phil_lihp Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Talking to a colleague today about savings etc. and he said he was trying to persuade his wife to let him buy an old '59 Mini to keep stored away as an investment. I kind of see his point when he reckons even if their values have plateaued that inflation will see it increase in value over many years but I don't think I'd do it that way. It got me thinking, a few lucky people who happened to have Minis, VW Type 2s and Escort Mk1s stored away when they were worthless have probably made a tidy profit but you couldn't really guess they were going to skyrocket in value. I'd take one of these if I had the spare cash and somewhere to hide it away. I reckon values are just starting to go up after hitting rock bottom. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/mk1-ford-mondeo-citrine-/251442481560?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3a8b23c998 Probably an Si 4x4 in original condition is the most likely suspect. So, in the absence of a crystal ball, what would you buy cheap now and store away as a get-rich-slowly investment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Renault 5 GT Turbo, Peugeot 205 GTi are predictable calls but for max returns I would buy a MG ZT V8. Last British bruiser, bound to be worth mega coin in 30 years. If only so the MG car company and cluster bomb manufacturing firm of Shanghai (we own you) can put it on their stand at the 2044 NEC Motor show (where incidentally they are the only car maker present). I haz been drinking Merlot lolz1!1!1!1!1 Will be fucked tomorrow morning....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek9213 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 id go with any of the hot hatches from the late eighties, fiesta mk1 and mk2......pug 205 gti......golf gti, that kind of thing, all are starting to creep up now but can still be had cheap enough for a profit in a couple of years when the boy racers of that era that couldnt afford them at the time now have spare cash in their pockets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Jaguar XK8 and Aston DB7, smart roadster and early city coupe morris_ital_lover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micrashed Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 3 door Nissan Cherry - bound to be wanted in spades by the classic rally boys.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 205 GTi Cavalier GSi Mk3 Cavalier pre-facelift 1.4 saloon (oddly enough I have one that's for sale) Nova SR/GTE/GSi and a curveball: a Corsa GSi and Sport. yeah yeah, modern shit and all that, but they're getting thin on the ground even now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 All of the above. To maximise return smear in dung and straw and lob in a barn. Then find it. Bobthebeard, Squire_Dawson, HillmanImp and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Nova SR/GTE/GSi I'm keeping a Set of 8 spoke Nova GSI 14 inch alloys in my shed as an investment. Well, I can't be arsed to sell them as nobody wants 14 inch alloys, but ONE day, there'll be worth a feck load of money, just like the 4 off 10 inch mini cooper reverse rim wheels I sold in 1989 for £20, and regretted ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seacow Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 puma? face 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I can't remember who but some wit said "The best way to make a small fortune out of cars is start with a large fortune."Works for me every time! burraston2006, Charlie Croker, HMC and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Bloke at work had a nice 406 Coupe which he got offered £400 for in a deal at a Mazda stealership. Told him to rent a lock up, get a carcoon and keep car. He didn't but I am beginning to wish I had got it off him. I reckon that's the way to go.....tidy Coupe versions of family saloons. I know Rover 800 coupes are worthless but they shouldn't be. And one day the four or five left will be sought after. The 80s stuff will have extra appeal because they will remain useable and fixable and I am pretty sure their time is still to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Predictable, but any sporty Ford. Not just RS' but ST Mondeos and Focuses, a mate who frequents RS and old Ford shows reckons there's already people polishing and chroming Mondeo ST 220s and the like. Anything that has an enthusiastic following when it's 10 years old will invariably become valuable at 20 or 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredTransit Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 a mate of mine had a Tickford Turbo Capri new in 1984. Shocking really cos shes no car freak. When she chppoed it in for an XR3i three or four years later even the dealers said she should have put it away in a garage somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 This is sort of unrelated, but something I know about as I've had so many - you can't get a decent Astra GTE for under 2k now, and a decent GSi goes for around the 1,500 mark. I didn't buy a GSi for £300 three years ago because of lack of space. Escort RS2000's are the same. If you can resist the temptation of modifying a 'sporty' edition of a hatchback and keep it totally OEM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 The current VXR Vauxhalls will be worth buying at rock bottom and keeping as most will likely get killed by boy racers if they haven't already been, the same way the old SRs and GTEs did. When was the last time you saw a Corsa C SRi? Also oddballs like the VX220, VXR8 and Monaro (ie actual UK-spec ones). 