sdkrc Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 I couldn't find a decent home for this in one of the other threads so please prepare your eyes, your minds and your bodies for this visual treat of late 90s Yorkshire autotrader and other miscellany. Please chime in with your own crap if you have any Twiggy, Amishtat, anonymous user and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share Posted October 6, 2019 HMC, warren t claim, RayMK and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share Posted October 6, 2019 HMC, ETCHY, Shep Shepherd and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share Posted October 6, 2019 Vauxhall Brava??? News to me warren t claim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share Posted October 6, 2019 I think this could be my dad's old dodgy garage. They were on garages from hell once for a cut and shut Escort cabriolet Burnside, Shep Shepherd, warren t claim and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Funnily enough this afternoon my Father in Law had found some copies of the Sheffield Star from 1976. There was a 1967 Chevrolet Camaro in there on the classified page for £650. Christ knows what that would be worth these days. Still in 1976 £650 would still be a considerable sum. £4,500 in today’s money. warren t claim, Split_Pin and sdkrc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share Posted October 6, 2019 Wonder what £650 would buy in 70s Sheffield. You could probably have a couple of shite houses. £70 for a 9 yr old Lada Riva with 4months test. No pictures because $$$ Shep Shepherd, Datsuncog, RayMK and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Love these, WTC was the king of old Merseyside classifieds of this sort. warren t claim and sdkrc 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 I used to pore over these in the back of the Manchester evening news in the early 90s dreaming of having a £500 budget (aged 12) sdkrc, Split_Pin, EssDeeWon and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 It wasn’t just me that imposed a self inflicted budget of £500 to buy a car in the Autotrader when I was 12 then! I remember, bizarrely, being about that age and spending hours deciding, in the real world, would I choose the E plate 1.3 Maestro with four months test or the 87’ D Hyundai Pony. I was the same with picking up copies of What Car in the 90’s. Again I had an imposed 10k budget and as far as I can remember you could just about afford a basic Escort 1.4 or an all singing and dancing Suzuki Baleno HMC, Sudsprint, sdkrc and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vicar Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Nice as it is and all to see the mega cheap Jags and Astons, I love the old "To Clear" lists...MG Montego for 200 snots, if only! Thanks for sharing, keep them coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share Posted October 6, 2019 Amishtat, Split_Pin, Fumbler and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 I have thought about making a bit of a collage of old ads for my workshop. Some of those adverts were fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheezey Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Burnside, sdkrc and RayMK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Didn’t see the ad for some old Autotrader magazines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share Posted October 6, 2019 lesapandre, Burnside and Split_Pin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 45 minutes ago, sierraman said: I have thought about making a bit of a collage of old ads for my workshop. Some of those adverts were fantastic. Ahem. Guilty! Burnside, Sudsprint and sdkrc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 One striking thing for me comparedto today is how understated, unpretentious and low key the ads were; stuff that would be now “£POA” at Tom Hartley jr with a full colour splash are taken on a muddy drive with a German shepherd alongside. Originality also seemed less important (modified and tuned xk’s seemed more valuable in the ads I posted) Matching numbers? What’s that old chap it’s got the same old knackered engine?! Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share Posted October 6, 2019 Holy crap. What year is that? 1969? XK150 estate. Never knew that was a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, sdkrc said: Holy crap. What year is that? 1969? XK150 estate. Never knew that was a thing. Yeah those were 1969-70 I think. I Remember the white “fox bat” xk150 for sale in the late 90s (in classic and sports car) for about £15k - in the ad (one of those where the editorial team do a sort of road test). It said it was made out of 2 Morris minor travellers grafted on the back, had fibreglass Rear wings and was a bit tatty. sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chodweaver Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 [/url]'Mini De Ville'EekSent from my BV6000 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 4 hours ago, sdkrc said: Vauxhall Brava??? News to me Short lived facelift KB pick up. Quite Frontera like, Pure Isuzu. From about the time they were also knocking out Troopers as Montereys. sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 A baronial Heckmotor for 400 quid? Go on then Asimo, sdkrc, Sudsprint and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 On 10/6/2019 at 9:43 PM, sdkrc said: The Malcolm C Elder ads were a regular feature of the classic car magazines for years and years. Always had some interesting stuff and nicely laid out ads. I think Malcolm is no longer with us - but the business may survive... but as I no longer read car 'mags' unless they turn up in a local charity shop I'm not sure. But yes the name brought on a wave of nostalgia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 It's strange to see a Bugatti 57 coupe sold with just a lineage ad. sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Malcolm's son Mark runs the business these days under the name 'the motor shed', based at Bicester Heritage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 On 10/6/2019 at 7:17 PM, HMC said: Love these, WTC was the king of old Merseyside classifieds of this sort. Thank you! Here's a linky to my previous postings. HMC, sdkrc and Burnside 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 *Scotty Kilmer ambient noises + voice* REV UP YOUR ENGINES! This is back...but with ads that are even shitter and bonus dust behind my lense! ProgRocker, Amishtat, LightBulbFun and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 Were the 505 GTIs undesirable or something? Saabnut, RayMK, Split_Pin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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