What cars are on your 'to own' list?......

[Charlie Croker]

Pre facelift Rover sd1. I don't care what colour or engine size I just want one.lol.

[eifion]

The top two on mine right now are a late 3.0 V6 Citroen XM or a Citroen C6. Twice recently I've seen a C6 and been filled with the desire to buy one that lasts until I go on to the owners' forum and read about what an expensive nightmare a bad one can be. That puts me off, until the next time I see one.

 

I have a much longer list of "stuff I'd like to borrow for a month or so", though. Thinking about it, those are mostly Citroens too.

[MarvinsMom]

an alfa sud van....

 

i didn't know such a delight exists, every day on autoshite is a school day.....

[blakey79]

Let's see

 

Lancia thema

Audi 80

Golf GTI an early mk2

Vauxhall cavalier Mk2 SRI

 

That will do for today.

[Ghosty]

W123 wagon

Dolomite 1850

one of the GM B-body cars with an LT1 ('94 Impala SS/Roadmaster Estate/Caprice/etc)

Mk5 Cortina

Volvo 240 estate

E28 5 series

Swift GTI (if there's any left)

[anonymous user]

Being somewhat ancient, my list is very short as I've pretty much done my list already, so the ones I haven't had yet:

Bristol 407

Morris Minor Traveller.

 

There are other cars I want but as I'm a creature of habit I've already had them before:

Series Land Rover (a station wagon as the canvas tops, which I prefer, are not really Spaniel proof)

Volvo Amazon estate

Volvo 240 estate (I already miss the one I got rid of about 2 months ago)

Austin A40 Dorset Tourer (not much chance unless I import one as I think there are now only two in the UK and I've owned both of those before)

Morgan Plus 4 Drophead Coupé

 

[Sloth in a bowl]

My current wish list is:

 

Something that I can go to Curborough Sprint Course/other track days to, have a giggle in and not worry about the cost of spare parts.

 

This is why I have Ford Puma at the top of my list, not overly exciting, but a good thing in which to learn where my limits are.

 

Failing that I will also consider anything light weight, nippy and not to powerful, e.g.

Suzuki Ignis sport

Porsche 924

Peugeot 106 GTi/Rally

and others of similar idea...

[EssDeeWon]

Very high on my to own list is a Primrose Yellow Rover 75. These are very very rare with only about 180 released to the UK market. They look fantastic and there is one owned locally, its not a minter but I have to stop and help clear up the latest yogurt lorry crash every time I see it.

 

One day it'll come up for sale and it'll be when im going through a poor month with no monies !!

 

Here is the said car parked on my manor last October

 

2000 Rover 75 V6 Connoisseur by steve wilson, on Flickr

[eddyramrod]

every day on autoshite is a school day.....

It so isn't, I hated school!

[DVee8]

My updated list

Saab floppy top in any guise.

Buick Riviera 1964

Datsun Cherry 120y estate,coupe.

Vauxhall Omega

Nissan Laurel

MG Metro

Rover 800 coupe

Many many more.

[catsinthewelder]

I really really want a Brown Triumph Dolomite or Toledo at some point soon

 

A list of likely candidates to replace the Disco as family bus when I get fed up with mending it

Mitsubishi Delica

Properly square Volvo Estate

Subaru Legacy or Forester

[Squire_Dawson]

1939 Studebaker Coupe

1951 Studebaker Starlight Coupe

1939 Packard 12

1955 Kaiser Manhattan

1956 Packard Patrician

Ford Ranch Wagon - year doesn't particularly bother me, but preferably 1959 or 1972

Morris Marina 1.8 SDL Estate, Ital 1.7 or 2.0 Estate

Bristol 411

Jowett Javelin PD

Standard Vanguard III and Vignale

1957-63 Humber Hawk or 1958/9 Super Snipe

Austin A.70 Hereford Station Wagon

Simca P.60 Aronde

Simca Vedette Chambord

Moskvich 408/412

Wartburg Knight Tourist

Volga M21-K

 

I need to earn more money.

[D Spares & Tyres]

I really want a large American car made between 1956 and 1973 ( approx ) not so fussy as to what, I like most of them but some favourites are

 

1957 Buick Electra

 

1959 Chevrolet Impala

 

Not so keen on the Ford products though, they all seem a bit ugly ( Mercury and Lincoln included ) Mostly

 

 

Also I really want a Commer camper with a factory body, not one of those poxy hermit crap type things with the huge bodies

 

And I keep promising myself a V8 in my collection, an SD1 Vitesse would do nicely and distract me from yanks for now

[Squire_Dawson]

Electra came out in 1959.

[eddyramrod]

1959 was a good year for the Electra too.  57 would be a Special, Super or Roadmaster.  I kind of approve of your choices there, except that, the more people like and want these things, the higher the prices climb and the 1962 Cadillac I treated myself to in 2008 will remain the closest I ever get.

[D Spares & Tyres]

Maybe I meant `59 then....

