eBay tat volume 3.

4,318 · Thursday at 09:58

30 minutes ago, adw1977 said:

Strange badges at the rear and on the steering wheel.

Are those Pakyan badges?

6,460 · Thursday at 10:12

12 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said:

Are those Pakyan badges?

Yep, it looks like it :

10,325 · Thursday at 10:32

Oh wow, so it's an Iranian built car?

4,318 · Thursday at 10:48

11 minutes ago, adw1977 said:

Oh wow, so it's an Iranian built car?

I'd have thought all the Iranian ones were LHD but who knows? There used to be a Pakyan specialist on the forum, I believe he was based in Iran, but l don't think he's posted for a while.

35,484 · Thursday at 10:55

@PaykanHunter

35,484 · Thursday at 11:19

Presumably that means it's also a ringer

10,325 · Thursday at 13:21

DVLA say it was built and registered in 1967, with the only recorded MOT being in 2016. 1725cc engine as for UK cars.

1967 was the first year of Paykan production (using CKD kits sent from the UK) but why would they be building RHD cars and sending them back to the UK?

The car does have quite a few extra chrome bits stuck on, so maybe the Paykan badges aren't original.

6,729 · Thursday at 14:23

4 hours ago, adw1977 said:

I'm not even sure what that is. Wrong grille for a Singer. Strange badges at the rear and on the steering wheel.

Belongs to an Iranian man who lives in Bootle, of all places. Would be better if it still had its original grille. More info here:-

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fliverpool-news%2Funique-car-spotted-merseyside-streets-24333304&usg=AOvVaw1U9Brc3z2pgrcYkm4EcG9t&opi=89978449

6,729 · Thursday at 15:33

7 hours ago, lesapandre said:

And this? All were just old bangers for a long time. Rarity, hope value or are they 'investments'? All seems bit hyperinflated for what were pretty dull cars.

The same thing has already happened with anything German/Swedish/MK 2 Ford Escorts/Triumph Dolomites, etc.

If only prices were still at 1996 levels...

6,729 · Thursday at 15:39

MK 1 Capri.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/227323152321

6,729 · Thursday at 15:41

Datsun Sunny 1200 Coupe.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/188331817055

6,729 · Thursday at 15:45

MG Magnette ZA.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/306910684314

23,278 · Thursday at 15:47

18 minutes ago, Knotty Ash Towers said:

The same thing has already happened with anything German/Swedish/MK 2 Ford Escorts/Triumph Dolomites, etc.

If only prices were still at 1996 levels...

Some of those cars mentioned are either iconic, historied (with a marque background story) or are great to drive and/or tune with entry to thriving clubs or events or have outstanding engineering.

I can see the value in an Escort, Dolomite, some Volvos, Saabs, and many German cars.

But some of these 'cooking' cars featured above were under-engineered new and pretty dull then and now. I've driven all of them - ok as historic curiosities.

Each to his own but how much? Good luck to them I suppose.

2,119 · Thursday at 16:22

Twenty years ago i was buying cars that where 35 to 40 years old for about £500 using and improving them for a couple of years then selling them on for a similar amount, but there is no fun in it when the cars cost so much now.

8,856 · Thursday at 19:43

Lucky I got the Cossie when I did back in 2006 for about £3k all in all.

That was a decent running 4x4 saph with a long MOT.

I mean it was fucked under the bodykit but 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

There's some spare parts I have for it that could yield more than I paid for it.

Crazy.

6,650 · Thursday at 20:10

It's because people think because escorts,etc are fetching silly money that other similar stuff must be worth similar or way more than they are genuinely worth.

The sellers are pound shop mike brewers who have no idea of why these cars are fetching the money they do & think that a period competitor is going to be seen as a viable alternative ( as it was in the past) ,then when they don't get a a sale they get stroppy as all they see is big profit for little work.

30,508 · Thursday at 20:17

Lancia Appia Series 2 1959 For Restoration

24,112 · Thursday at 20:25

4 hours ago, camryv6 said:

Twenty years ago i was buying cars that where 35 to 40 years old for about £500 using and improving them for a couple of years then selling them on for a similar amount, but there is no fun in it when the cars cost so much now.

There really isn't any shortage of bargain cars nowadays, many of which will predictably become significantly more valuable eventually. Some of them can't be run or fixed on Escort money though so you'd have to wait half an eternity to see any financial return.