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S3_Graham said:
On the American theme. I want this badly. It's been for sale for months and is getting cheaper and cheaper. I'd leave every junction in a cloud of smoke. Its so s
t it's cool.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C666319
It's awesome. t it's cool.http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C666319
Good American bearding here this morning chaps. I always like to learn something new!
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...
Over-budget and it's not a full fat Alpina, but it is lovely.
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...
Such a magnificent colour combination.
bmthnick1981 said:
Very interesting, certainly worth a look. I love the exterior colour and wheels but the interior colour doesn't quite match / suit IMO. I would prefer dark blue exterior over two tone grey interior - or single tone black interior. The AMG kit is rare. A dealer in Amersham had a black over black one with full AMG kit 6 months or so ago, that was a later car with lower miles and it was up for £14k ish from memory.
Whilst we are on C140 600s this has surfaced again recently;
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-1996-Mercedes-S600-...
Sold recently at Poole auction for £5750 + Fees. Previously for sale with dealer in Derby IIRC for approx £9-10k.
I do wonder if the market is now waking up to these and if good ones might be £10k cars soon. I hope so.... (biased).
Whilst we are on C140 600s this has surfaced again recently;
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-1996-Mercedes-S600-...
Sold recently at Poole auction for £5750 + Fees. Previously for sale with dealer in Derby IIRC for approx £9-10k.
I do wonder if the market is now waking up to these and if good ones might be £10k cars soon. I hope so.... (biased).
ad said:
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Never heard of that before. Looks good though, despite the ad waffleW00DY said:
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...
Over-budget and it's not a full fat Alpina, but it is lovely.
Would need to be verified with Sytners as a genuine conversion, unless paperwork is available as part of the sale. E24_Man might know more about this car?
S3_Graham said:
On the American theme. I want this badly. It's been for sale for months and is getting cheaper and cheaper. I'd leave every junction in a cloud of smoke. Its so st it's cool.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C666319
That is cool t it's cool.http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C666319
The current Caprice (Holden) is an absolute riot of a thing! Curiously, I've never been in a car that cares less about its engine but is ironically so dominated by it!
Look, this one even comes with armfuls of oppo pre-dialled in!
ETA: AED30k puts it just about in Thread budget, too (GBP 5.3k).
Edited by Pennyroyal Tea on Wednesday 10th February 11:20
SpeckledJim said:
Sadly, because I'm simultaneously fiercely self-conscious and unpleasantly judgemental, I fear my bubbling affection for stoopid Americana (Americaca?) is never going to transmogrify into an actual car.
I love looking at them, imagine I'd love sitting in one, and I'm positive I'd love driving one.
But then you go (in disguise) to a Classic and Sportscar show and blithely wander into the American section. There's nowt as queer as folk, and there's nowt queerer than an Englishman in his Englishman shorts and Englishman camping chair wearing a stetson with a shoe lace round his neck.
They are, seemingly to a man, proper odd. And I really hope they don't know what the confederate flag actually means today, but worry that some of them do.
Thus is the horns of my dilemma. I like what they like (not slavery). They and I are alike (a bit). And though I know it, I cannot be it.
I am a hey-up-yee-ha hybrid. A monster as-yet becloaked.
There are so many wonderful old American cars though - albeit often above thread budget. What could be cooler than a '65 Riviera with clamshell headlights and a 7 litre V8, dual four barrel carbs and a horn like an ocean liner?I love looking at them, imagine I'd love sitting in one, and I'm positive I'd love driving one.
But then you go (in disguise) to a Classic and Sportscar show and blithely wander into the American section. There's nowt as queer as folk, and there's nowt queerer than an Englishman in his Englishman shorts and Englishman camping chair wearing a stetson with a shoe lace round his neck.
They are, seemingly to a man, proper odd. And I really hope they don't know what the confederate flag actually means today, but worry that some of them do.
Thus is the horns of my dilemma. I like what they like (not slavery). They and I are alike (a bit). And though I know it, I cannot be it.
I am a hey-up-yee-ha hybrid. A monster as-yet becloaked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKTAVWYfSnE
Sure, the line dancing Americana-twirling Leeds good ol' boys may be a little eccentric at best, but really you'd have to be a bit 'special' to want to spend a windy afternoon sitting on a deckchair at the arse-end of a Singer Gazelle, or an E-type or something surrounded by a field of 'like minded enthusiasts'!!
