Post a picture of your car here, part 3 (Quote A Photo, GET A 24 HOUR BAN!!!)

mike65

unkel wrote:

Yeah I like the chrome, but I would have preferred slightly less fancy wheels myself. I prefer the much more closed style as is the norm on high end Audis and Mercs.

I'm glad you said that, alloys full of air just look wrong on a German saloon, esp large ones.

Mike.

dahamsta

I tend to agree about solid-centered alloys on german cars in general, but I quite like the ones on unkel's car; they're evocative of the cross-spokes you usually see on beamers - which I actually don't like - but not, if you follow me. The 3-piece look suits it too.

adam /who's already told unkel he'd be happy to buy it

bmoferrall

Maybe, as a general rule, airy alloys don't suit 'plutobarges' of german origin, but I think they nicely complement the chrome detailing on Unkle's car.

What about sticking these ones on ?



Gangsta! :cool:

dahamsta

Strip the rest of the chrome off that (and fix up the bodywork obviously) and that'd be a seriously cool car. I've always thought classic Merc saloons would make great sleds. Volvo 240s too, and late model Sierra estates.

unkel

mike65 wrote:

I'm glad you said that

LOL, I should hope I'm not that sensitive, Mike

A neighbour has a similar age A8 and his alloys are so much more reserved (=stylish and cool in my book). Me no like bling

MercMad

Lexus came along ;-) (Oh and Mercedes got into bed with the Yanks.)

............whatever about the Chrysler union, I dont consider Lexus to be a rival to ANY Mercedes.

They look cheap ..........feel cheap...........but arent !

Just no positive image IMO !

DukeDredd

MercMad wrote:

............whatever about the Chrysler union, I dont consider Lexus to be a rival to ANY Mercedes.

They look cheap ..........feel cheap...........but arent !

Just no positive image IMO !

Dunno mate. Look at the Top Gear survey released in the last few days for starters: Click
Lexus Number 1. Mercedes Number 32 out of 36 manufacturers. I wonder how much longer Mercedes can survive on past glories? People have to wake up and smell the coffee at some stage...

bmoferrall

Some pics of my car, taken yesterday (click on image for modem-busting versions):

junkyard

Some of mine past and present.

IDMUD

See attachments.

johnnyrotten

@Unkle

You in lucan by any chance?

Squirrel

Junkyard, is that a Daimler SP250?

junkyard

No Squirrel, its a Triumph Spitfire.

Squirrel

Cool, sweet cars, I saw a Dart the other day and thought it looked familiar, ah well

unkel

johnnyrotten wrote:

@Unkle

You in lucan by any chance?

Yep

stormin

My 156. There's a lot of fun to be had with one of these. Bit pricey servicing and repairs though.

http://www.hotwhiskey.com/alfa/alfa156.htm

Fey!

http://www.bmwcarclubforum.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TID=22571&KW=at+last

Mine's here - I'm just to lazy to go posting the pics again.

Pics start with the car when I bought it, and how it's developing. There are better pics at the end of the thread.

unklerosco

Just got it at the weekend...

dahamsta

Lovely bus unklerosco.

unkel

unklerosco wrote:

Just got it at the weekend...

So you finally did get it home

If you tell the good people here what you paid for it, some will be sick. Looks like a great bargain

*thinking of something to do with computers I can sell to unklerosco so he will collect it from me driving his new car*

bennyx_o

Mine. Just got it at the weekend

Alfasudcrazy

A great thread and I am delighted to see so many nice classics around - would even be better though if people could give us some snippets of info regarding their classic(s) - where & how they got them etc any problems, storage etc.

But great pics all the same.:cool:

unklerosco

unkel wrote:

So you finally did get it home

If you tell the good people here what you paid for it, some will be sick. Looks like a great bargain

*thinking of something to do with computers I can sell to unklerosco so he will collect it from me driving his new car*

For those who don't know its a '75 merc 280ce.. Got it on ebay, £870.. add shipping it back n the total came to about €1800... Similar cars r €3-5000 over here..

Joe Gt

Few pics of my last Ae86

Enjoy :P
Should have some pics of my 3rd one soon enough

This is my last one,bit of a minter
Sold it just before the summer,all org,never painted








Im even thinking of buying this back at the min :wub:

bmoferrall

Joe Gt wrote:

Few pics of my last Ae86

This is my last one,bit of a minter
Sold it just before the summer,all org,never painted

Im even thinking of buying this back at the min :wub:

Looks great, especially with the first set of alloys - very nice colour combination.
Was it just kept for shows or did you use it in anger?
Can you tell us a bit about the car in terms of performance and what it's like to drive (rwd?) and live with.
Roughly how much did it sell for?

bmoferrall

unklerosco wrote:

For those who don't know its a '75 merc 280ce.. Got it on ebay, £870.. add shipping it back n the total came to about €1800... Similar cars r €3-5000 over here..

Very nice. Seems like a bargain at that price.
Is it in full working order?
I suppose the interior could do with a bit of a valet. Do you have any plans to spruce it up?

Joe Gt

bmoferrall wrote:

Looks great, especially with the first set of alloys - very nice colour combination.
Was it just kept for shows or did you use it in anger?
Can you tell us a bit about the car in terms of performance and what it's like to drive (rwd?) and live with.
Roughly how much did it sell for?

I used it as an everyday car and kept it looking like that 6 out of 7 days a week.Never realy used it in anger,with the suspension setup it had it realy didnt suit our back roads.If you spend top money on one it will stand to you,as it wont cost you anything in repair bills(Cost me about €150 in a year to maintain it)

The engine pushes out 122bhp in stock and they last forever.They are a quick enough car and alot of people love the way the handle.The can tend to understeer if the setup is not corect,


Sold it for €11500.

unklerosco

bmoferrall wrote:

Very nice. Seems like a bargain at that price.
Is it in full working order?
I suppose the interior could do with a bit of a valet. Do you have any plans to spruce it up?

Altenator is getting refurbished... A few interior bits don't work but all minor. The other side of the car as quite a bit of rust on the rear panel that'll be getting sorted next month. Apart from that the car runs like a dream... As quite a bit of kick in it for a car of its age..

Plans are to sort the body work, most likely get a full respray and then if i decide that im gonna keep it long term i'll either keep it classic or modify it.. Alot of people in the UK cut the springs n stick on a nice set of alloys, i'll probably go for air suspension n a nice set of wheels n then work on the interior....

unkel

unklerosco wrote:

a nice set of wheels

Please don't, the wheels in those pics are awful

The original alloys on your car are class

unklerosco

I prefare the original steel wheels... trying to find a set is the trick