There are "Barn Finds" and there are "Heated Garage Finds"!
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M1C said:
This is excellent.
Well done on the purchase! You can tell it's been sitting inside in the warm, i dont think there'd me much or any of that outside now! Well, years ago probably!
Great plate too. That'll be worth some money....but i'm guessing you'll want to keep it on the car?
Yes, the car & plate will not be parted!Well done on the purchase! You can tell it's been sitting inside in the warm, i dont think there'd me much or any of that outside now! Well, years ago probably!
Great plate too. That'll be worth some money....but i'm guessing you'll want to keep it on the car?
Nice find. There is an 18k miles Asia Rocsta on Autotrader at the moment which are also pretty rare. Were sold by KIA in the UK IIRC.
LewG said:
Fantastic, that is properly unusual! Definitely wouldn't hurt to get it fully undersealed to keep it looking like new as has been said. Does it run okay considering its lay up?
I only took delivery on Friday, so will need to do some work and checks before seeing if it starts, but it looks promising - hopefully not too much required!
Back in 1992 after a costly divorce my father had one of these brand new.
I was 6 years old and was driven to a layby wedged in the back of his 1964 Daimler SP250 (Dart). Little did I know this would be getting part exchanged for said Duster.
I was given a can of tango which I promptly threw up on the carpet of the Dart, my Dad almost seemed to appreciate that. So with misty eyes, him and I the Dart was loaded on a low loader and we drove home in a J plate white and grey Duster complete with plastic covers on the seats.
The Dart disappeared from the world for 25 years until a week after my dads death when it appeared for sale. The vendor was the chap that took it in part exchange and had been in storage for all of that time. I did make contact with him at a rather emotional time for me and he remembered me well, he too got a bit emotional.
In a weird way, the Duster despite is awfulness I did grow quite fond of.
It opened the floodgates for an endless stream of bear bones 4x4's including a myriad of SJ Suzukis and Nivas etc.
Anyway, a truly outstanding find. Lovely to see one again.
I was 6 years old and was driven to a layby wedged in the back of his 1964 Daimler SP250 (Dart). Little did I know this would be getting part exchanged for said Duster.
I was given a can of tango which I promptly threw up on the carpet of the Dart, my Dad almost seemed to appreciate that. So with misty eyes, him and I the Dart was loaded on a low loader and we drove home in a J plate white and grey Duster complete with plastic covers on the seats.
The Dart disappeared from the world for 25 years until a week after my dads death when it appeared for sale. The vendor was the chap that took it in part exchange and had been in storage for all of that time. I did make contact with him at a rather emotional time for me and he remembered me well, he too got a bit emotional.
In a weird way, the Duster despite is awfulness I did grow quite fond of.
It opened the floodgates for an endless stream of bear bones 4x4's including a myriad of SJ Suzukis and Nivas etc.
Anyway, a truly outstanding find. Lovely to see one again.
I took one in once, against one of the last new Peugeot 205s in about 1993. It was a diesel (super-rare), hardtop with rear seats and in dark blue. The car was a year old and had done 3,000 miles.
I can't remember the exact numbers, but I think we gave £1,200 for it, which set my own record at the time for worst-depreciating new car. Neither Glass's Guide nor CAP listed it, so we had to "guess" and went in low expecting the guy to do one. But he cheerfully accepted and I subsequently ran it for a week or so, just because.
Utter crap.
Fast-forward 25 years or so, and this looks fantastic in a wouldn't-touch-it-with-yours kind of way. Enjoy!
I can't remember the exact numbers, but I think we gave £1,200 for it, which set my own record at the time for worst-depreciating new car. Neither Glass's Guide nor CAP listed it, so we had to "guess" and went in low expecting the guy to do one. But he cheerfully accepted and I subsequently ran it for a week or so, just because.
Utter crap.
Fast-forward 25 years or so, and this looks fantastic in a wouldn't-touch-it-with-yours kind of way. Enjoy!
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