Old heaps go to auction.
Discussion
Lotusgone said:
You might have to buy all three 635s to find two decent front wings amongst them...
You didn't look at page 2 and 3 ,there's 5 x 635s altogether.The vendor likes a Mini based kitcar ,lots of those being sold.
That was a big old barn that had all these inside.
The Escort Cosworth replica has the usual problem of the front wheel looks wrong as the front wings of a standard car and the
Cosworth have the arch in a different place.
Edited by Pericoloso on Thursday 24th October 14:54
Mods please delete this thread it's going to cost me money I can't afford and give me even more parking and storage problems....
Going down the list, there's some total rubbish but one or two hidden gems (or not).
Like walking through a scrapyard like I used to do regularly in the 1970's
If I was closer I'd go just to nose about but would probably buy something
Going down the list, there's some total rubbish but one or two hidden gems (or not).
Like walking through a scrapyard like I used to do regularly in the 1970's
If I was closer I'd go just to nose about but would probably buy something
Edited by Skyedriver on Thursday 24th October 20:11
You're gonna need to be an incurable optimist to bid on that auction. It's very likely the 'collection' was put together on the basis of 'I'll buy your MOT failure for £50'.
The Falcon Carribean is interesting; a well-known kit car from circa 1960, usually with humble Ford Pop underpinnings, at least the body won't have rusted.
There's some interesting stuff though, 3 Snipes, one an estate, a 50s MG Magnette, a nice Moggy pick-up, NSU Ro-90 (with engine, wankel or replacement?) and plenty of Beemers and Jags that could be expensive to restore. .
Shame somebody with a bit more car knowledge didn't do the listing and descriptions.
The Falcon Carribean is interesting; a well-known kit car from circa 1960, usually with humble Ford Pop underpinnings, at least the body won't have rusted.
There's some interesting stuff though, 3 Snipes, one an estate, a 50s MG Magnette, a nice Moggy pick-up, NSU Ro-90 (with engine, wankel or replacement?) and plenty of Beemers and Jags that could be expensive to restore. .
Shame somebody with a bit more car knowledge didn't do the listing and descriptions.
Hub said:
The white 3 door classic Range Rover doesn't look too bad.
The trouble with RRCs is that many of them look OK from the outside, but it's what you can;t see that's where the problems will lie. There are several RRCs on that list - viability would depend on where & how they have been stored and a bit of MOT history. Seems that one passed in 2008 and then no records since.I must say that if I had the money and the space I'd be bidding on quite a few in that collection. Makes my puny bunch of 5 cars (inc Mrs C's) and 7 bikes look like a bit of a poor effort!
I always wondered what would have happened if I was born 15 or so years earlier, and had the opportunity to buy cheap interesting 70s/80s/90s cars...
I wonder no more!
It's sad that nearly everything there seems beyond economic repair, but I would totally do something similar if I could - Far better for the cars to be intact and in disrepair than have had them crushed and long gone from the world.
I wonder no more!
It's sad that nearly everything there seems beyond economic repair, but I would totally do something similar if I could - Far better for the cars to be intact and in disrepair than have had them crushed and long gone from the world.
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