Old Sod's Army-Classic Cars

[bog]

I just saw on Quest a fully restored X reg Ford Fiesta with alloys sell for....£24,250.   :dft011:


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[bobbo]

god i had an x reg fiesta super sport . ybh 999x . i also had a 1973 alfa romeo spider , both cars bright red . thats retirement money eh?

[Cambridge Pete]

It's quite a surprise the value of certain older cars. Can't wait for the classic car shows to start up again. Most the exhibitors are very friendly and there is very little snobbery.

[Holders]

In  the late 70s I sold a 1955 split-screen Morris Minor for £20, then in the early 80s saw the reg. nr. alone (86 BPD) advertised for £2000. That's sickening.

In the 60s, my dad knew some people who lived at the end of a long track, under the downs. The bloke had an Austin 7 parked up on the verge and was going to do it up. He never did and the rusting shell is still within the hedge that's grown over it. What would that be worth now?

[LittleErn]

In 1964 I had a half share in an MG PB - cost £70! We rebuilt the steering and had new piston rings fitted. It had a solid chrome gear lever and no synchromesh (I never did fully master double de-clutching). Late in that year it failed its MOT because the rear sub-frame needed welding and that was outside our budget, so we sold it for ......£70! It gave us a lot of pleasure while we owned it. How much would it be worth now, I wonder.

[blingo]

I had a ford Poplar in sky blue, and a Zephyr 6 that the drivers seat had gone (what do you want for £60?), I had to look through the steering wheel to see where I was going lol

[I Ronic]

As a kid I used to pass the Bristol Cars Showroom on High St Ken on my way to my Saturday Job. I still have a hankering after one of those. Spare wheel hidden between the nearside front wheel and passenger door. The battery tucked away on the opposite side. Loads of leather and walnut inside.

[sunburywhite]

In 1972 i dragged an Isseta out of a pon in Staines so I could fix a broken con rod in 903 JNK that I owned

In the end I sold both for £25

[Ronnief]

Of all the cars I've owned I think the Morris Minor traveller with the wooden frame would be worth a bit now.  When I sold it I could have done so 20 times over and should have asked more for it.  All my other cars none were earners namely austin 1100 and Austin Montegro. None of which I would call classics. Other cars that I drove but didn't own were Jaguars, Rover 2000 and Triumph 2000 may now be worth a bit in top condition. 092.gif

[ScalleysDad]

I have a 1972 series 3 landrover. I have only mentioned selling it a couple of times in passing conversation and the response has been bonkers. She will have to go one day when the elbows finally give in, no power steering, but for now she does the job.
Now if we do a thread on motor bikes it could be a record breaker.

[blingo]

As a kid I used to pass the Bristol Cars Showroom on High St Ken on my way to my Saturday Job. I still have a hankering after one of those. Spare wheel hidden between the nearside front wheel and passenger door. The battery tucked away on the opposite side. Loads of leather and walnut inside.

The times I stood at that showroom window in awe as a kid lol

[filham]

I often wonder how many  old cars have been standing idle in people's garages for 50 years or so awaiting restoration.

[bobbo]

Fella 6 doors round the corner from me has a 1972 triumph dolomite in his garage been there 30 odd years. That would be a few bob

[H4usuallysitting]

I've always liked the old Saab's....had a 900 for a while....great quirky car....with terrifying turbo lag

[Southdowns White]

Fiesta 1.1L  x reg my first car sometime in the late 1980s, got in cheap off my dad. Despite it being small I could still fit a road bike in the back with the seat down.

[bog]

In a former life I was a motor mechanic and have had a few old cars. A 1949 Triumph Roadster,(The only one I made any money out of!) a 1947 Rover 16, a 1948 Rover 75 but the one I miss the most is a 1936 Austin Hertford saloon. One of of the many stupid things I have done and one that has haunted me ever since was to sell this for £65 in 1975. Not for what it is worth now but for the car it is.  I am fortunate in that I now have a 1936 Austin Eton. I like this as it is older than me, but in a better condition.

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[Abbotsbury White]

I had a MG magnet that was lovely bought it off the 2nd hand car dealer in Acton Vale had it for a year everyone buzzing around in their 20's with XR3 me in my Magnet, one of the rear wheels came off in Turnham Green and Actually overtook the car.. Also went through a stage of having about 8 VW campers not split screen but all from the 70's, could pick them up 500-£800 done a bit of body work and tweaking used for a while then sold on the cheapest of these now would be about 10k. Like Scalleys Dad if we spoke Motorbikes then I'm sure there are some classics in amongst the 70 odd I've owned and ridden again not at teh same time

[Abbotsbury White]

In a former life I was a motor mechanic and have a few old cars. A 1949 Triumph Roadster,(The only one I made any money out of!) a 1947 Rover 16, a 1948 Rover 75 but the one I miss the most is a 1936 Austin Hertford saloon. One of of the many stupid things I have done and one that has haunted me ever since was to sell this for £65 in 1975. Not for what it is worth now but for the car it is.  I am fortunate in that I now have a 1936 Austin Eton. I like this as it is older than me, but in a better condition.

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Bog was the Triumph Roadster the one with seats in the boot lid?

[Steven Ageroad]

I think all you guy's would love the TV program "Bangers and Cash" on the Yesterday channel, channel 26 on Freeview, on a Thursday night at 8.00. It's about an auction house in Yorkshire that sells lots of older cars, you'd be surprised at the prices they make.

[bog]

In a former life I was a motor mechanic and have a few old cars. A 1949 Triumph Roadster,(The only one I made any money out of!) a 1947 Rover 16, a 1948 Rover 75 but the one I miss the most is a 1936 Austin Hertford saloon. One of of the many stupid things I have done and one that has haunted me ever since was to sell this for £65 in 1975. Not for what it is worth now but for the car it is.  I am fortunate in that I now have a 1936 Austin Eton. I like this as it is older than me, but in a better condition.

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Bog was the Triumph Roadster the one with seats in the boot lid?

Yes it was. Then part of the boot lid folded up as a windscreen for those sat there. If you recall Bergerac he drove one in that series.  If you didn't know car seats set in boots are called Dicky seats. There must be some innuendo somewhere there.... :022: