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Title: Anyone on here?
Post by: PhilRich on 23 August 2013, 12:24:37
Rather nice Ford Anglia on the 'bay. The seller is 'ome6aman', is it Guy or another Oofer :-\ :y

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ANGLIA-105-997cc-May-1960-Blue-GENUINE-68-000mls-MoT-Mar14-FREE-Tax-Full-History-/251322690243?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3a83ffeac3
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: omega3000 on 23 August 2013, 13:10:50
Mr .Omegaman  :y
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: Mr.OmegaMan on 23 August 2013, 13:57:20
Mr .Omegaman  :y

It's not mine, Nice example though  :y

Maybe his user I'd is connected to the Omega brand watches or omega3 oil  :-\
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: Varche on 23 August 2013, 14:03:31
Mr .Omegaman  :y

It's not mine, Nice example though  :y

Maybe his user I'd is connected to the Omega brand watches or omega3 oil  :-\

It might be you have a sophisticated cyber stalker selling your stuff for you :o ;D
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: SandBoy on 23 August 2013, 14:12:08
Gets me thinking about the amount of classic cars that have come and gone through my hands over the years and what might they be worth now? ::)
A Capri 3.0s (W reg) I got it for £100 via a debt I was owed 15 years ago,it was just sat outside the house,a bloke knocked on the door and said to the missus "£500 cash for the Capri", I didnt even go to the door just chucked her the keys and she done the deal! :)
It was in front of us at the lights the other day and looking very good,probably worth a few grand now. :-\
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: omega3000 on 23 August 2013, 14:19:13
Gets me thinking about the amount of classic cars that have come and gone through my hands over the years and what might they be worth now? ::)
A Capri 3.0s (W reg) I got it for £100 via a debt I was owed 15 years ago,it was just sat outside the house,a bloke knocked on the door and said to the missus "£500 cash for the Capri", I didnt even go to the door just chucked her the keys and she done the deal! :)
It was in front of us at the lights the other day and looking very good,probably worth a few grand now. :-\

Aye , a good one probably £6k +  :( I sold my Capri LS for £400 , bloke put a diesel engine in it  :'(
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 23 August 2013, 14:33:45
Gets me thinking about the amount of classic cars that have come and gone through my hands over the years and what might they be worth now? ::)
A Capri 3.0s (W reg) I got it for £100 via a debt I was owed 15 years ago,it was just sat outside the house,a bloke knocked on the door and said to the missus "£500 cash for the Capri", I didnt even go to the door just chucked her the keys and she done the deal! :)
It was in front of us at the lights the other day and looking very good,probably worth a few grand now. :-\

Aye , a good one probably £6k +  :( I sold my Capri LS for £400 , bloke put a diesel engine in it :'(


Well, the Capri always did drive like a lorry.......on a good day.

I owned a 1974 1600 XL Mark 1. White with a BVR. It looked great but was shit slow and drove like a bus.

The cambelt snapped one memorable day. Luckily, it didn't take the engine with it. :y
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: dbug on 23 August 2013, 16:09:44
Nice tidy car - impressed that he claims it has central locking on a 1960 car though :o
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: SandBoy on 23 August 2013, 17:24:18
Gets me thinking about the amount of classic cars that have come and gone through my hands over the years and what might they be worth now? ::)
A Capri 3.0s (W reg) I got it for £100 via a debt I was owed 15 years ago,it was just sat outside the house,a bloke knocked on the door and said to the missus "£500 cash for the Capri", I didnt even go to the door just chucked her the keys and she done the deal! :)
It was in front of us at the lights the other day and looking very good,probably worth a few grand now. :-\

