Is it still possible to buy a "nailed on" classic car for less than two grand?

[Asimo]

Rover P4?

 

I just posted a £1495 project in the ebay thread, looks complete in a patinated way....

[Tamworthbay]

One other option is to go get what you want from somewhere that thing isn't as desirable.

You want a Cortina.

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1346652422.htm?ca=4_s

Yeah it's not actually a Cortina but it's pretty damn close.

Jag...

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1349105543.htm?ca=4_s

Just a simple train or ferry trip away, then drive or trailer home. Back in time for dinner!

Does anyone know how easy it is just to buy and insure and France and drive it back? At 2k that Tina is a bargain compared to over here and I bet there are loads of others. What paperwork is needed to register over here?

[richardmorris]

A good CX is definately something I'd want to own at some point.

So do I, and I’ve had two!

Rot, rot, rot- the sound of metal moths at work on the floors and subframe!

 

Series two DTR Turbo 1 saloons are rare - according to how many left I had the only one on the road in the uk for years. 80mph and 45mpg simultaneously. Turbo 2 were a lot more clattery if faster, most had porous block problems sorted under warranty.

 

How about an old merc coupe? I love mine and I think they’re increasing in value now, I’ve had it nearly six years and forty thousand miles and it’s now 23yrs old. SECs are worth more, but more costly to buy and run.

[danthecapriman]

Does anyone know how easy it is just to buy and insure and France and drive it back? At 2k that Tina is a bargain compared to over here and I bet there are loads of others. What paperwork is needed to register over here?

It can't be that hard. Especially while we're still in the EU!

There's loads on Leboncoin like that Taunus too. I don't think the old skool Fords are valued like they are here. There's all sorts (incl Capri's!) and the only thing to consider is left hand drive. Which doesn't bother me at all but some people don't like it for some reason.

 

If your going I'm coming too btw!

[danthecapriman]

Ave sum moar!

 

This is nice and a good spec.

 

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1347243001.htm?ca=5_s

 

Not quite as nice but still very good, and worthy of a place on my drive.

 

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1320219699.htm?ca=5_s

 

P6 V8, I can't read much French but looking at the pics it's pretty sweet, just needs a bit of finishing.

 

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1342786196.htm?ca=5_s

 

Sir would like a CX? Left hooker for that authentic French experience?

 

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1346713266.htm?ca=2_s

[eddyramrod]

Those are nice!

[richardmorris]

CXiness awaits...

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/citroen-cx25-gti-barn-find-restoration-project/173012086688?hash=item284852efa0:g:yAwAAOSwfGZaIvV1

[Tamworthbay]

It can't be that hard. Especially while we're still in the EU!

There's loads on Leboncoin like that Taunus too. I don't think the old skool Fords are valued like they are here. There's all sorts (incl Capri's!) and the only thing to consider is left hand drive. Which doesn't bother me at all but some people don't like it for some reason.

If your going I'm coming too btw!

How is your French? Sounds like a great idea for a road trip. I looked at Capris but they all seemed fairly heavy prices. I tried looking at escorts but they were all mk5s, I bet there are some mk2s but my French is VERY limited.

[danthecapriman]

How is your French? Sounds like a great idea for a road trip. I looked at Capris but they all seemed fairly heavy prices. I tried looking at escorts but they were all mk5s, I bet there are some mk2s but my French is VERY limited.

My French is merde!

I'm sure we'd manage though, just wave wedges of cash around!

I'd be well up for doing it anyway regardless.

 

Escort you say?

 

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1328254454.htm?ca=2_s

 

Looks nice enough!

 

This ones not as nice body wise, however, green interior!

 

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1168495990.htm?ca=2_s

[Brodders]

Bloody hell, those Taunus's are so cheap compared to over here.

 

If there is an Autoshite French trip you can count me in (be warned that my linguistic skills stretch to a B in GCSE French).

[danthecapriman]

Bloody hell, those Taunus's are so cheap compared to over here.

If there is an Autoshite French trip you can count me in (be warned that my linguistic skills stretch to a B in GCSE French).

I'd say that makes you the Autoshite translator!

[SiC]

If it's the right price then just wave the right amount of euros in front of them and it'll sort itself?

[danthecapriman]

Don't forget the exchange rate either. That last Escort I linked above comes in at just shy of £1600!

Even if it needs a bit of work once it's here it's still cheap.

[garbaldy]

Plenty in France and Germany but I've had zero luck in france, Germany is a dodle though

[Tamworthbay]

I'd say that makes you the Autoshite translator!

