cjhillman
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1979 Capri (Rolling Project) 1985 Escort mk3 (Daily)
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Is there anybody else on here who owns a Classic Car is a Professional Musician e.g. Gigs at the weekends/on tour/ private tutor?
I want a classic car like theres no tomorrow and this year i'll be 25, so hoping to sort a classic car out on a classic policy, but when it comes to insurance and the amount of miles i do its hard to get around the ease of a modern car. All i'm thinking of getting is an older Ford (80s probably)
my week consists of usually covering at least 100 miles in teaching.
Just seeing if anyone else is in the same boat?
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100 miles a week isn't that much. Last year I was doing 100km per day commuting to work in retro stuff. That was about 350 miles per week total. About three months of the year, I was driving this, with no power steering: If you really want it that much, you don't even need to ask! For over a year, my daily driver was a VW Superbug with no radio. I loved every minute of driving it. Old cars are still practical daily drivers if you love them.
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PAH! try being a drummer with a tr7 convertable! Depends on what you play but loads of cars have scope for the retro loving musician, how about Mk2 cortina estate Vaux Cav estate. Saab 9000 I used to have a Mk3 escort, Mk2 cav, Saab 900 and 95, all were great for getting the drum stuff in and doing gigs. The tr7 was an excercise in packaging that I had to go through for a couple of months between more sensible cars. My sister gets her Bass and warrick 18 amp in to a smart coup so anything is possible.
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OVY871
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Just remember there were musicians around when the cars were new so they'll be fine (my optimistic view on classic motoring )
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Seth
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MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi
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A 1980's Ford is hardly an old car in practicality/daily/usability terms. More than capable of doing whatever you need to with it. And 100 miles a week is not a lot of mileage either. Something twice that age would manage it perfectly well.
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable.
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col
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wut
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i'm a bassist in a bad with 1-2 gigs a week and travel all around the northeast with my big heavy bass amp. i drive a mk2 scirocco, so not as old as some, but to most it'd be bunched in as an unreliable old car. its never let me down and i can manage to fit a 4x10 w/head and a marshall half stack with 3 guitars and 2 basses in there, along with a passenger (guitarist) so its a pretty impressive load for an old car. last year, i was asked to play a bike rally. no-one told me that to get there i needed to ford a stream and go through miles of farmers tracks, my car just isn't made for that. otherwise, I've had no problems using an old car for gigging, other than wishing i had a quieter, more relaxing car on the long drive home.
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smellyferret
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Back in a retro after 7 years!
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When I was in a band the drummer got his 20 odd piece kit into a Metro!
Where there is a will there is a way!
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Davenger
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It's only metal
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MK3 escort estate would get my vote. Or an astra of a similar vintage. Especially a diesel one
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cjhillman
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1979 Capri (Rolling Project) 1985 Escort mk3 (Daily)
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Thats cool. Its not so much that i don't think it would work using an old car for my job. its just i seem to be the only musician i know who wants something like a mk3 Escort etc. All our house owns estates (all drummers though) so every time someone sees me thinking of bidding on an old Escort i get ripped into.
Just wanted to see if anyone else on here was a musician too.
I used to have a saxo and then an early Escort mk5... used em both for moving amps, drums and the P.A.
I'm a guitarist and pedal steel guitarist (www.cjhillman.com), so i usually have to carry amps and moderate heavy things and sometimes drive to london and back.
Do you guys have any problems with car insurance as musicians? I don't do anything else see and if i phone up a "classic car insurer" they seem to put all my details into an online thing or there data base and say they wont touch me. no points and driving for ages.
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Brian Damaged
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I've retired now, but back in my playing heyday (the early/mid 90's) I used to fit all this: .....and two flight-cased basses, and a pedalboard, and a bag full of leads....into one of these: No wonder I never made that much money at it, most of it went in petrol. ;D
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I've resolved to taking the passenger seat out of my mx5 whenever I have a gig. Ok, it's not retro, but as said - where there's a will there's a way. In terms of reliability; if you update the ignition system, any cared for crossflow Ford should start and stop as well as a modern. 80's Ford with space for gear? ...from the days when Ford could compete with Mercedes etc.
