£1300, Pre-1985, Within 100miles of Manchester,...

[elephantstone]

Ive got £1300 burning a hole in my pocket, want to buy something this week or next. Has to be pre 1985 to get classic insurance. Has to be within 100miles of manchester (maybe 150 if its worth it).

Fuel economy not a problem, reliability would be nice as no garage and not great with spanners. This will be 2nd Car so wont be doing a high mileage.

Old japs, germans? Saloons hatchbacks?

I even like old volvos so try me!

[slevin911]

Porsche 924.

[Bohally]

Stretch the budget slightly...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Cortina-Taunus-2-0L...



Cortina on Polish plates! £1500. Interesting!


Or..

Clean looking Sierra - For a bag of sand.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1983-Y-FORD-SIERRA-1-6-G...

[elephantstone]

Bohally said:

Stretch the budget slightly...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Cortina-Taunus-2-0L...



Cortina on Polish plates! £1500. Interesting!


Or..

Clean looking Sierra - For a bag of sand.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1983-Y-FORD-SIERRA-1-6-G...

Did spot that sierra, looks very clean!

[elephantstone]

Would love something with more than 4-pots aswell.

[jay140285]

God that Sierra looks dated now.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-Fiat-126-/360485...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1981-DAIMLER-SOVEREIGN-4...

Edited by jay140285 on Sunday 4th November 01:12

[elephantstone]

jay140285 said:

God that Sierra looks dated now.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-Fiat-126-/360485...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1981-DAIMLER-SOVEREIGN-4...

Edited by jay140285 on Sunday 4th November 01:12

Fiats not available anymore and jags not reached reserve... Shame, i quite fancied the fiat!

[to3m]

You might be able to find something here: http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=FS...

e.g., this one doesn't fit any of your requests even closely, but... c'mon, just look at it! - http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=FS...

[elephantstone]

Bump

[Engineer1]

Sierras seemed to be the default donor car for a lot of kit cars.

[elephantstone]

That sierra is looking more and more tempting... Can the fact its done so little miles be a bad thing?

[mizx]

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C308144 Very tidy looking Volvo

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C333060

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C342317 Stretch to this?

[folos]

to3m said:

You might be able to find something here: http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=FS...

e.g., this one doesn't fit any of your requests even closely, but... c'mon, just look at it! - http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=FS...

Interesting! I've seen that BMW about Cardiff, didn't realise it had so much work done to it but so much want!

[hoppo4.2]

you just missed this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1983-Toyota-Celica-Supra...

or theres this with a lot more than 4 pots

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jaguar-XJ12-Sovereign-/2...

or the merc option
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1978-MERCEDES-450-SLC-AU...

or some pork
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/porsche-944-1983-Y-/1709...

more pork
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1985-PORSCHE-944-GREEN-/...

[falkster]

How does pre 85 qualify for classic insurance?

Im sure if you try a XR4x4 you'll get it cheap

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1989-FORD-SIERRA-XR4X4-I...

[interloper]

A lot of classic insures will cover vehicles from the early Nineties, not heard of a specific year cut off before (Also my 85 car is on a classic policy)?

There is at least one good reason to go for a pre 84 car though, you can enter into the slightly barmy "Lejog" (Lands end to John O'groats, road rally thing).

[farrendahl]

interloper said:

A lot of classic insures will cover vehicles from the early Nineties, not heard of a specific year cut off before (Also my 85 car is on a classic policy)?

There is at least one good reason to go for a pre 84 car though, you can enter into the slightly barmy "Lejog" (Lands end to John O'groats, road rally thing).

Some insurers will go even newer than 90's on a classic. My 02 ZT-T is on a classic policy

[MG CHRIS]

Engineer1 said:

Sierras seemed to be the default donor car for a lot of kit cars.

Used to not so much these days normaly either mx5,bmw or ford focus. Some kits still use sierras today but dwindling supply of cheap donors mean newer cars like the mx5 are the default choice.

[waynedear]

My 1998 'S' V6 Alfa GTV is a second car on a classic policy, also for sale at well under a grand..

[elephantstone]

Hmm ill have a play with some slightly newer insurance qoutes later. 85and before gave the retro thing going for them but an alfa v6 would be nice! Top budget is 1600.