Although I have bought a few bits on ebay I've never bought a whole car off the internet. Alot of mine have come via friends / word of mouth, but I must have spent hundreds on Diamond Freeads over the years!
Also had untold road trips with oldskoolcortina trawling the local 'haunts' and dealers, usually starting with a call 'I've broken the Victor / Cortina / Escort and need another car TODAY!!'
I also remember another sliding around in the ice in his FE Victor looking for a dumped EFI Granada we could nick the ECU out of ;D
As for insurance, when I started ('93) we had the Co op.
Just call Paul (our agent) and have a cover note within hours.
Back then they used to do additional vehicle cover notes for a tenner, whatever the car, Mini, Escort, XJ12..
So many memories of driving around flat out in a beige Metro 13 years bs (before Slater ) with Nirvana or Pearl Jam blaring from the Audioline stereo and house speakers! Unfortunately it never quite drowned out the knocking big ends tho
Also had untold road trips with oldskoolcortina trawling the local 'haunts' and dealers, usually starting with a call 'I've broken the Victor / Cortina / Escort and need another car TODAY!!'
I also remember another sliding around in the ice in his FE Victor looking for a dumped EFI Granada we could nick the ECU out of ;D
As for insurance, when I started ('93) we had the Co op.
Just call Paul (our agent) and have a cover note within hours.
Back then they used to do additional vehicle cover notes for a tenner, whatever the car, Mini, Escort, XJ12..
So many memories of driving around flat out in a beige Metro 13 years bs (before Slater ) with Nirvana or Pearl Jam blaring from the Audioline stereo and house speakers! Unfortunately it never quite drowned out the knocking big ends tho