Dez
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And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
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ive finally managed to get into the yard of one of the local old boys. to say hes got some stuff is an understatement. hes 82 and has started selling some stuff off for his retirement fund. unfortuntely he knows what its worth, sonone of its that cheap, but nearly all of it is ridiculously rare. here some pics he let me take, with prices.  moskovitch pickup. £1200. moskovitch van. £1200  skoda van. this thing looks pretty awesome. 1k.  a daf. think he said 500 notes for this.  trabants. you can have two for a grand, a saloon and an estate. I think ones got a buggered engine though.  wartburg knight (s) hes got two. ones 800 and ones 500. I think this is the 500 quid one.  hes also got this really cool looking polish thing- a syrena 105 apparently? its in a lot better nick than the rest, not far off the road really. I was quite taken with it, especially at 1500 quid. he recons its the only one in the country.  theres an nsu prinz under this lot. don't ask about the bikes, he wont sell a single one.  its not just eastern bloc stuff though. hes got a p1800 or 6. they're all pretty rough mind.  this velox was last on the road 4 years ago after a partial restoration. I recon it would MOT with little or no work. awesome patina on it too. seems good for £2.5k.  this standard ensign has a very good number plate on it. thinknig about it myself at 1500 quid just cos of the plate!  my other pick of the bunch would probably be this squire for 1500 quid.   this is probly less than half what he had. hes a bit cagy about selling some of the rest though and seeing as its taken me so long to get in there i didnt want to scare him off by being too pushy, and he didnt want me taking too many 'general' pics that werent directly of cars cos he didnt want people figuring out where he was and coming sniffing round. Ive got to go back soon to sort out dragging this out though-   see what more I can get out of him then.........  |
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Last Edit: Mar 9, 2012 9:22:25 GMT by Dez
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Seth
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Wow! Great find. He must have had some passion for Eastern Bloc cars to have collected those together. Syrena is fab. The Skoda Van is an Octavia I think? You're not going to come across anotehr Moskvitch pick up in a hurry either...
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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I like the look of that Moscovitch van, that would make a neat ride.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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wow amazing stuff, ;D those moskvitch are probably unique.
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FSO polonez
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ZOMG!! That's a pretty awesome find and well done for getting in there and getting this stuff advertised. That Skoda Van would be my pick (other than the trucks, but that's a different story) ...here's hoping some massive eastern-bloc perv Nige will get them sorted & back on the road.  ^^Fixed it for you^^ I think he needs a call to the front desk.... |
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Pricings just too high for me.
I bought a nice 60's Wartie Estate (at a Belgium auction 4 months back) for 230 euros, having turned down a stored north London one, ready top go, for around £1k.
My UK Moskvitch 412 saloon, in reasonable nick cost me £500 & my (sadly deceased in the barn fire) 408 cost less than £400.
So -yes please- but not at those prices.
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Fantastic find, and it's a shame the Trabi estate looks so knackered - the prices really are "he has a vague idea what they were worth before several years of decay kicked in", though. You can easily resolve that Syrena being the only one in the country by popping over the channel - absolute minters from dealers rarely appear to crack €3K.
Nevetheless, the value of money is a mutable thing - hopefully it will be worth it for some people to save these, particularly the Moskvitch van, NSU and Velox.
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generallee
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Wow! Why are you dragging out the Commer, have you bought it?
I am always amazed stuff like this keeps turning up, and nice to know he will sell some of it rather than letting it waste away.
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inspiration (or just an idea of what the Moskvich should look like   |
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1993 Fiat Panda Selecta
2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van
2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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kevfromwales
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the conrod's REALLY out the block now!
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richardtk - if you're after a trabi wagon - there's been one stood at the side of the road just up the coast for donkey's years - drop me a pm if you want directions
and ace find dez - don't suppose he's got any Q series commers amongst the wagons has he?
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Almost on the road: b11 sunny breadvan, e36 tds, 325i skidcar,
nearly there: ford f250 tathauler, suzuki alto, u11 bluey
not for a while: ford pop, 32 rails,
not in this lifetime: ruby, '29 hillman
''unfortanatly I'm quite old and scruffy and in need of some loving. my drive shaft needs a new boot....''
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Hehe, it's funny..faced with that selection the one I'd have been cooing over most would have been the Commer for sure. Just one of my favourite ever old trucks, for both the styling and that awesome sound. You done good! That Mosky pickup has a heap of potential too. There were a couple of varients of that around these parts. There was an estate sat in a garden not far from until a little while back but it's disapeared not long ago, most likely to the scrappers as it was rotted as a pear. There was alo a van in Windleys scrappy...again pretty rotten...  |
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1962 Datsun Bluebird Estate - 1971 Datsun 510 SSS - 1976 Datsun 710 SSS - 1981 Dodge van - 1985 Nissan Cherry Europe GTi - 1988 Nissan Prairie - 1990 Hyundai Pony Pickup - 1992 Mazda MX5
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A mate of mine is after a Prinz. Needs to be the sort with square headlights not the one with round headlights. Any ideas on year/spec/type of that one and a price?
The photo of the Squire embedded in leaves with the Somerset alongside is familiar, although from a different angle so I think that someone has been here with a camera before.
When I was a kid we had a bread and egg delivery man come round in a pale blue Moskvich van like that.
The Ensign is tempting. I always liked them and you just don't see them now.
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Last Edit: Mar 9, 2012 10:58:20 GMT by akku
1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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richardtk - if you're after a trabi wagon - there's been one stood at the side of the road just up the coast for donkey's years - drop me a pm if you want directions One day I will, but not for a while - surely someone here would want to know about it though, so hopefully it'll get rescued. Ultimately I want to get a sky-blue Combi, and have a picnic basket in the back with Sleeman's pickles and other such things. |
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advertising blurb in the brochures is great, "It may be illegal but its nice to know" ;D
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FSO polonez
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Well I'll know where I'll be heading if my numbers come up.
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barrett
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Plastic cars with metal doors BEST
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This is an amazing haul, I really hope this stuff gets saved. The pair of Moskies are certainly the only van and pick-up left over here. The Syrena isn't the only one in the UK, but there might only be one other - a white one, it was featured in Craptical Plastics mag several years ago and was/is probably in the hands of Julian Nowill. A mate of mine is after a Prinz. Needs to be the sort with square headlights not the one with round headlights. Any ideas on year/spec/type of that one and a price? From what I can see in that pic (which admittedly isn't much) that looks like a boggo Prinz 4, like this. It's definitely not one of the later 1200s which I guess is what your mate wants ( this one ) |
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Somebody find me a Watling. £££ waiting! (Seriously, I want a Watling. Help me plzzzzz)
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Yeah, its a 1200 he wants then.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Gah.
Can everyone buy lots of Why Grow Up? Design stuff so that I need to get a work van please? That Moskvich is awesome!
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^^ I've bought some ^^ ...but I think I need to buy some more. You can get some money towards your van and I will have even less money than I already (don't) have so can't be tempted to buy an old van myself. There is a logic in there somewhere and your stuff is cool. I want another pic to go with the last one I bought.....get on it Dude. |
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skinnylew
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wow what a cool collection of rarities! Hope they get saved!
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