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  1. Vauxhall at the time was a premium brand and I think they really leaned into it still being a premium product at a smaller scale.
  2. Folk turn up, chat, eat, have some drinks. Sometimes try and fix a vehicle that suffered a malady enroute, sometimes go see a local attraction on day 2 (park, museum, castle, etc). It's kind of venue dependant. I don't bring Girlfriend_70s as she isn't keen on camping and I can sleep in the back of the Volvo if I'm solo which saves bringing a tent...
  3. When I was looking into legalities of fixing cars at the roadside when my neighbour asked if I had a license for "dealing cars" it became apparent that anything that a neighbour found to be a nuisance could well bring you within the crosshairs of the council - Regardless of being on private property or not.
  4. Is there some secret agenda to take at far away from @LightBulbFun as possible to ensure the greatest degree of misery adventure when it gets collected?
  5. I fucking hate repo parts. Think the Dolly is on it's 3rd new alternator and 4th new starter in 10,000 miles/10 years. I do think it tends to be that a repo part will either fail in short order or last for a decent period. Fingers crossed.
  6. It's alright, but really it needs some headlight peaks, wide whitewalls and around 26 AA/RAC badges stuck to the front.
  7. See so many 50s cars listed with this as a selling point as if it adds a genuine £2k to the car's value. Relatively few folk seem to want to actually bother keeping the plate and selling it themselves though...
  8. The French certainly persisted into the middle 70s with column change. Renault in particular.
  9. Old cars innit. It's why most people have <5 year old cars on finance. Hassle free appliance for doing an personal transport.
  10. Suspect that's your answer. A lot of folks towing with older stuff which predates the current rules technically shouldn't be and likely wouldn't be insured in an accident. I can't image the rubber band suspension would enjoy towing either, given it being designed for a sole occupant.
  11. This car no longer exists. That has zero qualities of a car for restoration. Extensive panel damage, rust, no glass, missing trim, ruined interior. It wouldn't even make a parts car, aside for potentially the running gear. Worth of a mint Consul in 2005 was maybe £5k, even today with them being worth twice that better Consuls than that go in the bailer. I suspect it's more likely somebody is doing something dodgy to keep the no. plate alive for resale
  12. The description gave me an aneurysm. Examples fetching £10k? Where? There are a dozen Minxes on Marketplace currently and none are over £5k. Several have been for sale for a long time. I'll agree the value is only going one way though. Down, as the owners die or give up driving, hence the glut of this era of "garage find" car currently hitting the market...
  13. This equally comes with diminishing returns. I've been keeping an eye on certain 50s cars and while dealers are stocking concourse winners at £20k (and not selling them) a good example is £8-10k and won't suffer the same sort of depreciation from being used or drastic devaluing if something drops on it in the garage and chips the paint. Values of pre 70s stuff has definitely stalled, likely due to the traditional owners dying off and the economic situation leading to belt tightening. I suspect this will continue as the generation that had final salary pensions etc pass away and spare money dries up. 80s/90s stuff is going nuts as there are a lot of folks in their 40s earning significant money in IT and middle management who can splurge on nostalgic stuff. Similar to how old games consoles are now rising in value. Although given how many folk are mortgaged to the hilt and survive on credit that may nit be particularly sustainable. Really old stuff from the 1920s seems to have held fairly steady, I suppose those who are nostalgic for that era are now largely gone so the pool of buyers isn't prone to fluctuations.
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