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18 Feb 2012, 20:11 (Ref:3027714)
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A classic for £2k
(or equivalent) xe.com
I'll start with this: A-reg Mercedes 500 SEC, a bargain at £1,990. (I'm not related to the seller!) Maybe there are other threads to follow?! |
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21 Feb 2012, 19:27 (Ref:3029073)
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http://www.classic-auctions.com/Auct...n40-34471.aspx
Another contender for sub £2k and the cheaper end of the market. |
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21 Feb 2012, 21:30 (Ref:3029145)
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22 Feb 2012, 06:17 (Ref:3029274)
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I bought one for £123.46 a couple of years ago. Drove to Prague and back in it! I should have started a less that £150 thread.
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16 Apr 2012, 14:58 (Ref:3060283)
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Triumph Spitfires can be had cheaply, and there is a stunning MGBGT on the front cover of Classic, Performance & Retro magazine that was bought for less than £3K (yes I know the thread said £2K...but it was only a little bit over!) Shop around and it's amazing what you can get.
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17 Apr 2012, 08:18 (Ref:3060741)
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You can go down the Mercedes route and may get a good one, but if it goes wrong, it'll really cost!
MGB / Midget / Spitfire are cheap to buy and you can get all the spares you'll need at reasonable prices as well as technical advice. The cars are pretty reliable,too. I've retired 6 months ago and bought an MGB GT for daily transport. Cost £1500 and I'm doing a 'rolling restoration' as well as driving it daily. |
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17 Apr 2012, 15:21 (Ref:3060977)
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BMW e21 3 series. I recently bought a mint black 316 for less than £1k.
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19 Apr 2012, 03:41 (Ref:3061821)
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Reading this thread and watching the cheap car challenges on Top Gear depresses me! It is amazing how cheap older European cars are over there.
There's a car yard across the road from my office and they're selling plain, 4 cylinder E36 BMWs for the equiavlent of GBP6000. That's the just an example of the ridiculous prices Australians pay for European cars. |
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20 Apr 2012, 05:48 (Ref:3062444)
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What about a brown Rover saloon. Or any Rover saloon?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1971-ROVER...#ht_1063wt_937 |
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I've always had a soft spot for these since my mates and I did the "bohemian raphsody" thing in one when we were teenagers:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980-TRIUM...item2ebd861d75 |
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25 Apr 2012, 19:32 (Ref:3065539)
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That would be fun. A proper practical classic.
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Nice.... but I suspect the reserve is over-budget for this thread
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And a couple of nice examples from the garage of Top Gear...
1986 Porsche 944 Auto 1985 Porsche 944 and another 1986 944 |
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Very nice
Probably go for over £2k, probably too much trouble if it doesn't! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1989-ALFA-...f#ht_500wt_922 |
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