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Posted: 12 Oct 2008 11:20 am
by MCHUDD
Hi mate. That is one lovely car.Their is not to many like that left.
Cheers Mark.

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 12:23 pm
by foggyjames
That's sweet! 1980?

cheers

James

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 12:37 pm
by cheshire190e
if noone has seen this already, here is my car.

1.7 340 1987

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Posted: 12 Oct 2008 12:41 pm
by germ
wow Nice Cars :D everybody out there! stop hiding your cars and post em up!

Cheshire does the cow come standard? or did you pay extra :lol:


and also my car is below for those that dont know it!

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 12:46 pm
by cheshire190e
when i had the side exit it made the same noise as the cow, he probably heard me coming from a few miles away

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 01:18 pm
by SteveP
Damn, that's a nice Mk1!

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 08:40 am
by pistonpen paultje
Thnx guy´s!

Ive been looking for a real good MK1 for a long time. Ive seen about 15, but non where good (and one was too expencive). Then I decided I wouldn´t look any longer, and I would restore my other MK1 ( http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/5199/p1012547ks2.jpg ).

Some months later, my sis needed a car, so I looked for a 340, but came across this. Bought it for real little money too.

So now its up to decide. Restore the 77 red one, or make this one to what I want...

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 08:48 am
by SteveP
Leave the silver one stock, restore the red one depending on the work needed and if it's not too rusty! That red one looks great with period accessories

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 10:14 am
by pistonpen paultje
Jeah, but I cant keep all my 4 300's :?


Got to choose. Want to have a max of 2. One driver, one hobbycar...

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 11:53 am
by Chris_C
Postage on the silver mk1 to the UK? :lol: :lol:

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 01:39 pm
by trabitom99
A very hard decision, which one to keep. The silver 343 looks lovely ... but the red '77 is definitely the rarer model and well worth restoring. All a question of time, space and money, really!

You can never have too many 300s. I guess in around 5 years we'll be kicking ourselves for not having kept the ones we've sold on, or snapped up the last remaining good ones for little money. But - you need to have space, and need to be able to move them around every now and then (leaving a car standing for too long isn't too great). And for a project, you need time, commitment, cash ...

At the very least, you need 3x300s. One project / restoration car, one perfect car for the summer, and a slightly ratty MkIII for the winter ;-)

Tom

PS Which are the other two? I seem to remember another Mk1 in battleship grey (or light blue?)

T.

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 01:47 pm
by filthyjohn
trabitom99 wrote:At the very least, you need 3x300s. One project / restoration car, one perfect car for the summer, and a slightly ratty MkIII for the winter ;-)

Tom

I hear that!

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 01:53 pm
by trabitom99
From that list, I'm missing the "perfect car for the summer" unfortunately. Unless the Merc counts. I don't drive that if its cloudy ;-)

Tom

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 03:22 pm
by garth
As space with the other cars is limited, I've just got the project car. She's not a fan of these cold mornings now though. I wish curry's would hurry up with the battery for my camera so i can take some photos.

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 01:39 pm
by pistonpen paultje
No, I sold the silver/blue one with the bad paint to somebody of the V3C. Nice car but had an accident yesterday I heard. Well see what the damage is...

Got now:
- 360 GLS saloon 1984 on LPG (daily) (would be the ratty one)
- 343 DL 1980 3door (the silver one above) would be the summer car
- 343 DL special 1977 3door on LPG(the red one) would be the projectcar
- 340 GL 1983. 3door. Needs an engine replacement for the second time :cry:
(- Amazon 121 1964 on LPG, gets welded, and sold directly)

(- german 340 Diesel to take apart: I want to build a 340 '83 on diesel. That would make it a véry cheap car to drive, as you dont have to pay TAX for cars above 25)

I found a good shed to store one or more cars. So maybe I'll conserve one or 2 for over a couple of years...