Cars You Never See Anymore

[Leafster]

lovely condition, recently taxed as well, so that will be a keeper for a year at least.

There's a few tatty bits and a dent in the rear offside door but generally it looks good.

I saw him driving it a couple of days ago and it sounded decent.

 

[Leafster]

Vertiginous front gardens there!

They certainly are! Mine's on the hill behind the houses on the left and it's more or less the same except I have a garage dug out of the slope. Our Posties are very fit!

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Also, note the Smart Roadster in the background.

Brilliant little cars, hampered by an appalling gearbox. But insanely fun to drive. Smart really should release a new version.

 

[hash tag]

Brilliant little cars, hampered by an appalling gearbox. But insanely fun to drive. Smart really should release a new version.

Thinks ..perhaps I should have gone for a roadster instead of the Alfa, but there again

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Thinks ..perhaps I should have gone for a roadster instead of the Alfa, but there again

They’re everything a sports car should be - small and light, with a well balanced chassis. If you could build one with a modern 1.0L 3 cylinder turbo engine, with a manual gearbox, it would be absolutely amazing.

 

[Leafster]

Brilliant little cars, hampered by an appalling gearbox. But insanely fun to drive. Smart really should release a new version.

I don't know much about them. I think the roof leaks on the one in the photo as it seems to have some sort of cover stretched over it but perhaps that's just how they were designed.

 

[hash tag]

Yours for just £18,000!

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[dessiato]

Yours for just £18,000!
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I’d actually think about that if I had the spare cash.

 

[hash tag]

It looks in beautiful condition, but £18 for that. It's crazy.

 

[dessiato]

Looking at it carefully, if the 19k miles is correct there’s a lot of niggling faults.

 

[pseudonarcissus]

It looks in beautiful condition, but £18 for that. It's crazy.

I’m not sure there is much Correlation between asking prices and selling prices of “classic” cars. (Many years ago I had a huge fight with an insurance company over the value of an Alfa GTV6)

 

[dessiato]

I’m not sure there is much Correlation between asking prices and selling prices of “classic” cars. (Many years ago I had a huge fight with an insurance company over the value of an Alfa GTV6)

It’s always the case.

I‘ve told this story before. I had a Rover 600 when I insured it they told me a value and that’s what they insured it at. Unfortunately I had a very big accident in it and it was a write off. When it came to the pay out they offered half what they’d valued it at 3 months previously.

 

[mx wcfc]

It’s always the case.

I‘ve told this story before. I had a Rover 600 when I insured it they told me a value and that’s what they insured it at. Unfortunately I had a very big accident in it and it was a write off. When it came to the pay out they offered half what they’d valued it at 3 months previously.

Same happened to me with a MkII Cortina that got stolen and wrapped round a lamppost.

 

[pseudonarcissus]

It’s always the case.

I‘ve told this story before. I had a Rover 600 when I insured it they told me a value and that’s what they insured it at. Unfortunately I had a very big accident in it and it was a write off. When it came to the pay out they offered half what they’d valued it at 3 months previously.

Yes, I got “professional” valuations done for the Alfa and got an increased offer..but insurers uses Parkers, and depreciate if there are not enough trade sales..

 

[hash tag]

I’m not sure there is much Correlation between asking prices and selling prices of “classic” cars. (Many years ago I had a huge fight with an insurance company over the value of an Alfa GTV6)

Someone I know recently had his 3L 916 written off. His insurers started by offering 3000. He settled on 8250. Before he got the settlement, someone had bought it for 750ish I think and has repaired it himself to better than what it was before the accident.

 

[hash tag]

Here you go, reborn

 

[pseudonarcissus]

Here you go, reborn
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Mine looked like this one

 

[hash tag]

I've a mate with a white 6, lovely car. A cloverleaf as well. That looks like Brooklands?

 

[Elpenor]

Saw a lovely old MG in a car park on Sunday but the owners were sitting in it so no photos for you

 

[not-bono-ever]

Looking at it carefully, if the 19k miles is correct there’s a lot of niggling faults.

bad thick paint job, valance rot, some interesting curves in that front wing at the light that suggest filler, door cards with goodmans speakers- maybe period but yeh.

eta, the snapped cam belt suggests its has hardly been maintained well/ properly- its a simple job but critical - which means the rest of the supple gubbins like hoses are probably ropey as well

 

[dessiato]

For sale near me in Scotland. 2.8 injection, 98k, storage since 2007, recently put back on road MoT to Jan 23. £12k

 

[hash tag]

That dash board

 

[DownwardDog]

My parents council house bathroom was that colour in the 80s and I'd rather spend time in that than that car.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

For sale near me in Scotland. 2.8 injection,View attachment 312626View attachment 312627View attachment 312628 98k, storage since 2007, recently put back on road MoT to Jan 23. £12k

12K? Fuck me, the world is mad.

 

[hash tag]

The only reasonably priced classic I've seen recently was a 1930's A30 on bangers and cash that went for £1400 or there abouts. Most classics are now very silly money. Minors can be mid teens up to 30.

 

[Elpenor]

Had a triumph herald behind me earlier today, annoyingly I keep missing the chance to photograph cars

 

[hash tag]

Shame it wasn't a vitesse but hey

 

[Elpenor]

It could have been for all I’d know. I saw the make only and googled the models when I got home so Herald is my best guess

 

[dessiato]

Saw this on another car group. I know it's not strictly what this thread is about, but thought you'd enjoy the pic anyway.

 

[Dogsauce]

This one lives down the other end of my road, liked for the ‘Turbo’ graphics, general boxiness and early 80s vintage. Shame about the offset plate though.



(A Renault 18)