What would you buy & why?
Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..
Have you considered the ford galaxy? Or Volvo 740 etc?
Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..
I can just about still get down into an older 140 or 240, but the 740 and later are too low so the knees end up either side of the wheel as per usual. Then there's the 740/940's weirdly less effective rear suspension, I could never get away with the way those things handle, especially when the live axle on 140s and 240s worked so well with utterly predictable breakaway and none of the trouble that 740s had with snap oversteer, not that I'd be taking a 740 to a track day any time soon, so that's not a deal breaker and it's a cheaper way to achieve that "OMG, I'm about to die" sensation than a 911.
I do like the shape of the 740, 940 etc, as they're the link - in styling terms - between the "traditional" RWD Volvos and the FWD ones that followed but even they might as well be a lowered Civic Type R as they're not easy to get into with lengthy pins that don't move as painlessly or as freely as they once did at the upper ball joints. I need a low floor but combined with a high roof and a high seat to get far enough above the pedals.
I take it that you mean the Galaxy as in the usefully massive people carrier of that name? I've managed to drive the VW badged version of that, which must have been ok at the time as I always remember cars that don't fit me or that otherwise offend me in some way!
I'll probably end up with a badly knackered mega-mileage Reliant Metro cab that'll cause me untold heartache and is fuelled by the "wrong" stuff for work purposes but I've pretty much decided that the Metro is the way forward.
I'm off now to type out my letter of resignation as that way, I can do what I like.
I do like the shape of the 740, 940 etc, as they're the link - in styling terms - between the "traditional" RWD Volvos and the FWD ones that followed but even they might as well be a lowered Civic Type R as they're not easy to get into with lengthy pins that don't move as painlessly or as freely as they once did at the upper ball joints. I need a low floor but combined with a high roof and a high seat to get far enough above the pedals.
I take it that you mean the Galaxy as in the usefully massive people carrier of that name? I've managed to drive the VW badged version of that, which must have been ok at the time as I always remember cars that don't fit me or that otherwise offend me in some way!
I'll probably end up with a badly knackered mega-mileage Reliant Metro cab that'll cause me untold heartache and is fuelled by the "wrong" stuff for work purposes but I've pretty much decided that the Metro is the way forward.
I'm off now to type out my letter of resignation as that way, I can do what I like.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..
I noticed that the seller of that Bentley said
Great, I'll have that please!the donor car is worth £10-12k
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..
The irony of the whole Cord situation is that it would be about as much use to me as deodorant is to a badger these days since it has less space for limbs than a steel bodied mini, this because of the extra gadgets that live between the parcel shelf and the toeboard and these, including its aircon components in the driver's side footwell, are set behind a stepped section of the usual engine bay bulkhead, probably because they could do it that way with no panels needing to be modified when they can simply carve a different buck for laying up that area. I'm not bitter about being shafted over that damned mini. Not much.
But the idea of an ADO16 flying around a Scalextric track appeals, especially as that shell could be made to look like the typically rusty one seen so often in the seventies. Scalextric banger racing, anyone? Forget a classic van-shaped car that fits me like the bB does, I should be buying toys instead. I already bought a genuine Lumar yoyo, just like the one I had at school. My "Walking the dog" was really quite competent and now? Sadly, I appear to have lost the knack for stunts, either that or the yoyo has a serious rabbit off somewhere. Could I have bought a counterfeit one? Nah.. Snidey branded toys on eBay, that surely couldn't happen!
But the idea of an ADO16 flying around a Scalextric track appeals, especially as that shell could be made to look like the typically rusty one seen so often in the seventies. Scalextric banger racing, anyone? Forget a classic van-shaped car that fits me like the bB does, I should be buying toys instead. I already bought a genuine Lumar yoyo, just like the one I had at school. My "Walking the dog" was really quite competent and now? Sadly, I appear to have lost the knack for stunts, either that or the yoyo has a serious rabbit off somewhere. Could I have bought a counterfeit one? Nah.. Snidey branded toys on eBay, that surely couldn't happen!
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
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Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..
1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..
Very! I can get 32mpg out of one of these all day long as my experience of owning several examples has established, but there's a 1968 one on eBay in the same colours and at the same price, that one has covered a mere 9000 (NINE THOUSAND!) miles from new and is 100% original, so I have viewed that recently and found that although getting in isn't too hard, the brakes would need to be fitted with either a remote servo or hand operation and the front seat would need raising by around three inches. All easy stuff that I've done before for others, so I've made a close offer on the 1968 one, based on the very few minor items that need to be attended to before it could be used regularly, things such as a good dowsing in Ensis V, a radiator recore or replacement and some work to the steering idler's mounting sleeves that are loose within the chassis leg through which they spread the load on the mounting bolts, and I am waiting for its vendor to consult with the executors of the deceased owner's estate regarding whether they'll be reasonable about the issues that we found and the fact that the old chap's P&J will be having some necessary mods made if I end up with it. His daughter in law is in charge of the decision making and seemed quite keen that I should be considered to own the car.
Speaking of estates, I also have my eye on the Trafalgar Blue Countryman at only £500 more for the rarer and even better (IMHO, based purely on its extra practicality and that it's blessed with greater visual appeal). I know, it's wrong to be swayed by shiny things and all that but hey, I always was about as deep as a teaspoon..
Rich, I love Monzas and for that matter, Cavaliers like that one but neither would be as (relatively) straightforward a solution and that Lada is for someone else. The Granada is one car that, much as I loved these, is off the list because I dislike the C3 transmission with a passion as the ones I've driven with this fitted feel slower and have proved thirstier than the equivalent manuals, whereas a good Aisin or Aisin-Warner gearbox is more efficient on fuel and offers comparable performance, hence the cheaper VED for auto and CVT versions of manual Toyotas from the start of the emissions-based rates. Plenty of automatics from earlier times are similarly effective so I don't need to be accepting second best, though never third best with a C3 as they tend not to like making gear changes once they're old and worn. The C3 is French, I wonder whether this is significant?
Speaking of estates, I also have my eye on the Trafalgar Blue Countryman at only £500 more for the rarer and even better (IMHO, based purely on its extra practicality and that it's blessed with greater visual appeal). I know, it's wrong to be swayed by shiny things and all that but hey, I always was about as deep as a teaspoon..
Rich, I love Monzas and for that matter, Cavaliers like that one but neither would be as (relatively) straightforward a solution and that Lada is for someone else. The Granada is one car that, much as I loved these, is off the list because I dislike the C3 transmission with a passion as the ones I've driven with this fitted feel slower and have proved thirstier than the equivalent manuals, whereas a good Aisin or Aisin-Warner gearbox is more efficient on fuel and offers comparable performance, hence the cheaper VED for auto and CVT versions of manual Toyotas from the start of the emissions-based rates. Plenty of automatics from earlier times are similarly effective so I don't need to be accepting second best, though never third best with a C3 as they tend not to like making gear changes once they're old and worn. The C3 is French, I wonder whether this is significant?
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..
I've found the perfect vehicle for you John. First one in the list:
http://www.bubblecars.com/sales.htm
http://www.bubblecars.com/sales.htm
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.