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Dec 29, 2008 10:00:22 GMT
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Sure all of us have cars we regret getting rid off. Me a MK3 Cortina Crayford Convertible,Toyota 1000 with 18,000 miles,Mazda 818 coupe,Datty 180B SSS,Sunbeam Stilletto,Renault 18 Turbo so many ahh we all are stupid at times Skool P.S. All going on a old car pic hunting outing today,me and my lady partner ,going to see what is still about,pics on the abandoned section later,yee all have a nice day now.
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ezzysi
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Dec 29, 2008 10:12:23 GMT
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A mint 2door mk1 escort auto shell... totally rot free, sold it for £300 just before prices rocketed  story of my car tinkering life And a mint mk5 2.3 ghia cortina, regretfully sold to gypo's and found down loom's scrapyard a fortnight later 1973 1300 beetle, dropped a valve so I sold it for £200 years ago..... did a dvla check recently to see if it still lived and found out it was first registered on the same day I was born!! would love to get that back! |
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1991 Mk2 Golf Gti 8v
2005 Passat tdi (daily)
1971 Mk1 Escort
2004 Touran (her's)
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Dec 29, 2008 10:54:13 GMT
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this topic comes up pretty regular. My answer is still the same. My old Chevy powered V8 Victor. Too much time, effort, love, money went into building that and then I sold it in a huff one day. Foolish.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Dec 29, 2008 10:54:31 GMT
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Only one.....my RA28 for 50 quid back in '01.   I miss my RX though.  |
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Dec 29, 2008 10:56:58 GMT
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My Bonus Turbo Really miss thta car,was hilarious seeing the looks on peoples faces when it boosted |
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ThePollitt
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Fix up, look... at that car on eBay!
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Dec 29, 2008 11:23:02 GMT
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Hmmm, right, sitting comfortably... My 1977 MK2 Capri 2.0. Rusty old bag of wibblepoo, but it was my rusty old bag of wibblepoo. Sold it as we were having a baby..  My 1962 Zodiac, rotten as a rotten thing. Swapped it for the MK2 Capri above...  My Calibra, 2.0 8V and quite possibly the best car I have EVER owned. Oh, and it was MINT.  My 730i Bought as a family car, wife didn't like it. Plus, it picked up a fuel leak wich would have cost a fortune to fix...  My 2.6, yes, 2.6 SRi Vectra. Sold it because my idiot ex-wife forgot to add VAT onto our wedding bill.  My 500SEL, bought for £100, sold for £500 on ebay. Didn't want to part with it, but we simply couldn't keep it. Got broken for spares by the buyer.  And finally, this...my 1976 MK2 3.0S. One of less than a handful of '76 cars to still exist. Had to sell it as my ex-wife hated living in Kent, so to fund the move back to Bristol this had to go. Sold it for £1050 in the end...utterly fecking gutted. The kicker though? Well, I'm divorced now...and she's in the house it paid for. Brilliant eh?  Chris |
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Mark
Club Retro Rides Member
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Dec 29, 2008 12:00:23 GMT
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Bad beat Chris... I regret selling every car I've "owned to keep", not just buy & sell jobs. My first car - 1992 Mini Mayfair. 38k on the clock when I bought it, and in good nick with only small bits of rust. Fitted a half leather interior and did lots of engine/suspension work. Sold it once I got my company car because I wasn't using it. Came up for sale recently, but for stupid money  My first 318iS: My biggest regret. This was an epic car.  |
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Dec 29, 2008 12:14:15 GMT
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I regret losing this.....   Left my wife after she became a bunny boiler, she then decided to 'GIVE' it away..... no legs to stand on as i reg'd in her name. got stripped for a dirty mini!!!! |
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purplevanman
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Way too orangey for crows
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Dec 29, 2008 17:30:57 GMT
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I regret selling most of mine, Manta GTE, MK1 Astra GTE with als gte plate, v8 beach buggy, several campers and bugs, Triumph 2000 mk1, escy Mk1, escy XR3, Lotus Elan +2 and so on |
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bootsy75hst
Part of things
"scrap the caddy clyde"
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Dec 29, 2008 18:17:57 GMT
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my k reg mini i wished i'd kept, and my sooty van.
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"when the going turns weird, the weird turn pro" hst
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rodharris83
Club Retro Rides Member
Day Dreamer...
