Classic Car Dealers...

[Yertis]

sjc said:

Anyone remember a chap called Daniel Curnock who ran something called the 80’s Emporium? Used to love his 3000 word descriptions of each car and how he could make changing a dust cap sound like a massive job.
Oddly all trace of his website has disappeared and I can’t find any historic adverts either.

Here you go

Last captured in June 2021.

[nullogik]

Shezbo said:

"Car has done 115,000 miles which is low for the year, the services were carried out by a main dealer for the first 3 years and then...."

Or making a song and dance that the one owner, 40k low miles car has a full service history with 6 stamps in the book. But its a 24 year old car so that means a service every 4 years

Another is disguising a high mileage car by making the buyer do the maths: "...only done on average a low 7,000 miles per year". Except that it is a 27 year old car so that makes it 189,000 miles.

Edited by nullogik on Tuesday 21st March 15:47

[sjc]

Yertis said:

sjc said:

Anyone remember a chap called Daniel Curnock who ran something called the 80’s Emporium? Used to love his 3000 word descriptions of each car and how he could make changing a dust cap sound like a massive job.
Oddly all trace of his website has disappeared and I can’t find any historic adverts either.

Here you go

Last captured in June 2021.

Cheers, and right on as per my memories earlier on in the thread he has a Volvo 245 with 183K miles !!
For those with 5 mins spare, it's well worth reading his "cars for sale" and "about me" areas... strangely therapeutic!

Edited by sjc on Tuesday 21st March 16:45

[grumpy52]

Auto810graphy said:

grumpy52 said:

When I first started reading car mags all the big name publications were full of dealers that mentioned Gentlemen, Carriages, Fine , Discerning etc in their adverts .
I also remember one who sold mid range and flakey classics that did very tongue in cheek adverts for his stock . His was one of the sections that were a go to each month along with the famous name writers like LJK Set right and Tony Dron

Maybe this one?

That's the guy .
I remember him having a couple of a certain Mr J Savilles ex cars especially his Range Rover camper .

[stevep944]

Anyone had any experience of buying from KGF?
Obviously they are expensive and have waffly adverts, but are they OK to deal with?
Asking as they currently have a car I might be interested in...

[Yertis]

Scanning the classifieds at 4.00am (injured leg keeping me awake) I came across a phrase new to me – "Recommissioned by a Gentleman Engineer... bla bla bla..."

I quite like it though. When in future people ask me what I do, that's what I'll say, rather than trying to figure out a credible explanation for what I actually do.
Then for future garage projects I'll buy white cotton overalls to replace the ripped jeans and New Model Army t-shirts, and thus embrace old age.

[Richard-390a0]

Yertis said:

Scanning the classifieds at 4.00am (injured leg keeping me awake) I came across a phrase new to me – "Recommissioned by a Gentleman Engineer... bla bla bla..."

Translation - Home mechanic / DIYer I reckon lol.

[swisstoni]

Richard-390a0 said:

Yertis said:

Scanning the classifieds at 4.00am (injured leg keeping me awake) I came across a phrase new to me – "Recommissioned by a Gentleman Engineer... bla bla bla..."

Translation - Home mechanic / DIYer I reckon lol.

Lovely stuff. Even the ‘recommissioned’ is doing a lot of heavy lifting in the sentence.
‘Got going again somehow’ might be nearer the truth.

[moffspeed]

Forgotten which dealer as it was many years ago, up for sale a 1967 Lotus Elan fitted with the incredibly collectible and rare CABC “black badge”.

Go figure that one out.

Motor Sport magazine used to feature Rod Leach’s loud and hyperbolic “Nostagia” adverts. John Britten’s modest and self-deprecating adverts were the perfect antidote.

[swanseaboydan]

Used to see a lot of ads along the lines of, ‘having been the preferred means of conveyance for a respected local doctor. . .’

[Europa Jon]

Something I've seen a few times in car adverts that made me laugh was "unique registration number". So glad to know there aren't other cars around with identical plates!

