Classic (old, retro) cars for sale £0-5k

[dbdb]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Lost soul said:

Atmospheric said:

Forgot about the new tax stuff TBH..

How about this?

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C573942

I like that

I posted that a week or two back. Looks good, doesn't it?

I remember it. I'm still shocked they're as cheap as that.

[Carfield]

dbdb said:

They're the correct wheels for it. What a brutish yet handsome looking car.

Absolutely - they are the right wheels - it always puts me in mind of someone wearing a suit with trainers. It's such a shame that Volvo never had a really nice engine (i.e. > 4 cylinders) to go in them. Yes, I know there was the 2.8 V6, but that never really seemed to have any performance at all. How much better would these have been with the 3.0 I6 from the 164E - although I can imagine that mpg in the low teens would have beckoned.

[Carfield]

dbdb said:

It really does. I was struck by how very odd it looks. I quite like the colour on it - though the paint is tremendously milky, but the panels don't sit right at all. It seems to be the wrong shape - like there is loads of filler in it, loosing the panel edge's definition?

Its a shame; I like where they were going with it, but they just don't seem to have quite arrived there.

It's probably an optical illusion, but the rear offside door looks worryingly like the aperture is the wrong shape, more than the door!

[Jabosoc]

dbdb said:

Carfield said:

Is it very wrong to like these?

The 'not quite appropriate' alloys seem to work so well - and the seats of course



Shame it's an auto - but maybe that's so wrong it's right as well.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C562660

They're the correct wheels for it. What a brutish yet handsome looking car.

I had a GLT Estate many years back, they're something a bit special when compared to a normal 240.

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Jabosoc said:

I had a GLT Estate many years back, they're something a bit special when compared to a normal 240.

They were quite a bit more expensive than the standard one and it showed. I remember them as being extremely luxurious cars inside. I agree they needed the big six from the 164 - or maybe Volvo could have bought in an American V8!

[Jabosoc]

dbdb said:

Jabosoc said:

I had a GLT Estate many years back, they're something a bit special when compared to a normal 240.

They were quite a bit more expensive than the standard one and it showed. I remember them as being extremely luxurious cars inside. I agree they needed the big six from the 164 - or maybe Volvo could have bought in an American V8!

I was fortunate enough to not pay the new price for one... I bought it off my Grandmother for £200 after her husband died. The story goes that they were driving down to London in his Volvo 740 in 1988 and got stuck in traffic (something he was not accustomed to), he found the constant on and off of the clutch to be infuriating so he pulled into Ings of Maidenhead and bought the first car he could see with an automatic gearbox. It was on 160k and still immaculate when I took ownership in 2004.

I cannot verify that story as I was hardly born, and I don't know what the logistics would have been of buying a brand new car and driving it away that day in the late 80s, but I certainly know that if it were possible then he had the financial means and pursuasive nature to make it happen.

[Skipppy]

More please!

[Looket]

dbdb said:

V8!

Say no more!

Here you go Sir:

http://www.blocket.se/stockholm/Corvette_volvo_ev_...

A bargain at a mere £10.5k, complete with 5.7 litres of Corvette goodness.

[Carfield]

Looket said:

Say no more!

Here you go Sir:

http://www.blocket.se/stockholm/Corvette_volvo_ev_...

A bargain at a mere £10.5k, complete with 5.7 litres of Corvette goodness.

Dammit - it's that colour again!

(nice Volvo though!)

[Lowtimer]

Atmospheric said:

This completes the Renault treble:



What's,to bet this is a better drive than the contemporary rivals..?

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C530672#

Well, they are excellent cars, not much go by modern standards but brilliant handling. However some of the direct competitors were also very good. This was the era when French cars handled properly

The best-selling contemporary rivals back then were-
- the Golf GTI , which in Mark 3 form was really not very good - stodgy, sluggish and poor build quality by the standards of its Mark II predecessor
- The Escort RS2000. I've never driven an Escort of that era that I liked.
- The Astra 16v, which had a magnificent engine, lovely seats and looked good, but handled like a cow on roller skates.

I'd take the Renault ahead of any and all of those.

But it also competed with:
- the Citroen ZX 16v, which was a really good car, didn't look anything special but fabulous to drive
- its close relative the Pug 306 GTI-6, which was brilliant, and quicker than the Renault.

So for me the the French cars are all highly desirable, I would probably take the Peugeot over the Renault but either would be a good thing to have in my hypothetical barn.

[Lowtimer]

dbdb said:

Fast Bug said:

Have we had this 525? Only done 67k



www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C576498

That's in super condition!

If that were manual I'd have bought it by now.

[TommoAE86]

Caruso said:

aven't seen one of those in years, but there used to be one around the corner from me in the same colour.

I need one of these in my life...

[Clivey]

Kj159 said:

0a said:

When win the lotto I will end up with a collection of loads of random old cars that noone else 'gets'!

I feel the same way

Me three. At least some of them wouldn't attract much attention to that lottery win!

[dbdb]

Carfield said:

Looket said:

Say no more!

Here you go Sir:

http://www.blocket.se/stockholm/Corvette_volvo_ev_...

A bargain at a mere £10.5k, complete with 5.7 litres of Corvette goodness.

Dammit - it's that colour again!

(nice Volvo though!)

I like the colour - it very like my car!

That'd be so much fun driving round in the summer, window down and arm resting on the door, listening to the V8 woofling and watching the nose rise up as you press the accelerator. Then join the highway, embarrass a couple of Audi/BMW diesels, then chug back home. Bliss.

I'd rather have the V8 in this from a few pages back though, they're just more medallion and chestwig:



Though seeing that, makes me yearn for a full-on American car like a Lincoln MkIII/IV, or an Imperial.

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TommoAE86 said:

Caruso said:

aven't seen one of those in years, but there used to be one around the corner from me in the same colour.

I need one of these in my life...

These illustrate that actual ability isn't especially important in a classic car. They were not well regarded at all when new, but now their cool looks and a certain baby American car charisma means they now quite desirable.

[Carfield]

How about some (not sold in the UK, I admit) strange 80s Italo-Swedish coupe?

Perhaps slightly over thread budget, but adjusting for Dutch second hand car prices, I think I might get away with it. Ironically, as road tax here escalates rapidly with kerbweight, this sort of thing is basically uneconomical to run here - EUR 828 per year for this beasty.



http://www.autowereld.nl/volvo/780/2-8-automaat-be...

[NomduJour]

780s are cool.

[DoctorX]

dbdb said:

TommoAE86 said:

Caruso said:

aven't seen one of those in years, but there used to be one around the corner from me in the same colour.

I need one of these in my life...

These illustrate that actual ability isn't especially important in a classic car. They were not well regarded at all when new, but now their cool looks and a certain baby American car charisma means they now quite desirable.

My uncle used to work for Colt and often had one of these. I always remember it had an overhead console with switches, warning lights etc which made it the coolest car ever to me as a young lad.

ETA: here it is in this tartan yank version. "a digital clock tells you the time as you travel...." Genius.

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2014/02/03/lost...

Edited by DoctorX on Monday 19th January 16:43

[Atmospheric]

Three ruinous Italians....but would you?



http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C534498



http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C479264



http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C568102#

[E24man]

Numbers 2 and 3, Yes.

Number 1, not a chance.