£3500 budget car for 2013 Le Mans

£3500 budget car for 2013 Le Mans

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MadMacMcMad

1,266 posts

253 months

Tuesday 25th September 2012
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How about one of these.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Mini-Moke-Scamp-/...

You won't have any trouble selling after.

vincegail

2,456 posts

154 months

Tuesday 25th September 2012
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MadMacMcMad said:
How about one of these.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Mini-Moke-Scamp-/...

You won't have any trouble selling after.
The weather last year wasn't too bad (although I lost 2 gazebos) but a Moke? Not very practical or weatherproof is it?

HvdWeerden

1,736 posts

199 months

Tuesday 25th September 2012
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will get you anywhere , and back ;-)

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4192674.htm

900T-R

20,404 posts

256 months

Tuesday 25th September 2012
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'Highly sought after' might be pushing it a bit, though...

HvdWeerden

1,736 posts

199 months

Tuesday 25th September 2012
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900T-R said:
'Highly sought after' might be pushing it a bit, though...
What about "lovely local lady". ;-)

eastsider

1,101 posts

222 months

Wednesday 26th September 2012
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I'm loving that roller linked to on the first page cool

Mellow Yellow

885 posts

261 months

Friday 28th September 2012
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HvdWeerden said:
will get you anywhere , and back ;-)

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4192674.htm
...or will it? the XC90 is certainly only 2WD in reverse and I've bene told it's the same for all Volvo "AWD" models. SO, it'll get you anywhere as long as you're going forwards wink

On another automobile traders site there's FASH Audi S6 Avant for £3995, bound to take an offer although £3,500 might be pushing it (no pun intended!). 4.2 V8, bags of room, bags of oomph biggrin

RobbyJ

1,565 posts

221 months

Friday 28th September 2012
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/98-LINCOLN-LIMO-HUMMER-W...

£2500, what more could you need wink You've got a grand left to fix her up a bit!



I also see the MIB team are selling their 2012 Le Mans "Limo".

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Granada-Scorpio-Lim...


Edited by RobbyJ on Friday 28th September 13:52

vincegail

2,456 posts

154 months

Friday 28th September 2012
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The white limo would be very tempting, if it were running, and had a friendly seller (which it doesn't).

The Ford limo on the other hand....

FraMac

785 posts

216 months

Friday 28th September 2012
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Auction over, but to the best of my knowledge this trio of beauties didn't sell.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180960248686?nma=true&am...

RobbyJ

1,565 posts

221 months

Friday 28th September 2012
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If the hearse was left as is you could kip in the back and really freak people out!

billzeebub

3,862 posts

198 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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Lexus LS400 or BMW 7

Edited by billzeebub on Monday 1st October 02:58

wezo

247 posts

283 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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Slightly off topic, but what abpout renting a couple of cars. Someone like Bespokes (no connection) will do you a Morgan Plus 8 and a 964 cab for the weekend for about a grand, no worries about onward selling then either - I've done it a couple of times and really enjoyed it.

Munter

31,319 posts

240 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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You need to negotiate a £100 or so off...

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/use...

vincegail

2,456 posts

154 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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wezo said:
Slightly off topic, but what abpout renting a couple of cars. Someone like Bespokes (no connection) will do you a Morgan Plus 8 and a 964 cab for the weekend for about a grand, no worries about onward selling then either - I've done it a couple of times and really enjoyed it.
Not for Le Mans (I am saving for a '80's Bentley) but that is a good idea for a weekend in Blighty. Thanks for the tip!

Melman Giraffe

6,759 posts

217 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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RVVUNM said:
Push the boat out and get this http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/4069161.htm
Holy st thats a lot of car for the money. Wow

McSwerve II

311 posts

198 months

Friday 5th October 2012
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We're thinking of doing this with a shed level barge (but I keep looking at £2.5k'ish S8's).

Cheaper than taking the toy's.

markmw

75 posts

203 months

Friday 5th October 2012
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How about this .. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...

It's due for a return visit smiletank

vincegail

2,456 posts

154 months

Friday 5th October 2012
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markmw said:
How about this .. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...

It's due for a return visit smiletank
No connection to seller of said item: markmidwales?

FBP1

499 posts

148 months

Monday 7th January 2013
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This is what we took to the Classic last year - bought between 4 of us the day before after nearly two hours of internet research biggrin.
1990 Bentley 8 Active suspension (just like Nigel's Williams F1, except it only seemed to work on right handers and had handling best described as Tectonic shift or, maybe more appropriately, Continental drift wink) - £4k and although the wipers flew off the first time we used them (we wired them back on with a handy bit of fence wire, but we were too scared to use them in case they flew off again. Having said that the vertical screen and 110mph cleared the screen of torrential rain no problem without the need of wipers) and we had a bit of an electrical fire in the fusebox after we arrived (which we fixed using the cabling from the 90's mobile phone set into the back armrest, our nail clippers and some butter knifes from the hotel), it ran like a train and caused a stir everywhere. Sitting in the tunnel queue in the middle of GT3's and Fezzas etc sipping chilled champers, we were bizarrely getting all the attention in our tatty old luxo shed.

We made it there and back, admittedly with as many warning lights as Apollo 13 as we re entered Calais, but it got us all home and we've now decided to keep it so we spent a couple of grand to get it basically roadworthy. It sailed through the MOT and now has 12 months tax!

We had a lot of laughs in it






Edited by FBP1 on Monday 7th January 21:22