One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Richard A Thackeray]

Close, about 90% of an L200's chassis and underpinnings modified into some kind of weird semi monocoque with a people carrier body atop, amd L200/Pajero drivetrains. Good ones can fetch tidy money these days,

I stand corrected

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Again, not a classic, but this is the most appropriate thread
(unless we start another on ‘Everyday Cars’?)

I think this has Lithuanian plates on it(?), so it is probably a ‘home market’ colour scheme?

Wakefield Road
Normanton

Edit; Friday 22nd @ 16:36
I looked again today, they’re Rumanian plates

 

[mistyoptic]

Seen on Hayling Island. Looks in need of some tlc

 

[biggs682]

Spotted this A40 on this morning's walk

 

[roadrash]

^^^^ bit of gaffer tape it fly through an M.O.T ^^^^

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 23rd

Amelia, took this, as I was driving

Rover 2000
Entering ASDA
(from) Standbridge Lane
Sandal
Wakefield

 

[figbat]

Saturday 23rd

Amelia, took this, as I was driving

Rover 2000
Entering ASDA
(from) Standbridge Lane
Sandal
Wakefield

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My dad had one of those, around mid/late 70s.

 

[mistyoptic]

We had the 3500S. Ordered 1971. Test drive, the salesman put the radio on: “you can still hear the radio at 90”. Elton John, Rocket Man, “it’s gonna be a long long time”. We waited 18 months for that car. Dad never forgave Elton John.

Manual box. New box after two months, proper Leyland Friday car

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

My dad had one of those, around mid/late 70s.

Wifes paternal grandfather did too, in the 70s

 

[Gunk]

^^^^ bit of gaffer tape it fly through an M.O.T ^^^^

they don’t need one any more, pump up the tyres, new battery and away you go

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

they don’t need one any more, pump up the tyres, new battery and away you go

Its' a damned stupid idea

It's one way to legislate against older cars
Up To Press, as far as I know, you can still take your exempt vehicle for a MoT test
Will that change when new regulations/tested items are added??


A while ago, in one of the Land Rover magazines, one of the staff-writers hypothesised a situation after a RTC
Your (un MoT test required) car is taken away & examined

The examiner finds a fault.
Would the IPs insurer accept your statement; "The Brakes Were Okay, Last Time I Looked At Them"

Or would they side with the examiner.......... paid by them................. who could be saving the company £000s??

You could appoint your own examiner, & go to Court with it?

If you lose,.............. you'd probably have to pay their costs/the storage fees (if any), your engineers costs, etc....


All for a fault that could have been picked up in advance by an experienced Inspector, with a nationally accepted certificate

Suddenly, it could make that £40 (or so) for a MoT test look very cheap??

YES, I know the fault could have happened after the MoT test date, & that the certificate only states its road-worthiness at the time of testing

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

With regard to my paraphrasing above, about the removal of the MoT test for older vehicles, this is the article

It was in Land Rover Owner International magazine, dated Nov 2012
The writer was Peter Galilee, who is quite a LR Series 1 expert

 

[Ian H]

From the name on the side it appears to belong to an acquaintance of mine. No idea why though, as he's usually a fan of over-engined sillymobiles.

 

[mistyoptic]

From the name on the side it appears to belong to an acquaintance of mine. No idea why though, as he's usually a fan of over-engined sillymobiles.
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My first car was one of those, ’65 vintage, with after-market side windows 😃

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 15th (circa 20:30)

Rover Mini

BSB Motors
Altofts Road
Normanton
Wakefield