Classic Car Dealers...
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Don't you just love Classic Car Dealers....I have met many and a lot still have a very strong whiff of Brut, talk and write ad's like Arthur Daly:
Here is a fabulous car with just 56, 000 miles from new in absolutely original unrestored condition. The paint work has naturally aged so the decision was taken to have a glass out professional re-paint in the....
How original is a car once it has had a total respray.....got to laugh!!
Here is a fabulous car with just 56, 000 miles from new in absolutely original unrestored condition. The paint work has naturally aged so the decision was taken to have a glass out professional re-paint in the....
How original is a car once it has had a total respray.....got to laugh!!
Talking of resprays...my mate put his shed Honda CRV (mk1!) in for a much needed touchup and the bodyshop asked if they could use it as a test bed for a new metal flake spray, for free.
I have seen pictures and it looks the same paint job as the TVR Tuscan!
His wife hates it, we love it!
I reckon it would cost about £3k to do it normally.
I have seen pictures and it looks the same paint job as the TVR Tuscan!
His wife hates it, we love it!
I reckon it would cost about £3k to do it normally.
Shezbo said:
rovermorris999 said:
Classic car dealers? Surely you mean Purveyors of Gentlemen's Carriages.
Very true seen the word "purveyors" used a few times! I did know a couple of dealers in the Audi world and every now and again they’d phone up to tempt me with trade-ins they know I’ll be interested in - “yer, I’ve got this Quattro 20valve just come in, no history, Cat D, you interested?”
“Why of course!”
Clocked, crashed, and rusty but turned out to be very fast and reliable.
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
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
grumpy52 said:
When I first started
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
Someone on here must have a copy they could scan in for us?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
Many years ago I advertised my Peugeot 404 Cabriolet as there were faults I could not fix. To my surprise a very well known classic car dealer ( there is a motor museum down the road ) contacted me. He turned up at my home in a mint Jaguar XK120 had a look and offered me a very good price, I even got extra to deliver it to their garage.
I was very happy, got all the money back spent on the car and I made a profit.
I checked their web site later, they were advertising my old car for double what they gave me. It sat in their showroom for over a year. It’s back in France now, no idea what they sold it for.
I was very happy, got all the money back spent on the car and I made a profit.
I checked their web site later, they were advertising my old car for double what they gave me. It sat in their showroom for over a year. It’s back in France now, no idea what they sold it for.
If I won the euromillions I'd set up something simmilar, but a proper piss-take. Adverts like:
Formula ford (kent engine). Never raced or rallied.
2020 mercedes S600. Electric windows, auto gearbox. Drivers airbag.
1991 vauxhall nova. Full bodykit. Lowered suspension. Calibra turbo engine. Mellow yellow colour. 2000W stereo, 2 amps. 14 speakers. One lady owner
Ferrari 250GT Lusso. Nice little runner
2015 Audi A4. Working fog lamps.
And, for the current trend:
2002 citroen Xsara picasso. Cue 5000 words over 17 paragraphs of waffle about the history of citroen, history of the xsara range, history of P. PIcasso, history of france, history of the citroen factory. Names of the workforce etc...
last sentence to say, simply "3 months MOT. £2k ono. p/ex to clear"
Formula ford (kent engine). Never raced or rallied.
2020 mercedes S600. Electric windows, auto gearbox. Drivers airbag.
1991 vauxhall nova. Full bodykit. Lowered suspension. Calibra turbo engine. Mellow yellow colour. 2000W stereo, 2 amps. 14 speakers. One lady owner
Ferrari 250GT Lusso. Nice little runner
2015 Audi A4. Working fog lamps.
And, for the current trend:
2002 citroen Xsara picasso. Cue 5000 words over 17 paragraphs of waffle about the history of citroen, history of the xsara range, history of P. PIcasso, history of france, history of the citroen factory. Names of the workforce etc...
last sentence to say, simply "3 months MOT. £2k ono. p/ex to clear"
williamp said:
If I won the euromillions I'd set up something simmilar, but a proper piss-take. Adverts like:
Formula ford (kent engine). Never raced or rallied.
2020 mercedes S600. Electric windows, auto gearbox. Drivers airbag.
1991 vauxhall nova. Full bodykit. Lowered suspension. Calibra turbo engine. Mellow yellow colour. 2000W stereo, 2 amps. 14 speakers. One lady owner
Ferrari 250GT Lusso. Nice little runner
2015 Audi A4. Working fog lamps.
And, for the current trend:
2002 citroen Xsara picasso. Cue 5000 words over 17 paragraphs of waffle about the history of citroen, history of the xsara range, history of P. PIcasso, history of france, history of the citroen factory. Names of the workforce etc...
last sentence to say, simply "3 months MOT. £2k ono. p/ex to clear"
See Knockers & Snatch, on the dearly departed SniffPetrol. Formula ford (kent engine). Never raced or rallied.
2020 mercedes S600. Electric windows, auto gearbox. Drivers airbag.
1991 vauxhall nova. Full bodykit. Lowered suspension. Calibra turbo engine. Mellow yellow colour. 2000W stereo, 2 amps. 14 speakers. One lady owner
Ferrari 250GT Lusso. Nice little runner
2015 Audi A4. Working fog lamps.
And, for the current trend:
2002 citroen Xsara picasso. Cue 5000 words over 17 paragraphs of waffle about the history of citroen, history of the xsara range, history of P. PIcasso, history of france, history of the citroen factory. Names of the workforce etc...
last sentence to say, simply "3 months MOT. £2k ono. p/ex to clear"
Bobo W said:
I did a feature with Classic Cars some time back where I got to drive a dream car (240Z) - although not their usual fare, borrowed a car from Vintage & Prestige whose proprietor, Richard Biddulph, is most definitely a “purveyor”
I can think of more appropriate word to describe him but this is a family show 
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?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
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?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
https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1483387
Shezbo said:
One of my fav's, the title reads:
"Low mileage and full dealer service history"
The ad then reads:
"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...."
full vosa history, to confuse those that dont know into think its proof of servicing "Low mileage and full dealer service history"
The ad then reads:
"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...."
I am a regular reader of the Classic Car magazines, and every month I check the stock of a" Purveyor of Carriages " based in Kent and sure enough there is the two tone green Bentley that has been on his website for at least five years.
After all this time you would have thought that it would have dawned on him that perhaps it is over priced,
Apart from the bad PR that is generated by having a car sitting there month after month, you would think that perhaps it was time to cut your losses and shift it through the trade.
After all this time you would have thought that it would have dawned on him that perhaps it is over priced,
Apart from the bad PR that is generated by having a car sitting there month after month, you would think that perhaps it was time to cut your losses and shift it through the trade.
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