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1981 Austin Princess garage find


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Cracking car

 

Wow, £2500 Insurance is brutal, makes you wonder how anyone is supposed to get on the road.

thanks- my Mk1 Focus insurance was £1100 which is probably the cheapest I could get! Hoping at age 18 the price will come down a lot! 

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I was going to suggest a speed limiter but it's a princess , have you tried a classic policy with your parents as named drivers

 

Odd as it sounds when I tried insuring my Range Rover the quotes were over £350 with just me, I added my wife and new companies quoted which got it down to £190

 

Try a broker that specialises in young drivers , online quotes aren't always the cheapest , insurance is like anything else, the more you buy the cheaper it gets , a broker that specialises in certain types of driver gets a better rate

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I was going to suggest a speed limiter but it's a princess , have you tried a classic policy with your parents as named drivers

 

Odd as it sounds when I tried insuring my Range Rover the quotes were over £350 with just me, I added my wife and new companies quoted which got it down to £190

 

Try a broker that specialises in young drivers , online quotes aren't always the cheapest , insurance is like anything else, the more you buy the cheaper it gets , a broker that specialises in certain types of driver gets a better rate

tried everything, seems no company is interested until I'm 18. Gives me 2 months then to properly sort the car out at least! 

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Bloody nora, what a gem! Any ideas on its back story prior to being laid up?

it was first a company car and covered 50k miles in the first three years, then was sold to the family I got it from. They used it for holidays in their caravan as it has a towbar. I think they then upgraded to a Montego but wanted to keep the Princess as everyone loved it so it went into the garage and stayed there for 20 years! 

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Welcome back. That's some transformation. I love the number plates.

 

I think your sensible approach is right. Clock up a year's motoring in the Focus. Manage that accident free and the premium should start coming down again hopefully. I utterly destroyed my first car (also a Ford) so it perhaps pays to get some more experience in something you don't particularly care for.

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My ambition has always been to drive a car older than me - you've absolutely nailed that aspiration.

 

Top chodding, sir, she looks a beaut.

 

Hope you can find some reasonably priced insurance cover soon, you must be itching to drive it.

 

Do you know anyone with some private land ?

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