306 cabrio? Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burraston2006 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Calibras should be a good bet I reckon. Cheap as chips now and you can still get an occasional one giffer owner crop up. How about the VR golf/corrado? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris_ital_lover Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I'd agree with Calibras. My £1000 would go on a couple of Sierras, IIRC they have just been approved for historic rallies and they're going to start feeding into the 'old skool ford' scene before too long. Forgot to add, 'proper' XJ6s and XJSs are likely to shoot up before too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 Thinking of cars that have hit rock-bottom prices, 80s/90s Volvos and Rover R8s can hardly get any cheaper but I don't think in all honesty they have much chance of becoming tremendously valuable any time soon. Fast Fords are usually a good bet anyway, along with anything wearing a VW badge, at least right now. That said, VW was pretty humdrum and unfashionable at some points in the past, maybe the next big scene tax will be applied to something unremarkable now, Hyundai maybe. Considering that rarity doesn't always equal value, I can't see anything with a Daewoo badge ever making serious coin even when there's only 4 left but you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Calibra 4x4 is a solid bet. V6 Cavalier saloon too - I see one of these every day near where that Ascona I posted in the tat thread lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burraston2006 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 We all seem to be thinking along the Vauxhall line but is it just me or are the fords the ones making hte serious money? Will the Luton lags always be the Dagenham dames poorer sister? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Thinking modern Ford:Fiesta Zetec-S Mk5Pre-facelift Mk6 Fiesta Zetec-S and ST (the bug-eyed facelift ones show up a lot more, but their time will come)Fiesta Mk6 GhiaFocus ST170Mk1 Focus 2.0 Zetec 3drMondeo ST220 hatch and estateEarly Focus STs3dr Mk2 Focus (not ST, a few exist)SportKa and StreetKa?Ka/Focus/Puma Millenium Edition??Cougar?I have a feeling Mondeo Titanium Xs (and estates) might go the way of Granada Ghias in a few years, but feel free to denounce this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panhard65 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Renault megane 2003 on preferably the dci version. Just keep it 5 years and you will be sitting on the only one left. Trouble is the electrics would be shot and if you did breathe life back into it the engine would grenade anyway. They are the new 14 in my opinion only no one likes them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Mk 1 Mazda MX5. I reckon good ones will go the way of MG B's etc. I'd love another! morris_ital_lover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 The car I could have bought in 1984: Not one like it, this is the very car. It cost half of a new Golf GTI back then.I could retire now, not rich, but comfortably. Alas, I bought this instead: Even if I'd still have it, it wouldn't pay the bills of one year. Skizzer and Bren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Mk1 Ford KaMk1 Vauxhall TigraPre-facelift Rover R8Rover TomcatRover 75 petrol auto saloon with all the toys in metallic blue or metallic claretVauxhall AdamMk1 Renault TwingoRenault TwizyAston Martin Cygnet Be warned though, I'm very good at picking cars out that are utterly worthless now and in the future, so follow my advice at your peril. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Rover P6, folks.Currently prices are all over the place, which is a surefire indicator that they will settle at the upper end of the spectrum soon. Twiggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetleysmooth Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 A Volvo that's not in Scotland. Cavcraft, Twiggy, cms206 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Series 3 XJ6.Lancia Dedra Turbo.Non-Vitesse Rover SD1. If I say it often enough, it'll come true, right? Junkman and drum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike13 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Mk 1 Mazda MX5. I reckon good ones will go the way of MG B's etc. I'd love another! Hope so,my standard mk1 should stand me in good stead for years hopefully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloth in a bowl Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Alfa Romeo GTV and spider about 10 years old. Some still availible for under a grand but fewer than a couple of years ago and prices are creeping up.Both badges have a history of solid if not great classic form and the cars are nice even if they don't appreciate. spike60 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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