Too right, I dropped French when I was 14! Any nice ones in the north that wouldn’t be too much of a tow/ push if it all went tits up?

[Angrydicky]

Just skimmed this thread and just have this to add. It looks to be a BARG.

 

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C911948

 

'Do not paint' etc

[danthecapriman]

Too right, I dropped French when I was 14! Any nice ones in the north that wouldn’t be too much of a tow/ push if it all went tits up?

Mk1 Cortina near Cambrai

 

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1348229233.htm?ca=4_s

 

Taunus/Mk3 near Amiens

 

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1346598565.htm?ca=4_s

[Royale80]

Senators are quite cheap.

 

I posted pictures and links to two on FOADs thread.

 

The red 2.5 is up for £750.

 

You wont see a Granny or an SD1 fir that.

 

Steve

[Tamworthbay]

Mk1 Cortina near Cambraihttps://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1348229233.htm?ca=4_s

Taunus/Mk3 near Amienshttps://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1346598565.htm?ca=4_s

Bloody ell they are nice, both mention restoration so not sure if they are road legal/ driveable but loads of options. We need to get our Capris finished and then plan a trip.

[eddyramrod]

That black mk1 is lovely, as is the Somerset.  I wish I had money and a yard!

[Crusty Sills]

One other option is to go get what you want from somewhere that thing isn't as desirable.

You want a Cortina.

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1346652422.htm?ca=4_s

Yeah it's not actually a Cortina but it's pretty damn close.

Jag...

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1349105543.htm?ca=4_s

Just a simple train or ferry trip away, then drive or trailer home. Back in time for dinner!

I'm not a Jag lover but that is hawt!!! And oh so cheap.

[danthecapriman]

That black mk1 is lovely, as is the Somerset.  I wish I had money and a yard!

I've made my decision!

 

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1327681917.htm?ca=2_s

 

Who's coming!?

[egg]

Just skimmed this thread and just have this to add. It looks to be a BARG.

 

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C911948

 

'Do not paint' etc

Bloody perfect. 63 year old working car for a 'bag'.

[eddyramrod]

I've made my decision!

 

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1327681917.htm?ca=2_s

 

Who's coming!?

If there's a more perfect replacement for your Volvo, I can't imagine it.  Are we going in Huggy or the Mercury?

[danthecapriman]

If there's a more perfect replacement for your Volvo, I can't imagine it.  Are we going in Huggy or the Mercury?

Depends who gets the Plymouth!

[flat4alfa]

Has the world gone doo-lally,

 

or are even mid 1980's cars now fetching far more of a premium than 1970's cars were in the 1990s?.

No

 

Yes

 

 

Mainly because

 

1) 80s cars are so much more usable

2) this next generation of buyer is credit rich like no generation before

3) interest rates like no generation before it

[eddyramrod]

Depends who gets the Plymouth!

 

Well it would be an equally suitable replacement for Giffer, I suppose!  Oh, decisions, decisions......

[cort16]

You can still get a fairly nice mk5 Cortina for 2 grand. I've seen a few in low spec but pretty clean go for not all that much,

 

I was looking for something 80's hot hatch is for around 1500 quid. Xr3i forget it, Astra GTE's and Peugeot 205 GTI's not a chance. I paid a grand for that scabby Maestro all be it with a years ticket. Nice ones are over two grand.

There are some bargains on that french site but it seems like a ball ache to me especially if your up in Scotland. I'd rather spend a little more on a rhd UK car and have a conversation in a language I can understand. Failing that English.

[Cavcraft]

Ah! a ladder......how much?

 

OFERS M8

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Ave sum moar!

 

This is nice and a good spec.

 

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1347243001.htm?ca=5_s

 

Not quite as nice but still very good, and worthy of a place on my drive.

 

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1320219699.htm?ca=5_s

 

P6 V8, I can't read much French but looking at the pics it's pretty sweet, just needs a bit of finishing.

 

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1342786196.htm?ca=5_s

 

Sir would like a CX? Left hooker for that authentic French experience?

 

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1346713266.htm?ca=2_s

 

 

 

The two Taunii look good, nice straight cars as opposed to the molested old shit you find over here for 13 times it's 1989 auction price. Taunii were also German built by Ford Werke AG and are rarely the sorry rotten old teabags the Dagenham shitheaps are. I can see these are 2 grand cars - not my two grand but if you wanted a Cortina......the 1.6 GLS is probably a sweet enough drive as well.