wall tyres. My girlfriend gave me an angle grinder for christmas, so I thought I'd slam the prefect down and cut 2inch's off the springs. I found a new exhaust on ebay for 50p. It is with huge regret that I'm selling the prefect, but my children keep poking holes through the rust in the rear wheel arches and due to the lack of seatbelts, when I'm ragging the granny off it in the corners they keep getting slammed against the windows. It's a great car and gets looks (mainly of confusion) whenever I can get it to start. Been done off the lights by people in invalid carriages but its got so much more character than all this new rubbish. Engine bay is mint, with the original engine still there. Its my daily runner and despite it's age this rusty, festering excuse for a car hasn't missed a beat. I got to the shops once a week which is just round the corner from my house. Sometimes I even go to the park. The front, rear and boot floor pans are as rotten as a pear which isnt bad for a 55yr old car. The body is as straight as it was when it left the factory all those years ago. My mate doing work experience at the spray shop fixed up the rotten door sills, and you can only tell from about 50 yards away. Mr Maggoo did the MOT and the tax needs to be renewed in june. All that it requires is a trip to your local scrappers and you might get more than I'm asking for it. I really can't wait to sell this, it's been the worst experience of my miserable existence yet. Hope you can see sense and offer me £50 so I can get cheesed off my tits on friday night. Any offer over £10 and it's yours. Kind regards, Dion.
gmh23 said:
For those talking about putting a V6/V8 in it, is it really a wise idea making a car that does 0-60 in 32 seconds into a sub 8-second car without changing anything else on it?
The total plan is put modern suspension (coilovers) in front and beef up the rear. Uprated axle and gearbox. Four pot callipers and discs at the front, uprated drums at the back (unless someone can suggest some suitable discs?) THEN start thinking about the Ford V6. I'd keep some period wheels on it, albeit a little wider than standard, and go for the real 'sleeper' look!
from me.
I have no comment on the car as I know sweet FA about American classics BUT
Why do utter morons spend money to advertise a car and then write an add like that? I'm not a great speller but thats just border line retarded
Use a brain cell will you and do a spell check!!! Not only would I never buy a car from someone who writes an ad like that, I wouldn't even want to meet them!
Btw lmao to the "translation"
Why do utter morons spend money to advertise a car and then write an add like that? I'm not a great speller but thats just border line retarded
Use a brain cell will you and do a spell check!!! Not only would I never buy a car from someone who writes an ad like that, I wouldn't even want to meet them!
Btw lmao to the "translation"
Adam-MGTF said:
I have no comment on the car as I know sweet FA about American classics BUT
Why do utter morons spend money to advertise a car and then write an add like that? I'm not a great speller but thats just border line retarded
Use a brain cell will you and do a spell check!!! Not only would I never buy a car from someone who writes an ad like that, I wouldn't even want to meet them!
Btw lmao to the "translation"
I think you know sweet FA about classics chap. It's never been American. Why do utter morons spend money to advertise a car and then write an add like that? I'm not a great speller but thats just border line retarded
Use a brain cell will you and do a spell check!!! Not only would I never buy a car from someone who writes an ad like that, I wouldn't even want to meet them!
Btw lmao to the "translation"
PoleDriver said:
The total plan is put modern suspension (coilovers) in front and beef up the rear. Uprated axle and gearbox. Four pot callipers and discs at the front, uprated drums at the back (unless someone can suggest some suitable discs?) THEN start thinking about the Ford V6.
I'd keep some period wheels on it, albeit a little wider than standard, and go for the real 'sleeper' look!
Why not go the whole hog and cut out the entire underside and replace it with a spaceframe chassis? While you're at it to save weight take moulds from the bodywork and use GRP panels and acrylic windows? Racing seats, instruments and fuel tank would complete the picture to make quite a smart little car.I'd keep some period wheels on it, albeit a little wider than standard, and go for the real 'sleeper' look!
JulianCharity said:
It's not April 1st yet is it???
+1 get real...there are limits to SOTW - and the only decent thing in all the pics above is the Classic Capri - the others are just the same dog with different fleas (to paraphrase Gordon Gekko)Edited by predding on Friday 23 March 16:30
predding said:
+1 get real...there are limits to SOTW - and the only decent thing in all the pics above is the Classic Capri - the others are just the same dog with different fleas (to paraphrase Gordon Gekko)
Thats a consul classic. Not a Capri. Consul Capri had a swooping roofline. Classic has the same style roof as the 105e anglia.Edited by predding on Friday 23 March 16:30
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