Motortrade expressions

[mercrocker]

Dog Cock

A bloke that used to flog end-of-life W114/5/123 Mercs to Citizen Khan types around Southampton used to refer to that peculiar Band-Aid colour of Manila Beige as "Dog Dick Pink"

[AMCrebel]

Special edition.
Usually pinstripes and random sticker like Bali or something else exotic.

I am sure I read a tale in Jalopy from a fella who claimed he worked on nightshift making Allegros and they ran out of the correct interiors so they put random ones in and called it a special edition.

Ford were kings of this back in the day though - you'd get a rev counter from the GT in some special edition without getting the GT engine etc.

[AMCrebel]

Not expressions, but I back-street abortionist I knew apart from sills made of wob and newspaper with shiny rattle can finish, used to put the hubcaps and go-faster stripe on the side that was visible as it passed through the auctions.
He also had a 4-door car with terminal rot on the inner part of the door shut - he took the door card off, secured the door shut with self-tappers and then replaced the door card.

[mercrocker]

I used to mess about with bent stuff for a mate and he once asked me to help him pinstripe a freshly straightened Avenger Estate. Despite careful measuring and alignment we still used less pinstripe tape one side than on the other....That one never came back but a similarly repaired Passat did. Unfortunately via Trading Standards.....End of operation.

[xtriple]

RENT: ROAD TAX.
TICKET: MOT.
SHED: Any car that was no fucking use to drive so store the lawnmower in it.

[FhakeConcern]

One lady owner -fucked clutch, parking scrapes and massive scratches from her rings on the inside of the windscreen.

I never new what all the gungey sticky mess you often see on indicator and wiper stalks was until a car trader mate told me it's make up!

Also: Bidet=rear wash/wipe

[Bangernomics]

I do remember the old DP at quicks in bury buying a load of boot spoilers and shit glass sunroofs and making a load of harrier escort mk5 1.3 and 1.4


Gzongenflatch

[AutoshiteBoy]

Doom -Solid blue.

AKA Sugar Bag Blue.

[AutoshiteBoy]

Direct from the main dealer

Via an auction house

[AutoshiteBoy]

Band-Aid colour of Manila Beige

You mean Hearing Aid beige.