daft idea, can someone put me straight........

[aaak]

I was speaking to a classic car enthusiast friend the other day and he was telling me I should be getting into old cars -apparently i'm now that age!
anyway I went on to the 'net and looked at a few sites. I came across an alvis tc21/100 dhc...and I'm in love, considering selling my 993 targa to buy one.
No mechanical brain, but could learn. don't have the £40k to buy this car, hopefully £20k from the porker, a reliable one for that? that would only need maintenance rather than restoration

Mad, mad or mad

opinions?

[davepoth]

Going from a 993 (which is about as reliable as a supercar will get) to a 50 year old Alvis is a pretty big jump - can I suggest you ease yourself into it, and buy something like this:



http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2678784.htm

Which will still be quite similar, but will be a very good classic.

[bucksmanuk]

Alvis tc21/100 dhc.
Serious classic - do your home work

[aaak]

bucksmanuk said:

Alvis tc21/100 dhc.
Serious classic - do your home work

Could you expand for the numpty here

[ELAN+2]

aaak said:

bucksmanuk said:

Alvis tc21/100 dhc.
Serious classic - do your home work

Could you expand for the numpty here

Alvis is an alloy bodied, wood framed, bespoke motor car built in the traditional way on a seperate chassis, all have leather trim, wood and a lovely straight 6, some have a 5 spd (ZF) gearbox

some parts are unavailable, some sesto's are a lick of paint and filler over nightmares. I know of one being used almost daily and its glorious, however not pretty up close.

join the owners club and go to a few meetings, learn about the pitfalls, horrors and general nastiness. I'd recomend buying a car known to the club.

good luck and enjoy (I'd have a TF ragtop if I won the lotto)

[bucksmanuk]

Thank you
What he said....

[aaak]

Thanks guys.

I'm in the hotel trade and I see lots of people who fancy buying a hotel, my advice is to get some experience first, cos its not what its cracked up to be......I see obvious parallels here.

I'll go away and speak to my enthusiast friend, tell him what he's started and see if this can be love and not just passing lust

Cheers

[davepen]

aaak's profile said:

Orkney
Cheers

I was going to suggest, if you were close, to go to Brooklands next sunday - The AOC should be out in force.

http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/events/...

[vixen1700]

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C184337

Just seen this, and with a set of wires on it, it'd look glorious.

[Riley Blue]

vixen1700 said:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C184337

Just seen this, and with a set of wires on it, it'd look glorious.

Wires

[VetteG]

Riley Blue said:

Wires

"16" spoke wheel kit avalible"

G

[grahamw48]

Have you considered a Triumph Roadster ?....might be able to keep a cheaper Porsche too.

.

Edited by grahamw48 on Friday 24th June 21:28

[vixen1700]

Riley Blue said:

Wires

What's wrong with these?

[J4CKO]

993 is a classic, an enjoyable one, keep it and spend a smaller ammount on something like a Frogeye sprite to scratch the itch, very easy to work on first classic, I think you regret going from a 993 to one of these old Dowagers, nice but not exactly one to set the pulse racing !

Also, Austin A40 Farina, Classic Mini, Spitfire, Midget, Fiat 128P, X19 etc etc.

[Dogwatch]

aaak said:

I was speaking to a classic car enthusiast friend the other day and he was telling me I should be getting into old cars -apparently i'm now that age!

I recommend lying down in a darkened room until the feeling wears off.

aaak said:

Mad, mad or mad

opinions?

Completely!

[SlipStream77]

Have a look at this Bentley R Type, 4th car down.

http://www.classicautosports.com/carsales.htm

Great value for £25k, although the manual is preferable, the floor mounted change on the right of the driver is a delight to use.

[lowdrag]

No one's mentioned yet that the OP seems to have filled his brain with dreams and has not even yet, it seems, driven such a thing as a "classic car". Given the Porsche background I suggest he gets out there and tries a few cars before deciding that it is really for him. Alvis' are well looked after by Red Triangle, who bought the lot when Alvis closed, but they are a stately barge compared to any modern car, sports or not.

So go give a few dealers a headache and waste their time trying out a few. You may not like the idea after all.

[prand]

Somebody told me once that you need to be slightly unhinged to buy a boat. If you buy a wooden boat, then you should be locked up for your own safety.

I suppose similarcould be said for wooden classic cars?!

[Hooli]

vixen1700 said:

Riley Blue said:

Wires

What's wrong with these?

God that looks wrong! makes it look like a MGB based kit pretending to be an old car to me.

[vixen1700]

Hooli said:

God that looks wrong! makes it look like a MGB based kit pretending to be an old car to me.

http://www.simoncars.co.uk/alvis/slides/Alvis%20TC...

Yeah?

Edited by vixen1700 on Tuesday 28th June 13:35