I wonder if I should have kept....?

[Elderly]

I had a Vincent Rapide which I sold for £105 ..........
I console myself with the thought that as a teenager at the time
had I kept it any longer I would probably have killed myself or worse!

[wongthecorrupter]

Some days I wish I still had this

[mehere]

wongthecorrupter][url said:

Some days I wish I still had this

what about the other days ?

[gdaybruce]

There's several I wish I'd kept but top of the list without a doubt was my 1965 Lotus Elan S2. Back in the late 70s it was a cheap sports car so when it needed new rear brakes and I fancied going back to rallying I sold it for, from memory, about £650. Of my other cars, the Dolomite Sprint would have been a good keeper while my bog standard Impreza Turbo could also be valuable one day.

My car history cannot compare to that of my oder brother, however. Apart from the Elan which he owned before I did, he had (inter alia) a Jowett Javelin, a 1936 Alvis, a 1950s (I think) Lagonda, an SP250, a 3.4 Mk1 Jag and much else besides. All bought for banger money and run on a shoestring before moving on to the next project.

If only we'd known!

[mehere]

1974 - a University field course in Northumberland and my trusty 1947 ex-Irish Army Jeep 'CJ2A' model...



Sad to report that this has recently been seen - rebuilt into a ''genuine'' WW2 Jeep [M38] -ah well, more valuable like that I guess ....

..and here, same year, attempting to cross the Wray to Slaidburn mountain route via Salter Fell - you can't do this anymore -all vehicles banned nowadays ...

Edited by mehere on Friday 30th January 15:30

[robo0121]

Back in the 70s I had a mk1 Cortina gt and a mk1 Cortina lotus .
the lotus was taken from outside my house it never had insurance
on it so I never reported it and the gt I scrapped when the o/s
spring came through the turret.in them days cars were so cheap it
didn't matter .what a plonker.??

[iDrive]

Range Rover CSK (no 42)

[wongthecorrupter]

mehere said:

what about the other days ?

The other days I have this

[mehere]

wongthecorrupter said:

The other days I have this

oo -a resevoir in Wales -cool

[wongthecorrupter]

mehere said:

oo -a resevoir in Wales -cool

funny guy

[Willhire89]

Elderly said:

I had a Vincent Rapide which I sold for £105 ..........
I console myself with the thought that as a teenager at the time
had I kept it any longer I would probably have killed myself or worse!

Worse than killing yourself is???

[mehere]

wongthecorrupter said:

funny guy

so sorry - lovely looking TVR in wondeful colour

[RichB]

js68 said:

Immaculate 1982 Porsche 928S - sold in 2009 for £2000. Doh! Really adored it but stupidly fancied a change after 5 years - would have it back in a heartbeat....

£2k 5 years ago

[wongthecorrupter]

mehere said:

so sorry - lovely looking TVR in wondeful colour

yeah I was just joking.
The weather and car was that hot on that sunday I couldn't touch the metal gearknob as it was burning hot. we had to stop to let it cool off

[vpr]

Everyday I regret selling this 66 Big Block.....not just because in the 7 years that has passed it's doubled in value.......But then it did partially help fund my FGT which I still have



I regret selling my 964RS 7 years ago with just 17000 miles and totally original paint etc





But then it funded this which I still have......my boyhood dream car

[CRA1G]

To name Just a few....

BMW Z8
BMW Z1
BMW 850i
BMW 635i
Porsche 911 LE Turbo
Porsche 964 Turbo
Porsche 996 Turbo
E type Jag V12 2+2

But I do take the view that at least i'v had the pleasure and experience of owning them,but i now have three BMW's tucked away which I won't let go....

840 Sport individual
Z3 M Coupe
M3 Evo Convertible

All low miles/owners and all "Dakar" Yellow....

[Pebbles167]

Two from me.

Both are appreciating now and were pretty rare to begin with.





The Evo had problems and so that didn't hurt as bad, but the Rallye was in excellent condition. Very sad that I sold it, especially because I didn't need to

[eggchaser1987]

A series 2a lightweight Land Rover and a Series 3 Land Rover. They were both vehicles that I really enjoyed driving and competing in.
As well as that they were a thing that my old man and I enjoyed. The series 3 went as the chassis was rotten and we didn't have any space to change to a new galvanized one.

The 2a went as it wasn't being used enough, both are worth more now but that's not the main reason I regret selling them.

I shall get another one day.

[ToneyCaroney]

vpr said:

Everyday I regret selling this 66 Big Block.....not just because in the 7 years that has passed it's doubled in value.......But then it did partially help fund my FGT which I still have



I regret selling my 964RS 7 years ago with just 17000 miles and totally original paint etc





But then it funded this which I still have......my boyhood dream car

I'm finding it hard to muster much sympathy vpr!

[anonymous-user]

RichB said:

2k 5 years ago

Not long before that I sold a lovely 1985 Lancia Gamma coupe for £800, and a pristine 1970 Corsair 2000E for £1700 (so good it was displayed by the local main dealer for 2 years). The Corsair was recently up for £7000 and it didn't hang around long...

Of course the one I have hung onto for 17 years now is my 1969 XJ6 which I paid £4000 for in 1998 - and it's worth oh, I dunno, about £4000 on a good day….

I won't give up the day job then...