The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T (Vol XVII)

[L100NYY]

jeremyc said:

L100NYY said:

My picks from tomorrows auction list

Are you going along, with wallet?

Nein, tomorrow will mostly involve a tour of the Essex countryside in a 1923 race car in convoy with a 20's Rolls Royce among others.

I think my word of the day will be cold. Ruddy cold.

[Diesel Meister]

Superlative taste JC. And I concur re. the £50 (€500?) note blizzard that is the "previously cherished classics" market

[Crook]

Some great cars there and especially liking the 3100.
Also I still find myself liking the 430 (Lexus). I think I need help.

[jeremyc]

Oh, and this one.

[L100NYY]

I still really want a Racing Puma......

[ferrisbueller]

Fairly sure I could find a use for all of them!

[Diesel Meister]

ferrisbueller said:

Fairly sure I could find a use for all of them!

Loon - In the words of Bo "Swoosh" Diddelly: JUST DO IT (TM)

[shirt]

ferrisbueller said:

Fear not, you can still get a 348 for 25k...30k...35k...40k......50k!

my flatmate recently bagged a 348 for £18k. low kms, jdm car. needs a little tlc mechanically but the body is mint and has a lot of expensive challenge car parts attached including rollcage and all the uber-expensive undertrays and ducts. been a bit of an eye opener in terms of parts costs but we intend to do a full engine-out service ourselves, retrim, few styling bits and get it out on the local track days. i gave it a small run [sans registration and insurance] around the industrial estate recently and it sounded fking glorious. i hope the last thing i hear before i die is the click-clack of an open gate change and the wail of a flat plane crank reaching for the redline.

i swear he only bought it to piss me off [i'd just bought the elise] so looking for something suitable to reclaim the higher ground. buggerit

[shirt]

looks aren;t really my cup of [yorkshire] tea but this could be made very lovely for not much cash:



http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1957-mg-a-mk1/

[Diesel Meister]

Noice!

Lose the minilites and do something with the too-shiny-too-gapey grill and I'm in like Flint

[shirt]

the dunlops in the other pics suit it far better i agree. that roll bar is a crime against humanity though.

Edited by shirt on Sunday 6th March 00:00

[Diesel Meister]

shirt said:

the dunlops in the other pics suit it far better i agree. that roll bar is a crime against humanity though.

Agreed

Olly - I have no idea but co-incidentally was just thinking about these. My old man nearly picked one up back in the day, except having a family of 5 meant seating in the back would have been a bit of a bun fight, so he got a 320TE-24 with rear-facing seats in the boot instead! Really like them (all W124s actually) but I imagine that too many good, unmolested ones are left. Do you have a specific example in mind?

[olly755]

olly22n said:

Chaps - how much is a nice c124 300-24 worth nowadays?

If it were me I'd be looking at decent, non rotten but useable examples around the £5k mark with a view to a) not a lot going wrong during your tenure and b) seeing all of it back come resale time.

Always liked 'em, but alas they don't drive well enough for me.

[Pennyroyal Tea]

olly22n said:

Chaps - how much is a nice c124 300-24 worth nowadays?

No.

[s m]

Diesel Meister said:

having a family of 5 meant seating in the back would have been a bit of a bun fight, so he got a 320TE-24 with rear-facing seats in the boot instead!

Off topic

Whenever I see small children sat in those rear facing seats they always appear as if they're going to burst into tears at any moment

[Diesel Meister]

Heh. It was a novelty back then and they only really got use when the chief was in full taxi mode (i.e. friends / other family members as well as his three boys to cart).

Personally, I enjoyed it for a while but it soon became tiresome / disconcerting to have other motorist eye-balling you directly. I had a pretty good poker face by the time he sold that car

[ferrisbueller]

shirt said:

ferrisbueller said:

Fear not, you can still get a 348 for 25k...30k...35k...40k......50k!

my flatmate recently bagged a 348 for £18k. low kms, jdm car. needs a little tlc mechanically but the body is mint and has a lot of expensive challenge car parts attached including rollcage and all the uber-expensive undertrays and ducts. been a bit of an eye opener in terms of parts costs but we intend to do a full engine-out service ourselves, retrim, few styling bits and get it out on the local track days. i gave it a small run [sans registration and insurance] around the industrial estate recently and it sounded fking glorious. i hope the last thing i hear before i die is the click-clack of an open gate change and the wail of a flat plane crank reaching for the redline.

i swear he only bought it to piss me off [i'd just bought the elise] so looking for something suitable to reclaim the higher ground. buggerit

Excellent. As with all the musings above ref. 996 specials, I think a home brew 348 GTC could have some potential. And at £18k you've got plenty in hand to tweak and use it.

[tdm34]

Now this should get a few hearts on here a flutter....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1984-Fiat-131-Racing-Vol...





Very Pretty....

[DoctorX]

Very cool car.

[L100NYY]

Oh my.

https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/rock...