Car-spotting in Athens Greece

[D R Oldfield]

Thanks for that i will have a look at that this evening

 

[Zephyr]

Can you find me a nice Ford Escort van, really miss mine, so useful. Problem is the rear leaf spring hangers rot out being a sandwich of metal pressings and you cannot get repair panels

@Synclare
Here are two escort vans for you sir.

https://www.car.gr/classifieds/cars/view/334566402-ford-escort

https://www.car.gr/classifieds/cars/view/5274307-ford-escort

 

[Zephyr]

licence plate still on, taxes paid… so it is considered as “parked” and nobody can move it.
They will have to wait until the end of year to remove this.
thinking of trolling everyone and pay 2024 taxes for it, so it stays another year in that spot… hahahah.

 

[Zephyr]

Don´t ask me why, but I got this today.
Total bargain, papers in order, one owner since new.
I was passing by, saw it and they said that since their father passed away, they needed the space.
They had absolutely no idea of the value, considering to pay for it to be towed away.
How much do these go these days?
I think I will put this at an online auction…

 

[the Nefyn cat]

That should polish up nicely.

There are people around who'll pay a ridiculous price for that sort of van. I'm not one of them.

 

[Zephyr]

That should polish up nicely.

There are people around who'll pay a ridiculous price for that sort of van. I'm not one of them.

Neither am I. Just looking for one of them people!
checked it online, they go from 8k up to 11 in similar state. Looks like I got me a bargain.

 

[bombur]

looks like its been shot at

 

[Zephyr]

Looks like it indeed. Probably during the riots back in 1967-1973. That was the year it was parked. (1970)

 

[Zephyr]

Already have an offer for 5.300€ from Germany.
With a little wiggling he may climb to 5.500 easily I think. And that was by just sending an email!

 

[Zephyr]

Next on my list is this one. But seems that there are still lots of them around. I have to severely lowball the owner.

 

[Zephyr]

Today I stumbled onto another set of “old crap”.
Former Honda dealer passed away during covid period and wife is liquidating whatever he had kept at the back of the shop.

Told her I have no interest and advised her on a fair price for her and the potential buyer.

Fewer and fewer people nowadays know what these are and when our generation kicks the bucket, I think that there will not even be a market for them anymore.

 

[the Nefyn cat]

Today I stumbled onto another set of “old crap”.
Former Honda dealer passed away during covid period and wife is liquidating whatever he had kept at the back of the shop.

Told her I have no interest and advised her on a fair price for her and the potential buyer.

Fewer and fewer people nowadays know what these are and when our generation kicks the bucket, I think that there will not even be a market for them anymore. View attachment 284975View attachment 284977View attachment 284979

There are people around paying ridiculous amoumts for older Hondas and the like these days. And if there's anyone reading this that used to have a 350LC back in the day, check out the price of a clean matching-numbers one of them. £10,000 and upwards.

 

[Althulas]

Still have found memories of my old ypvs, a great
B road scratcher but was not so much fun on a long motorway run.

 

[the Nefyn cat]

Still have found memories of my old ypvs, a great
B road scratcher but was not so much fun on a long motorway run.

I don't know, at least you could have listened to the vent in the petrol cap whistling as the fuel went out. A fine way to turn petrol into rapid noise.

 

[Althulas]

Never noticed that feature on mine but the R1 that was a different kettle of fish, I had a great test weekend but alas I used my noggin for once and went to college to get the necessary to set me up and never really went back to bikes after that. I was going to get another but the usual concerns from the other half forced me into a ///M compromise.

 

[the Nefyn cat]

Well, you can get far more shopping in an ///M.

And I found the best use for an LC frame was to put an H1A engine in it. Yep, I had the first 500 (sort-of) LC in the country.

 

[Zephyr]

Wow!
maybe we need a motorcycle thread in here.
Also had a 350LC and managed to save enough for an RGV but it was stolen three days after I bought it.
The 350 was an intoxicating motorcycle.
wish I still had it.
Best one I ever had was the GSXR 750.
looks pretty outdated today but still loving it.

 

[the Nefyn cat]

Don't worry, you'll get back to car-spotting in Greece soon enough. Can't beat a bit of thread-jacking every now and again, though.

 

[Zephyr]

Don't worry, you'll get back to car-spotting in Greece soon enough. Can't beat a bit of thread-jacking every now and again, though.

Actually the thread became more interesting with this little deviation.
so, here are some interesting motorcycle photos.

 

[the Nefyn cat]

If you could just hacksaw off the sidecar from pic 5 and pop the BMW in the post you would make me a happy man. And a happy new year to you.