The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T(Vol XVIII)

[Chris Stott]

Lovely... colour is perfect.

The rear wheel/arch gap always bugs me on BB's.

[Crook]

That blue 930 is incredible but £225k???

[Fast Bug]

I asked a friend if he remembered that 930 as he joined AFN in 1972 and ended up GM there. He's got some great stories from back, you couldn't do half of the stuff they did back then sadly

[Phil Dicky]

Fast Bug said:

LayZ said:

Considered swapping my Maser for one of these before I piled money into it - but the really good ones are rare. This one is almost perfect:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264086942351?ul_noapp=t...

Strong asking at £17k though with 100k miles.

They're lovely things, I'm not up on pricing but that does sound steep

Last of the 55s and if its as good as it reads and looks then a very nice car....shame about the last service not at MB

[rejn]

I like the look of this for £22k.

Looks like it has some trick bits on it.

[Rocket.]

Morning all, sorry if a repost but several of you might need to sit down before seeing this lot up for sale.

The 'Youngtimer' collection sale starts here

https://rmsothebys.com/en/home/lots/pa19

ETA, too much choice but I'd love this:

https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/pa19/paris/lots...

Edited by Rocket. on Wednesday 19th December 12:47

[Fast Bug]

Chris Harris has been looking round some of the lots on Instagram, some really cool stuff there

[Mattygooner]

Crook said:

That blue 930 is incredible but £225k???

Madness really, you can get a perfectly good 3.3 for 70 grand, and as this is in original condition, it’s probably going to need 30k spent on it to get it usable. I prefer the wing on the 3.3 as well.

The 512 is perfect, although that rear arch gap is annoying, I am sure it is fixable.

There is a lovely example on canepa which has a better ride height, and bigger wheels which I surprisingly like.

[HM-2]

rejn said:

I like the look of this for £22k.

Looks like it has some trick bits on it.

Not a fan of ARC-8s on the F20 (much prefer the EC-7), and that rear spoiler would have to go, but otherwise that looks pretty nice.

[ATM]

HM-2 said:

rejn said:

I like the look of this for £22k.

Looks like it has some trick bits on it.

Not a fan of ARC-8s on the F20 (much prefer the EC-7), and that rear spoiler would have to go, but otherwise that looks pretty nice.

Birds B2 suspension and antiroll bar kit
Quaife Diff
3 litre N52 engine

£8500

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

[barchetta_boy]

Keep your powder dry. Cause there will be bargains galore over the next few months. Stuff is in free fall. So glad I sold my McLaren, even if i had to order a new 911 to get out of it!

[anonymous-user]

Anyone looking for a Cayman or Boxster manual from new, I'm now informed these are available to order again after WLTP testing has been done.

[L100NYY]

Rocket. said:

Morning all, sorry if a repost but several of you might need to sit down before seeing this lot up for sale.

The 'Youngtimer' collection sale starts here

https://rmsothebys.com/en/home/lots/pa19

ETA, too much choice but I'd love this:

https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/pa19/paris/lots...

Edited by Rocket. on Wednesday 19th December 12:47

Good. Lord.

I was going to try and pick out my Top 3 out of that auction, but couldn't. So upped it to Top 5, nope......still couldn't whittle it down to 5!

That Merc above is just utterly fantastic isn't it

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A few other musings;

275 GTB, ideal for delivering Christmas presents in the snow

https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/mont...



Sticking with the ideal in the snow theme, and a tad more affordable

https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/5-co...



Latest Petrolicious video of a rather lovely F40

https://petrolicious.com/films/1989-ferrari-f40-my...

And finally, just because its festive and I haven't posted a Mini for a while

https://petrolicious.com/articles/spreading-christ...

[jeremyc]

L100NYY said:

Sticking with the ideal in the snow theme, and a tad more affordable

https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/5-co...

This should do it from the RM Sotheby's auction.

[L100NYY]

[Mattygooner]

barchetta_boy said:

Keep your powder dry. Cause there will be bargains galore over the next few months. Stuff is in free fall. So glad I sold my McLaren, even if i had to order a new 911 to get out of it!

Indeed, that lovely blue 993 C2 from a few pages back has already dropped 5k, hopefully we can see a return to affordability of usable interesting classics.

[L100NYY]

I still want this.......

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

[Fast Bug]

Crikey Audi S2 are fetching strong money these days! I had an S2 Avant, it was ok but nothing special

[ATM]

This is what's worrying me. In 5 years time will I have to drive reasonably modern cars because anything older than 15 years - or 10 years by today's money - will be expensive just because it is not modern?

[jeremyc]

Fast Bug said:

Crikey Audi S2 are fetching strong money these days! I had an S2 Avant, it was ok but nothing special

I'd advise not checking out RS2s then.