 

I know the shape I want, I had a model as a kid and still think  it is the best looking car ever. ( made by Husky )   Best fins ever. 59 Caddies too silly but they were much better by `62

 

My Standard Pennant reminds me of a tiny 50s yank, I have been looking for a visor to keep the look

[eddyramrod]

If you're working from the Husky model (of which I have two or three still) then yes, it's a 59.  Good choice!  I presume the Impala love comes from the Corgi model?

 

And yes, bravo on the Pennant, a visor will just nicely set it off.  I think they were rather pretty and certainly under-rated.

[burraston2006]

I

 

One of these vans!

 

 

One of these in this colour

 

One of these aswell!

 

But I've got one of these!!

[fred]

Another Ventora FD Flavour, but FE is goodly also

Daimler DS Hearse

Huggy bear spec Lincoln Continental with huge velour armchairs

BX 16V GTI

Rat rod

Bentley of any age - just to say Ive had one

Jag XJR

Something with a cannon on it

all humble stuff really

[phil_lihp]

Still got quite a few to work off the list...

 

Jaguar/Daimler XJ40

Austin/Morris A60

Citroen XM

Citroen 2CV

Seat Marbella

Vauxhall Cavalier Mk3 1.7TD Envoy (purely for sentimental reasons)

Rover P6 3500

Range Rover Classic

Sao Penza

 

Not likely to get many of those struck off the list any time soon though!

[D Spares & Tyres]

If you're working from the Husky model (of which I have two or three still) then yes, it's a 59.  Good choice!  I presume the Impala love comes from the Corgi model?

 

And yes, bravo on the Pennant, a visor will just nicely set it off.  I think they were rather pretty and certainly under-rated.

Don`t think I have seen the corgi model, I just think it one of the prettiest cars ever. The El Camino based on it would be fine for me too

[robinmasters]

Rover P-anything

Crown Vic

Chevy Caprice

Lincoln Continental (the suicide doors one)

P38 Range Rover

Maserati Ghibli

Volvo 262 (but with some ridiculous engine conversion)

 

This is the list which is currently unattainable, the full list can be summarised as 'anything pre-1990 which is even marginally interesting'.

[Alusilber]

Got a bit of a thing for VAG shite myself...

 

Top of the list...

• Porsche 924 (the "van engine" kind)

Somewhere further down the list..

• VW Type 3 Fastback (one that hasn't been buggered about with by pineapple-botherers too much, if any exist)

Rather more fanciful...

• Dolomite Sprint (maybe 1850HL at a pinch)
• Scimitar GTE (probably SE5A)
• Beetle 1303S/LS
• Type 34 Karmann Ghia
• Sunbeam Stiletto/Singer Chamois
• Midas Bronze/Gold kit-car (though I doubt I'd actually fit inside)

Very fanciful...

• VW 411/412 Fastback

And if I was feeling particularly flush...

• Porsche 968 (no need for a CS, vanilla version quite fast enough for me)

[hauserplenty]

A VW Golf. To see if I can do 140 without getting busted.

 

A W124 Mercedes-Benz, hopefully a wagon.

 

I do have a hankering for something with the engine in backwards.

 

A beat-up ol' Ford truuuck.

 

A Sterling Oxford edition, i.e. a posh Honda.

 

And a posh lorry.

[Taff]

X1/9

X-type Jag

'27 T Coupe hot rod

a late '70s Yamaha XS650

[bub2006]

The cars I grew up with are now well out of my price range and will never own one. For example

Mk2 escort,mk2 granada,mk4/5 cortina and Rover sd1 so my choices have changed.

Would like a mk3 cavalier top spec model but diesel engine and a v6 could be fun

Fiat multipla bug eye

Volvo 240

Volvo 740 turbo

Early omega

Citroen xantia

Peugeot 605 but may have to settle for a 405!

[Guest busbear]

VW Polo G40

Fiat Punto Cabrio

Saab Convertable.

Lancia Delta Integale

Mercedes G Classe

Ford Street Ka.

[Lacquer Peel]

MINI Paceman.

[Justin Case]

Breadvan, you have a lot to answer for! A Jensen Fabboceptor has now displaced the Jaguar XJS from the top of bucket list, and that was one that had had approval from The Management. Otherwise an Alfa Bertone GTV from the early 70s, Fiat Panda 4x4 (original flavour, but I wouldn't say no to a later one) a larger 4xShite (Disco 2 or P38 RR seem to loom large) and a 50s classic (Sunbeam Talbot 90 would do nicely)

 

Less likely to achieve are the Bedford OB and Dodge Spacevan (qv The Management) and the Swallow Doretti; they were made only just up the road by men in a large shed (aircraft hanger) but only come up for sale every other decade

Interesting to look back; the list is still very much the same as two years ago, except that the 4xShite of choice is now a white Toyota Landcruiser with UN written on the doors. So far none of been ticked off , but I missed a local  one-owner 1989 Panda (although not 4x4) by hours and have sat in a Swallow Doretti which was actually parked outside the shed* in which they were made, but none have come up for sale though.

 

How has everyone else got on with their list?

[tul66]

Funnily enough, that's exactly what I was thinking!