Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 14]

[olly755]

The Don of Croy said:

It just goes on, and on, and on....you'd have thunk it was teutonic.

Bit of a reverse statement- I reckon the Japanese have easily out-engineered the Germans for many years. They just seem to be experts at hiding the depth of quality engineering behind a veneer of shiny hard plastic and quirky styling.

[Krikkit]

olly755 said:

The Don of Croy said:

It just goes on, and on, and on....you'd have thunk it was teutonic.

Bit of a reverse statement- I reckon the Japanese have easily out-engineered the Germans for many years. They just seem to be experts at hiding the depth of quality engineering behind a veneer of shiny hard plastic and quirky styling.

I think they have since the 70s, possibly bar Mercedes who were exceptional up to the 90s. Especially in reliability.

[ilikejam]

A year too early for me. It's unclear if the child in the passenger seat is included in the sale.

2002 S320 - 132k - 1 owner - £1950

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[Sterillium]

A tastedul 4.2 litres in Audi A8 form... under thread budget, not the most striking colour.


A handsome 5.0 litres in SEL form... under thread budget, terrifying chrome sills likely hiding an iron oxide Armageddon.


A delightful 6.8 litres in Silver Spririt form... busts the budget, but a vintage interior made from actual caramel.

[derin100]

Etypephil said:

derin100 said:

I saw that a night or two ago and was attracted by the glorious and unusual colour.

My boil pan turned summer when I read "converted to manual" only turn decidedly tepid when I read "wrap".

I'm possibly just being a Luddite, but I just can't quite get this 'wrap thing' to ever sit neatly with me.
Anyone else in the room?

Me too; wrapping is the 21st century equivalent of the kiss of death brush paint jobs given to old wrecks for their final weeks, during the early 1970s.

Yes!

When I was a teenager in the late 70s in our street in South London there was a bunch of young........petty criminals would be the correct term.
One of their lines was to nick Ford Escorts (always the same...hence the nickname 'Escort Kid' for their leader and I do believe his actual real first was indeed Billy!). They'd quickly paint each of these cars, by hand using brushes, in our street. And, always in the same shade of mid-blue household gloss paint. Probably a job lot acquired by the same means as the Escorts themselves.

And, you know how hard it is to get a smooth, brushmark-free finish on woodwork? Well, then you can just imagine the finish achieved on a rusty, probably not even washed Ford Escort. "Better than factory"?

Less amusingly, my grandfather in Germany, had a beautiful, wine red, low Karmann Ghia. This was his absolute pride and joy.
When he died my grandmother couldn't cope and went a bit loopy and sold the car to a commune of pseudo-hippies nearby for something like the equivalent of £30 in 1979. Their supposed concerns about the environment and general morals clearly didn't extend to not preying upon and ripping off recently widowed, little old ladies!

The really galling thing was that the hippies lived within sight of my grandmother's flat. So it was heart-breaking to see it when they painted it using exactly the same technique as Escort Kid and ironically in a shade of mid-blue not entirely dissimilar to Billy's favourite hue!

They also covered it in a type of yellow and orange, anti-nuclear power sticker that was popular in West Germany at the time.

Edited by derin100 on Tuesday 16th April 13:42

[williskwl]

After looking at the barge availability here in Switzerland within budget offers slim pickings. Under the for export out of CH though more bargains are to be had.. such as this Nice e34 in Spanish guise. Little rusting occurring over here too..

https://www.autoscout24.ch/de/6337352

Or for those that are a bit more brave a 2000 CL 500.

https://www.autoscout24.ch/de/6574709

[Zonergem]

Not a serious suggestion for purchase but rather an eye-catching colour combination





https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980-MERCEDES-240TD-EST...

[XMified]

W00DY said:

My girlfriend recently told me that her colleague had bought a horrible new car and then proceeded to tell me it was a Peugeot 508. She generally has pretty good taste in cars so it was a surprise and something we couldn't disagree on more as it's one of very few new cars I would own. Strangely another car I love that she has vetoed is the 406 coupe and it's not because she cares that they are Peugeots.

I saw that new 508 interior recently (similar picture), and felt that it was one of the more tasteful modern interiors I'd seen. Certainly prefer it to what I know of the current German offerings.

[baptistsan]

On a short break in Taunton.
Found this:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Rather tempted

[Scooobydont]

baptistsan said:

On a short break in Taunton.
Found this:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Rather tempted

It's funny how even though autotrader and the like do national searches but we all find ourselves doing local searches when away from home (me included). Back in my youth I was always buying a local copy of the autotrader (before it got big on tinternet) when I went on the family holiday down south. It was one of the things I looked forward too (of course seeing long distant family and other things I also looked forward too as well).

[GTI16V]

Some obscure Gallic bargeness.
https://atlasautos.co.uk/vehicle/name/peugeot-604-...

[Croutons]

My search for an L322 is waning. Mainly because all I seem to be seeing are duff. What are elderly disco's like? I can see they're slow. Probably rattly. Rusty too? £2295 seems reasonable if this one is not gold underneath the photos.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/land-rover/land-rover-di...

Edited by Croutons on Tuesday 16th April 20:11

[Easternlight]

"one laydy owner" LS430
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...


S class but only a 320
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...


Nice 540 with what sounds like the right type of owner.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[Easternlight]

Croutons said:

My search for an L322 is waning. Mainly because all I seem to be seeing are duff. What are elderly disco's like? I can see they're slow. Probably rattly. Rusty too? £2295 seems reasonable if this one is not gold underneath the photos.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/land-rover/land-rover-di...

Edited by Croutons on Tuesday 16th April 20:11

Contact ophelia! (terry thomas on) Ding Dong (terry thomas off)


Does a P38 not appeal? The L322's I've looked at at thread budget seem to be more rotten than the same priced or lower P38's
Two sold at the H and H auction in Buxton last week the green one for £1.5k+ and the blue one at £3k+ both look good.
https://online.handh.co.uk/m/lot-details/index/cat...

https://online.handh.co.uk/m/lot-details/index/cat...

Edited by Easternlight on Tuesday 16th April 20:50

[W00DY]

GTI16V said:

Some obscure Gallic bargeness.
https://atlasautos.co.uk/vehicle/name/peugeot-604-...

Wonderful.

[GTI16V]

Found this on Car and Classic
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1099641

[W00DY]

Easternlight said:

Nice 540 with what sounds like the right type of owner.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

I like that a lot. Good find.

[Croutons]

Easternlight said:

Contact ophelia! (terry thomas on) Ding Dong (terry thomas off)


Does a P38 not appeal? The L322's I've looked at at thread budget seem to be more rotten than the same priced or lower P38's

Edited by Easternlight on Tuesday 16th April 20:50

Not really. Don't know why. There was a 4.6 at £1750 local to me which I thought I should see, but it was red with grey leather and piddly wheels, and most on here have been for sale forever.

[Croutons]

E220 cabriolet, £1750. Yes, really. Needs a bit though.

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/208955/1993...

[Johnny Raydome]

Croutons said:

E220 cabriolet, £1750. Yes, really. Needs a bit though.

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/208955/1993...

Mercedes Signature handover sheet - from nearly 20 years ago?

Complete shed of a car that's been neglected and/or unloved, by the looks of it.
Cat D to boot. One to avoid.

A spare/donor of parts for jke11y, maybe?