Aye , a good one probably £6k +  :( I sold my Capri LS for £400 , bloke put a diesel engine in it  :'(
:'( :'( :'( Will have to list all the cars that have gone bye bye over the years,most all classics now :( but in the day just a lump of metal with wheels on to pick the girls up in :D
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: SandBoy on 23 August 2013, 17:41:08
Nice tidy car - impressed that he claims it has central locking on a 1960 car though :o
;D
Perhaps it has one of these :D
http://www.streetperformance.com/auto/1961-ford-anglia-base/power-door-lock-kit/65198-5992vc/ :y
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: dbug on 23 August 2013, 17:53:23
Nice tidy car - impressed that he claims it has central locking on a 1960 car though :o
;D
Perhaps it has one of these :D
http://www.streetperformance.com/auto/1961-ford-anglia-base/power-door-lock-kit/65198-5992vc/ :y

Could be - maybe there's still a market for these  ???
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: omega3000 on 23 August 2013, 18:14:39
Gets me thinking about the amount of classic cars that have come and gone through my hands over the years and what might they be worth now? ::)
A Capri 3.0s (W reg) I got it for £100 via a debt I was owed 15 years ago,it was just sat outside the house,a bloke knocked on the door and said to the missus "£500 cash for the Capri", I didnt even go to the door just chucked her the keys and she done the deal! :)
It was in front of us at the lights the other day and looking very good,probably worth a few grand now. :-\

Aye , a good one probably £6k +  :( I sold my Capri LS for £400 , bloke put a diesel engine in it  :'(
:'( :'( :'( Will have to list all the cars that have gone bye bye over the years,most all classics now :( but in the day just a lump of metal with wheels on to pick the girls up in :D

Aye , an the girls never appreciated a good looking car either  :( They just wanted drink and tabs  >:( >:(
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 23 August 2013, 18:30:02
Gets me thinking about the amount of classic cars that have come and gone through my hands over the years and what might they be worth now? ::)
A Capri 3.0s (W reg) I got it for £100 via a debt I was owed 15 years ago,it was just sat outside the house,a bloke knocked on the door and said to the missus "£500 cash for the Capri", I didnt even go to the door just chucked her the keys and she done the deal! :)
It was in front of us at the lights the other day and looking very good,probably worth a few grand now. :-\

Aye , a good one probably £6k +  :( I sold my Capri LS for £400 , bloke put a diesel engine in it  :'(

That's funny!!!  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: omega3000 on 23 August 2013, 18:38:01
Gets me thinking about the amount of classic cars that have come and gone through my hands over the years and what might they be worth now? ::)
A Capri 3.0s (W reg) I got it for £100 via a debt I was owed 15 years ago,it was just sat outside the house,a bloke knocked on the door and said to the missus "£500 cash for the Capri", I didnt even go to the door just chucked her the keys and she done the deal! :)
It was in front of us at the lights the other day and looking very good,probably worth a few grand now. :-\

Aye , a good one probably £6k +  :( I sold my Capri LS for £400 , bloke put a diesel engine in it  :'(

That's funny!!!  ;D ;D ;D

Hope the Capri owners club didnt see it  ;D Must be 16 years ago i sold it now and even then i was a bit gobsmacked at what he was going to do as the 1.6 ran sweet  :(
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: SandBoy on 23 August 2013, 18:48:29
Aye , an the girls never appreciated a good looking car either  :( They just wanted drink and tabs  >:( >:(
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 8) And a lift home once they had their fill :-* :P :o :D ;) :y
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: omega3000 on 23 August 2013, 18:52:31
30 yrs ago i wanted a Triumph Dolomite sprint and still do but many have rusted to bits now , i bought a triumph herald and that too was a tea bag  :(
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: Rog on 23 August 2013, 18:56:16
Takes me back. I learned to drive in one of those. That was a LONG time ago  :(
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: SandBoy on 23 August 2013, 20:25:18
30 yrs ago i wanted a Triumph Dolomite sprint and still do but many have rusted to bits now , i bought a triumph herald and that too was a tea bag  :(

BOOM!....http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C400619
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: omega3000 on 23 August 2013, 22:11:09
30 yrs ago i wanted a Triumph Dolomite sprint and still do but many have rusted to bits now , i bought a triumph herald and that too was a tea bag  :(

