Consolidating 3 into 1.... Amazon?

[purplebargeken]

That Boggie is a thing of beauty.

 

Jack, I know you loved my Amazon and came very close indeed to ownership. However, they are cumbersome beasts, heavy steering, rust is a significant issue and some trim items are hard to get hold of. Parts prices are climbing and were a bit pricey to start with. Mine was good mechanically but that had taken thousands and was suffering bodily. Sam is working to return it to stock more or less.

 

If you want one for longer journeys then an overdrive is going to be needed so that means one that has had it retro fitted or something like a GT. An estate would be more practical but they command more dosh.

 

I know you want one but please think long and hard. With a potential budget of 4K, the world is your mollusc.

 

Did you fix the vacuum issue on the Daf? 

[garethj]

Go to the NEC autojumble today, buy one of those Motor Show magazines from 1965, 1970, 1975 and 1980 then spend the next couple of days flicking through them, bookmarking the ones that look interesting.  Do some internet research on prices and spares availability today and then buy the car you really want.

[purplebargeken]

I know you were a bit 'meh' about a Dolomite but a nice sorted 1850 with O/D or auto is a nice thing. Tons of spares, easy to work on, good club support. 

 

Perhaps a Stag? Comfy, stylish, good club and spares support.

[Tamworthbay]

I know you were a bit 'meh' about a Dolomite but a nice sorted 1850 with O/D or auto is a nice thing. Tons of spares, easy to work on, good club support. 

 

Perhaps a Stag? Comfy, stylish, good club and spares support.

Another vote for the Dolomite, they are a cracking car. What about it’s bigger brother the 2000? Another great car and very nice to be in.

[adw1977]

Perhaps a Stag?

Not if the budget is only £4k!

[eddyramrod]

Not feeling the love for the white?  Get a lightbar on the roof and some Sheriff decals on the doors, problem solved!

[The Moog]

Remember to wave the mx5 in my direction if you do decide to move it on

[Junkman]

You know I was looking at that thinking Daily?

 

But not feeling the love for the White?

 

A Plodge Granfifthlomat in white?

I'd still bloody jump every time I saw its reflection in a shop window.

[eddyramrod]

That's why I said Sheriff and not Police.  It's that one word that gets them going.  Highway Patrol would also be acceptable.  Go for red lights rather than blues, you might even get away with not having covers over them.  But I might be wrong there, don't quote me!

[Squire_Dawson]

Er, hello...

 

 

Power steering. Check.

Extreme comfort. Check.

Cylinder count. Check.

Automatic trans. Check.

Fast crusing. Check.

[Junkman]

I remember there being a Plymouth Volare Wagon with a Slant 6 for sale...

The blue one? If yes, I had a look at it and you should thank God on knees you didn't buy it.

It was "cheap" (not sure why septic chod is that overpriced in the UK) for a reason.

 

Once you've gone over to the Left side everything else seems dull by comparison....................

I've been back from there for a good few years now and oddly enough that yank stuff doesn't manage

to entice me like it used to. Still lightyears more than an Ovlov, though, mind.

[Junkman]

What really puts me off that '83 Fury is that it's not tax exempt and way too giffer festooned in a way that is irreversible to some extent.
 
- Halfords sunroof
- Tow bar bolted through the rear bumber
- UK lighting requirements could surely have been achieved more elegantly

- Which horrors is the completely out of touch with the era vinyl top hiding?

- The cost of replacing those shit wheels and trim rings with something proper is in no relation to the value of the car

 

And when exactly has it become a thing to put A4 sized mudflaps on a 1980s car?

[JeeExEll]

For what it's worth I have a shortlist of cars from that period which I can realistically expect to maybe have some day. Out of the question at the moment (and deliberately avoiding the desirable American stuff, which is another whole ballgame and depends more on UK availability), but food for thought ? -

 

Alfasud

Fiat 131 2000 Sport (getting expensive), or maybe a circa 1980 Supermirafiori TC or 132 2000

Lancia Fulvia

Rover P6 3500S

early 2002 or early 70s 2500 / 3.0 saloon

Opel Commodore coupe or maybe a FE Ventora

Honda Civic from 70s or early 80s, or maybe a CRX

Imp van

 

I'd want them to be as minty as possible but definitely not kept as display ornaments. If they get wrecked in use then so be it.

Fortunately I scratched the 70s / 80s Ford itch long before prices went crazy when they were just everyday cars but a Capri 3000GXL or a period-spec Mk1 Escort RS would be in there too. I remember when shabby Granada Ghia coupes went for peanuts. Ditto, untidy but sound Pugget 205 GTIs.

 

I could add to the list but would be equally happy with any of them.

[Junkman]

Yes Twas the Blue one.........................

 

It did look a tad rough up top and that was without delving,no wonder it was £1700

 

It was an ex US Air Force, thus fleet spec to the extent only the yanks manage, down to the single speed heater motor.

But that's where the goodness ended.

Although I could have lived with the shabby chicness, it displayed the typical symptoms of a Slant Six on its death bed.

Slant Sixes oddly are expensive to fix.

 

 

 

For what it's worth I have a shortlist of cars from that period which I can realistically expect to maybe have some day. Out of the question at the moment (and deliberately avoiding the desirable American stuff, which is another whole ballgame and depends more on UK availability), but food for thought ? -

 

Alfasud

Fiat 131 2000 Sport (getting expensive), or maybe a circa 1980 Supermirafiori TC or 132 2000

Lancia Fulvia

Rover P6 3500S

early 2002 or early 70s 2500 / 3.0 saloon

Opel Commodore coupe or maybe a FE Ventora

Honda Civic from 70s or early 80s, or maybe a CRX

Imp van

 

Apart from the P6, you are either very, very wealthy, or have missed the boat by twenty years.

[JeeExEll]

They're possible alternative choices to a Ovlov Zammo. Apart from the fabby 131 2000 a budget of £4k would maybe buy something usable on a daily basis from the list.

[Fabergé Greggs]

I had a Fulvia as a daily when I was twenty something with no money to run it.

 

I loved every single second. Selling it is my single greatest regret.

 

I bought it for 3k, sold it for 4.5k and saw it recently on eBay for 9.

[Fabergé Greggs]

Definitely love lancias but not sure how well they’d fare outside.

[JeeExEll]

Wise words. Onwards and upwards. The quest continues . . .

[Fabergé Greggs]

Why has nobody mentioned a Citroen CX?!!??

[alcyonecorporation]

Amazon or a 140 would be my choice. Out of the two I'd go for the 140, they're bigger, harder and have the bigger version of the indestructible Volvo engine.

1968-70 Amazons used the same B20 as the 140s. They're also lighter, have dual circuit brakes like the 140 and are WAY easier to get body parts for.

 

Jack, I know you loved my Amazon and came very close indeed to ownership. However, they are cumbersome beasts, heavy steering, rust is a significant issue and some trim items are hard to get hold of. Parts prices are climbing and were a bit pricey to start with. Mine was good mechanically but that had taken thousands and was suffering bodily. Sam is working to return it to stock more or less.

 

If you want one for longer journeys then an overdrive is going to be needed so that means one that has had it retro fitted or something like a GT. An estate would be more practical but they command more dosh.

 

I know you want one but please think long and hard. With a potential budget of 4K, the world is your mollusc.

Also: these points.

 

Also, you'd struggled to get a decent (i.e. not hiding shit tons of rust) 122S for £4k now.