Usable everyday classic car left on street.
Discussion
I would like to look at a classic car that I can use on weekends and for trips in Europe.
However it will be parked on the street and that will be unfortunate and unavoidable as Im in central London and garages near me are rarer than rocking horse crap.
I have seen a nice MGB that I can get a hardtop for and was wondering if a 1966 car would take kindly to being parked on the street (ignoring people scratching/denting it) or if its going to suffer.
Looking at this one at the moment:
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C643597
Budget is anything unto £15k or so, the car needs to deprecation proof and be able to survive on the street.
Convertible/Cab that I can get a hardtop is preferable, but anything goes.
An advice on the above or any suggestions?
Insurance isn't an issue as I have looked it up and its a reasonable £300 for someone that has no NCB as I gave up owning a car since moving to London and use zip car, however a nice road trip in Europe is what I want as next holiday, fed up flying everywhere and want to do it in a classic.
So over to you guys.
However it will be parked on the street and that will be unfortunate and unavoidable as Im in central London and garages near me are rarer than rocking horse crap.
I have seen a nice MGB that I can get a hardtop for and was wondering if a 1966 car would take kindly to being parked on the street (ignoring people scratching/denting it) or if its going to suffer.
Looking at this one at the moment:
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C643597
Budget is anything unto £15k or so, the car needs to deprecation proof and be able to survive on the street.
Convertible/Cab that I can get a hardtop is preferable, but anything goes.
An advice on the above or any suggestions?
Insurance isn't an issue as I have looked it up and its a reasonable £300 for someone that has no NCB as I gave up owning a car since moving to London and use zip car, however a nice road trip in Europe is what I want as next holiday, fed up flying everywhere and want to do it in a classic.
So over to you guys.
CharlesdeGaulle said:
How about an MB 129SL? Not a 60s classic, but late-80s/early 90s retro-cool.
Comes with a detachable hard top, is fantastic for touring, and can take abuse.
Plenty of really good V8 500 SL within your budget.
Would be lying if I said I haven't been looking at a certain pher's 420 SL they currently have for sale at circa £16kComes with a detachable hard top, is fantastic for touring, and can take abuse.
Plenty of really good V8 500 SL within your budget.
Edited by CharlesdeGaulle on Tuesday 4th August 17:58
Mellow Yellow said:
Have you considered joining something like the classic car club (http://www.classiccarclub.co.uk/)? You pay an annual fee for which you get a certain number of points, you then use the points to "hire" any of their fleet classic and sports cars. The number of points used depends on the car and time you want it, so a Sunbeam Alpine or Karmann Ghia midweek in Winter will use only a few points, a GT40 re-creation for the Festival of Speed weekend will cost you a shed-load. No worries about storage, insurance or maintenance.
Always seemed a great way to experience a lot of different models, to me, but I can only really see it working if you live in London (where they are based).
I did think about this, but I don't know what their policy is on taking a car to Europe for a week or two.Always seemed a great way to experience a lot of different models, to me, but I can only really see it working if you live in London (where they are based).
A friend used them a few years ago so I got ferried around in a BMW Z1 and one of the muscle cars for a bit.
SilverSixer said:
Like MGBs? How about MG RV8?
Must admit something like this does intrigue me.http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C635182
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