What's this car?
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tapkaJohnD

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BrettMRC

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2nd Generation Mazda Rx7, FC3S designation - probably a series 4. hehe

mat205125

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234 months

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£40k VW T6 camper, once the venier is peaked back to the brickys van it used to be

RazerSauber

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81 months

Wednesday 30th June 2021
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NA MX5, definitely.

ARHarh

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128 months

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MX5 smile

piper

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289 months

Wednesday 30th June 2021
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Lancia Beta

TR4man

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195 months

Wednesday 30th June 2021
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Not sure, but most auction houses would still describe it as a “barn find”.

oakdale

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223 months

Wednesday 30th June 2021
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Have you bought it for restoration?

ShinyPsyduck

216 posts

129 months

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Not sure but from the image I can see it was stored indoors, potentially a show car.

Gary C

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piper said:
Lancia Beta
This.

Hoofy

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That's all of the British cars built in 1968.

Fishlegs

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160 months

Wednesday 30th June 2021
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Assuming the VIN plate is under there somewhere, it's now a £2.5m re-imagining.

Turbobanana

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222 months

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Fiat 127 Rustica.

Here's what it looked like the day before:


blueg33

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245 months

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I got worse than that through MOTs back in the day

LuS1fer

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266 months

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Alfasud, all day long.

About as long as they lasted...

TarquinMX5

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101 months

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It looks like the car originally owned by Sir Arthur Poncy-Smythe and only ever chauffeur-driven to the races; if so, with such a fantastic provenance, I could see that easily making in excess of the £2.3 squillion auction estimate (plus auction fees). Once restored, a certain contender for Pebble Beach.

LargeRed

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69 months

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Any 1970' British Leyland vehicle.

New from the dealership every vehicle came with a dustpan and brush.


gforceg

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200 months

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I might have been the previous owner...



This is actually the picture I sent to the MX5 Restorer when he asked how bad it was.

Turbobanana

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222 months

Thursday 1st July 2021
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LuS1fer said:
Alfasud, all day long.

About as long as they lasted...
I had one that was many, many days old. Mind you, previous owner had seen fit to fill the hole in the spare wheel well with a cloth, that dropped onto the exhaust and caught fire on my way to Snetterton yikes

andyA700

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58 months

Friday 2nd July 2021
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Alfa/MGB GT/Lancia/BMW 2002 - anything from the 70's. Along with the piles of rust, there would usually be newspaper, cardboard and bits of plod.