Spotted this today for sale in Canada: http://cranbrook.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehic ... Z404987581







Were they actually ever sold in Canada?

Don't think so, however that spot is ace as looks like an ex-UK RHD car. Go on!

Damn, you find the strangest things in Canada. First a collection of 10 DAF Military trucks ,then my DAF Kalmar now a type 1 343



John

Really nice looking car, I agree on it's possible origin.
Has anyone noticed the condition of the steering wheel? Damm that great!!!!

That car doesn't look bad at all, considering the usual state of early cars. Interesting find ...

Cheers

Tom

Looks great but didn't these early ones come with engines that ended up melting themselves?

*looks for large lump of wood to touch*

Maybe, but I've got a B14.0E that's got 71k miles on it and it's still working.

The "look at it and it breaks" interior plastic is another matter though

Did anyone save a photo of this car in their computer ????

Apparently it sold and the listing is gone.

John

John

Something tells me I might have done, I will have a look when I get home tonight. If so, I will put them up.

Siôn

thebear54 wrote:Did anyone save a photo of this car in their computer ????

Why do I think you did at time, John? (Was this before/after the computer died?)

It was on BC plates.

I see more sighting of V300s in North America have been reported on the TurboBricks forum

Bother, I didn't. I usually do, but I think these pictures were quite small and I didn't like the tinted windows so I must not have bothered.

I've also tried looking at the webcache, but to no avail. Sorry

I didn't get one either, by the time I thought I would get one, it had gone! Do we know for a fact it sold? I remember seeing that the seller changed the title to "last chance to buy before I put it away for the winter". I tried contacting him by phone while the add was up but with no success. I did have emails from someone on his behalf as you probably remember as you helped me to contact him through the message service. He thought I was a scammer as I was from abroad so ignored my initial message I think. All I wanted was simple yes or no to an overseas sale. Maybe the add was simply taken down?

I more or less got the same reaction as you Hell Driver.

macplaxton wrote:

thebear54 wrote:Did anyone save a photo of this car in their computer ????

Why do I think you did at time, John? (Was this before/after the computer died?)
It was on BC plates.
I see more sighting of V300s in North America have been reported on the TurboBricks forum

I wish I had saved a photo, looked but could not find any...oh well. The site states that it was sold, but who knows what evil goes through the mind of a Canadian.

Yes, Sir Richard of Dublin (as you know) somewhere out in the wilds of Maryland there stands an early (1980ish) 343 GL which has been there for a number of years. According to information it is a complete car but has not run since arriving at this scrapper's yard.



John

Looks more like it's been sandblasted in a desert