J reg Proton £750 Banff

[DodgyBastard]

Spotted this on a facebook group, Someone took a couple of pics of it in their area. It's for sale, I text the number in the pic and they want £750 for it...

 

 

 

 

[sierraman]

That's actually quite good value, you could easily get 3-4 years worth out of this without replacing anything serious. That said though standing for lengths of time can't have been good for the bearings/ brakes/etc

[DodgyBastard]

I'm tempted by it but I'd pay £450 max for it...

[trigger]

To be honest it isn't that cheap but find me another usable 5000 mile car for under a grand. In a white room (with black curtains near the station) it would sell for £1500+ to a collector.

[cms206]

It's a GL, not a GLS; no side or bumper rubbing strips. 1300s had no power steering either. I'd still go for it as it's in desirable J-reg trim but not at that price.

[rml2345]

IT MUST BE SAVED!

Not me though, it's a bit salty.

[Station]

5,000 miles! That's around 240 miles every year!

I'd say it was worth that amount, someone should buy it before KGF gets it and claims a customer has brought this in and it's a "Stunning piece of Malaysian Automotive history with an Unbelievable 5000 miles on the clock. £4,995".

[EssDeeWon]

didnt these get a facelift on 'J' plates? It looks like it should be a G or H reg.

[cms206]

didnt these get a facelift on 'J' plates? It looks like it should be a G or H reg.

That is the facelift.

[EssDeeWon]

Oh yes I remember now, they had longer/more rectangle headlights before IIRC ??

[CortinaDave]

It's well worth that with 5k on the clock. It's practically a new car !

[Bren]

£750???

 

I did'nt think they cost that new.

[cms206]

Oh yes I remember now, they had longer/more rectangle headlights before IIRC ??

Nope; facelift in it's entirety was a new grille, redesigned centre consol and 12v engines instead of 8v. The fuel injected MPi in '93/'94 brought in a more thorough facelift with shallower headlights, redesigned back end and some new metalwork.

[dugong]

IT MUST BE SAVED!

Not me though, it's a bit salty.

THAT'S MY LINE

[tooSavvy]

Nope; facelift in it's entirety was a new grille, redesigned centre consol and 12v engines instead of 8v. The fuel injected MPi in '93/'94 brought in a more thorough facelift with shallower headlights, redesigned back end and some new metalwork.

 

..... not my 'specialist subject' BUT I believe the shape of the wheelarch, in front wings, went from rectangleish to round 

 

TS

[red5]

It's a GE, not a GL or GLS.

 

1.3 manual only.

 

4dr or 5dr.

 

Red or White.

 

 

[HH-R]

OMG J REG!!!

[cms206]

It's a GE, not a GL or GLS.

 

1.3 manual only.

 

4dr or 5dr.

 

Red or White.

 

 

Pulls as a 1.3GL...

[vulgalour]

If I won the lottery, this is exactly the sort of thing I'd squander my winnings on.

[cort16]

It's defo a Ghia

[red5]

Pulls as a 1.3GL...

 

Well, if it's an old stock pre facelift GL then its had a grill replaced at least.

 

The later ones (Triple Valve) only came as GE, GL or SE spec (the badges used in UK). The 'GLS' was made up on site by adding different wheel trims, rear speakers, a Webasto roof and stripes. Phwoooar

[red5]

 

2 SE and 2 GE spec for your perusal. And my Kr1s.   Happy days indeed.

[Mr Livered]

That's fantastic, but obviously a scam. There's no way a place really exists called "Banff".

[Bren]

I have been to the one in canada.

 

Never saw any proton's though.

[twosmoke300]

Bugger the ropey old protons , look at that Kr1S , in the workshop for rings maybe ?

[twosmoke300]

That's fantastic, but obviously a scam. There's no way a place really exists called "Banff".

 

there is indeed but its about 700 miles from you Mr livered

[Vince70]

I would say its worth every penny of the £750 as it really must be a one off.

At the end of the day most old bangers are worth around the £350 mark then you have to spend that again putting things right.

 

This is like buying a new car by the looks of it,

I would find the only real problem with buying such a time warp car (even a proton) is I would be too scared to drive it in case it got damaged and I couldn't just get in the thing with muddy workboots on or overload the boot with shite.

 

In Bexhill this would go down a treat as there's quite a bit of Proton shite in this area due to the elderly population but the red maybe too much for them as light metallic greens and blues are the colours of choice for protons here.

 

There's one in particular which I pass daily which looks like the engine has been removed as it sits so high at the front but it obviously has an engine as it occasionally moves unless it's getting pushed lol.

[Hendry]

The thing that always strikes me any time I see these is that although they were pretty grim even when new, and a bit outdated compared to other cars of the era, they must've sold well enough as there was quite a few around when I was growing up, similarly with the Persona and Compact, but ever since the Impian and anything made after that, there are hardly any about, and there's next to no Proton dealers anymore, despite the fact they are no worse than these Protons or any more outdated or behind the competition than these were at the time, so how come they sold so well and new ones didn't, despite there being no really different circumstances. Is it just that people these days aren't willing to fork out all that money on a mediocre new car and demand/expect better or just buy a used car for the same money which is a better car?

[gtd2000]

I once looked at a 13 year old, 13,000 mile Corolla in Edinburgh.

 

It all looked fantastic from above and drove as you would expect a new Corolla to drive.

 

It was one of those, "son is selling for elderly mother", cars and had been well looked after.

 

The real problem was that once you got down underneath it, there really wasn't that much of the original Toyota left...

 

If this proton is in as good condition underneath as it appears on top, then as some folks say it's got to be worth the asking price all day long, Proton jokes aside.

[gtd2000]

The thing that always strikes me any time I see these is that although they were pretty grim even when new, and a bit outdated compared to other cars of the era, they must've sold well enough as there was quite a few around when I was growing up, similarly with the Persona and Compact, but ever since the Impian and anything made after that, there are hardly any about, and there's next to no Proton dealers anymore, despite the fact they are no worse than these Protons or any more outdated or behind the competition than these were at the time, so how come they sold so well and new ones didn't, despite there being no really different circumstances. Is it just that people these days aren't willing to fork out all that money on a mediocre new car and demand/expect better or just buy a used car for the same money which is a better car?

 

The protons of 1990 were cheap cars and basically competing against the likes of Lada or Skoda or FSO etc. They were Japanese based and a much better bet for reliability at a discounted price.

 

The later Protons were still cheaply build but did not have the price advantage they used to hold and then they moved in French based mechanicals, not a good selling point from my position.

 

They were pricing themselves at the same levels as the likes of Hyundai, who offered better products with better warranties at a more competitive price.

 

I've owned a couple of Personas and they are crude but reliable daily transport. Driving a Hyundai Coupe after a Persona is such a vast improvement....

 

I'd still happily pick up this Proton for the price.