BOOM!....http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C400619

What you have to go and show me that link for  :-* ;D
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: 05omegav6 on 23 August 2013, 22:43:37
How dated is that :o makes a MK3 Escort look modern especially given as they were both on sale in 1981 :-\
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: SandBoy on 24 August 2013, 09:40:22
30 yrs ago i wanted a Triumph Dolomite sprint and still do but many have rusted to bits now , i bought a triumph herald and that too was a tea bag  :(

BOOM!....http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C400619

What you have to go and show me that link for  :-* ;D

Soz ;D Back in 1988 had one of those,it was green ex Met, my brother was a Met mechanic and used to know when they were being released into the "wild".That used to go like the proverbial off a shovel,cant actually remember what happened to it :-\ we had that and a Rover3500(SD1) at the same time.
I used to drive them while Bro :'( done the spannering,hence my very limited knowledge of mechanics! :-[
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: aaronjb on 24 August 2013, 10:45:17
How dated is that :o makes a MK3 Escort look modern especially given as they were both on sale in 1981 :-\

But which one looks nicer .. definitely not the Mk3 Escort to my eye! Now if it were Mk1 Escort vs. Dolly..
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 24 August 2013, 11:21:25
How dated is that :o makes a MK3 Escort look modern especially given as they were both on sale in 1981 :-\

But which one looks nicer .. definitely not the Mk3 Escort to my eye! Now if it were Mk1 Escort vs. Dolly..

... and which one can you steer with your right foot, as opposed to barely steer at all? ;)
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: omega3000 on 24 August 2013, 11:24:52
30 yrs ago i wanted a Triumph Dolomite sprint and still do but many have rusted to bits now , i bought a triumph herald and that too was a tea bag  :(

BOOM!....http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C400619

What you have to go and show me that link for  :-* ;D

Soz ;D Back in 1988 had one of those,it was green ex Met, my brother was a Met mechanic and used to know when they were being released into the "wild".That used to go like the proverbial off a shovel,cant actually remember what happened to it :-\ we had that and a Rover3500(SD1) at the same time.
I used to drive them while Bro :'( done the spannering,hence my very limited knowledge of mechanics! :-[

The dolly sprint i use to see daily sounded really nice , overheating issues were eventually sorted . I think it was the radiator that needed to be bigger  :-\

Rover SDI was another favorite  :-* And the stag  :D ;D
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 24 August 2013, 15:14:01
30 yrs ago i wanted a Triumph Dolomite sprint and still do but many have rusted to bits now , i bought a triumph herald and that too was a tea bag  :(

BOOM!....http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C400619


Nice........ but is the exhaust meant to be that low? :-\
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 24 August 2013, 15:16:57
How dated is that :o makes a MK3 Escort look modern especially given as they were both on sale in 1981 :-\

 The Dolly Sprint used the same boxy body as the Triumph 1500, which looked old-fashioned in 1970. :-\
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: albitz on 24 August 2013, 15:47:32
Wasn't a very good car tbh.Looked old and handled like it too. Reasonably quick in a straight line in its day,and the single cam/16v arrangement was an interesting concept.
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: omega3000 on 24 August 2013, 17:24:17
Wasn't a very good car tbh.Looked old and handled like it too. Reasonably quick in a straight line in its day,and the single cam/16v arrangement was an interesting concept.

Not too bad in corner's either Albs  ;)

Dolomite Sprint (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=3&cad=rja&ved=0CEMQtwIwAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKpTG-rVvtsk&ei=hNwYUry9KaaU0AWop4CYAQ&usg=AFQjCNFa4Seop-nt3G6tf_bKj0TDBFWMew)
Title: Re: Anyone on here?
Post by: albitz on 24 August 2013, 17:55:58
Relative to other quick cars at he time they were pretty awful in the corners tbh mate. I well remember having a race in my Chevette HS (which was bog standard at the time) against an ex works dolly sprint,which had cost the owner a LOT of money.
We raced around 10 miles or so of local Irish country roads which we both knew well,and I left him for dead. Being a cocky youngster (although not in the same league as the Dolly owner on that score) When I got to the agreed finish line,the first thing I did was light up a ciggy,and proudly showed him that I had almost finished it when he eventually arrived. ;D