The car I wish I hadnt sold!

[aeropilot]

CPX 70G......my Escort Twin Cam......

[maxed out]

68 dodge Charger, impulse purchase, impulse sale. Except that the next time I saw it, the new owner had put a roof rack on it

[Dino D]

Callan.T89 said:

My biggest regret thugh is elling my mint Jetta 16V GTi loved it but wanted RWD, sold it to a mate who loved it as well hoping he would look after it. He wrote it off 6 months later, pr1ck.
It went from this:

Soory about the Jetta-it was nice looking one especially with those wheels. I'm actually trying to locate a set of those wheels-you don't by any chance remember who made them and what the name of those wheels were?

[Coq au Vin]

Not so much a "wish I hadn't sold" as a "wish I had bought when I had the chance": my dad's immaculate Peugeot 405Mi16.

[dibblecorse]

G807 RGU my Citroen AX GT, bought it brand new two weeks before my 19th birthday, was a fantastic little machine and for what I got in trade in for it 6 years later, wish I had just kept it, served me well for 5 1/2 years and nearly 110k ... black and very very nice ... and for a normally aspirated 1.4, was fantastically quick

[gary11]

aeropilot said:

CPX 70G......my Escort Twin Cam......

Spookily enough my stepfather moved from Ford averly to dunton research and design centre and the escort twin cam was his first project he actually helped design it.

[aeropilot]

gary11 said:

aeropilot said:

CPX 70G......my Escort Twin Cam......

Spookily enough my stepfather moved from Ford averly to dunton research and design centre and the escort twin cam was his first project he actually helped design it.

Are you sure it was the Twin Cam, as the Twink was created before Ford AVO at Aveley existed and in fact was invented in late 1966 by Henry Taylor at a meeting in his house with with Bob Howe of Ford's Product Planning Dept (who later was the man responsible for flogging off all the RS200's in the late 80's) and then a mock-up was hashed together one weekend at Boreham by Bill Meade and Mick Jones......much to the anoyance of the workforce at Dunton...

[kippax]

[Callan.T89]

Dino D said:

Callan.T89 said:

My biggest regret thugh is elling my mint Jetta 16V GTi loved it but wanted RWD, sold it to a mate who loved it as well hoping he would look after it. He wrote it off 6 months later, pr1ck.
It went from this:

Soory about the Jetta-it was nice looking one especially with those wheels. I'm actually trying to locate a set of those wheels-you don't by any chance remember who made them and what the name of those wheels were?

They are ATS Cups, you can still buy them new, look awesome but the lacker is prone to peeling in winter conditions. For Summer and show use really. I think they only come in 7X15 for 4 stud VW fitment.

What are you going to put them on?

I'm still looking for another Jetta, looking at a mint white 1.3 on ebay as a project start.

[sleep envy]

sold one of these;



to buy this



also would love to still have my second 205 gti - the best 1.9 I ever drove until it got parked on by a tipper truck

[jackal]

my evo VI.. never wanted to get rid of it

still the best all rounder ive ever owned..

[Waynester]

I had a mint diamond white Escort RS turbo S2 back in '95. It was stunning, and was never driven in rain. Someone offered my 3k for it... so i sold it. Immediately regretted it.
I used to see it occasionally out and about. Now considering it was in showroom mint condition, the last time i saw it the rear bumper had a huge split in it, it was filthy, and for God knows what reason the rear seats & boot was covered in straw!! It was a mess. I felt really guilty about it, still do. Sorry F79 TEL.

Recently sold my EO Focus ST-3. Again it was pampered and never went out in rain. Only put a few thousand on it - then sold it as i got itchy feet for something else. Got that 'something else' a TVR 450 SEAC... just wish i'd kept the ST. I really liked it.

Oh well..

Edited by Waynester on Tuesday 28th October 22:48

[LHDisbest]

Kinky said:

sigh ....

Are the S-series cars any good Kinky?

[Kinky]

LHDisbest said:

Are the S-series cars any good Kinky?

Slightly biased answer of course .... but yes absolutely

As old Rat Bag said on the previous page .....

BagOfOldRats said:

I loved my S2. Cost peanuts to run, sounded fantastic and was plenty fast enough for normal road use. Sold it for a Chimaera which cost me a fortune to run and was no where near as fun to drive!

You should go check out the S Forum here: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/forum.asp?h=0&a...

Tons of info/tips/etc, which I suspect will an enormous benefit

K

[pistonring]

Sold my Mini ERA Turbo about 5 years ago to buy a house. Only about 81 cars stayed in the UK and of that lot probably only about 30- 40 cars now on the road. It was a very original car in very good condition having just had 6K spent on the engine and gearbox alone. Sold it for 6K and it got exported to Belgium. Im now looking to buy another and it is nigh on impossible to find anything close to the same condition. Poor cars seem to be fetching 8K

[gary11]

aeropilot said:

gary11 said:

aeropilot said:

CPX 70G......my Escort Twin Cam......

Spookily enough my stepfather moved from Ford averly to dunton research and design centre and the escort twin cam was his first project he actually helped design it.

Are you sure it was the Twin Cam, as the Twink was created before Ford AVO at Aveley existed and in fact was invented in late 1966 by Henry Taylor at a meeting in his house with with Bob Howe of Ford's Product Planning Dept (who later was the man responsible for flogging off all the RS200's in the late 80's) and then a mock-up was hashed together one weekend at Boreham by Bill Meade and Mick Jones......much to the anoyance of the workforce at Dunton...

Hi,yes he was working on the twin cam ,he was in his 80s and has passed away now,so many years ago I thought I may have made a mistake and he worked on the project at averley? dont know if they had avo vin nos though perhaps it was a bit nearer or during production I know it was later than your car though,I remember battery was in the boot and they had the square head lamps IIRC I'm talking 69-71 and most were white I remember he brought one home mum remembers it keeping him up at night ,also had some involvement on the first capri with a tailgate I remember him saying its like an mgbgt with a tailgate but thats another story!
some of those names are familiar by the way.

[gary11]

kippax said:

tusc on ice looks fun?

[SystemParanoia]

my silvia s12

i knew every bolt of that car

[230TE]

My Audi Coupe 20V - sold it as I needed more space for the dogs, immediately regretted it as it was such a lovely, well-sorted old car, and an Isuzu Trooper wasn't as much fun somehow.

Six years later my old Audi turned up on Ebay, so I bought it back from the same guy I sold it to. It has aged pretty well, bit of rust on the edges of the front wings and it could do with a suspension overhaul, but it's nice to have it back in the family.

[kippax]

gary11 said:

kippax said:

tusc on ice looks fun?

Yep was interesting as was driving through the snow to get there

H