Lovely Cars: Interesting, Classic, Retro, Barge 5-10k

[mondayo]

Loving your work Oa, I'm reading a thread on retrorides at the mo, where someone is doing up a Masarati, his is little more rusty and less lovely than 'your' one.

I think the Volvo coupé has been kicking around for a while, as those pics look familiar. It's still lovely though, just not cheap.

Oh and how can you not love that velour interior?!

[Bonefish Blues]

0a said:

Velour timewarp win: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

That Trader always has some low mileage stuff of all sorts - at a price.

[wildcat45]

0a said:

Velour timewarp win: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

That's been around a while.

It must be an age thing with my family having a top spec Talbot Horizon when I was a lad but I love chrushed velour. I wish it would make a come back.

[wildcat45]

0a said:

You'd have to wear a cream suit driving it, surely!

Probably too expensive, I like the manual though, and the colours. http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

That just looks so right.

Just how ruinous would one be to own?

[E24man]

Are you a welder?

Is your bestest mate a welder?

If you answer No to both my questions then the answer to your question is, very.

[wildcat45]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Bit too much 'airport taxi' for me in Black.

Well taking a few 'paying guests' would offset the fuel/servicing costs.

I just forwarded the ad on to a friend who is looking for something along these lines as a car to float around be in for a year or so.

[wildcat45]

E24man said:

Are you a welder?

Is your bestest mate a welder?

If you answer No to both my questions then the answer to your question is, very.

Sadly I kind of knew this. 20 years ago a workmate bought a Daimler Series III VDP as something fun to tinker with. Once he got down to it he found so much rust and metal that appeared to have never been painted.

[Welshbeef]

E24man said:

Are you a welder?

Is your bestest mate a welder?

If you answer No to both my questions then the answer to your question is, very.

I know someone who has one of these.

He's had it 20 years and counting, never going to sell it it is part of the family. Only used May-Sept and is garaged in an insulated garage. Over the years he has spent a fair bit on it but it's immaculate.

Frustratingly for him he also had a 328 which he sold for very low £20k's before they went silly value wise and part of the reason was to spend some of that on fixing up the Jag..... hindsights a wonderful thing.

[anonymous-user]

0a said:

You'd have to wear a cream suit driving it, surely!

Probably too expensive, I like the manual though, and the colours. http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

The 3.6 is a surprisingly coarse thing for a straight six, although in these days of 4 cylinder diesel engines in "luxury" cars I doubt anyone would notice.

[0a]

There's an old thread on manual XJSs here and there seems to be general support for the 3.6: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=113...

[Patrick Bateman]

E24man said:

Are you a welder?

Is your bestest mate a welder?

If you answer No to both my questions then the answer to your question is, very.

[0a]

Patrick Bateman said:

E24man said:

Are you a welder?

Is your bestest mate a welder?

If you answer No to both my questions then the answer to your question is, very.

Oh dear I missed this.

So what you are saying is that this would be an ideal daily driver to be left outside in rainy salted Scotland?

[E24man]

Oh yes indeed.

In no time at all it would be a perfect flowerbed feature with plenty of iron-rich nutrients on a slow seep into the soil.

[bob-lad]

simonr100 said:

0a said:

This comes under the 'interesting' part of the thread title. Imagine ordering this back in the day... I'd love to know the story. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Maserati-biturbo-2500-19...

If I had a spare garage I would buy that, I have space on my drive but I couldn't keep a car like that on the drive. Gutted, it looks lovely!

Not surprising this has under 30k on the clock is they were shockingly unreliable and properly rust prone, even for an 80s Italian car.

Must have been stored in a de-humidified body bag for all that time

I can't remember the last time I saw one on the road.

[Fast Bug]

www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C819761

[vournikas]

0a said:

There's an old thread on manual XJSs here and there seems to be general support for the 3.6: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=113...

Quite.

Our old Daimler XJ40 was very cultured, very smooth but still had a good S6 howl when extended. Lovely engine (and suspension).

But.

The bodywork seemed to have the half-life of a snowflake.

[0a]

vournikas said:

0a said:

There's an old thread on manual XJSs here and there seems to be general support for the 3.6: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=113...

Quite.

Our old Daimler XJ40 was very cultured, very smooth but still had a good S6 howl when extended. Lovely engine (and suspension).

But.

The bodywork seemed to have the half-life of a snowflake.

My theory is that if the one above is in good condition, it must have had the bodywork 'done'?

[0a]

So wrong.

But it's nearly Christmas.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C821310

[Fast Bug]

That looks like the Rover 75 colour Primrose Yellow

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Fast Bug said:

That looks like the Rover 75 colour Primrose Yellow bloody brilliant.

Minor edit.