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I've got Rovers.
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cjhillman
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yeah I've seen a few late model Cortinas that look nice. i imagine the 1600 estate would drink petrol a little though. a retro estate could be useful though. I have a 1400 Focus Estate and from the old hatch backs i used to have, i do like the room.... i feel old saying that... haha
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cjhillman
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Someone parked this outside my house today to. bit of extra retro content for ya.
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1900sr
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I like Mantas me!
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Fuzz Townsend (Pop Will Eat Itself, Bentley Rhythm Ace drummer) is probably one of the more well know musicians who only drives classics. irc he was gigging and getting his kit in a Daimler Dart.
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whitey
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Hello I'm new to the forum. I have only ever owned classic cars and I'm a drummer . The first classic car I put my drum kit in was a mk1 escort 1300e 2 door in purple. My hardware hardcase went in the boot easily. The only thing I had to do was take out the frount seat to put my bass drum 4 toms and snare in, surprisingly lots of room. I was giging twice a week locally at that time so the car remained a four speed. I then sold the 1300e so I could pay to go back to college and study music full time. I then brought a mk2 escort estate and this time a new kit which has a 26" kick drum( for those non drummers its quite big lol) I also giggged with two floor toms which takes room up in the car this shows how large the estate is. . All my gear fitted in and i could then take a passanger. After college I went proper pro like 3-4 function gigs/ holiday camps a week and any dep gigs I could get in. The pro band had a merc sprinter. So estate was only used for dep gigs but I did go as far as bristol and cornwall in it. I sold the estate after 4 years of it dragging my gear around it was an awsome work horse and very reliable but wanted somthing that I could have a bit of fun in on my off days. As I was leaving the pro band to do another project I needed a van so Brought mk 2 escort van, which some of you have seen at brean sands. I live in Exeter and play lots of gigs in Somerset and cornwall and luckily the van came with a five speed in it : ) I can now fit my full cymbal hardcase, hardware hardcase , drums in cases a smoke machine and a mackie srm450 monitor in my van with a passanger and average 30 ish m.p.g on a motorway run. The rear wheel drive and low rear axels defiantly help on the hills and compared to a frount wheel newish van i would pick the mk2 anytime, plus its a talking point when turning up to a gig. Insurance wisejoin the musician union they can help. Or not that I've ever done it tell the insurance company you are a teacher don't mention the word music , oh and keep reciets for all car related stuff it will help in the tax form thingy. Sorry if ive gone on a bit bust as you can tell this subject is right up my street. Hopefuly you enjoyed reading it : ) cheers
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I'd say old merc. W123 estate, you could fit a small yorkshire village in the back and more reliable than many moderns. Great at covering distance.
I've got a w123 230e coupe that I do 125 miles a week commuting plus what ever I do at the weekend and it's great at it! Couldn't recommend highly enough.
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Remember the days when sex was safe and motorsport was dangerous. Vintage bling always attracts pussy.
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There are plenty of old Volvo estates still working for a living and people on here have proved they can look awesome, if you want a diesel a merc estate has to be high on the list.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Lawsy
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Loving the usggestions of cars and that its do-able
the OP was asking if anyone has insurance issues who is a musician....
But yes, why not, anything 80;s would do
as to insurance as a musician, no idea..
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My cars are insured through equity redstar, fully comp classic policy's, agreed value and unlimited milage.
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Remember the days when sex was safe and motorsport was dangerous. Vintage bling always attracts pussy.
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whitey
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My mate who has a moggy minour has insurance issuse he is just down as a teacher. The band with the merc sprinter didn't get insured as musicians until they joined the musicians union. Before that I think they told the insurance company they were kids entertainers : )
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