Leins said:
W00DY said:
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...
Over-budget and it's not a full fat Alpina, but it is lovely.
Would need to be verified with Sytners as a genuine conversion, unless paperwork is available as part of the sale. E24_Man might know more about this car?
S3_Graham said:
W00DY said:
fk thats nice. Decent price too, not cheap but not expensive. I told my 300TE for £1850 with 215k on it.W00DY said:
fk thats nice. Decent price too, not cheap but not expensive. I told my 300TE for £1850 with 215k on it.dbdb said:
SpeckledJim said:
Sadly, because I'm simultaneously fiercely self-conscious and unpleasantly judgemental, I fear my bubbling affection for stoopid Americana (Americaca?) is never going to transmogrify into an actual car.
I love looking at them, imagine I'd love sitting in one, and I'm positive I'd love driving one.
But then you go (in disguise) to a Classic and Sportscar show and blithely wander into the American section. There's nowt as queer as folk, and there's nowt queerer than an Englishman in his Englishman shorts and Englishman camping chair wearing a stetson with a shoe lace round his neck.
They are, seemingly to a man, proper odd. And I really hope they don't know what the confederate flag actually means today, but worry that some of them do.
Thus is the horns of my dilemma. I like what they like (not slavery). They and I are alike (a bit). And though I know it, I cannot be it.
I am a hey-up-yee-ha hybrid. A monster as-yet becloaked.
There are so many wonderful old American cars though - albeit often above thread budget. What could be cooler than a '65 Riviera with clamshell headlights and a 7 litre V8, dual four barrel carbs and a horn like an ocean liner?I love looking at them, imagine I'd love sitting in one, and I'm positive I'd love driving one.
But then you go (in disguise) to a Classic and Sportscar show and blithely wander into the American section. There's nowt as queer as folk, and there's nowt queerer than an Englishman in his Englishman shorts and Englishman camping chair wearing a stetson with a shoe lace round his neck.
They are, seemingly to a man, proper odd. And I really hope they don't know what the confederate flag actually means today, but worry that some of them do.
Thus is the horns of my dilemma. I like what they like (not slavery). They and I are alike (a bit). And though I know it, I cannot be it.
I am a hey-up-yee-ha hybrid. A monster as-yet becloaked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKTAVWYfSnE
Sure, the line dancing Americana-twirling Leeds good ol' boys may be a little eccentric at best, but really you'd have to be a bit 'special' to want to spend a windy afternoon sitting on a deckchair at the arse-end of a Singer Gazelle, or an E-type or something surrounded by a field of 'like minded enthusiasts'!!
It's a context thing.
I'd feel a million dollars in that ^^^ until, on the way back from a night's pool, fighting and Coors Light at the Roadhouse I got a call to stop at Aldi for milk and nappies. Then I'd feel a proper Herbert. The clink of my spurs reverberating sarcastically around the dairy section.
Edited by SpeckledJim on Wednesday 10th February 11:48
SpeckledJim said:
I can present no rebuttal. The cars are just stunning. Much more interesting than a lot of the embarrassed and emotionally stunted British and German stuff we venerate.
It's a context thing.
I'd feel a million dollars in that ^^^ until, on the way back from a night's pool, fighting and Coors Light at the Roadhouse I got a call to stop at Aldi for milk and nappies. Then I'd feel a proper Herbert. The clink of my spurs reverberating sarcastically around the diary section.
It's a context thing.
I'd feel a million dollars in that ^^^ until, on the way back from a night's pool, fighting and Coors Light at the Roadhouse I got a call to stop at Aldi for milk and nappies. Then I'd feel a proper Herbert. The clink of my spurs reverberating sarcastically around the diary section.
Brilliant!
SpeckledJim said:
dbdb said:
SpeckledJim said:
Sadly, because I'm simultaneously fiercely self-conscious and unpleasantly judgemental, I fear my bubbling affection for stoopid Americana (Americaca?) is never going to transmogrify into an actual car.
I love looking at them, imagine I'd love sitting in one, and I'm positive I'd love driving one.
