Dunnit. It was a laff while it lasted
Yep, the Matra D'Jet, whatever that means.Top ones martra or somit grp fings.
Haha I see what you've done now
And yep, my boob was putting up the pic of the fugly 2CV thing with the Merc in the background, proper pic of it!
Commonly called a "pagoda top" due to the lightness look of the hard top. Very nice car, I'd like one!
Mercedes 2** SL, (various names for various engine sizes, as it's auto this one could well be a 280.)
This is fun reading if you have nothing else to do.
60 Facts About the Mercedes Pagoda
SLSHOP outlines 60 historical facts about the Mercedes W113 nicknamed the 'Pagoda' and launch 60 years ago in 1963.
Not really, there are detail differences. Where you are going to a "brocante" which is an outdoor antiques fair, you know for a fact that everyone there is a pro, so you expect to see that. And to be pushed to get more than 10% off if you haggle. Un "Marché des puces" although it implies it's like a car boot sale, is in fact more or less the same as a Vide Grenier, but with far more dealers and there are fixed ones, a huge one in Paris.
I've never been to an auction rooms in France but in England you can go to one, look at all the stuff and ask questions, if you do that the person there has to tell you the truth or there will be comeback; sales of goods act etc. There has been the occasional problem with things we have bought from our local one and they have always sorted us out. (Bits missing for example, that were there when it was examined.) But of course you do have to look and test properly and ask the right questions. And you need to do your homework on value, guide prices in auction catalogues are often well off the mark. So in that essence yes they are all the same.
We buy so much stuff from the auction cos the catalogue is online you can check value and what it should be like before you get there, then look at individual lots, which speeds it all up and leave commission bids. We get great bargains that way.
Never been to a souk or a retail pop-up.
I think they are some sort of heavyweight spring supports to go under summat really heavy.
I fink I saw summat like em ont telly once.
Doubtless we will be told.!
Of course it is!It's that Merc behind the funny Citroen. I like that Citroen, nice curves
Dumb old me!
If you zoom in on the pic I think you can actually see it!
As for the 2CV, well.......
It takes all sorts, I didn't photograph the back of it, twasn't very well-done.
And how they got 4 bolt wheels onto it?? They must have made up an adaptor or had some other form of hub/drive as the originals all had 3 bolt, unless I am mistaken. I'll have to look harder.
Pork shoulder and ham, and a few other bits.
I and W quite like it. Should we be admitting this??!!
Waiting on delivery, hopefully of my capacitor tester.
Going to jazz this evening so will be having a bigger lunch today!!
Have a lovely day peeps!
Going to jazz this evening so will be having a bigger lunch today!!
Have a lovely day peeps!
Yep, the Matra D'Jet, whatever that means.
And yep, my boob was putting up the pic of the fugly 2CV thing with the Merc in the background, proper pic of it!
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Commonly called a "pagoda top" due to the lightness look of the hard top. Very nice car, I'd like one!
Mercedes 2** SL, (various names for various engine sizes, as it's auto this one could well be a 280.)
This is fun reading if you have nothing else to do.
60 Facts About the Mercedes Pagoda
SLSHOP outlines 60 historical facts about the Mercedes W113 nicknamed the 'Pagoda' and launch 60 years ago in 1963.www.theslshop.com
Very nice, shame about that plug in the back ground
I had an Ami 8 when I was a lad (until I swapped it for a Vauxhall Victor). Great fun car, fond memories of it. But rusted quicker than a Freelander, had to have the sills plated at 5 years old). There was an Ami 8 Super, which had a 4 cylinder 1015 engine from the Citroen GS (they had a stock of engines to use up when the GS got a bigger engine). This is a pure guess, but I reckon the Super would have used 4 bolt wheels. The Super also had floor change gear stick as opposed to the dash mounted hockey stick of the two cylinder range. Any pics of the inside of the funny car?
It's that Merc behind the funny Citroen. I like that Citroen, nice curves
There's always one weirdo
Yup. I do NOT want to get a reputation for being normalThere's always one weirdo
