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Mar 23, 2016 19:17:52 GMT
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That's a cool caravan. Do you mind me asking how much you paid for it?
I've been thinking of buying a knackered caravan and using it as a donor for Windows, fridge, cooker, bed etc for my campervan project.
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Mar 22, 2016 21:58:55 GMT
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After a few beers I entered a bonus ball competition for £4 on the retrosh*te Facebook page to win a Toyota Carina. It seemed a good idea at the time. I never ever thought I would win, but my number was drawn and I won it. I then realised I was 5 hours away and the car had no mot. It would have cost me a lot of money to get it transported 5 hours, way more than it was worth. I gave it away to someone else who had entered who lived a lot nearer.
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Mar 22, 2016 21:46:54 GMT
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Since I last posted I've seen another link which shows the exact photos everyone is sharing. The link is dated April 2015. So they may well be gone.
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Mar 22, 2016 19:49:23 GMT
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Practical classics are again posting pictures today on Facebook and saying they recent.
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Mar 21, 2016 18:51:17 GMT
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It was a recent post from practical classics where I seen it.
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Mar 21, 2016 18:08:11 GMT
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I heard those were recent photos? Me too, these have been all over Facebook this weekend, all linked as new photos. I have no idea if they are new or old.
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Mar 21, 2016 12:15:48 GMT
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I don't think I'll go as far as reclassifying it. With the plan I have of making everything quickly removable they would t accept it.
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Mar 20, 2016 19:22:19 GMT
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Yep Omega, people I know who've done this have made some good savings once they have had th Dvla reclassify it. Luckily this van is only £200 a year to insure but I bet it would be even cheaper as a camper. My sister works for a flooring company, they do huge buildings like arenas so their offcuts are huge. I got a roll of carpet from her and carpeted out the back. I experimented with using a sofa bed for our first camping trip. It worked well, it just fitted in sideways then folded out to sleep on. Also we could fit quite a lot under it when it was folded out. This isn't a long term plan as the sofa is very heavy to lift in and out and it takes up too much room. But it worked for a weekend away. Also we bought a tent end porch from a camping shop. This fits lovely over the side door. We could step in and out and cook food in there. That's something we will continue to use, although eventually I will get a proper camper side awning as this end porch isn't a perfect fit. The first plan I'm working on is to have a very small toilet area in the corner. I'm going to work on a design that will have 2 door size bits of wood which will separate the toilet from the main area. But I want to make it work so when the toilet is removed, the 2 doors will fold back flat against the inside of the van. If you look closely there's a few slits in the carpet. There's 6 in total, about 4x4 inch, the carpet folds back and there are looped fixing points screwed to the floor. So if I ever need to tie anything down, the points are still there ready to use.
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Mar 20, 2016 17:41:55 GMT
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I had a Citroen Relay that I bought to use to take my bikes to drag racing events, it had the old 1.9d non turbo pug engine, a solid bullet proof lump but it was so slow. It was a fight to go above 60mph and trucks would pass me on hills on the motorway. I traded it for the 2.0 hdi version below, this is a much nicer van to drive with enough power for the real world. Just after buying this, work went quiet and I could no longer afford to race at drag events. I still have the van here, as it's a useful thing to have and not really worth selling. A few times myself and my other half have slept in the back of it at race meetings and once we stopped at Stonehenge and sat on the side with the sliding door open and had a picnic. This got me thinking, about turning it into a camper van. So I am going to try and do this, but with a twist. I want to design it so everything used for camping can be quickly and easily removed from the van when I need to use it as a normal van. Lots more to follow on this, for now here is a pic of what I'm starting with, a basic panel van.
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Mar 19, 2016 19:38:18 GMT
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I've seen him on Pawn Stars too, as an expert for helping value things and he's also done a couple of builds for them. Cool cars.
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Mar 19, 2016 18:55:40 GMT
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Scored a couple of cars in Wilkos. I was very happy to finally find the Magnus Walker Porsche. I called at Tescos on the way home for a blu-ray and had a look there too. I have never seen these BMW ones before, there's a set of 8. But these ones are £2.50 each for some reason. Cool as hell though.
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Mar 19, 2016 17:16:06 GMT
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I've had two in the last couple of years. I sold my last one last year for £700, about the same condition as yours. I think they are amongst the best bargains out there at the moment. Nearly 40k worth of car new.
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Mar 18, 2016 22:22:46 GMT
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I think this is too cheap, put it through its mot and put it back up for £1000
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Mar 18, 2016 17:00:17 GMT
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I fancy a drive to the coast in the avant. I've started to think about doing this once a month on payday. No jobs need doing on the car, bikes or van so no spannering to do. I might have a look around my relay van. I bought it to use to haul motorbikes to the drag racing events, but I can no longer afford to race bikes so it's just sat there. I've slept in the back of the van a few times at the drag strips, and I fancy turning it into a semi camper. I want to design a basic camper idea, but something that can be rapidly turned back into a working van if I need to move motorbikes around.
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Mar 18, 2016 16:38:42 GMT
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Anything over 20 years old I would call a retro car.
I don't know how to define what is a classic. Some people use the word classic to describe anything old, others use it to describe something old and desirable that was good back in the day.
Ask 100 people this and you could get 100 different answers. There's no set rule, so we could talk about this for years.
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Mar 17, 2016 18:11:36 GMT
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I've found bike insurers to be amazing. One policy I had was £200 for any 5 bikes as long as they are over 10 years old. They can't do enough to help me.
It's car insurers where I have had more problems. The biggest issue I've had is having my Celica and changing to a Jaguar, I got told sorry they won't cover the jag, so I had to start with a new policy. Then I bought a Micra for a bit, again, the jag underwriters wouldn't cover the Micra, another new policy needed.
Then there's commercial insurance, I have a relay van and that's just over £200 fully comp, they have been brilliant with that.
I have my lass as a named driver on my Audi and I asked how much extra for the year to add commuting on so she can use it if there's snow, only £20 for the year. Sometimes they can be great. Bit of peace of mind for us both as her bmw is nasty in the snow.
It's nice to hear a good story about insurance for a change.
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Mar 16, 2016 20:33:31 GMT
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I have mixed feeling on this thread. As someone who's ridden motorcycles for 20+ years, I don't like the cafe racer term being used for cars. I don't even like the term cafe racer being used in modern bikes or Japanese bikes. For me a cafe racer should be a British bike from the 1960s, nothing else. I can just about live with a modern bike in a cafe racer style, but I wouldn't call it a real cafe racer.
But, what I do have huge enthusiasm for is the idea of this thread, our own British style for cars. Even more so, cars that are built to drive. Modified to faster, to be lighter, to handle better.
I would love to see a move away from the lowered stance scene. Maybe I'm getting old and I don't get it, but I don't understand building a car as low as possible, that looks good parked up, built purely for shows, sitting an inch off the ground with huge camber that looks to me like the suspension has collapsed. I've never driven one, but I think it would be terrifying to drive fast on a bumpy country road. Don't get me wrong I love lowered cars, but to me I like to see them lowered a little, to handle better. It almost feels to me like I want to see the 90s again, where lads would fit some new wheels, drop it 40mm, fit a noisy exhaust and K&N then go out and drive.
Anyway enough of my rambling. I just really want to see cars built for driving. People meeting up and going on runs that kind of thing.
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Mar 16, 2016 18:37:42 GMT
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Cars with extreme camber angles will no doubt be dealt with sooner or later with a new law I would have thought as it's becoming more and more popular. Having a car riding on only half its tyre width is bound to attract attention from the plod.
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Mar 16, 2016 18:32:10 GMT
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I'm on Ebay every day, even at work ! not with beer I hasten to add , I go on all the car sites, mainly older / classic sites, in fact only last Saturday I bought a very nice Cavalier 2.0 GLS, from a guy in Sunderland, its totally immaculate, only 3 owners, total and extensive history, the chap had had it for just over 3 years, he bought it from its 2nd owner who'd had it for 17 years, and the 1st owner was actually the dealership !! The chap I bought it from, had only ever worked for Vauxhall (now retired) his parents used to have a dealership, then he set up on his own, then his last few years were with Bristol Street, where this car was initially sold, Only thing is, this has brought my "fleet" to 4 !! and my mrs wasn't / still isn't too chuffed What classic sites do you look on? I'm planning on getting another retro and I'm trying to think of other places to look rather than eBay and autotrader.
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Mar 16, 2016 18:20:22 GMT
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I'm lucky in that my other half loves cars and prefers older ones. Never a week goes by without me getting a telling off from her for selling my Celica. That was her favourite car of mine, she was always borrowing it. I let it go silly cheap to make room here after I had the stupid idea of building a drift car.
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