IceNineBack to cool stuff @jackyan and @GruffHarding
Green is always a winner I say and again it keeps on winning
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/chevrolet/oldsmobile/listing/5760414342
Gruff HardingHow are you going to explain the purchase after hitting a fifth division win?
Anyhoo, a few beauts today, but first this - get it and you too can pick the car of your choice
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/other/other/listing/5761689924
Number two - is purple your lucky colour? Better hope so, because British reliability
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/austin/1100/listing/5761804800
Jack Yan (甄爵恩)@GruffHarding @IceNine Ah, but was yours twin-carb with the 1300?
I'd hope so!
Thing I like about older cars, you lift the bonnet and can immediately recognise an engine!
A nice honest car, with honest description
I think @BobLefridge left it sitting out the front for a few years
On the beach
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/fiat/124-spider/listing/5765339931
@IceNine @GruffHarding @BobLefridge I think this shows how restrictive Trade Me is with descriptions. The seller probably wanted to write Fiat 124 Sport Spider but couldnʼt.
@jackyan @GruffHarding @BobLefridge
That said, they'd otherwise have a zillion categories
And someone would probably moan something like "Why isn't there a category for a Super Windy Starlet?" instead of being embarrassed by such a daft name
@IceNine @GruffHarding @BobLefridge No need for categories, just let the seller type in the name? Itʼs in their interest to get the details right.
@jackyan @GruffHarding @BobLefridge
Yeah, there's always the 'Other' category too - only, as you've noted, it'll get called a Fiat Other
That said, this red beauty had the same issue
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/fiat/124-spider/listing/5761148783
@IceNine @GruffHarding @BobLefridge How frustrating. Evidently programmed by morons who know zero about the car industry. They expect everyone to be in tiny conformist boxes, all filling in Toyota Corolla or whatever it is you buy to signal that you have given up on life.
@jackyan @GruffHarding @BobLefridge
Too true, but also they make up 90% of the population. It's also why I search using filters and not by make or model (colour is tempting) - that said, the quickest and most powerful way to undertake any selection is through it's manual 😆
Prize for rephrasing that into the original English translation
@IceNine @GruffHarding @BobLefridge They should allow for variations as Auto Trader (UK and NZ) do. I don’t use Trade Me at all when it comes to cars—would honestly prefer searching either Auto Trader NZ or dealer listings directly.
@jackyan @IceNine @BobLefridge https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/ford/cortina/listing/5762087452 when I win lotto tonight I an gonna buy this, then get it repainted in Sherwood Green. In honour of the one I bought from mystic Granddad
Bob LeFridge 
Tidy vehicle, but $16k for a Cortina?
Colin Jackson@BobLefridge @IceNine @jackyan @GruffHarding you could have a love affair in that…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuNyzEa0gU8
(Video is Billericay Dickie by Ian Dury)
Ian Dury & The Blockheads Billericay Dickie 1977
@BobLefridge @jackyan @IceNine https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/toyota/corolla/listing/5766979559 what's worse is we used to buy these for 500 bucks in the the early 90s
@BobLefridge @jackyan @IceNine https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/ford/cortina/listing/5644967175 I'd buy thistle for my brother the road trip it back 😁
@GruffHarding @BobLefridge @jackyan
That and 323s were just everywhere
Some times they'd pass a warrant, but oh the rust
@GruffHarding @BobLefridge @jackyan
I knew I should have waited - 1.7L sewing machine
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/other/other/listing/5776548241
@jackyan @GruffHarding @BobLefridge
Didn't know corgi were hunting dogs
Short legs, they'd get stuck all the time
@jackyan @GruffHarding @BobLefridge
Sorry, is this a dog, a fish, or a reptile?
Oh. None of the above. Very slow of me.
@jackyan @GruffHarding @BobLefridge
It's a pangolin
@jackyan @GruffHarding @BobLefridge
Well I've found the perfect companion to pick it up with - a miniature truck
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/daihatsu/delta/listing/5783733380
@jackyan @GruffHarding @BobLefridge
Same as my Mondeo!
@IceNine @BobLefridge @jackyan is the singer a sport version of the hunter, i'e more gauges same rubbish performance.
@IceNine @BobLefridge @jackyan I'm still here fellas 😁, I've just been a bit distracted with let's say admin, but all is well 😁
@GruffHarding @BobLefridge @jackyan
I found a cracker though 😆
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/toyota/hilux/listing/5788409900
@GruffHarding @BobLefridge @jackyan
More serious, I 100% picture Jack in this beast
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/austin/other/listing/5790751772
@IceNine @GruffHarding @BobLefridge The van would be great, though I would need an anthropomorphic dog to help me run the business.
@GruffHarding @jackyan @BobLefridge
Everything useful's gone eh
@jackyan @GruffHarding @BobLefridge
Forget the Austin, we have a winner for you Jack!
And think, you can do a road trip via Ōtepoti and Ōtautahi to show it off!
