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

[gowmonster]

iva cosworth said:

That Cosworth is missing a 1 ,maybe a 2 at the beginning of the price.

Scam ad surely

Maybe meant to be 43K ?

Edited by iva cosworth on Friday 24th July 19:57

DVLA says very short MOT (14 days) but has tax, either the guy is using it as a daily and doesn't know what he's got or it's rusty as fk and needs a st load of work.

[dbdb]

I think the 320i probably felt a bit slow partly through expectation and partly because it was such a smooth engine which didn't develop a lot of torque low down. I suspect that it is one of those cars which has surprisingly good performance if it is thrashed.

Looking at the contemporary figures, it wasn't underpowered at the time.

Alfa Romeo 75 2.0 Twinspark £12,500 - 148bhp 137 lbft 0-60 in 8.9 seconds; 121 mph

Audi 90 £14,749 2 litre 115bhp 127 lbft 0-60 in 9.8 seconds; max speed 122

Citroen BX GTI 16V £13,244 160bhp 133 lbft - 0-60 in 7.6 seconds; 135mph

BMW 320i £13,100 129bhp 128 lbft - 0-60 in 8.8 seconds; 118 mph

Ford Sierra 2.0i GLS £10,757 115 bhp 118 lbft - 0-60 in 8.6 seconds; 112 mph

Honda Accord EXi £12,390 122 bhp 122 lbft - 0-60 in 9.4 seconds; 113 mph

Mercedes 190E £15,300 122bhp 131 lbft - 0-60 in 10.5 seconds; 122 mph

MG Montego Turbo £12,455 152bhp 169 lbft - o-60 in 7.2 seconds; 124 mph

Peugeot 309GTi 1.9 £10,545 130 bhp 121 lbft - 0-60 in 8.3 seconds; 120 mph

Vauxhall Cavalier SRi130 £11,291 130bhp 133 lbft - 0-60 in 8.7 seconds; 120 mph

VW Golf GTi 3 door £10,495 (1781cc) 112 bhp 115 lbft - 0-60 in 9.6 seconds; 114 mph

VW Passat GT £13,686 112 bhp 117 lbft - 0-60 in 10.5 seconds; 119 mph

So, from test data figures (all the cars here had been tested - none of them are manufacturer's claimed figures) - from What Car August 1988 - we can conclude that the 320i wasn't particularly slow in its day!!

[iva cosworth]

gowmonster said:

iva cosworth said:

That Cosworth is missing a 1 ,maybe a 2 at the beginning of the price.

Scam ad surely

Maybe meant to be 43K ?

Edited by iva cosworth on Friday 24th July 19:57

DVLA says very short MOT (14 days) but has tax, either the guy is using it as a daily

Ad says "very little use and kept in my garage"...so not a daily.

[gowmonster]

dbdb said:

I think the 320i probably felt a bit slow partly through expectation and partly because it was such a smooth engine which didn't develop a lot of torque low down. I suspect that it is one of those cars which has surprisingly good performance if it is thrashed.

Looking at the contemporary figures, it wasn't underpowered at the time.

Alfa Romeo 75 2.0 Twinspark £12,500 - 148bhp 137 lbft 0-60 in 8.9 seconds; 121 mph

Audi 90 £14,749 2 litre 115bhp 127 lbft 0-60 in 9.8 seconds; max speed 122

Citroen BX GTI 16V £13,244 160bhp 133 lbft - 0-60 in 7.6 seconds; 135mph

BMW 320i £13,100 129bhp 128 lbft - 0-60 in 8.8 seconds; 118 mph

Ford Sierra 2.0i GLS £10,757 115 bhp 118 lbft - 0-60 in 8.6 seconds; 112 mph

Honda Accord EXi £12,390 122 bhp 122 lbft - 0-60 in 9.4 seconds; 113 mph

Mercedes 190E £15,300 122bhp 131 lbft - 0-60 in 10.5 seconds; 122 mph

MG Montego Turbo £12,455 152bhp 169 lbft - o-60 in 7.2 seconds; 124 mph

Peugeot 309GTi 1.9 £10,545 130 bhp 121 lbft - 0-60 in 8.3 seconds; 120 mph

Vauxhall Cavalier SRi130 £11,291 130bhp 133 lbft - 0-60 in 8.7 seconds; 120 mph

VW Golf GTi 3 door £10,495 (1781cc) 112 bhp 115 lbft - 0-60 in 9.6 seconds; 114 mph

VW Passat GT £13,686 112 bhp 117 lbft - 0-60 in 10.5 seconds; 119 mph

So, from test data figures (all the cars here had been tested - none of them are manufacturer's claimed figures) - from What Car August 1988 - we can conclude that the 320i wasn't particularly slow in its day!!

who'd have thought the Montego would have been the fastest, although it is the only turbo on the list yes?

