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Aug 24, 2011 20:40:11 GMT
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1993 Fiat Panda Selecta 2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van 2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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Lawsy
Posted a lot
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Aug 24, 2011 21:17:10 GMT
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Last Edit: Aug 24, 2011 21:18:00 GMT by Lawsy
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Aug 24, 2011 21:32:25 GMT
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The Porsche is pretty expensive to insure. The RX-7 FB is a bit cheaper in the insurance. How about a early Peugeot 205? Nissan Micra k10 is an obvious answer
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Aug 24, 2011 21:33:27 GMT
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In the last 4 years I've probably had 30 cars and by far the most expensive was a mk2 scirocco GT at £750, I love bargain basement motoring. I'm looking at pushing my budget up to around the the £1500 mark and looking for an xr4i Seen this one well in the budget
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speedy88
Club Retro Rides Member
"Nice Cortina mate"
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Club RR Member Number: 118
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Aug 24, 2011 23:35:44 GMT
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skinnylew
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 5,634
Club RR Member Number: 11
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Aug 24, 2011 23:40:45 GMT
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VW Polo mk1 hasn't attracted the same scene tax as the Golf mk1. Yet they look quite similar ;D You can buy a half decent one with tax and mot that looks like this: for about £850 and if you are old and garage it insurance is all of £150 leaving you change from £1k!!!!
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BenKH
Part of things
Praise the lowered
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www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C241570Just saw this, £950 ono. Probably not perfect, well, for £950 it'll hardly be concourse. But that looks like mighty fine nick for what he's asking, and it just so happens my dad's after something cheap to replace the Lexus atm...
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Last Edit: Aug 25, 2011 0:31:15 GMT by BenKH
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Old British tin is looking more and more appealling at the moment. If you look towards later 70's models there are so many bargains to be had. Your only decision is what bodystyle to go for.
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VW Polo mk1 hasn't attracted the same scene tax as the Golf mk1. Yet they look quite similar ;D You can buy a half decent one with tax and mot that looks like this: for about £850 and if you are old and garage it insurance is all of £150 leaving you change from £1k!!!! I think you'd struggle to find one that isn't a complete s**ter for less than 1500 at the min. Good ones have been popping up for good mk1 golf gti money recently with not much more than some trendy wheels and a cheap lowering kit fitted to them
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Got a mate who has a near mint stock mk1 golf gti, left hooker and been stood in a dry garage for two years. Only wants £400 for it. Should easily be doable for under a grand, or with some slammage and nice wheels for ya £1500.
If I had the space and time I'd have it myself and make a tidy profit.
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Remember the days when sex was safe and motorsport was dangerous. Vintage bling always attracts pussy.
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Volvo 7/9 or even a 2? More than a few times they go for sub 500, let alone sub 1000. And for sub £1500, that's 100 series money: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volvo-144-deluxe-/260827536484Parts back up isn't as good as the Amazon 120/130/220 series, but the situation is improving.
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Where's the Metro love!
Admittedly, it was 7 years ago and prices have, erm, changed but I bought my Turbo with T&T and insured it too for the all in price of £800.
That said, the next year I spent £1300 getting it welded from lips to ar*eholes...
But, you still can get a very, very nice early Metro for the money. Maybe not a Turbo but a normal MG at a push and all of the other 'cooking' models. Believe or not though, some parts are getting hard to source.
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dunk11
Part of things
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Good call on the Fiat can't believe how much attention this gets. All in spent about your budget on car and mods, fixing bits, loads of replacememnt parts.
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Well I just have to stand up and fight the Toledo cause... I've had my one since February and it is pretty much the perfect retro run-about (well almost!)... It is cheap to run (1300 lump) yet it is still pretty lively when pushed... It is small and easy to drive around town (lovely London!) yet you can get 4 bods in and a good bit of luggage in the boot too... It is great to drive as it is RWD and if you stick a set of super cheap Dolomite sprint alloys on the grip is superb (well not bad!!!)... They are reasonably cheap to buy and insure and parts are easy to obtain and will not break the bank either (some Dolomite parts are inter-changable)...!!! All in all a Toledo is a pretty good contender for what you need, want, desire... If you have £1500 you can buy one, insure it and give it a few tweaks here & there...!!! www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C244377Right then get out there and get buying... Whatever you get I'm sure it'll be great sir...
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***GARAGE CURRENTLY EMPTY***
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Well I just have to stand up and fight the Toledo cause... I've had my one since February and it is pretty much the perfect retro run-about (well almost!)... It is cheap to run (1300 lump) yet it is still pretty lively when pushed... It is small and easy to drive around town (lovely London!) yet you can get 4 bods in and a good bit of luggage in the boot too... It is great to drive as it is RWD and if you stick a set of super cheap Dolomite sprint alloys on the grip is superb (well not bad!!!)... They are reasonably cheap to buy and insure and parts are easy to obtain and will not break the bank either (some Dolomite parts are inter-changable)...!!! All in all a Toledo is a pretty good contender for what you need, want, desire... If you have £1500 you can buy one, insure it and give it a few tweaks here & there...!!! www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C244377Right then get out there and get buying... Whatever you get I'm sure it'll be great sir... Yup Toledo or Dolly 1300 would be a good choice. I might add the Hillman Imp to that, but yet to find one at £1k-£1.5k that would fit the bill. Cheap insurance though, the Sprint was £400, TR7 £375, Acclaim around £350 and the Imp around £300 ;D
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Aug 25, 2011 12:14:59 GMT
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mk1 mr2s are the most fun you can have for the money i swear. there is no other car you can buy, run, insure and maintain for the same money that's anywhere near as fast or fun to drive.or atleast not one with rwd and popups. I'm not biased or anything. oh btw mines for sale haha
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skinnylew
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 5,634
Club RR Member Number: 11
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Aug 25, 2011 13:05:14 GMT
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VW Polo mk1 hasn't attracted the same scene tax as the Golf mk1. Yet they look quite similar ;D You can buy a half decent one with tax and mot that looks like this: for about £850 and if you are old and garage it insurance is all of £150 leaving you change from £1k!!!! I think you'd struggle to find one that isn't a complete s**ter for less than 1500 at the min. Good ones have been popping up for good mk1 golf gti money recently with not much more than some trendy wheels and a cheap lowering kit fitted to them Damn maybe I should be asking more for it then! ;D
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Aug 25, 2011 19:29:11 GMT
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Put some scene wheels on it and slam it on cheap lowing kit and you should be able to more than double the asking price.. god bless the vw scene But yeah have a look around mate, I haven't seen a useable mk1 for decent money for a while
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Aug 25, 2011 20:38:29 GMT
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My Mazda was £700. I lowered it and redid all the bushes for around £80 and it costs £74 a year to insure. 1 litre engine so good on fuel - not that I've been anywhere. It's RWD and it looks cute. The wheels will probably cost £200ish but I haven't paid for them yet ;-) There are lots of interesting small engined cars out there of all ages. Charlie
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Aug 25, 2011 20:51:02 GMT
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Wow! There are load of options here.. Particularly liking the 100 series Volvos (but I've got a bit of a Volvo thing).
I could see MR2s being a slightly older equivalent to an MX5, cheap fun, sporty, extra cool when modified, plentiful and cheap. Good call.
charlie can't believe what a bargain your Mazda is!
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