Londontram Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 The Skeyton goat is on Sunday the 17th this year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 The Skeyton goat is on Sunday the 17th this year #########. That gives me around 7 weeks to convince my daughter that what she really wants to do on her 12th birthday is have a few beers and look at some cars. I'll give it my best shot! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I've got to shrink the DS piccy to fit... Do let us see the CX as well, if a photo exists! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I've got to shrink the DS piccy to fit, Just at the top of Fairfield St behind Manchester Piccadilly is another compound with some interesting stuff rotting away, several Jags including a Mk10/420G a pretty rotten Silver Spur and some old Mercs. Unfortunately getting pictures is awkward as the street corners is a haunt for ladies of a certain profession! is this the one opposite the petrol station as i think they may belong to the garage as he recently had a silvercloud/spur for sale he seems to do restoration on this type of car and has some nice motors for sale on an irregular basis is the summer house still in the middle of the land ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Now THAT has made my day! steve 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I used to work in the early 80's with a chap who was a train drive at Orpington and secretary of of the Humber Owners club, he had a nice Super Snipe estate among his collection. Years later I met him again after he had moved to Llandudno Junc, he was still into Humbers. Finally here is the DS Now something big and chromey! A '57 Pontiac Chieftian on the Island of Mallorca at the resort of Alcudia. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Something just a LITTLE different ....... http://www.chonday.com/Videos/dwarf-car-museum Another reason to visit Arizona, Jack. I love that State. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Incidently the DS has tenuous railway connection, just behind the Audi is Dean Hall home of Manchester Model Railway Society . I'll try and get a piccy of the Lancia Fulvia, in the mean time this little gem has also appeared locally. OF indicates it's from Brum originally(pun intended!) despite the scruff look it is a daily driver. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I wonder if the DS is one of the early examples assembled in Slough.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Love the DS. My uncle had one, circa mid-late 70s? I was far too young to appreciate it, I just thought it was cool because it "went up and down". 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweasel Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 I wonder if the DS is one of the early examples assembled in Slough.... Probably not,being a left hooker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweasel Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Eh oop, Just a few Bradford's and Jowett's at Basingstoke a little while back. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Dread Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Incidently the DS has tenuous railway connection, just behind the Audi is Dean Hall home of Manchester Model Railway Society . I'll try and get a piccy of the Lancia Fulvia, in the mean time this little gem has also appeared locally. OF indicates it's from Brum originally(pun intended!) despite the scruff look it is a daily driver. 20150327_063809-1.jpg ROF indeed March 1955. My first Minor was a 1952 model. Whilst talking to an A.A. man at a Minor rally, he said "Morris Minors, the only way to stop one of those is with a big stick and club it to death!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Just been trawling through various 1-76 scale Moggies and non seem to quite capture the right look, the best is Corgi trackside Moggy van. Incidently for HO the Brekina Moggy is very good, would certainly pass ok as a background vehicle on a OO scene. As would their Rover 3500(P5B) and Mk1 Granada in various versions. Now back to real cars, now late 80's Mercs may not be classics just yet, values of good ones are certainly creeping up. This was taken opposite the station at Limoux in the south of France on the same day as the Amy featured earlier, it's a diesel(wing vents are the give away) and from memory a 250D. Another car very high on my christmas list! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 The W124 was the last true Merc before the disastrous Daimler-Chrysler era and the rusty W210s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 28, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 28, 2015 The best 1/76 Morris Minor is the Pocket-bond one. The Corgi one is deplorable, the saloon has about a scale 6 inches missing from the bottom of the boot. The Pocket-bond one isn't perfect, the hub caps are too small and the grill is a tad too wide but the body shape is the most accurate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Probably not,being a left hooker. Almost certainly not, the reg belies it to be a 67 model but Slough production finished in 1965. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted March 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 28, 2015 The W124 was the last true Merc before the disastrous Daimler-Chrysler era and the rusty W210s. Have they returned to peerless build quality again or are they still producing junk? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Have they returned to peerless build quality again or are they still producing junk? I think they managed to cast themselves off in the end. Sort of makes you yearn for the era when Waxenberger and Bracq held sway at MB and designed and engineered some truly great cars. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 The W124 was the last true Merc before the disastrous Daimler-Chrysler era and the rusty W210s.Ah Daimler-Chrysler. The biggest screw up since the Alfa Arna married Japanese styling to Italian engineering. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 (edited) Mostly true about the Chrysler years at MB, however very early C class on L & M plates are worth looking out for and saving. There are issues with late model W124's all the mulit valve petrol engines need head gasket work and the wiring loom was changed to a sort of plastic which turned out be bio degradable! The 5 speed auto boxes(6 pot cars only) are not as robust as the almost bullet proof 4 speeder due the use of electronics, they're not deal breakers just a bit more expensive to fix. A very early ('94 or '95) C250D in good nick is a guaranteed money maker. Here is a link to a dutch Mercedes Benz specialist and the prices are fairly eye watering, in fairness there are fairly hefty taxes even on 2nd hand cars upto 25 years old, this tends to distort all old car values in Holland http://www.klaasdepoel.com/verkoop/w202-c280-elegance-leder-rollo-cruise-airco/#.VRfAlPnF9rscheck the rest of his stock here http://www.klaasdepoel.com/verkoop/#.VRfBtfnF9rs Edited March 29, 2015 by w124bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 ....there are fairly hefty taxes even on 2nd hand cars upto 25 years old, this tends to distort all old car values in Holland http://www.klaasdepoel.com/verkoop/w202-c280-elegance-leder-rollo-cruise-airco/#.VRfAlPnF9rscheck the rest of his stock here http://www.klaasdepoel.com/verkoop/#.VRfBtfnF9rs Sort of explains why classic cars are so utterly popular in Holland. I've noticed the Dutch have a rabid fanaticism for things like NSU Ro80s and Citroën DSs and CXs, plus of course the home-grown DAFs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Dutch love their 2CV's as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I think they managed to cast themselves off in the end. Sort of makes you yearn for the era when Waxenberger and Bracq held sway at MB and designed and engineered some truly great cars. Waxenberger was evidence that Germany may not produce too many magnificent eccentrics but when it does it is with typical German excellence . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Waxenberger was evidence that Germany may not produce too many magnificent eccentrics but when it does it is with typical German excellence . The story behind Waxenberger's creation of the 300 SEL 6.3 is almost legendary, and his boss only found out about it by accident because he worked late one night and heard the prototype rumble past his office window! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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