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The classic vehicle market.
taysidedragon:
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on November 28, 2024, 06:06:30 PM ---When I worked in the car trade back in 1975/6 my Boss took a Lancia in part exchange for a new Audi. The Lancia was a silver 4 door with a sort of curtain in the back window. It drove quite nicely, when I left the firm it had been on the forecourt for over year without ever going on a test drive. As a used car they were not very popular in Burton on Trent.
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Old Lancias were rust buckets, they dissolved as soon as they saw salt! 🤣
Martin6:
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on November 28, 2024, 11:56:56 AM ---TBH I tinker with my bikes as a retirement hobby with no interest in end value worth.
I like the challenges that are thrown up as I cycle through phases of dispair/elation then ultimate joy when I finally press the start button. The only good thing about potential future worth is I can mentally self justify the spend on new parts.
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Right mindset. Including purchase, I've spent more on my 750k6 than it's worth. But, I have the pleasure of looking at it, riding it and no concern about depreciation. No road tax either.
On rusty Lancias: When I was a boy, growing up in Bristol, the Avon Bridge section of the M5 had just been built. This gave a good view of the Avon / Portbury docks. On the south bank IIRC, there was a very large gravel site, probably 10 football pitches, full of imported Lancias. I remember going over the bridge in the winter and many of the cars were at least axle deep in water. I bet they still sold as 'factory fresh'!
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
During the 1973-75:period, fields full of fully externally waxed new Audi's stood in the Harwich area for up to a year. To shift them the importers at that time Thomas Tilling gave huge extra discounts to dealers to buy them in full. That included Car tax & VAT.
The problem wasn't mainly the water or the salty sea although that sometimes made the rear dampers corroded and leak.
It was the Seagull Droppings that would burn a hole right through the wax, paint and put pinholes in the roof, boot lids & bonnets.
ozzybud:
Look at the picture of the pedals! This is an indication that the restorer was cutting corners and not paying attention tion to detail. They look like they have never been cleaned. That is not new dirt. For a 120k restoration these things should not have been missed.
SteveD CB500K0:
Referring back to one of your earlier posts Ted (another topic), there’s no apostrophe in “Audisâ€
[pedant mode off]
However, I do agree with you about modern usage. If everyone knows what you mean, why the hell does it matter if a few 1960s grammar rules are binned
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