[Lester H]

sjc said:

Yertis said:

sjc said:

Anyone remember a chap called Daniel Curnock who ran something called the 80’s Emporium? Used to love his 3000 word descriptions of each car and how he could make changing a dust cap sound like a massive job.
Oddly all trace of his website has disappeared and I can’t find any historic adverts either.

Here you go

Last captured in June 2021.

Cheers, and right on as per my memories earlier on in the thread he has a Volvo 245 with 183K miles !!
For those with 5 mins spare, it's well worth reading his "cars for sale" and "about me" areas... strangely therapeutic!

Edited by sjc on Tuesday 21st March 16:45

A wonderful example of waffle. Apart from the wonderful snobbery, the ability to suggest that multiple ownership and high miles are in some way beneficial. Also, the sort of rhetoric which you would expect from a dealer of pre war Rolls is applied to mundane everyday vehicles. Lovely !

[Rapid rental]

swisstoni said:

Ah yes the Swiftmobile, Dunstan and Dudley, true purveyors of the dark arts of car sales.

[SS427 Camaro]

[quote=Lester H ]
Bob will be sadly missed as he was self-deprecating and often critical of his own cars.The unpompous style was a breath of fresh air compared to the typical flannel quoted on this thread.[/qu

Sad news, i had no idea he had passed away, how long ago ? I tried to buy a nicely modded S.1 E Type from him and well recall the Range Rover camper.

[Lester H]

SS427 Camaro said:

Lester H said:

Bob will be sadly missed as he was self-deprecating and often critical of his own cars.The unpompous style was a breath of fresh air compared to the typical flannel quoted on this thread.[/qu

Sad news, i had no idea he had passed away, how long ago ? I tried to buy a nicely modded S.1 E Type from him and well recall the Range Rover camper.

He left us either late last year, or early this year.There was an extensive obit in one of the two Wednesday classic newspapers, can’t remember which but probably both.Apparently he started as a specialist in big old American V8s . Very different from the ”Hon Toby and Zoe Scott- Richmond “ type dealers , he appeared to drift into his business in Solihull as he acquired a variety of old American stuff as a hobby which evolved into a a job, part exchanges were taken, and the rest is (sadly, now) history.

Edited by Lester H on Saturday 1st April 21:25

Edited by Lester H on Saturday 1st April 21:29

[Lester H]

Yertis said:

Scanning the classifieds at 4.00am (injured leg keeping me awake) I came across a phrase new to me – "Recommissioned by a Gentleman Engineer... bla bla bla..."

I quite like it though. When in future people ask me what I do, that's what I'll say, rather than trying to figure out a credible explanation for what I actually do.
Then for future garage projects I'll buy white cotton overalls to replace the ripped jeans and New Model Army t-shirts, and thus embrace old age.

Also remarkable is the number of classics for sale reputed to have been maintained by aeronautical engineers. There must be more who service Boeings and Airbus than there were reputed to be dentists and architects cruising around in Saabs.

[Hugo Stiglitz]

P5BNij said:

This '69 Wood & Pickett Mk2 Cooper S made c.£47k at the NEC auction a few years ago, it's currently with a dealer at £140k...



A couple of years before it made £47k at the NEC I just missed out on it when it was £27k.

With THOSE TINTED WINDOWS??!!!

[Little Pete]

DonnieSandy said:

Talking of classic cars, what are the best sites to look at for car sales, desperatly seeking a MK2 RS (yes who isnt!!) but not seeing anything much on the usuall car sites, just wondering if Im missing out on any gems!!

If you’re on Facebook join the Ford Escort MKII RS2000 group. A few get advertised on there.

[P5BNij]

Hugo Stiglitz said:

P5BNij said:

This '69 Wood & Pickett Mk2 Cooper S made c.£47k at the NEC auction a few years ago, it's currently with a dealer at £140k...



A couple of years before it made £47k at the NEC I just missed out on it when it was £27k.

With THOSE TINTED WINDOWS??!!!

Yes - period 'Shadolite' tinted glass all round, not a stick on job, fitted in 1969!

[I-am-the-reverend]

Whetever happened to John Brown and his flowery prose double page spreads?

I've not seen or heard of him for a good 10 years or more.