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

[CharlesdeGaulle]

A rather nice Alfa Spider?

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C567933

[sday12]

HarryW said:

Mk1 Escort 1300 GT, LHD though

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ford-escort-mk1-1300-gt-...

Nice

[JRH1]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Lovely old Merc. You could probably use this as a daily.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C567905

That is incredible value!

[0a]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Lovely old Merc. You could probably use this as a daily.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C567905

That's incredibly cool. Does rust and fixing paint cost a fortune on these?

[phil_cardiff]

Great thread.

[Jader1973]

Blayney said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hillman-Imp-Super-1973-/...



I want it.

My dad had an Imp as his first car.

It was crap.

[PositronicRay]

0a said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Lovely old Merc. You could probably use this as a daily.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C567905

That's incredibly cool. Does rust and fixing paint cost a fortune on these?

It can do. If you think a car's cheap.............................................

[CharlesdeGaulle]

PositronicRay said:

0a said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Lovely old Merc. You could probably use this as a daily.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C567905

That's incredibly cool. Does rust and fixing paint cost a fortune on these?

It can do. If you think a car's cheap.............................................

Depends what you're trying to achieve. If it were me, I'd run it as-is for the first MOT-worth, then make a decision about what to do thereafter.

I suspect you could move it on pretty readily at no loss if you didn't have the appetite to invest in it.

[scdan4]

My mates mum had one exactly like this.

I blagged a lift to a party with her once. Blasting along with the windows open with the shamen on flat out on the stereo. Soooooooooooo cool. And to my teenage self it was clearly the fastest car anywhere.

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TOYOTA-SUPRA-3-0i-TURBO-...


I know this car is totally st in every measurable way, but i've always wanted one for some reason.



Sign of a time. I was just old enough to have a driving licence when the wall came down. Talked (a lot) with one of my mates about going to germany, buying 2 and driving back. Fortunately for all concerned, it was all just talk.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/trabant-601-two-stroke-e...


The ultimate car you could feasibly have in our 6th form was the xr2. (If you were lucky, I wasn't. I got a 1.3 ghia) Grew up near exmouth which was xr2 and xr3 city. I had multiple meetings with this shape fiesta, they were all good steers.



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1989-FORD-FIESTA-XR2-Mer...


there may well be hate for this but



There is not much love for the old allegro, but I had one and have fond memories. :-)

Bought it for 80 quid for the then missus to learn to drive in. Did all that fine, and I quite enjoyed bombing round town in it. It got a lot of good attention (My wifes brothers cousins best mates uncle used to have one of those / work in a garage mending them/was killed in one of them etc)

Its best trait was being an ultimate stealth car - no one, but no one expects a beige allegro with L plates to be nipping anywhere so they'd leave gaps open! It really wasn't that bad a car. I suspect a lot that slate it have never had the pleasure.

Look at those precision, knife edge panel gaps. Came out the factory like that, not moved more than an inch since

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[Julesx]

PositronicRay said:

0a said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Lovely old Merc. You could probably use this as a daily.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C567905

That's incredibly cool. Does rust and fixing paint cost a fortune on these?

It can do. If you think a car's cheap.............................................

I've just sold one albeit a 220 four cylinder. Lovely car to own and full of character that always turned heads when I drove it - as my daily on short local runs. Trouble is, they do rust and can cost a few bob (like all cars of the era I suppose) to get the body up to scratch. 25 mpg but very well made. I'd have another but would personally avoid the manual gearbox as I found mine a bit agricultural to use - maybe the linkages needed sorting out. Nice to waft around in tho!

[0a]

I suspect when the seller says ring for the detail that means expensive to sort.

I shouldn't like this, but I do http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Granada-Scorpio-2-9...





An unusual looking car for £1k, might be fun and apparently road legal! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1989-PEUGEOT-205-XR-1360...

[tog]

This looks tidy.



http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

[daveofedinburgh]

Sooo much goodness in this thread. What greater challenge is there than finding a nice, usable classic in the classifieds for sub £5K?!

Can't believe that the XR2 hasn't come up before now, probably due to the scarcity of decent examples.

Big old 80s saloons are rocking my world here too.

Who couldn't love an old Granada/ Scorpio or Senator? If they've lasted this long... Also: those little slide-out drawers for your cassette tapes are just to die for.

Sad that there's no love for my old Merc:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

Beautiful 80s Mercedes, great colour, chic as f*ck. I picture myself swanning around the trendier parts of London in this thing, outfit carefully Sloaned to match the car, getting love from every hipster in the general vicinity. £3600.

R107 SL is the only other car that fits the brief that I'd rather smoke around in. Tougher to find at sub £5K that won't need several pounds sterling spent on it.

Can old boxy RX-7s be found sub £5K?

[CharlesdeGaulle]

daveofedinburgh said:

Sad that there's no love for my old Merc:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

Beautiful 80s Mercedes, great colour, chic as f*ck. I picture myself swanning around the trendier parts of London in this thing, outfit carefully Sloaned to match the car, getting love from every hipster in the general vicinity. £3600.

That's rather nice (if it isn't as rotten as a pear). Humble engine, but a svelte-looking thing.

[Veeayt]

Ahem

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/d...

[optimal909]

scdan4 said:

Sign of a time. I was just old enough to have a driving licence when the wall came down. Talked (a lot) with one of my mates about going to germany, buying 2 and driving back. Fortunately for all concerned, it was all just talk.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/trabant-601-two-stroke-e...

After I was born, I was taken home in such a thing, and my mum haven't had a car (it was THE family car).

If you take it for what it is, it isn't actually a bad car.

[JZZ30]

Veeayt said:

Ahem

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/d...

Whilst I think that's very nice and I have fond memories of my dad having a 120y, is anyone really going to pay 5 grand?

[Lost soul]

BarbaricAvatar said:

Quite ropey and LHD but still:


1970 Datsun 240z, £4995

I'd be inclined to try and make it look like one of my favourite Hot Wheels cars:

They really have quite stunning lines

[T1berious]

loving the thread.

I always wanted one of these! Renault Alpine GTA

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C552094

[cianha]

That Trabi is fairly clean (it's in better nick than mine, for sure!) and the price is better than a lot of the examples I've seen.