i saw one of these today

[extreme-4x4]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Opel_Lotus_Omega_rear_DSC00826.jpg/800px-Opel_Lotus_Omega_rear_DSC00826.jpg

old bloke has it in his garage at home . he has a collection of mint old vauxhall's astra gte's gsi's

owns a big dealership in wales , so in the best position to get the best cars for his collection .


for those that dont know its the lotus carlton . the fastest production saloon car in its day ! +189 mph

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Carlton

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

didnt a tv character, spender? drive one, whats his face out of aufvederain pet

not sure if was in his crocodile shoes at time?

[The Patrolman]

Not the original wheels tho!!

[The Patrolman]

Or the head restraints if you look close!!

[extreme-4x4]

his one did have lol

[dinky]

Brother in law buys cars from recievers and bought 20 vauxhalls from one unseen for £7000,one was a 8mth old lotus senater could not get insurance for it so sold it for racing for £9000 .not a bad job if you have spare cash and somewhere to put them.

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

always fancied one of those big arsed senators so popular wih police few years
back. would have made one of best saloon tugs i reckon
3 litre 6 cyl 24 valve oh yeah.

[sp00k]

I remember them as i was doing my training for vauxhall at the time.They where blooming quick motors but lost a lot of value when they brought out the turbo calibra a yr or so later and the owners of them carltons where trading them in for them

[jace]

them 3.0 24v senetors bloody quick i had one yrs ago ex police from auction bloody quick,lotus carlton is pure motoring porn 6cyl twin turbos,used to be one in leamingon he had two alarms on it!

[spinna]

A sadly almost forgotten legend. :bow to the lotus carlton:thumb2

[jace]

me and my 16yr old had the cosworth v carlton argument about 6mths ago,hed never heard of the lotus carlton and was shocked when he read about them lol

[ian1234]

didnt a tv character, spender? drive one, whats his face out of aufvederain pet

not sure if was in his crocodile shoes at time?

na,it was a burgandy saphire cosworth 4x4 i do belive (how sad is that must get out more)

[harlowmaverick]

jimmy nail

[jace]

top gear had one as a chase car for a whiles.

[lacroupade]

jimmy nail

Used to love that programme.....:thumbs

[makeitfit]

Used to love that programme.....:thumbs

Must be because that lanky streak of P still got the women :lol
PS that shop of yours was shut again on Monday ........................

[lacroupade]

Must be because that lanky streak of P still got the women :lol
PS that shop of yours was shut again on Monday ........................

as indeed it is EVERY Monday (and Tuesday until the tourists start coming in March).... where do you think this is, fricking Knightsbridge?:lol

Tis t'interweb thats going to make us, the shop will hardly wash its face in this country......

[makeitfit]

Tis just a wind up you old grump :lol:lol
As said before the web will be where it's at, I used to sell 3 to 400 pound surf boards on line and shift 2 or 3 a week:sly From Cardigan :cool:
Get yourself a damn good courier though and hassle the hell out of them on the account terms:thumbs

[lacroupade]

Tis just a wind up you old grump :lol:lol
As said before the web will be where it's at, I used to sell 3 to 400 pound surf boards on line and shift 2 or 3 a week:sly From Cardigan :cool:
Get yourself a damn good courier though and hassle the hell out of them on the account terms:thumbs

now therein lies a challenge, all seeming to be much of a muchness (i.e. crap LOL).

MyHermes seems to get decent reviews and probably going to have to use Shiply or uShip for bigger stuff...will be a lot of large mirrors and furniture which is problematic...e.g. just looking for good terms to ship an ornate rococco mirror thats 6' x 4' and frickin heavy to a 'very nice chap' in London....:augie

Plus a lot of them seem to want a fixed minimum contract from Day 1 which isn't favourable with a new web site in a fricking recession :doh

[makeitfit]

I used to get around 10% damage rate on surf boards. They were all custom spray jobs too so not an easy replacement job . The insurance was all for me to cover the numpty drivers standing on the fragile stuff, or the bad handling at courier hubs:doh
Are there any local man and a van types near you? You could do a weekly delivery service then in a sort of round robin way.

[lacroupade]

I used to get around 10% damage rate on surf boards. They were all custom spray jobs too so not an easy replacement job . The insurance was all for me to cover the numpty drivers standing on the fragile stuff, or the bad handling at courier hubs:doh
Are there any local man and a van types near you? You could do a weekly delivery service then in a sort of round robin way.

Was thinking that....indeed I might end up being that man :doh

[makeitfit]

friend of mine made s/s exhausts for motor bikes. as he's out in the sticks he's now got a collect n return van. Gets loads of work he wouldn't otherwise.
Maybe you could combine collecting french fancies on your way back :lol

[Kamsin]

didnt a tv character, spender? drive one, whats his face out of aufvederain pet

not sure if was in his crocodile shoes at time?

Jimmy Nail AkA "Spenda" had a ford cosworth. I remember his boss giving it too him saying "I hope its ok for you, its one of them Cosworth things" TV GOLD:bow