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

[s m]

ELUSIVEJIM said:

Vauxhall Astra GTE 2.5 v6

Ok not standard but could be a modern twist in a classic with good performance.

£4,950.00 which is steep,.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAUXHALL-ASTRA-GTE-1990-...

Looks really smart and obviously a different soundtrack......but I wonder if it makes it any quicker.
That XE 4-cylinder is a fantastic engine in its own right.

[31mph]

You'd have to hope he's done the conversion properly, it's a lot of power to those front wheels

[daemon]

31mph said:

You'd have to hope he's done the conversion properly, it's a lot of power to those front wheels

I dont think 167BHP and 0.60 in 8 seconds is going to stress it too much

[Lowtimer]

Yes, it's only the same a a V6 Calibra or Cavalier, and from the ad it soudds as if a V6 Calibra was the donor car. They are nice sounding engines, though I always found the Ford Duratec V6 out of the Mondeo to be slightly torquier.

[s m]

daemon said:

31mph said:

You'd have to hope he's done the conversion properly, it's a lot of power to those front wheels

I dont think 167BHP and 0.60 in 8 seconds is going to stress it too much

Yes, pretty much what my old one put out ( original 2 litre engine and only a few bhp less than the RR operator's E30 325 )

The 2.0XEs were always pretty 'healthy'

[Stickyfinger]

Lowtimer said:

Yes, it's only the same a a V6 Calibra or Cavalier, and from the ad it soudds as if a V6 Calibra was the donor car. They are nice sounding engines, though I always found the Ford Duratec V6 out of the Mondeo to be slightly torquier.

Both of which were st.

(I had the V6 as a company car, fking horrid thing)

[V8RX7]

Lowtimer said:

V8RX7 said:

Because 3 yrs ago they were selling for half that.

However at least the 944 S2 is a decent car and being 2+2 means they appeal to far more people than say Boxter which are still ridiculously cheap

Examples on an 85K miles tidy and fit S2 with the sills recently replaced were not selling for £3,300 three years ago. Scabby dogs with 150K miles, and your choice of dodgy timing chains / cam sprockets / rotten sills / overdue a belts service were, maybe.

Edited by Lowtimer on Tuesday 16th August 10:16

You're wrong.

968 Sports with sensible miles were under £8k if you looked too.

[Baz2000]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seat-Marbella-Fun-like-P...

[Pothole]

Baz2000 said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seat-Marbella-Fun-like-P...

amazing nick but seriously underused for last few years....

[mx5ian]

Really tidy Mercedes 190 for £2000
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-Benz-1993-K-190...

[mx5ian]

This is lovely
1968 Fiat 600D £3,750
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIAT-600-D-FANALONA-1968...

[PowerslideSWE]

rampageturke said:

Or how about that sublime zakspeed calibra that unfortunately never got raced



http://www.speedhunters.com/2013/08/carbon-not-dat...

That is just fantastic. Looks very advanced aswell being almost 20 years old. But iirc the ITC cars were incredibly complex.

[irish boy]

Have we had this? I like this a lot.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1987-MERCEDES-420SE-W126...

[chasingracecars]

irish boy said:

Have we had this? I like this a lot.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1987-MERCEDES-420SE-W126...

Mmm two owners surely!

[golfer19]

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C778229





£5750.

Needs a bit of tlc

[mx5ian]

Over budget by a grand. But a 2003 Porsche 911 for £5,995 this one has its problems "the engine is mixing water and oil suspected head gasket or cylinder liner" I would suspect its the liners on this? And it's on the register cat c in 2010. Worth repairing or walk/run away?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2003-PORSCHE-911-CARRERA...

[BrewsterBear]

mx5ian said:

Over budget by a grand. But a 2003 Porsche 911 for £5,995 this one has its problems "the engine is mixing water and oil suspected head gasket or cylinder liner" I would suspect its the liners on this? And it's on the register cat c in 2010. Worth repairing or walk/run away?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2003-PORSCHE-911-CARRERA...

2 years ago you could have had a clean, MoT'd, not-written-off car for that money. Given an engine rebuild will be £9k, it will have a lot of other issues, and it will always be a bent cat-C that has to be the biggest heap of st ever posted on this thread.

[spreadsheet monkey]

BrewsterBear said:

2 years ago you could have had a clean, MoT'd, not-written-off car for that money.

Really? 6 grand?

I knew 996s went cheap, but didn't realise they went as low as that?

[cptsideways]

Pothole said:

Baz2000 said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seat-Marbella-Fun-like-P...

amazing nick but seriously underused for last few years....

love the fact you only got ONE wiper on these lol

[rohrl]

cptsideways said:

Pothole said:

Baz2000 said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seat-Marbella-Fun-like-P...

amazing nick but seriously underused for last few years....

love the fact you only got ONE wiper on these lol