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The elephant in the room thread.

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    #482
    hi5
    Registered Users Posts: 3,105 ✭✭✭hi5


    Google images .... 3rd line down
    https://www.google.ie/search?q=scrap+mk1+escort&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=bZDgU7jiBobD7Aaxw4DQAQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1093&bih=502#q=scrap+mk1+escort+ireland&tbm=isch


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    #483
    red sean
    Registered Users Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭red sean


    Thought I'd seen it somewhere before. Was just being sarcastic towards the seller with AND!


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    #484
    macplaxton
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 2,957 Mod ✭✭✭✭macplaxton


    I know you were, I just thought I'd slip in orig pic from yard to confirm you had seen it before (as like you, I thought I'd seen the same before too)


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    #485
    red sean
    Registered Users Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭red sean


    As a matter of interest, can the original photographer do anything about their images appearing on sites like DD?
    Assuming this is not the original photographer!


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    #486
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,680 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    red sean wrote: »
    As a matter of interest, can the original photographer do anything about their images appearing on sites like DD?
    Assuming this is not the original photographer!

    Report it to DD. It is probably a breach of copyright, not to mention the elephant.


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    #487
    Testacalda
    Registered Users Posts: 463 ✭✭Testacalda


    Does he actually have a rusty shell for sale and just couldn't be bothered taking a picture of it, or is the shell a mythical item that makes the buyer feel better about things

    Did anyone actually ring to find out?

    I suppose if he did have the shell for sale there isn't actually anything illegal about the sale, a car must be sold with a logbook after all!!!


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    #488
    hi5
    Registered Users Posts: 3,105 ✭✭✭hi5


    Range rover chassis conversions (books and plates only. so does he have chassis or not?:rolleyes:)

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/landrover-83-and-rangerover-84/7592268


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    #489
    Markcheese
    Registered Users Posts: 8,460 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    Anyone offering odds on how long it'll be till this is clamped down on , and that it won't be retrospective ... Spose I could get a big volvo estate and the log book and plates for a vintage and claim to have swapped over ... Could even tack a Couple of bits of rusty steel on to the underside and claim that's off the original ... Hhhmm

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



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    #490
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    hi5 wrote: »
    Range rover chassis conversions (books and plates only. so does he have chassis or not?:rolleyes:)

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/landrover-83-and-rangerover-84/7592268

    he does say chassis for sale so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt


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    #491
    Cleveland Hot Pocket
    Registered Users Posts: 5,193 ✭✭✭Cleveland Hot Pocket


    corktina wrote: »
    he does say chassis for sale so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt
    But he also says books+plates only, and that they were scrapped a long time ago!


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    #492
    red sean
    Registered Users Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭red sean


    Ad gone now. Must've been reported.


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    #493
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »
    But he also says books+plates only, and that they were scrapped a long time ago!

    yup, deliberately vague (or explicit)


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    #494
    red sean
    Registered Users Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭red sean


    corktina wrote: »
    yup, deliberately vague (or explicit)
    Noticed a few of those cryptic ads lately.
    Either getting reported oftener now or DD is tightening up on them.


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    #495
    Capri
    Registered Users Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    Bought a rolled 6mth old Fiesta years ago, got new shell from Ford and transferred everything including original chassis no. and reg. Don't know where it is now but ........:rolleyes:


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    #496
    Markcheese
    Registered Users Posts: 8,460 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    How would revenue go about checking a rechasised original chassis ...

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



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    #497
    hi5
    Registered Users Posts: 3,105 ✭✭✭hi5


    Capri wrote: »
    Bought a rolled 6mth old Fiesta years ago, got new shell from Ford and transferred everything including original chassis no. and reg. Don't know where it is now but ........:rolleyes:

    A spare part, albeit a big one.


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    #498
    Capri
    Registered Users Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    The painted shell didn't actually have a chassis no. stamped on it so I just cut the old chassis no. and Araldited it on under the carpet inspection hatch


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    #499
    Capri
    Registered Users Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    Elephants and non-elephants , 'time travelling' Porsches :rolleyes:

    http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=30755

    Original is best?

    It's not just Porsches of course. How many more 'Lotus' Cortinas are there now than there once were, likewise Escort Mexicos. And how long before all the K-Series Elises go pop and transplanted Honda or Duratecs make up the majority? Is there such a thing as an original RX-7 or R32 Skyline? An LS-engined TVR sounds like a giggle but shouldn't someone be devoting themselves to keeping one alive with a Speed Six engine still in place?

    Should I be bothered? Someone's got to be. But I've got a solution that'd keep everyone happy, at least in Porsche's case. And it's a lesson they could learn from the American muscle car scene. Rare for Stuttgart to miss a trick when it comes to developing new income streams but as an alternative to chasing people for trademark infringement there's a more positive solution. One that could bring in a few more euros.

    Indeed, it was experience of an LS-engined TVR that got me browsing GM's Chevy crate enginescatalogue. And it's huge. Whether you want a modern supercharged LS9 or a retro carbfed 350 small block GM will sell you it off the shelf, no questions asked. There's even a Camaro body in white you can buy - part #19243374 if you're interested. Ford, meanwhile, has also introduced 60s era Mustang bodyshells along similar lines. Want to build your own vision of your ultimate resto-mod Mustang? Fill your boots, and no need to carve up an old one to do so. See also Japan, where you can buy a GT86 with unpaintedbumpers and steelies, ready to hand over to the tuner of your choosing.


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    #500
    f4fay
    Registered Users Posts: 92 ✭✭f4fay


    Some people on here would want to get out more !!!!!!


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    #501
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    very obtuse....which people on here and why?


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    #502
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,236 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    f4fay wrote: »
    Some people on here would want to get out more !!!!!!
    corktina wrote: »
    very obtuse....which people on here and why?
    You, and the others, obviously - because you refuse to ignore the elephant.

    It is like the emperor's new clothes, in reverse.

    How come my dog don't bark when you come around?

    Good song; easy answer: you have been cuckolded.

    Sold a pup? Keep quiet and sell it on? What to do? So many questions...

    We have to keep exposing these dogs, especially or even because we don't 'want to get out more !!!'.

    Not your ornery onager



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    #503
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    We get out a lot, that's why we notice these shenanigans


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    #504
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    yeah, we notice twice....


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    #505
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    corktina wrote: »
    yeah, we notice twice....

    You can say that again. Fixed, now your post makes no sense. ;)


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    #506
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    You can say that again. Fixed, now your post makes no sense. ;)

    damn..now I look like an idiot :D


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    #507
    f4fay
    Registered Users Posts: 92 ✭✭f4fay


    !


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    #508
    Cleveland Hot Pocket
    Registered Users Posts: 5,193 ✭✭✭Cleveland Hot Pocket


    f4fay wrote: »
    !
    Thanks!


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    #509
    hi5
    Registered Users Posts: 3,105 ✭✭✭hi5


    https://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/ford-granada-2-8/10477213

    46957276.jpeg

    ezw838%20granada_zpsvyggf2qd.png


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    #510
    mb1725
    Registered Users Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭mb1725


    Have a look at the Range Rover in the background of the advert: LZT 272

    363552.jpg

    It's in pretty good shape for a 1972 Rover :rolleyes:


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    #511
    fivesixtwo
    Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭fivesixtwo


    Great bit of work done there , complete interior and dash from an 81 -82 model , along with all the bumpers and trim , engine and gearbox .from and 81 -82 ,

    Amazing the effort that goes in these "pre-production replica models".


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