bruisercapri
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Apr 12, 2009 11:07:47 GMT
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if only you was a little closer id be round like a shot! DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMM!!!! I want this you're not that far away, i'm only in suffolk ;D i probably won't be online the rest of the day but anybody who wants to talk to me about this car please call or text me on 0 7 7 9 9 7 1 2 0 6 8
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conrad
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Apr 12, 2009 15:20:47 GMT
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that is quite an odd little vehicle, but i like it.
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Apr 12, 2009 19:43:13 GMT
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i like it too, if only for the fact that if you could arrive somewhere and announce 'I came in my beagle again today'
And of course if you were to get your end away in the back of it, you would have to be careful about who you told that you had sex in the beagle's rear end.
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Apr 12, 2009 20:31:13 GMT
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pmsl datman... that creates some very wrong pictures in the brain..
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bruisercapri
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Apr 12, 2009 22:54:28 GMT
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I like it too, if only for the fact that if you could arrive somewhere and announce 'I came in my beagle again today' And of course if you were to get your end away in the back of it, you would have to be careful about who you told that you had sex in the beagle's rear end. haha brilliant! i hadn't even thought of it like that ;D
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Apr 13, 2009 12:09:13 GMT
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Where does this CF business come from? The DVLA record has it down as 2279cc but that could easily be corrected surely. 'cos I've seen this sort of thing before... And with HA bedfords for that matter. A Bedford with a 2279cc engine would be a series 1 CF. Quick it of log book swapping from the HA and that becomes tax exempt, change the engine size by sending away the V5C and job done. The original engine size for the HA would be 1057cc or 1159cc and they never offered a 2279cc HA. As I recall the slant 4 and its box won't fit the HA shell without cutting the bulkhead and transmission tunnel. So it will be obvious if the conversion has ever been done on it, and thats why most conversion HAs I've seen have been Ford Xflow.... Now the DVLA want independant verification of engine swaps now. So if that HA has the original engine in it there's the start of a whole lot of explaining to do. Now if you know why the V5C details are wrong for this van and can prove it then fine. The DVLA are well suspicious about this sort of thing these days so some care would be needed before blundering into the DVLA and fessing up, especially as there isn't even a V5C with the van... Without sight of the V5C you don't know what other details such as VIN and engine number are recorded. They may match the van here, or may not. Who knows? Except a DVLA inspector... There may well be a totally innocent explaination but "40 years ago someome made a mistake on the register and in the last 4 decades nobody noticed" probably won't wash with Swansea, even if it were true.
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Last Edit: Apr 13, 2009 12:11:11 GMT by akku
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conrad
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Apr 13, 2009 12:43:29 GMT
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I like it too, if only for the fact that if you could arrive somewhere and announce 'I came in my beagle again today' And of course if you were to get your end away in the back of it, you would have to be careful about who you told that you had sex in the beagle's rear end. not everyone likes to announce there... ahem... arrival with such mixed messages as " i came in my beagle" however, while i wouldnt do it myself, i can imagine i'd quite enjoy hearing you (or anyone) say that in polite company, or the rear end thing. perhaps in front of the local vicar
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Apr 13, 2009 17:33:05 GMT
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Just been told its the perfect vehicle for "dogging " whatever that is !!! ;D ;D ;D
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If I had two brains I,d still be a halfwit 1969 Morris Minor Traveller
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10mpg
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Apr 13, 2009 19:04:47 GMT
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Hi are the rear arches sound? If so I'm very intertested.. Cash waiting! Let me know... i've sent you a pm, the arches are (surprisingly) very solid as is most of the car that you can see without tearing it apart Christ! sorry I missed your PM and forgot all about it, it's a customer of mine thats interested in it, I'll give you a bell tomorrow about it (infact I'll I'll PM you my number in case I forget again)..
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Last Edit: Apr 13, 2009 19:05:30 GMT by 10mpg
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bruisercapri
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Where does this CF business come from? The DVLA record has it down as 2279cc but that could easily be corrected surely. 'cos I've seen this sort of thing before... And with HA bedfords for that matter. A Bedford with a 2279cc engine would be a series 1 CF. Quick it of log book swapping from the HA and that becomes tax exempt, change the engine size by sending away the V5C and job done. The original engine size for the HA would be 1057cc or 1159cc and they never offered a 2279cc HA. As I recall the slant 4 and its box won't fit the HA shell without cutting the bulkhead and transmission tunnel. So it will be obvious if the conversion has ever been done on it, and thats why most conversion HAs I've seen have been Ford Xflow.... Now the DVLA want independant verification of engine swaps now. So if that HA has the original engine in it there's the start of a whole lot of explaining to do. Now if you know why the V5C details are wrong for this van and can prove it then fine. The DVLA are well suspicious about this sort of thing these days so some care would be needed before blundering into the DVLA and fessing up, especially as there isn't even a V5C with the van... Without sight of the V5C you don't know what other details such as VIN and engine number are recorded. They may match the van here, or may not. Who knows? Except a DVLA inspector... There may well be a totally innocent explaination but "40 years ago someome made a mistake on the register and in the last 4 decades nobody noticed" probably won't wash with Swansea, even if it were true. fair point but the engine number is on the vin plate, so shouldn't be a real issue proving anything, to be fair though mate i'm trying to sell the car as i can't afford the storage for it anymore and don't really need anyone being put off it i understand the difficulties of sorting a logbook for it, but that is something i was very prepared to do and fight for if i had to. the car is as it is that's why it's only £100
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Apr 14, 2009 11:52:36 GMT
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Indeed, I'm not trying to muck with the sale and if anything hooky has gone on I'm sure its not down to you. I've had a couple of cars myself which have had "odd discrepancies" on the V5C - maybe others I've never noticed because I'm a bit lax at checkig these details - like most of us I assume everyone into older cars is same as me and you - just having some fun and not out to screw anyone. Sadly theres a small minority who are. I only noticed when people I was selling the cars noticed things were "iffy" and then its me left looking like the crook for somone elses efforts a few years before I even had the damn car. As I said before, even as the conversion parts its well worth what you're asking. [butting out]
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Last Edit: Apr 14, 2009 11:53:49 GMT by akku
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 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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bruisercapri
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Apr 15, 2009 20:09:40 GMT
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fair point mate ;D
anyway tis now sold! ;D ;D
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Apr 15, 2009 20:45:07 GMT
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Am I right in thinking that the only thing that suggests a cf is the engine capacity ?,
I had an 1800 magnum lump in my ha van , could it not be a case of this van once had a larger lump that was declared to the dvla ?
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bruisercapri
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not really as it has the original 1057 engine in it and it doesn't look like it's ever been out of the car, they came with the 1057 as std
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pbottomley
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Am I right in thinking that the only thing that suggests a cf is the engine capacity ?, I had an 1800 magnum lump in my ha van , could it not be a case of this van once had a larger lump that was declared to the dvla ? lets see some pictures of this 1800 Magnum engine in a HA?
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