[anonymous-user]

Wish I had a garage .


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jaguar-XJ6-1971-72-K-Reg...
1971 XJ6 4.2. Manual.

£4,395.00

[Sticks.]

gowmonster said:

who'd have thought the Montego would have been the fastest, although it is the only turbo on the list yes?

There was an ad at the time for the Maestro efi

[Parisien]

Sticks. said:

There was an ad at the time for the Maestro efi

Shame the Montego ad at the time read...."Its a pity everything in life was as unreliable as a Montego"





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[gowmonster]

BMW 635 with new paint http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/180951/1983...

[gowmonster]

good condition skoda estelle for £700? http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/180949/skod...

[judas]

279 said:

Wish I had a garage .


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jaguar-XJ6-1971-72-K-Reg...
1971 XJ6 4.2. Manual.

£4,395.00

Bugger me, that's a lovely old bus!

[Caruso]

Good find considering it's in the Rover category!

279 said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jaguar-XJ6-1971-72-K-Reg...
1971 XJ6 4.2. Manual.

£4,395.00

[Cliftonite]

gowmonster said:

good condition skoda estelle for £700? http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/180949/skod...

Going out in a blaze of glory being banger raced, if thread is to be believed.

[Mark-C]

Cliftonite said:

gowmonster said:

good condition skoda estelle for £700? http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/180949/skod...

Going out in a blaze of glory being banger raced, if thread is to be believed.

Yep, that’s a real shame

[0a]

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C641035#

£750!

[anonymous-user]

Caruso said:

Good find considering it's in the Rover category!

279 said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jaguar-XJ6-1971-72-K-Reg...
1971 XJ6 4.2. Manual.

£4,395.00

I've been eBay searching 'xj6 manual' almost daily for about six months and its a habit that has continued even after buying one!

The e type bonnet and classic motorcycles in the background and short, sharp ad does make me think this is the type of guy I want to buy a car from! I really Would love to run this along side my x300 xj6 manual But alas it'll be keyed and pranged in no time parked outside.

[anonymous-user]

Fine looking Jaaaaaaaaaag! Call me a pedant, however, but when I see something like "Matalita steering wheel" in an advert I wonder about the seller's enthusiasm. I mean, it says Moto Lita on the actual steering wheel! How hard can it be? Hey ho, at least this is better than the ads you occasionally see for a "Jenson", and I remind myself that approx 147% of people who post in PH think that cars are stopped by things called "breaks".

[Fast Bug]

Ah but I got a bargain steering wheel as it was listed incorrectly on eBay

[Devil2575]

kiseca said:

So what you're saying is that the 320 is not slow as long as you're careful what contemporary 2.0 cars you compare it to?

What I am saying is whether by design or otherwise, it's a slow car.

I'm saying it's not slow compared to similar cars. I don't think you can compare it to the saloon version of a hot hatchback.

But I agree, it isn't a fast car. I wouldn't say it's slow though, not compared to a awful lot of cars of that era.

[Devil2575]

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Mark-C said:

Cliftonite said:

gowmonster said:

good condition skoda estelle for £700? http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/180949/skod...

Going out in a blaze of glory being banger raced, if thread is to be believed.

Yep, that’s a real shame

Is it? It's only an old Skoda.

Edited by Devil2575 on Saturday 25th July 08:24

[kiseca]

Devil2575 said:

kiseca said:

So what you're saying is that the 320 is not slow as long as you're careful what contemporary 2.0 cars you compare it to?

What I am saying is whether by design or otherwise, it's a slow car.

I'm saying it's not slow compared to similar cars. I don't think you can compare it to the saloon version of a hot hatchback.

But I agree, it isn't a fast car. I wouldn't say it's slow though, not compared to a awful lot of cars of that era.

What you're saying is that it's not slow when compared to slower cars. You can't rule out half the options that you could have bought at the time that do the same job for the same money. You can't just ignore performance models just bexause they're designed to be fast.