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Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 8:30 am
by rich.

Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 1:35 pm
by rich.

Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 7:01 pm
by rich.

Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 8:54 pm
by JPB
No idea because I can't be arsed with searching! :lol:

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. :drool: :drool: :drool:

Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..

Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:32 pm
by rich.
oooo nice ;)

Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..

Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:32 am
by rich.

Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..

Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 7:52 am
by JPB
Hmm..
an MOT tester, a few years ago, wrote: 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 :roll: , 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 :oops: :
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Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..

Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 7:09 am
by rich.

Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..

Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 7:52 pm
by rich.

Re: Yet another "what should I buy next?" type of thread..

Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 11:06 am
by rich.