What would you buy & why?

[rich.]

im sure this is ideal!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MORRIS-J4-VA ... 3641.l6368


edit..

for your inner ba baracus
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pair-of-Daih ... rmvSB=true

or continuing with the hearse theme...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-FALCON- ... rmvSB=true

[rich.]

http://www.hotrod.com/articles/dress-up ... 73802132=1

[rich.]

have i posted this one before?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1981-Honda-C ... 3641.l6368

[JPB]

No idea because I can't be arsed with searching!

But from the nice Japanese motors that aren't anywhere close to suitable, then the Honda I'd prefer would be this wee belter: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-ACCORD ... 0005.m2219

Phwooaaargh.

[rich.]

oooo nice

[rich.]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Maxi- ... 3641.l6368

and you can live in it!

[JPB]

Hmm..

Reason(s) for failure:
Offside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)

Now, quite apart from the fact that section 6 doesn't apply to vehicles of unitary construction , the tester also seemed to believe that the butterfly bushes as mentioned in another test should be an advisory, rather than the fail that they always were when these were current.
Searching for eBay items in a similar condition, I found this much more honestly described lot: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROUGH-COLLIE ... SwSypY88E0 , which has some similar characteristics to the Maxi but should be much less likely to need yet more welding!

However, if it's a genuinely decent Maxi that's required, then this one is at least described by someone who's actually seen it before the listing went live:
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C903186
Now that one has the benefit of the less unreliable Hydrolastic suspension and its body appears to have seen some restoration work since its most recent rust-related test failing! It's still far too dear though. My last one cost me £35 from a scrapyard in Staines, where it had been taken following a test fail on the same bushes and a need for a new clutch and primary gear oil seal, never a problem as the job takes around twenty minutes in a Maxi and was worth doing as the kit was £38 in Halfords at the time. Here I am sitting on the car in question, parked beside Dad's Stanza in Windsor Great Park, circa 1989, note the Practical Classics sticker in the screen :

[rich.]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Econoli ... rmvSB=true

[rich.]

or how about
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-van- ... 0005.m1851

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/trojan-perso ... rmvSB=true

[rich.]

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