What would you buy & why?

[rich.]

you need this one john.. even if its for the plate

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hillman-supe ... 3641.l6368
edit
http://www.lesanciennes.com/annonce/A16 ... cat=autres
http://www.lesanciennes.com/annonce/A15 ... cat=autres

[JPB]

That's one very sad-looking Minx, but anything can be fixed if you use a big enough tin of Duck Oil. Not so sure that the plate is right for me though, however I know of one that is:



I keep on seeing that modern Ford out locally, maybe it's following me?

[rich.]

do you have a stalker?

[rich.]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Luxury-Custo ... rmvSB=true

[JPB]

I ask you, whatever will they think up next?
Why on earth would anyone actually want to make their car look like a billiard table? Where does the luggage go? Does it need IVA or does that only apply if the donor vehicle was younger than ten years when converted?

Ah! News just in; I just realised that it's actually a pool table and that only people of GHT's seniority or beyond may use the term "Billiards" in polite company these days.

[rich.]

http://100india.in/video/1968-vw-type14 ... Pu-Fg.html#

http://100india.in/video/vw-fridolin-ty ... MMsuo.html#

https://type2detectives.com/products/19 ... office-van

see they do exist!!!!
john, it wasnt a dream

https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=vw%20fridolin



ive seen this car, it should tick all your boxes as those youngsters say

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1360435810.htm

[GHT]

I ask you, whatever will they think up next?
Why on earth would anyone actually want to make their car look like a billiard table?

It's obvious when you think about it. Large companies have fleets of cars. Sales and management all get a company car as well as those with specialist skills who need to travel a lot. Then you have those who need an occasional car, or, in the case of sales, a replacement for yet another one that they wrecked. To meet the demand for the latter you need a pool car.


Sorry!

[JPB]

GHT, thanks, that post had me laughing so hard that the small rum I'd just poured for myself ended up coming out of my ears.

Rich, the beige Fridolin looks lovely and at such a bargain price.. Damn! I just took another look and it would appear that it's not quite the bargain I thought it was, a shame as the position and orientation of the pedals should lend itself well to some form of hand operation for the clutch, which would probably involve a broom handle, some duck tape and a ball of string, meaning that the expense of finding and fitting VW's own semi-auto transmission could be less of a priority than getting its suspension back up to factory height.
One of those would still be the closest thing to the second most suitable vehicle for me after the bB.
But whenever I find myself feeling the urge to spend that sort of wonga, I tend to head off to a property auction rather than a specialist car showroom because even a Fridolin in such clean, usable condition won't keep me in beer (and novelty household services ) when old age comes calling, whereas rental income would. When did I become so flaming sensible eh?

I feel sorry for the pink Ligier Ambra, so much so that I'd gladly fork out the asking price just to see it being put out of its misery..

[suffolkpete]

But whenever I find myself feeling the urge to spend that sort of wonga, I tend to head off to a property auction rather than a specialist car showroom because even a Fridolin in such clean, usable condition won't keep me in beer (and novelty household services ) when old age comes calling, whereas rental income would. When did I become so flaming sensible eh?

People round here pay more that sort of wonga for a beach hut

[JPB]

Don't get me wrong, I would usually only find an ex-local authority single faced, mid-terraced home in safe, dry - but ultimately still in need of a good fettling sort of place for that, but bare shells in similarly affordable postcodes are usually cheaper than land of the equivalent area around the Northumberland, Roxburghshire and Berwickshire towns and villages. It's lovely countryside and offers a peaceful lifestyle, but from home, Edinburgh and Newcastle are roughly the same travelling time away, but commuters like trains and some of the east coast main line stations are only served by (request stopping) trains on certain days. In Morpeth, Alnwick, Kelso, Coldstream, Berwick, Eyemouth and other towns, the whole commuter culture is still very young and at odds with the largely agricultural nature of so much of the land. Similar property in urban areas with better - but still nowhere near as available as in the cities such as Glasgow, Birmingham and not forgetting Leeds & Bradford - public transport links, tends to change hands for significantly more.

I wonder; does one of these old farm steadings, long-abandoned old railway buildings or derelict grand houses contain a Fridolin (or a decent Reliant Metrocab) and will that car's owner sell it to me for less than the local value of brick & mortar?