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/renault/other/listing/5785593103
@jackyan @GruffHarding @BobLefridge
I haven't seen the Dauphine on Ōtautahi yet Mister Yan
Please explain
@IceNine @jackyan @BobLefridge https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/triumph/search?body_style=stationwagon&auto_category_jump=false I'll go you one better, look at the straight 6 under the hood
I've owned a pair of Triumph 2.5s cars and they were damn fine vehicles. The good one was a one-owner vehicle I bought from a cocky in Leeston for two grand (in 1992). It was pretty immaculate and even came with a factory-fitted metal sun visor.
The other was a battered soul but still drove beautifully. I made a $500 offer to Turners after it failed to sell at auction and they said yes.
While the TM wagon looks tidy, note that the seller has hidden the reg so it's hard to find the actual mileage. I'll bet it's a damn sight more than 11k.
I can't believe the prices being asked for Triumphs!
@BobLefridge @GruffHarding @IceNine Estates were imports, too, weren’t they? Added bonus. But that Lucas PI was a nightmare. Still remember Dad taking ours to bits—he fixed it though! So surprised a PI is still alive as I imagined most have had TC transplants by now …
@jackyan @BobLefridge @GruffHarding
This was my fave from that place, for all the wrong reasons! But only $15K
https://waimakclassiccars.co.nz/listings/austin-princess-hl-1981/
1981 Austin Princess HL - Waimak Classic Cars
This Nelson assembled wedge car has to be one of the BEST KEPT SECRETS in New Zealand. It was not owned – it was treasured. The Princess is a family car that was produced in the United Kingdom by British Leyland from 1975 until 1981. The car inherited a front wheel drive / transverse engine configuration from its predecessor, ... Read More
@IceNine @BobLefridge @GruffHarding I thought wedges were cool, even if the 1·8 engines were unreliable. Heard some horror stories from ex-NZMC staff. There was a Morris wedge in Wellington, and given the early number plate it could have been an NZMC evaluation car. Gone to the scrapyard in the sky now, I bet.
@jackyan @IceNine @BobLefridge the only good thing thing about the Austin Princess was that they stopped making them
John Cortexiphan@yakmoose @GruffHarding @BobLefridge @jackyan
They buffed the engine out!
@IceNine @yakmoose @BobLefridge @jackyan A mate thought the same thing when he rolled a car into an estuary many years ago, flooded the engine a bit though.
@IceNine @yakmoose @BobLefridge @jackyan https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/subaru/brumby/listing/5920872214 I found the perfect classic!
@GruffHarding @yakmoose @BobLefridge @jackyan
So did I!
Not as eyecatching this one, and you'll have to travel a bit further Gruff than Happy Valley, but it is half the price.
I'm sure Bob had at least two of them and also did some dodgy mission in one too, but there's not many vehicles which don't tick those boxes. Nissan Cube perhaps?
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/other/other/listing/5939871462
Nah. I never owned anything big and thirsty like the Sunbeam.
But I did desire a Brumby for a while. Fifteen years ago they were around $2,500 for a decent one. Suffice to say, I'm shocked at the current prices.
@BobLefridge @jackyan @GruffHarding @yakmoose
Have I finally found a car you and your brother didn't get up to no good in?!
@IceNine @BobLefridge @jackyan @yakmoose the Corollas I used to buy for five hundy are now 20k, along with the Cortinas. My Dad used to say the same thing about all the Chevs he rolled down various banks/paddocks. I'm keeping my 2003 Xtrail. One day it's gonna be a classic 😁
@GruffHarding @BobLefridge @jackyan @yakmoose
Only issue I have with any car that might become a classic is I actually use it
You have us wrong. My brother and I were actually pretty discerning in our choice of vehicles. Like Gruff says, there were quite a few five hundy cars.
Between us we owned a few Vanguards, a weird fibreglass thing called a Mistral, 20-30 Morris Eights, one Morris Minor, one Morris J4 van, one CF Bedford, one Citroen GS club, one 1949 Singer Sports, a matching pair of MG Midgets and that infamous Fiat 500 which was involved in a reported "high speed (!) chase" round north Dunedin.
I've also owned a VW Variant (yellow), an Alfa Romeo GTV2000, a Saab 900, a 72 MGBGT, a Ford SIerra wagon (bland), a pair of Triumph 2500s, a Telstar (bland), the sad little SJ410 living at the back of my drive, one Escudo (bland), two Suzuki Swifts and seven Subarus.
That's all. Perfectly normal.
@BobLefridge @IceNine @GruffHarding @yakmoose Was the Mistral one of these? https://classicsglemham.org.uk/1959-buckler-dd2-mistral-1
@BobLefridge @IceNine @jackyan @yakmoose the Telstar was the favourite it the reps back in the day. The engine that was passed down from the Cortina to the Sierra to the Telstar was bullet proof. Also the Sierra styling was way ahead of its time, and the rally spec ones were seriously quick.
@BobLefridge @jackyan @GruffHarding @yakmoose
An infamous chase in a Bambina?
I thought the only one even close to a chase was an ex-cop I knew who pulled one over on Moorhouse Ave here, doing 88.
He asked the driver how he managex such a speed - driver pointed at the Colombo Street overbridge behing him.
@GruffHarding @IceNine @BobLefridge Iʼd say Sunbeam was the sport brand. Prewar, and before Rootes, Singer was pretty innovative, so it was the more engineering-oriented brand.