What classic would you buy for £20k?
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In that price bracket, since selling my Griffith in 07, I've had an elise, an Alpina B9 (BMW 6 series), a Boxster,and now a porsche 911 996. It's a lot harder to buy a good classic at this end of the market now than it ever used to be. Alfa Montreal, Ferrari 308 GT4, even Sunbeam Tigers used to be in budget, but no more.
I've been looking for a perfect Jensen Healey for 20 years and never seen one for sale!
I've been looking for a perfect Jensen Healey for 20 years and never seen one for sale!
In case you did not open it, this ticks all the boxes.
E Type £19,114 Manual Air con. Matching numbers V12 Taxfree Colour not bad for a V12.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C676522
Take a holiday in LA, break down and meet new people. Think of all those pretty girls who will stop to see if they can help!
E Type £19,114 Manual Air con. Matching numbers V12 Taxfree Colour not bad for a V12.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C676522
Take a holiday in LA, break down and meet new people. Think of all those pretty girls who will stop to see if they can help!
Vanin said:
In case you did not open it, this ticks all the boxes.
E Type £19,114 Manual Air con. Matching numbers V12 Taxfree Colour not bad for a V12.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C676522
Take a holiday in LA, break down and meet new people. Think of all those pretty girls who will stop to see if they can help!
That is definitely worth a thought. I wonder what import charges would be like though? E Type £19,114 Manual Air con. Matching numbers V12 Taxfree Colour not bad for a V12.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C676522
Take a holiday in LA, break down and meet new people. Think of all those pretty girls who will stop to see if they can help!
I understand the Mercedes if probably a great car but really does nothing for me unfortunately
The Surveyor said:
Huntsman said:
The Surveyor said:
A decent Sunbeam Tiger (V8 engine Alpine) for £20k
Where?
You'll need another 20k to turn that one into a decent Tiger....that's why decent ones are getting on for £50k now.
aeropilot said:
The Surveyor said:
Huntsman said:
The Surveyor said:
A decent Sunbeam Tiger (V8 engine Alpine) for £20k
Where?You'll need another 20k to turn that one into a decent Tiger....that's why decent ones are getting on for £50k now.
AceOfHearts said:
That is really nice, if I had a bigger garage I could be tempted by that.....Thanks for all the replies guys, I have done some soul searching and I to be honest I think I would regret getting rid of the TVR as it is such a good all rounder and we have a lot of memories (I bought it 6 years ago during my apprenticeship), so over the course of this winter I am going to get some bits tidied up and look at getting some more power out of her, and then get a cheaper classic with the rest (maybe another Morris Minor or an Austin 7) so that I can scratch the itch and me and the misses can have something a bit different in the summer.
I think I will need to rent another garage
I think I will need to rent another garage
On a lower budget (keeping your TVR being a very good idea!) how about an Elan M100 turbo?
The other half may like the looks, great handling, rust free body, tough little engine... at the moment still a performance bargain?
My wife wants a classic soft top and keeps pointing at MGBs.. sadly my efforts to make her look at an old Elan have failed, sadly. I think they are great.
The other half may like the looks, great handling, rust free body, tough little engine... at the moment still a performance bargain?
My wife wants a classic soft top and keeps pointing at MGBs.. sadly my efforts to make her look at an old Elan have failed, sadly. I think they are great.
Back to the hypothetical £20k classic, I quite like the look of something like this, or maybe a Turbo Coupe for similar money.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C668482
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C668482
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