But then you go (in disguise) to a Classic and Sportscar show and blithely wander into the American section. There's nowt as queer as folk, and there's nowt queerer than an Englishman in his Englishman shorts and Englishman camping chair wearing a stetson with a shoe lace round his neck.
They are, seemingly to a man, proper odd. And I really hope they don't know what the confederate flag actually means today, but worry that some of them do.
Thus is the horns of my dilemma. I like what they like (not slavery). They and I are alike (a bit). And though I know it, I cannot be it.
I am a hey-up-yee-ha hybrid. A monster as-yet becloaked.
There are so many wonderful old American cars though - albeit often above thread budget. What could be cooler than a '65 Riviera with clamshell headlights and a 7 litre V8, dual four barrel carbs and a horn like an ocean liner?I love looking at them, imagine I'd love sitting in one, and I'm positive I'd love driving one.
But then you go (in disguise) to a Classic and Sportscar show and blithely wander into the American section. There's nowt as queer as folk, and there's nowt queerer than an Englishman in his Englishman shorts and Englishman camping chair wearing a stetson with a shoe lace round his neck.
They are, seemingly to a man, proper odd. And I really hope they don't know what the confederate flag actually means today, but worry that some of them do.
Thus is the horns of my dilemma. I like what they like (not slavery). They and I are alike (a bit). And though I know it, I cannot be it.
I am a hey-up-yee-ha hybrid. A monster as-yet becloaked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKTAVWYfSnE
Sure, the line dancing Americana-twirling Leeds good ol' boys may be a little eccentric at best, but really you'd have to be a bit 'special' to want to spend a windy afternoon sitting on a deckchair at the arse-end of a Singer Gazelle, or an E-type or something surrounded by a field of 'like minded enthusiasts'!!
It's a context thing.
I'd feel a million dollars in that ^^^ until, on the way back from a night's pool, fighting and Coors Light at the Roadhouse I got a call to stop at Aldi for milk and nappies. Then I'd feel a proper Herbert. The clink of my spurs reverberating sarcastically around the diary section.
While we're on an American theme... http://www.barons-auctions.com/auction_details.php...
You look at that and then think of what Europe was producing in 1984, amazing!
You look at that and then think of what Europe was producing in 1984, amazing!
MG511 said:
While we're on an American theme... http://www.barons-auctions.com/auction_details.php...
You look at that and then think of what Europe was producing in 1984, amazing!
American car makers had lost their way by then. If you go back a further 20-30 years, the comparison reverses for most cars. You look at that and then think of what Europe was producing in 1984, amazing!
I like quite a few American cars, but my favourites were all built before 1980. I like their unrestrained nature; I find most German cars and many European cars generally, to be dull, flavourless things in comparison, with only their work-a-day competence to recommend them.
It's what attracts me to Jags; they're not so boring and restrained (albeit perhaps not so efficient either) - and have a trans-Atlantic hybrid character in some ways.
Each to his own I guess, but it brings variety to the thread!
Edited by dbdb on Wednesday 10th February 12:34
S3_Graham said:
On the American theme. I want this badly. It's been for sale for months and is getting cheaper and cheaper. I'd leave every junction in a cloud of smoke. Its so st it's cool.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C666319
Yo Yo Yo homie..... Perfect for a gritty 90's cop show remake. "Boyz n' da burbs...."t it's cool.http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C666319
All this American metal is tempting me to do something silly, involving several metric tons of Fe, ocean liner handling prowess, sofa seating, and a huge capacity but underpowered V8.
S3_Graham said:
On the American theme. I want this badly. It's been for sale for months and is getting cheaper and cheaper. I'd leave every junction in a cloud of smoke. Its so st it's cool.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C666319
I normally hate looking at cars with stats however it's hard to ignore the fact that it has a less bhp/ton than a 190e 2.0. (170bhp and 1850kg vs 122bhp and 1150kg).t it's cool.http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C666319
My guess is that there won't be muscle car rear smoking tyres, just normal acceleration with a large fuel bill.
W00DY said:
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...
Over-budget and it's not a full fat Alpina, but it is lovely.
Btw, what's going on with the wood insert round the gearstick? That's not OE, is it?
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