Cars You Never See Anymore

[Teaboy]

In that case, I guess buying a classic with impeccable bodywork which is discounted because of engine trouble makes sense. The limited edition Carlos Sainz Celica might not be worth much if you ditch the tuned turbo engine and electrify it.

It would probably go faster if you did, well 0-60 anyway.

 

[MrCurry]

It would probably go faster if you did, well 0-60 anyway.

For sure.

So again, I wonder whether petrol powered classics will keep their value in the future, or whether buying an electric car with a classic body kit which recreates the look of an E type jag, etc will simply be a much more practical option. Maybe only the most rare/desirable classics will still be sought after.

Electric cars will probably reach a point in their development where the chassis and power train are a generic component and you can easily have different cabins dropped on top of them so you can change your car regularly at low cost.

 

[Saul Goodman]

This 2.0 1991 Celica is for sale for under £2k not far from me. Not exactly a car you never see any more, but getting rarer. The bodywork is shot but it looks fairly clean inside. I’m tempted as surely a bodywork specialist could clean it up for under a grand, then if well presented it might fetch more than you’d spent on it if sold on. Or sit on it and let it appreciate in value as they become more and more scarce?

At the other end of the scale there’s a tidy looking 1990 Celica 4WD turbo Carlos Sainz edition locally for around £20k.

What will happen to the value of all these classic cars after electric have fully taken over and petrol filling stations become a rarity?

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I wouldn't give a grand for that Celica, it's a money pit.

 

[hash tag]

What were those weird looking Indian made electric cars? About a decade ago I'd see quite a few out and about and often in wealthy areas of London. I guess electric car technology has moved on a lot because I can't remember the last time I saw one.

Gwhizz? There is still the odd one around. There are/were death traps.

 

[Dogsauce]

There's quite an industry building up converting old classics to electric. They may have life left, though maybe not for your fundamentalist petrolheads.

I do wonder if there could be an industry in making power packs that could be easily swapped into current popular cars like the Focus, making conversion a much cheaper (and eco friendlier) alternative to buying a whole new car.

 

[Leafster]

I do wonder if there could be an industry in making power packs that could be easily swapped into current popular cars like the Focus, making conversion a much cheaper (and eco friendlier) alternative to buying a whole new car.

There are some companies which are developing systems to convert some cars over but I think they are targeting the classics first. Things like 911s, minis etc.

If I can remember their names or where I read about them I'll come back with some links.

 

[Saul Goodman]

There are some companies which are developing systems to convert some cars over but I think they are targeting the classics first. Things like 911s, minis etc.

If I can remember their names or where I read about them I'll come back with some links.

It'll only ever happen for classics.

 

[Leafster]

It'll only ever happen for classics.

I suspect you're right but one man's banger is another's classic so it's always possible that someone might do conversions on unexpected cars.

 

[hash tag]

Morris minors are being converted. On wheeler dealers, I think they worked on a converted lancia and isn't there a programme, "vintage voltage" or similar about a company that converts cars, but on request.

 

[Sprocket.]

I remember on Wheeler Dealers they were gifted a Maserati Biturbo that the owner had converted to electric. They brought it up to modern spec with lithium batteries and AC induction motors. There is a big market for classic car conversions.

 

[Dogsauce]

Spotted this garden ornament on a recent bike ride, suspect someone here can tell me what it is.

 

[dessiato]

Spotted this garden ornament on a recent bike ride, suspect someone here can tell me what it is.

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I think it’s a Ginetta G15

 

[dessiato]

If it is, it’s fibreglass, with an Imp engine mounted at the rear. They’re good track cars and fun on the road. They were made in Scunthorpe for a while.

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[Dogsauce]

Doesn’t look like the picture of a G15, rear window and door are different. Think it’s something newer than that. The rear (which might have had a badge to aid identification) was obscured by vegetation.

 

[DownwardDog]

It's a GInetta G32. Anything with Fiesta doors is always a Ginetta!

 

[Puddy_Tat]

It's a GInetta G32. Anything with Fiesta doors is always a Ginetta!

i thought the door looked faintly familiar - i had a fiesta 'rustbucket' edition many years ago

 

[Dogsauce]

This is what the garden it was in looks like on Google Maps, so it was properly buried in the jungle until recently. I wonder what else is in there?

 

[Dogsauce]

Some kind of 90s 16v Rover convertible that is obviously someone’s pride and joy. Just got here to Portugal last night, not spotted much else yet other than a 2CV, expect a few classics to pop up on this thread over the next few weeks.

 

[blairsh]

220 convertible?

 

[JuanTwoThree]

Talbot Samba Cabriolet?

 

[existentialist]

Talbot Samba Cabriolet?
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Nah, that's definitely the Rover Badge of Shame on that bootlid...

 

[Saul Goodman]

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Some kind of 90s 16v Rover convertible that is obviously someone’s pride and joy. Just got here to Portugal last night, not spotted much else yet other than a 2CV, expect a few classics to pop up on this thread over the next few weeks.

Rover 216

 

[Dogsauce]

On the journey back to the inland flat we passed a fantastic sporty white two-door Datsun and a shabby early 80s Mitsubishi Colt. Phone battery dead so no pics. There’s this lovely thing in the underground garage though, which wasn’t in the parking spot it’s been sat in for the last five years or so, which suggests it actually gets out a bit:



(it’s a Suzuki Samurai, less than 20 on the road in the U.K. according to the listing for one currently up on eBay)

 

[DownwardDog]

220 convertible?

It was just called the 'Rover Cabriolet' as it was based on the first gen Rover 200 but was, in typical BL/ARG mindbending logic, still in production in parallel with the second gen 200s.

 

[hash tag]

Is this a Fiat? Something like a 128 perhaps?

 

[Leafster]

Is this a Fiat? Something like a 128 perhaps?
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Yeah, I think you're right. It looks like a modified 128 Rally

Perhaps?

 

[hash tag]

Almost unrecognisable from the pic.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Is this a Fiat? Something like a 128 perhaps?
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It's an early 80s 131 Abarth. One of the best Fiats ever made... and it was still shit.

 

[dessiato]

I got to drive one, it wasn’t shit.

 

[Saul Goodman]

I got to drive one, it wasn’t shit.

I got to own one. It was shit.