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Club RR Member Number: 4
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Car you regret sellingrodharris83
@rodharris83
Club Retro Rides Member 4
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Dec 29, 2008 18:26:48 GMT
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my 1st Mk2 Golf....1989 1.3C  Sold becuase I had to get something more reliable for a daily commute and didn't have the money to keep it. Bodywork was mint but the pooberg carb wouldn't work properly! |
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Dec 29, 2008 18:32:07 GMT
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Wish i had kept my first car MK2 escort 1.3 2 door done up like a mexico.Only sold as i was pulled over every time i went out in it.And no not for driving like a cock.Also wish i had kept my Astra GTE 16V.Even with all the oil peeing out of every gasket and the blown head gasket.Sorry i have no pics of these cars
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Dec 29, 2008 18:56:13 GMT
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I miss quite alot of the cars that I've sold over the years, however I think the RX7 would be the one I miss the most:  I sold it after it got sideswiped by a bus, the guy who bought it had it fixed and running about a couple of weeks later.  |
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1989 Saab 900i Convertible
1993 Rover 416 GSi
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Dec 29, 2008 19:06:39 GMT
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hmm, theres soooo many when you stop to think about it aint there  72?? aussie charger 75 2000e mk3 tina 78 mk2 rs2000 69 4sp fastback mustang 79 formula 400 firebird 75 lt350 camaro 78 rough as you like, fast as fook 350 camaro 72 3000 gxl capri 73 5.7l mk1 capri 72 karman ghia in no particular order, just the ones i have fond(er) memories of  |
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Dec 29, 2008 19:17:40 GMT
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My second Mini clubman estate. My first one was a polished turd, just a very smart polished turd lol. The second one was a 8000 miles from new minter. It got totaly stripped and rebuilt even though it didnt really need it. We added; High-low suspension conversion, MG metro 4 pot calipers and vented discs, MG metro 1300 lump with unknown cam (turned out to be perfect!), skimmed head, matched ports, lightened and balenced bottom end, twin 1 1/2in S.U. carbs (brand new out of a genuine Austin Maxi Leyland Special tuning kit (cheers dad!)), rare minisport alloy rocker cover, Walnut dash out of a late cooper, MG metro seats, MiniLight wheels which came off an ex-cover car Mini Cooper Sworks (the cooper received full Zeemax body kit and MB split rims) one of only 35 sets of wheels so i beleive, could be wrong. Polished grill with flush fitted square-8 spot lights, loads of other unique touches that I cant be bothered to mention, and a Silver roof with a blue pearl flip. I loved it too bits but one day I just decided to sell it. In the time that i had it it went from being mint original to having 2 people drive in the back of it and one pleb slowley reversing into the drivers door. Muppet!!!!!! It was never quite the same after that. Unfortunaly loads of my pictures got lost (beleived 'stolen') but this is one of few that I have. Had it way back in 1998 before the big rush of #Must have a clubman estate# madness.  |
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Dec 29, 2008 19:28:09 GMT
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my 1994 fiat uno 5 door. sorry no pics.
sold it for pitence to a mechanic who probably fixed it for £5 and sold it on...
with the money i have now it could have actually looks pretty damn cool
also regret selling the mini as the new owner has done nothing but complain even though there is NOTHING wrong with the car.
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1994 Mazda 323f 1.6i 16v GLX
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Dec 29, 2008 19:37:14 GMT
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I regret selling bloody loads! I'll limit my self to these two! £80 mondeo TD estate! What a car! Couple of issues with it when I had it, cost me about £100 to get put right! Stompin' did some miles in this:   And my £60 Mazda, £100 to get MOT'd, Cheap tax, nifty little car! Very ahead of it's time compared to the Ford's I'm used to.  Plus many others |
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Last Edit: Dec 29, 2008 19:37:52 GMT by Deleted
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gasman
Part of things
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Dec 29, 2008 19:47:46 GMT
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 Perfect in every way. I WANT IT BACK |
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Tefal
Part of things
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Dec 29, 2008 19:51:26 GMT
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A321 WRP Mk1 Astra SR
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Dec 29, 2008 19:53:23 GMT
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My Corrado VR6 in 2001, in Aqua Blue Pearl, just like this one.  I had to swap it for a Renault Laguna Diesel (non turbo) because of the daily 80 mile round trip to work in Manchester. So I went from a car that did 0-60 in 6.4 seconds, to one that did it in 16.4... |
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story of my car tinkering life
