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Originally Posted by Othen
It is hard to imagine what would be the attraction would be for this one, a 30odd year old cooking Ford 2 door VWW with an auto box - except perhaps as a £1000 van for an odd-job man? It is hardly a collectible motor car that one might be proud of on the driveway or at the monthly classic car meeting in Market Harborough. I think that if someone showed up with that at the classic meet the organisers would think it belonged to a car detailer touting for business amongst the exhibitors.
The VWW does have an unusually low mileage, but unless it comes with a documented history (somewhat unlikely for a cooking motorcar) then that might mean the speedometer cable has only been connected for 30 weeks of the last 30 years. Even if the mileage is verifiable I’m still thinking: so what?
Just my thoughts, sometimes people don’t make much sense, so perhaps it will sell for good money and end up taking pride of place in someone’s collection of dull VWWs?
Alan
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Playing Devils Advocate a moment Alan, being a 1986 car it's just coming up to the magic 40 years old. If (and it's a big IF IMHO) the mileage is genuine, it's probably as close to a brand new Escrot (deliberate mis-spelling due to my experiences of Escrots in general) that anyone can get.
Overall condition suggests it's genuinely low mileage although i'd hazard a guess it had a new speedo at some point in its life and/or a new speedo drive pinion in the gearbox.
Checking the MoT history, there's a whopping 10 year gap 2008-2018 :
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Blue
Fuel type
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Date registered
21 November 1986
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12 July 2024
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Date tested
13 July 2023
PASS
Mileage
6,987 miles
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MOT test number
2841 2360 1762
Expiry date
12 July 2024
Date tested
7 July 2022
PASS
Mileage
6,923 miles
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MOT test number
3739 1440 1231
Expiry date
6 July 2023
Date tested
29 June 2021
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Mileage
6,923 miles
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MOT test number
4449 5432 3550
Expiry date
28 June 2022
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Date tested
14 February 2018
PASS
Mileage
6,824 miles
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MOT test number
2838 1708 8113
Expiry date
13 February 2019
Date tested
6 May 2008
PASS
Mileage
6,423 miles
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MOT test number
1941 1752 8130
Expiry date
5 May 2009
Also missing are 2006 and 2007 suggesting another (possibly 10 year) hiatus. It's only done ~560 miles in the past 16 years, my dog walks more than that in a year! Come to think of it, considering how much she runs on the average walk, takes her about 2 1/2 months to clock up that mileage!
All seems to be clean passes on the MoT suggesting it's been well cared for but i'd still approach with caution! Also a spare wad of cash to import a 1.9CVH block from the USA that could take a rebore if the existing one is shot - if you're going to the expense of a rebore/pistons etc, may as well improve the torque, power and economy on it!
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Originally Posted by Othen
… just for a moment I thought you were being serious Andrew.
Why does that £2,000 VWW have a 6 grand price tag?
Alan
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You're far too generous Alan - the seller says the wheels are worth £1k so it's a £1k car with a £6k price tag!
Personally i'd tell him to refit the original wheels and drop the price by a bag of sand and then pick holes to knock another £4k off..................
.......................but i still wouldn't buy it because A) it's red and B) it's a diseasel.
